Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was originally released in 2004. As such, it's quite an old title by video game standards. Official patches aren't going to fix San Andreas's myriad collection of bugs. For that, patches compiled by modders are essential.

The SilentPatch is absolutely essential when looking to upgrade this classic title. Bug fixes and stability on modern hardware is the name of the game as far as this mod is concerned. Its features are too numerous to list here, so check out the mod author's description for the full breakdown.