That's not really true, I think you mean integrated video chipsets. Mobile dedicated video cards, well not comparable to the equivalent desktop version in performance, still use the same drivers at their core. There are separate downloads because mobile devices have so many different device IDs that they require a lot of different .inf files. The drivers are the same and the tech is the same, it's just that they have to adjust voltage, clockspeed, number of cores, etc. in order to get the performance in line for the target laptop. Having said that, every dedicated laptop card from the current gen including the entry level ones exceed the minimum requirements for this game.

I used to own a Gateway laptop with a 9800GTS. Judging by the scores on notebook check for 5650m, it is just a bit behind the 9800GTS. I had a 1920x1200 display but had to run FO3 at 1280x800 using the high settings to maintain 60fps at all time. Didn't mess with settings back then as much as I do now, and didn't know what they meant so I'm sure I could've run it using some variation of ultra and mostly maintain 60fps. I don't see OP's resolution in this thread. For nvidia user's AA was broken in the control panel if you forced it too. Post patch it works again (you could always 'enhance' it but not override) so if the ATI control panel had a setting meant to override the game I'm not sure if it worked or not before and maybe it's working now and performance suffers? Just guesses. For me the game runs even smoother than with the d3d9.dll

The actual effect of the dll fix is that it forces the game to chose different shaders and settings (ones the player can not normally set themselves without a bit of typing). This would suggest that in a case where a user is able to see a massive performance gain with d3d9.dll that this same gain could be acheived by changing how the game selects shaders and adjusts some of these otherwise invisible settings.

This does not require adding support for a specific card nescessarily- but simply adding some options to the advanced settings window in the launcher to override certain shader choices and some other settings.

Hey can you let us know what .ini tweaks you are using?

Thanks.

What is SSD failure? I just had to reformat due to a sudden corruption of a system file.

The only change I"ve noticed after the patch is that I go into slow-motion when reloading. Also, my tilde key still doesn't work (it didn't before the patch either, but I played the game all the way through with it working just fine a week ago).

Solid State Drive failure- it's the equivalent of hard disk failure. Probably not directly related to the game, but yeah that would require a reformat/reinstall just like hard disk failure does.

I am using 1280x720 as well in order to get my high framerates (40-60 fps) using the "High" settings. If I go to the native resolution of my TV (1920x1080) I would not expect to get anything other than terrible framerates.

Thank you!

I have an ATI 5750 and after the patch i no longer need to use the d3d9 fix. I took the d3d9 out before i launched the game and haven't used it since. I am getting same fps as before the patch when i was using the d3d9.

Hacked dll?? lol

all the guy did was copy it from his system file and move it to the falloutnv directory...

you dont have to download it, you have in on your pc already. (besides, if you run his it will say you have a 7900gs video card)

Complete hogwash, not sure where you got that from.
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1134379-d3d9dll-and-why-it-works/

*Edit: (ahb beat me to it, just read his link)

Unfortunately it was a complete failure. The controller bit the big one and it is completely dead. (Not even showing in the BIOS.) Thank goodness I had just bought and received a 1TB Caviar Black HDD the same day or I'd be without a PC. (Had to send a 1.5TB Seagate back on Monday. It still worked but failed all tests since I got it a year ago.)

Correct, it was nothing to do with the game. (Tried restoring my W7 install, but busted the drive in the process. )

*sigh*

I think you are conflating the words hack and crack. A hack would be any customized 3rd party modification that circumvents normal system operations. Maybe I'm just old school, but a hack does not just mean piracy, cracks, and exploits. There are "good" hacks as well as "good" hackers. Just don't expect their work to ever be officially supported. Heck, FOSE is a hack as well- a pretty useful one too.

Same here. Using GTX 260's x2. WIN7x64.

I did the whole strip with a GTX460, Win7, 4 GB ram, and an i5 760 without any trouble and no dll.
I removed the DLL because I thought it might have been causing my crashing issues.

I just want the patch files so i can manually patch my game and see what happens... also would like it if I DID NOT HAVE TO USE STEAM with my hard copy, i can understand my digital download copy but my hard copy come on....

Oh man, just great. The patch fixed everything for me; no more need for the .dll fix, FPS is better than before, it even looks better all over somehow, my companions don't just disappear, havn't have a crash yet.

But apparently some people still have a broken game which means they will release another patch that I'm forced to use and it will break it on my end, again, guaranteed. I guess I better get my fill of the game before you whiners break it again.

I have an Mobility 5650 like one of the other posters in this thread and I am not experiencing what he is. The latest patch eliminated my need for the dll file. I am still doing other stuff focing V-sync off with ATI Tray Tools and doing the various loading and mouse acceleration fixes in Fallout.ini. Running at 1280x800 on my external monitor with somewhat high settings. The worst I get is about 30 FPS such as when I'm looking towards the Lucky 38 standing next to the NCR Embassy.

Specs:
AMD Phenom II N830 3-Core 2.10 GHz
4 GB RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Driver version 8.712.1.2-100415a-098973C-HP
(Yes, I know....My GPU is one of those hybrid chips and I can't use the reference drivers; I already tried)
On-board audio
Windows 7 x64

ATI Radeon HD4850 here.

You can use new drivers, just make sure they're mobility modded... check the Guru 3D forums and they'll have link to mobility versions of the latest drivers. Anyway, it's extremely weird that you're not getting the same problems even though you have the same card...

Why are you spamming this in every thread? What the hell is wrong with you? And why are you so selfish that you don't want Bethesda to try and fix something that's giving a lot of people problems?

I'm starting to think my issue is due to the driver update. The last time the dll stopped working was right after a driver update.

I'm running the 1.1.1.271 exe now and the dll does not work as before. It has to be the driver update borking something. What fixed it last time was reinstalling the game after the GPU driver update.

I'll play around with this today to see if my hunch is correct. The dll file should be working with 1.1.1.271 but it's not and this is my only hunch as to why.

*Update*

Well, apparently my hunch was wrong. Nothing I do seems to get my FPS back to what they were before.

Thankfully it's playable. I just don't run Fraps so I am not reminded of the lower FPS.

Wolfpup,

This might sound dumb but try D3DOverrider and force triple buffering. Previously D3DOverrider didn't start and now I'm thinking it is very possible that the game had triple buffering on by default if you were using vsync. Alternatively, try forcibly removing vsync by editing the default ini file and changing iPresentInterval=0

The latest patch doesn't break it, you don't need it anymore.

You're wrong. I do need it since my fps is suddenly half of what it was before. The patch broke my game.