GTA IV Problem: Choppy Graphics

[evolvedbullet]

I did many things to try to solve this issue, but this is what is wrong:
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The choppy words and graphics were not like this always. I had my computer on for 2 whole days straight with a 30 minute break I just did recently. I still get this problem; what must I do to fix this. Thank you =).

 

[bamacre]

Spec's?

 

[novasatori]

check the aspect ratio setting to make sure it matches the aspect ratio of your resolution

 

[Kromis]

Times Busted: 0

Haha, reloading saves FTW!

 

[novasatori]

Originally posted by: Kromis
Times Busted: 0

Haha, reloading saves FTW!

or just kill yourself so you don't lose your weapons

that's what I do

 

[evolvedbullet]

Using Vista
4 GBs of Ram
8800 GTS Nvidia V. Card

 

[Sam25]

Looks like some people are having problems with a 8800 GTS card:

http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiv.../index.php?t83529.html

 

[coldmeat]

Originally posted by: novasatori

Originally posted by: Kromis
Times Busted: 0

Haha, reloading saves FTW!

or just kill yourself so you don't lose your weapons

that's what I do

Ya it's basically almost impossible to get busted in this game. You can run away when they catch you on foot, and you can drive away a lot easier than in previous games.

 

[ShawnD1]

Originally posted by: coldmeat

Originally posted by: novasatori

Originally posted by: Kromis
Times Busted: 0

Haha, reloading saves FTW!

or just kill yourself so you don't lose your weapons

that's what I do

Ya it's basically almost impossible to get busted in this game. You can run away when they catch you on foot, and you can drive away a lot easier than in previous games.

What the hell are you talking about? In previous games you could get rid of 5 stars by driving into a pay n spray. In this game the pay n spray never works and anything past 3 stars is basically impossible to escape.

Anyway, make sure you patch the game and install the latest beta Nvidia drivers. Beta drivers work just fine, but they can be updated more often because they don't go through all that testing and what not. Also, I remember games like BF1942 having fucked up text when anisotropic filtering was enabled. Turn AA and AF off (in nvidia control panel) to make sure those aren't causing this.

 

[Eric62]

Originally posted by: Kromis
Times Busted: 0

Haha, reloading saves FTW!

LOL - That's what I do.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: Sam25
Looks like some people are having problems with a 8800 GTS card:

http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiv.../index.php?t83529.html

Didn't read through that, but I am running a 512MB 8800 GTS (Vista x64, 4GB, Q6600) and not having any problems.

Originally posted by: novasatori
check the aspect ratio setting to make sure it matches the aspect ratio of your resolution

Yes, check your resolution. The screencaps in your OP are 840x600, definitely not a proper 4:3 ratio.

 

[evolvedbullet]

Originally posted by: Sam25
Looks like some people are having problems with a 8800 GTS card:

http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiv.../index.php?t83529.html

This didn't work.

Originally posted by: ShawnD1

Originally posted by: coldmeat

Originally posted by: novasatori

Originally posted by: Kromis
Times Busted: 0

Haha, reloading saves FTW!

or just kill yourself so you don't lose your weapons

that's what I do

Ya it's basically almost impossible to get busted in this game. You can run away when they catch you on foot, and you can drive away a lot easier than in previous games.

What the hell are you talking about? In previous games you could get rid of 5 stars by driving into a pay n spray. In this game the pay n spray never works and anything past 3 stars is basically impossible to escape.

Anyway, make sure you patch the game and install the latest beta Nvidia drivers. Beta drivers work just fine, but they can be updated more often because they don't go through all that testing and what not. Also, I remember games like BF1942 having fucked up text when anisotropic filtering was enabled. Turn AA and AF off (in nvidia control panel) to make sure those aren't causing this.

Anti-aliasing was manually turned off in the Nvidia Control Panel, still didn't work.

 

[Darklife]

I had the same problem, all I did was change the resolution and when I reverted to the old one it was gone.

 

[coldmeat]

Originally posted by: ShawnD1

Originally posted by: coldmeat

Originally posted by: novasatori

Originally posted by: Kromis
Times Busted: 0

Haha, reloading saves FTW!

or just kill yourself so you don't lose your weapons

that's what I do

Ya it's basically almost impossible to get busted in this game. You can run away when they catch you on foot, and you can drive away a lot easier than in previous games.

What the hell are you talking about? In previous games you could get rid of 5 stars by driving into a pay n spray. In this game the pay n spray never works and anything past 3 stars is basically impossible to escape.

I mean in SA and VC if the cop got anywhere near your car door, you were instantly arrested. But in GTA4, you can drive away even if his hand is on the handle.

 

[ShawnD1]

Originally posted by: coldmeat
I mean in SA and VC if the cop got anywhere near your car door, you were instantly arrested. But in GTA4, you can drive away even if his hand is on the handle.

The way around that is to drive in reverse with the wheel turned away from the cop. If the cop is on the left side of the car, you drive in reverse with the wheels turned to the right. You'll drive over the cop

 

[AzN]

Originally posted by: ShawnD1

Originally posted by: coldmeat

Originally posted by: novasatori

Originally posted by: Kromis
Times Busted: 0

Haha, reloading saves FTW!

or just kill yourself so you don't lose your weapons

that's what I do

Ya it's basically almost impossible to get busted in this game. You can run away when they catch you on foot, and you can drive away a lot easier than in previous games.

What the hell are you talking about? In previous games you could get rid of 5 stars by driving into a pay n spray. In this game the pay n spray never works and anything past 3 stars is basically impossible to escape.

Anyway, make sure you patch the game and install the latest beta Nvidia drivers. Beta drivers work just fine, but they can be updated more often because they don't go through all that testing and what not. Also, I remember games like BF1942 having fucked up text when anisotropic filtering was enabled. Turn AA and AF off (in nvidia control panel) to make sure those aren't causing this.

You can easily get away with 3 or 4 stars. Good driver FTW.

 

[LumbergTech]

Originally posted by: ShawnD1

Originally posted by: coldmeat
I mean in SA and VC if the cop got anywhere near your car door, you were instantly arrested. But in GTA4, you can drive away even if his hand is on the handle.

The way around that is to drive in reverse with the wheel turned away from the cop. If the cop is on the left side of the car, you drive in reverse with the wheels turned to the right. You'll drive over the cop

ah that brings back memories..

 

[thujone]

Originally posted by: LumbergTech

Originally posted by: ShawnD1

Originally posted by: coldmeat
I mean in SA and VC if the cop got anywhere near your car door, you were instantly arrested. But in GTA4, you can drive away even if his hand is on the handle.

The way around that is to drive in reverse with the wheel turned away from the cop. If the cop is on the left side of the car, you drive in reverse with the wheels turned to the right. You'll drive over the cop

ah that brings back memories..

cocaine's a helluva drug