Anyone else suffering dismal fps performance with Mafia 1?

I can't sustain 60fps no matter what settings or fixes I've tried. Mafia 2 though easily exceeds 60fps everything maxed out.

Hi Alansa,
I'm sorry but I can't help you: don't have the game. But: in cases like these it's always good to give some information on the computer you are using. Things like OS, graphics card and CPU. This might help pinpointing the problem. Anyway, I hope you'll find a solution.

i dont think its a hardware limitation.. the game tends to stutter in new areas even with a SLC SSD and there is a general lag in the game.. its like the game is running its own version of special relativity :)

the OP will just have to grin and bear it.. its maybe the shortest game i have played in a long while

This helped me.
Perform a clean install, download d3d8.dll v1.9.2. from this site
https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9/releases/

And copy paste to your Mafia1 folder. It will ask you to overwrite.

Without this the game stuttered and mafia setup didn't recognize my GPU correctly.
This fixed the game for me.
I hope it helps.