What parts need to be upgraded in my pc for playing gta 4

[rudswa]

Recently I bought GTA 4 game , but it lags a lot, even in low resolution. So please tell me what parts needs to be upgraded in my PC . Below are my PC specs.

Processor : AMD Athlon II X2 245
Video card : AMD Radeon HD 6600
Mother board : Gigabyte GA 880GM UD2H inbuilt graphics ATI radeon HD4250
RAM : 6GB DDR3 ..... 3*2GB ram , 2*2GB ram ="transcend" max bandwidth PC3-10700(667Mhz)
1*2GB ram="Micron" max bandwidth PC3-10700(667Mhz)
PSU : Corsair CX600v2
Monitor : AOC V22+, Resolution 1680*1050 , response time 2ms
Hard disk :WDC WD5000ADS 500GB

PLEASE ADVICE

 

[coderunknown]

your processor is most likely bottlenecking the PC. Try overclocking the processor.

My HDD heats up to 45+ but faced absolutely no problem at all. you better check for bad sector. BTW what is HD6600? never heard of a desktop 6600.

Also update the game to latest version.

 

[rudswa]

@sam, thanks for reply.

Above screenshot from cpu-z showing details about my GPU , which I bought for 4k ,
Ya i will try to overclock it , though i do not know how to do it i will search for how to do it.

And also i have some problem with hard disk, please somebody look below photo and tell me what to do.


Is my GPU is enough for playing GTA4 or i need to change it??

Below photo is my windows experience index

 

[rajatGod512]

^^ that GPU is inbuilt in the mobo and those are not fast ... try and upgrade your GPU to atleast HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 or HD 7750

 

[rudswa]

^^ that GPU is inbuilt in the mobo and those are not fast ... try and upgrade your GPU to atleast HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 or HD 7750

@rajatgod, thanks for reply

Radeon HD 6600 is not inbuilt card in mobo, i bought it for 4k from outside (1GB DDR3) and mobo has inbuilt Radeon HD4250........... i am planning to spend around 10k for graphic card next month if graphic card is the problem

i am also concerned about my hard disk *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachments/pc-components-configurations/6691-what-parts-need-upgraded-my-pc-playing-gta-4-2012-08-31_223002.jpg which is showing lot of bad sectors , do i need to purchase new one?

And do i need to upgrade my CPU also as sam suggested even if I upgrade graphic card?

Please advice

 

[cute.bandar]

hmm I have a much older proccy and I was able to play gta4(at low fps), but it was playable.
are you facing this problem in other games as well? or is only gta4 running laggy?

 

[rudswa]

hmm I have a much older proccy and I was able to play gta4(at low fps), but it was playable.
are you facing this problem in other games as well? or is only gta4 running laggy?

I can play NFS hot pursuit , GTA san andreas , NFS most wanted well...... but GTA4 is very laggy .... not playable .... so i am finding which part to upgrade whether CPU or Graphic card and i think my hard disk is also giving problem bcos i had to format it twice recently ...... any suggestions?

 

[Cilus]

Most probably the Graphics card you're talking about is HD 6670 1 GB DDR3 version. Use GPU-Z to get the exact detail and post it here. CPU-Z only shows the series of the GPU, not the exact model.

GTA-IV is a very CPU intensive game and your CPU is a dual core one and not that powerful. So you need to upgrade the CPu for smoother playback. The motherboard of yours comes in three different Revision and if you're having the rev 1.5 one then you can use current Bulldozer processors on it. Get a FX-4100 @ 6.6K. Otherwise you have to look for a Phenom II X4 or Athlon II X3/X4 processor which are very rare now a days.

 

[rudswa]

@cilus , thanks for reply
I am arraching screenshots of GPU Z and mobo details in CPU Z , please see
And see whether hard disk is also need to be changed?

@cilus, my mother board is looks like rev 1.3, does it support bulldozer processors?..... im attaching a photo of details about my motherboard