GTA IV graphic mod

Brumboy · 12 Mar 2011 at 10:59

I've just got GTA IV and I've read a few times that there's a graphic mod that makes the graphics more realistic and the textures better quality.

Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to get this mod?

Thanks

ran_out · 12 Mar 2011 at 11:01

Is it the enbseries mod? Try searching enb series GTAIV - see if that's what you're looking for.

Brumboy · 12 Mar 2011 at 11:09

Yeah that's what I was looking for, cheers.

I've just installed it and GTA IV is saying I don't have enough resource memory to run the game at the max settings with my GTX 460..

SeraphX · 12 Mar 2011 at 11:28

try turning the shadows down somewhat they usually take loads of memory to max out

Brumboy · 12 Mar 2011 at 11:35

Yeah I did that and turned everything else down, managed to get 1920 x 1080 with High texture and very high render quality.

Since my card has only 768MB memory, I thought the GPU shared some memory with the computer memory?

Is there no way to do that because I find it hard to believe I can't run GTA IV on maximum settings with an i5 2500k & GTX 460 ;\

Calabi · 12 Mar 2011 at 11:40

I wouldnt worry about going over the memory limit so much. I'm above it(same graphics card)470 > 430 mem limit. Hasnt affected performance that I've noticed, I could probably go higher.

MoodyB · 12 Mar 2011 at 11:40

GTA IV needs around 1.2gb of video memory to max out all settings, so your 768mb 460 is the source of the problem.

Brumboy · 12 Mar 2011 at 11:43

Great..is it just because of this type of game because I can run Battlefield/Black Ops/Shogun Total war 2/Crysis Warhead on maximum settings without a problem but with this game my card struggles

Ok so I've just used the "auto configure" and the game is extremely laggy and slow even though the usage is 544MB/760MB?

Is there a patch I need to fix this problem?

Longbow · 12 Mar 2011 at 11:52

Rossuk89 said:
Great..is it just because of this type of game because I can run Battlefield/Black Ops/Shogun Total war 2/Crysis Warhead on maximum settings without a problem but with this game my card struggles

Ok so I've just used the "auto configure" and the game is extremely laggy and slow.

The game is poorly coded. As a comparison Mafia II looks better and runs perfectly on my GTX 460.

Brumboy · 12 Mar 2011 at 11:55

Longbow said:
The game is poorly coded. As a comparison Mafia II looks better and runs perfectly on my GTX 460.

It's definitely a problem with the game, I'm looking around for patches now since I haven't downloaded any.

I've now got the game at the lowest possible graphics settings and I'm still getting a lot of lag and stutter.

Linwig · 12 Mar 2011 at 11:55

There is mod called Realizm IV which you can download on torrent, its about 4 gig but improves the textures and also boosts the FPS. Use that with the ENBseries and it should look good. However I think you have to install it manually on the latest patch (1.0.7) for it to work.

Brumboy · 12 Mar 2011 at 11:57

Linwig said:
There is mod called Realizm IV which you can download on torrent, its about 4 gig but improves the textures and also boosts the FPS. Use that with the ENBseries and it should look good. However I think you have to install it manually on the latest patch (1.0.7) for it to work.

I don't see the game running at that quality if I can't fix this problem but luckily the 1.0.6.0 patch seems to:

Shadows

* A new, less memory-intensive, and better-looking scalable shadow solution has been implemented
* Enhanced Night Shadows added with user-selectable level of detail (replaces Shadow Density)

Performance

* Rendering optimizations have been made to improve performance, particularly when enabling shadows
* User-configurable graphics settings have been added for shadow control
* Improved memory management

So hopefully that is the solution to this problem!

d_brennen · 12 Mar 2011 at 11:58

It is a poorly coded game, but it ran just as pants on the consoles

Remember that BFBC2 etc load a small map and a few skins etc, where this game has a maahooosive map, which can be travelled by land, sea and air...

richb93 · 12 Mar 2011 at 11:59

It's a strange game really. Before the patch it was horrid but now I've found it to be okay. Even on an 8800GS with 384MB RAM it ran in 1080p fine!

MoodyB · 12 Mar 2011 at 12:05

Rossuk89 said:
I don't see the game running at that quality if I can't fix this problem but luckily the 1.0.6.0 patch seems to:

Are you running the Steam version of GTA, or disc based ?

Reason I ask is because Enb Series mods work best with version 1.040 or 1.004 of GTA - patch 4 or 5 iirc.

These versions have dithered / blocky looking shadows & use more video mem, but run around 25% quicker.

The later versions, 1.060 and above iirc, have better looking shadows & use less video memory, but run a bit slower oddly enough.

MoodyB · 12 Mar 2011 at 12:07

Btw, I noticed the above fps differences on an 5850, so it might be different for your Gtx 460.

Brumboy · 12 Mar 2011 at 12:13

Awesome, I've installed the patch and it's fixed the problem, there are a whole load of graphic options and I can run everything at maximum apart from detail distance @ 1920 x 1080 even with Anisotropic filtering x16!

Thanks for the help. It runs very smoothly now

Brumboy · 12 Mar 2011 at 12:15

MoodyB said:
Are you running the Steam version of GTA, or disc based ?

Reason I ask is because Enb Series mods work best with version 1.040 or 1.004 of GTA - patch 4 or 5 iirc.

These versions have dithered / blocky looking shadows & use more video mem, but run around 25% quicker.

The later versions, 1.060 and above iirc, have better looking shadows & use less video memory, but run a bit slower oddly enough.

I bought it from Amazon, it's the complete edition on disc.

I'm eager to try out the Enb series mods but I've just installed patch 1.060, do I just install 1.004 and it'll automatically remove 1.060? Or do I need to manually remove that patch cause I don't know how

MoodyB · 12 Mar 2011 at 12:20

It won't remove 1.060 afaik. Not even sure if you can uninstall the patch tbh -never tried it.

Try this for a mod that will work on any version of GTA IV :

http://www.youtube.com/user/DKTronics70#p/u/9/kQi1x-PmV6o

Maybe not quite as nice looking as some of the Enb mods, but still much better than the stock look.

Ryan-3 · 12 Mar 2011 at 12:26

Mine runs lovely without the graphics mods, but with about 4million real cars instead of their fake ones

Still gets about 55-60 fps on my settings on the gtx560