I have intel Core i3 and aero ... is there some way to work around thi

[Sherrid]

I just bought FO 3 GOTY CD's (not stream) and am greeted by crashes each time I hit "New" to start my first game. I have completed everything I can find on the forum with no success. I have finally come to the conclusion it is my graphic system. I have windows 7 64bit, Intel HD graphics, Intel Core i3 processer and the dang thing uses Aero. I finally came across the suggestion to run Aero check and it says that my system is not WDDM compatable and to check for a driver that will work. I can not find such a driver. Is it possible to work around this? I need to figure out what to do... can the graphic system be switched out (Gateway screen and CPU is one unit) or can an external graphic system be set up or can it just be overriden with a downloadable program file that I can't seem to find? Which would be most cost efficient?

 

I just got this computer a couple of months ago and was told it would do well with games... it does on those like Oblivion, Morrowind and Dragon ages Origin but not FO3 and I am anticipating that it will not work with Skyrim which I is one of the reasons I got a new computer.

 

Thank you for any assistance you can give me.

 

Sherrid

[bloodfromastone]

I just bought FO 3 GOTY CD's (not stream) and am greeted by crashes each time I hit "New" to start my first game. I have completed everything I can find on the forum with no success. I have finally come to the conclusion it is my graphic system. I have windows 7 64bit, Intel HD graphics, Intel Core i3 processer and the dang thing uses Aero. I finally came across the suggestion to run Aero check and it says that my system is not WDDM compatable and to check for a driver that will work. I can not find such a driver. Is it possible to work around this? I need to figure out what to do... can the graphic system be switched out (Gateway screen and CPU is one unit) or can an external graphic system be set up or can it just be overriden with a downloadable program file that I can't seem to find? Which would be most cost efficient?

 

I just got this computer a couple of months ago and was told it would do well with games... it does on those like Oblivion, Morrowind and Dragon ages Origin but not FO3 and I am anticipating that it will not work with Skyrim which I is one of the reasons I got a new computer.

 

Thank you for any assistance you can give me.

 

Sherrid

Here is the latest driver, if you want to try that, first:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=20037&ProdId=3231&lang=eng&OSVersion=Windows%207%20Home%20Premium%2C%2064-bit%20version*&DownloadType=Drivers

WDDM should not be an issue. Exactly what tells you your hardware is not WDDM-compatible?

 

 

A Gateway One is not something a PC gamer should have, nor any PC using Intel IGP.

 

If you were told it would be good for games by someone selling computers, you were lied to for the sake of closing a sale.

[Sherrid]

Here is the latest driver, if you want to try that, first:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=20037&ProdId=3231&lang=eng&OSVersion=Windows%207%20Home%20Premium%2C%2064-bit%20version*&DownloadType=Drivers

WDDM should not be an issue. Exactly what tells you your hardware is not WDDM-compatible?

 

 

A Gateway One is not something a PC gamer should have, nor any PC using Intel IGP.

 

If you were told it would be good for games by someone selling computers, you were lied to for the sake of closing a sale.

 

I have the latest drivers for my computer. That is what I always do first if I have a problem. Then I look in the forums and programer sites for any information. It usually works, but this time I am up against a brick wall.

 

Window's uses a AERO interface program that when I run a compatability program says the graphic card is not compatable with a WDDM game.

 

I love downloading mods so I can switch up the fundamental games. I do not want to go to XBox or some other gaming system. I have always used a pc and want to keep using one because of the wonderful mods available.

 

What kind of lay person pc's are good for games? Any other suggestions Or should I start saving to buy another computer?

 

Thank you for any assistance you can give me. Sherrid

[overload1977]

i would take the computer back and get a refund, because they lied to you, if you dont know much about computers find a friend who dose and take him/her with you :)

[bloodfromastone]

What kind of lay person pc's are good for games? Any other suggestions Or should I start saving to buy another computer?

 

Thank you for any assistance you can give me. Sherrid

Sadly, not many. Dell, FI, has a single model that isn't insanely priced (XPS 8300 with a decent video card). It's also rare that the power supply rating is given before purchase, which is the most important piece of information needed to decide whether you can add a nice video card to a PC that doesn't come with one (you need to know more, but expansion slot info is typically given).

 

Generally, you would want, for a CPU, a Core i3 or i5 with four digits (1st gen Core have 3 digits, 2nd gen have 4, and start with 2). Faster are more expensive, and the i3-2100 is a pretty good value all-around.

Get 4GB or more RAM (you can patch FO3's executable to use more than 2GB of RAM, BTW).

If not using much old software, go 64-bit on the OS.

 

Then, though, there's graphics. Intel IGP has been getting better and better since about 2006, but it's still far behind AMD (just talking GPU, here; AMD has much catching up to do in terms of CPUs) and nVidia, both in performance, and driver quality. Many users won't notice it, but gamers will, and content creators very often will. FO3, FI, while potentially too taxing in performance terms (definitely too taxing, if you want more than the lowest graphics settings), should have run just fine, with no WDDM compatibility warnings or anything like that.

 

If you are going to buy B&M, find someone who knows, as the last poster said. The rate of change, and plethora of model numbers, can be on the confusing side. Also, avoid the Geforce GTS 440 (there are two of them, with wildly different performance, which don't even use the same chip, in case the bombardment of confusing information wasn't bad enough, already :)). If you have a reputable white box store in your area, that may be a place to look, as well. They haven't gone out of fashion, just yet, because the big vendors are spending more time pinching pennies catering to customers' wants. It's easy to spec out a decent gaming box on a fair budget; not easy to find a big vendor model that comes close.

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2011-gaming-graphics-charts/Call-Of-Pripyat-Gamer,2665.html

That's the most fair big ol' performance chart I could find on short notice (why did they run 3Dmark at 640x480?!). Note that Geforce 5xx is newer than 4xx is newer and overall better than any of the 8xxx or 9xxx ones, and in the Radeons, 6xxx newer than 5xxx newer than 4xxx and so on (though I don't think there are any 4-series in that chart). While not directly comparable in performance to each other, the GTS 450 and Radeon HD 5670 (or 6570) are good minimums. Faster costs more, but slower than those tend not to offer good performance for the money.

Edited August 13, 2011 by bloodfromastone