GTA IV and GTA EFLC makes a comback on Windows 10

When Windows 10 came out GTA IV did not work on it. Eventually some people managed to get it working. It became even more of a problem when Microsoft pulled the plug on Games for Windows Live. At that point Steam stopped selling it.

All that changed on March 19, 2020 when Rockstar released GTA IV: Complete Edition. This program combines GTA IV and GTA EFLC (Episodes from Liberty City). Steam then started selling GTA IV: Complete Edition on March 24. People who had GTA IV or GTA EFLC in their Steam Library received a free upgrade to the new program. It was announce that people with disc versions of GTA IV or GTA EFLC would be able receive a free upgrade to GTA IV: Complete Edition at some later date.

Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition
Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition on Steam

GTAIV: Complete Edition Now Available on the Rockstar Games Launcher and Steam
GTAIV: Complete Edition Now Available on the Rockstar Games Launcher and Steam

Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City updates to remove Games for Windows Live
Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City updates to remove Games for Windows Live - Rockstar Games Customer Support

Hi guys. For several years now I’ve been trying to play GTA 4, but it still doesn’t work out because of the computer. The game is already pretty old, but my computers (Celeron J4105 1.50GHr and 6 RAM, UHD Graphics 600) can not pull it out, even the freshest my computer gives the game to the minimum requirements. Who has what computer parameters and the game in maximum?

YoamiShi said:

Hi guys. For several years now I’ve been trying to play GTA 4, but it still doesn’t work out because of the computer. The game is already pretty old, but my computers (Celeron J4105 1.50GHr and 6 RAM, UHD Graphics 600) can not pull it out, even the freshest my computer gives the game to the minimum requirements. Who has what computer parameters and the game in maximum?

Even though GTA IV is relatively old now it requires more than a low end system to play. My laptop has a discrete graphics chip (Radeon MX540) with 2GB of dedicated RAM but I still can only get a slow 15-30 FPS.

The following web site gives the minimum and recommended system requirements to play GTA IV.

Grand Theft Auto IV System Requirements
Grand Theft Auto IV system requirements | Can I Run Grand Theft Auto IV

I helped someone recently on these forums in getting GTA IV to run on their computer.

Gta 4 iv crashes on start
Gta 4 iv crashes on start