[carly mcdonough]

I don't think the 730 GPU will be up to snuff.

[Damian Parsons]

Try at 1280x720. (Low to Medium settings) It should be playable. !!!

[DarkGypsy]

Ah. Perhaps. I always forget about dropping the resolution. But with DDR3 VRAM I'd still be skeptical.

[Nicole M]

Hello Grey !!!

[Alexandra Ryan]

Hey Mark! Good to see ya around. I've been busy playing or at work so I haven't been around much lately. Just haven't fired up the game yet now that I'm home.

[Alex Vincent]

Glad to see you around. And thanks for helping out. (as always)

I'm in a difficult position to decide after those two videos. So i took it safe and chose the lowest resolution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fxu0aGJTyw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5h_1VE-0p4

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Wish you luck with your game. !!!

[Life long Observer]

even if this card has 4 Go ?

[Lucy]

Yes, man this GPU is so weak, that theoretically - until the VRAM fills up you will end up with unplayable frame-rates before that happen.

This was an easy explanation. Hope you understood.

Have you seen the videos above?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fxu0aGJTyw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5h_1VE-0p4

You can or can not play it a low resolutions. That's a bit of a poker game with that GPU.

Your CPU is decent.

[Verity Hurding]

Well, my apologies to you if my list was what made you get the game. It is an unofficial list that i made that was meant to serve to help. It isnt coming from Bethesda themselves. The list is always subject to change and i just updated it yesterday after my findings.

Didnt even realize that the DirectX requirement wasnt even stated in the official reqs...not a whole lot of people did. Users are finding out the hard way that their dx10 card cant even get into the game.

Did you try what mark suggested? Ive seen that suggestion in a video somewhere, but majority of folks said it made the game unplayable. But maybe the horsepower of your card can pull through. Im curious to know.

[Monique Cameron]

Tigs thanks for your apologies. When I go buy a New card - I read from so many people - even one with a titan - Not able to play the game at least... the card i will buy is an gtx 980. I have an AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE, 12 gb ram, an 1 tb SSD from Samsung ( evo 950 ), will this game then run with the New gpu - or i will still face they Problem i cant get into game - because my mainboard is an older one too.... it is an asus crosshair III.....

[ZANEY82]

Your motherboard is fine and doesn't play a culprit in the issues. Getting a GTX 980 would put you in the Ultra settings with a more modern quad-core CPU, but a Phenom X4 965 BE will severely bottleneck the card. A GTX 960 would be about the most I'd pair that CPU with and it will still get you very decent settings. Only get the GTX 980 if you're planning an overhaul with the CPU+MOBO+RAM in the near future. Otherwise, I think it's a waste to spend $500 on a card you can't fully utilize in CPU bound games. Nvidia Pascal cards are coming next year too.

[kennedy]

O i think i will Upgrade this Month the gpu next board and cpu. Are there any good combos out there you know ?

[Astargoth Rockin' Design]

If you go with the GTX980 that's a good bundle. The price is really good. You need only to buy some *memory modules.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9805475&Sku=M69-10287

That was the cheapest i could found on a CPU+ mobo bundle.

*Add those memory modules and you are good to go.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231828&cm_re=G.SKILL_Ripjaws_4_Series_16GB_%282_x_8GB%29-_-20-231-828-_-Product

TOTAL PRICE: $460

If you find anything cheaper let m know. !!!

[Lily]

I thougt About an i 7 ? With an Maximus board?

[Irmacuba]

If you have the money - why not, but especially Fallout 4 doesn't make any extra use of the 8 threads of the i7.

See some differences here: (they aren't that huge to justify the extra money)

http://media.gamersnexus.net/images/media/2015/game-bench/fallout-4-cpu-benchmark-1440-u.pnghttp://media.gamersnexus.net/images/media/2015/game-bench/fallout-4-cpu-benchmark-1440-u.png

http://www.techspot.com/articles-info/1089/bench/CPU_01.png

See the gaming performance comparison on the right.

http://www.game-debate.com/cpu/index.php?pid=2324&pid2=2319&compare=core-i5-6600k-3-5ghz-vs-core-i7-6700-4-core-3-4ghz

Some other games: http://imgur.com/voW8oOz

[Mark Churchman]

I had my gtx for many years... when I gear up with a Lot of money - but then I have the System for a long time...

[megan gleeson]

Hi, currently, Fallout 4 is crashing on my computer after updating video drivers to the latest, IE, today's drivers by Nvidia. Here are my specs. I realize I am right under minimum...

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System Information

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Time of this report: 11/19/2015, 13:02:41

Machine name: MWPAUL-PC

Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.150525-0603)

Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: System manufacturer

System Model: System Product Name

BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG

Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ (2 CPUs), ~2.6GHz

Memory: 6144MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 6142MB RAM

Page File: 2469MB used, 9813MB available

Windows Dir: C:\Windows

DirectX Version: DirectX 11

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

User DPI Setting: Using System DPI

System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)

DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled

DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes

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Display Tab 1: No problems found.

Sound Tab 1: No problems found.

Sound Tab 2: No problems found.

Sound Tab 3: No problems found.

Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels

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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)

DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)

DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)

DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)

DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)

DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)

DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices

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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Manufacturer: NVIDIA

Chip type: GeForce GTX 550 Ti

DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1244&SUBSYS_15563842&REV_A1

Display Memory: 3793 MB

Dedicated Memory: 978 MB

Shared Memory: 2815 MB

Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor

Monitor Model: SyncMaster

Monitor Id: SAM037C

Native Mode: 1680 x 1050(p) (59.883Hz)

Output Type: DVI

Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um

Driver File Version: 10.18.0013.5900 (English)

Driver Version: 10.18.13.5900

DDI Version: 11

Driver Model: WDDM 1.1

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

Driver Date/Size: 11/15/2015 22:35:52, 15717864 bytes

WHQL Logo'd: Yes

WHQL Date Stamp:

Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-5104-11CF-FE4C-5B351CC2C735}

Vendor ID: 0x10DE

Device ID: 0x1244

SubSys ID: 0x15563842

Revision ID: 0x00A1

Driver Strong Name: oem37.inf:NVIDIA_Devices.NTamd64.6.1:Section002:10.18.13.5900:pci\ven_10de&dev_1244

Rank Of Driver: 00E62001

Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C

[Honey Suckle]

Hello everyone!

I have recently bought and installed a GEFORCE GTX970 4Gb video card on a stock HP computer. I have read the guidelines on top of this thread, and believe I might be able to play the game pretty effectively, but, before I go ahead and buy it, I ran a "systemrequirementslab dot com" scan, and turns out I am doomed and can't play. The guidelines on top state that those sites are not recommended, so I am turning to you guys, the community, to give me the go ahead before I take the plunge and buy it.

Here is my DXDiag (the parts I assume are relevant)

Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 10240) (10240.th1.150930-1750)

System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard

System Model: HP ProDesk 405 G2 MT

BIOS: BIOS Date: 01/08/15 17:53:54 Ver: 04.06.05

Processor: AMD A8-6410 APU with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics (4 CPUs), ~2.0GHz

Memory: 8192MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 8124MB RAM

Page File: 4334MB used, 11981MB available

DirectX Version: 12

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

User DPI Setting: Using System DPI

System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)

DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled

Miracast: Available, with HDCP

Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported

DxDiag Version: 10.00.10240.16384 64bit Unicode

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Manufacturer: NVIDIA

Chip type: GeForce GTX 970

DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

Device Type: Full Device

Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13C2&SUBSYS_29743842&REV_A1

Display Memory: 8070 MB

Dedicated Memory: 4008 MB

Shared Memory: 4062 MB

Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Hopefully, you guys can help me out.

Thanks!

[Dean]

Maybe your cpu can stop your try to play the game ? At my side it is in the moment the Graphic card....

[TASTY TRACY]

Your CPU is lower that the min. req, and your system RAM as well.

[LuCY sCoTT]

Do you own that computer or have you just bought the GPU for it?

I have recently bought and installed a GEFORCE GTX970 4Gb video card on a stock HP computer. I have read the guidelines on top of this thread, and believe I might be able to play the game pretty effectively, but, before I go ahead and buy it

So what you wanna buy?

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As it is, from the DXdiag you posted above: Your CPU doen't meet the min. req. !!!

[Sami Blackburn]

I read it as the 970 has already been purchased and installed. And agreed. CPU is to weak.

[Ruben Bernal]

I own that cumputer and video card.

What I want to buy, is fallout 4

thanks, sorry about my english. It?s not my 1st language.

[Tracey Duncan]

Your English is fine! I would be concerned about the CPU, it is going to be a big bottleneck for that GPU. I can't say for sure if it will run, if it does it might not play very well.

[Gill Mackin]

Well, Greg. I wish I had seen your messages before I went and got the game via Steam. I read the 1st post on this topic, and, not being quite tech savy, believed that AMD A8 was supported, thought I could maybe play it with settings on the lower end.

If it doesn't run, I will just return it and get something else instead. I will update once I see how it goes, only 5 more hours

Thank you SO much for your input.