So as i mentioned in my "GTA SA choppy" TOPIC, i just built a new system. its specs are as follows:

AMD FX 8120 CPU
MSI R6870 1GB GRAPHICS
8GB RAM
1tb hard drive
ASus M5A97 motherboard.

and my question is the following.

My GTA IV is running only on medium settings with 333mb of VRAM used up. Once i go to high tecture setings i get some Lag spots from time to time. Is my graphics card not good? i mean the game is 2 years old and i just got the card. ANyone have any ideas?Good MORNING comda and welcome back to CH

I did READ your other post and looking at your spec's of your PC I do have a couple of suggestions.

#1... Are you playing the game with a LCD and if so what model. Some LCD's do not have the same rez and refresh rate. So you will get ripping, taring, ghosting etc. So the issue may not be your card.

#2... When windows 7 was installed did you install the chip driver from the manufacture (not the ones that windows installs) then install the video card drivers.

#3... You can try to adjust (or tun off) in the game video options AA (Antialissing)

#4... Maybe a newer driver for the video card or believe it or not going back a version or two make help.

#5... Check game manufacture web site for a patch

Hope this helps, please let us know how you make out. Mike
THANK for this game.