Crashing Immediately on Starting. Seeking Help. : Fallout 4

» Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:08 am

Hello,

I've just purchased Fallout 4 and haven't been able to launch the game yet. From Steam, I get to the Fallout 4 launch screen. When I select 'Play', I get the windows crash dialogue. I followed the instructions to set the graphics to windowed borderless mode, but with no success. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

System Information via DxDiag.txt:

Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.150316-1654)

Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: Apple Inc.

System Model: MacBookPro6,2

BIOS: Default System BIOS

Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 CPU M 620 @ 2.67GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz

Memory: 8192MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 8118MB RAM

Page File: 5048MB used, 11185MB 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

Best,

crayonninja

» Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:13 pm

MacBookPro6,2?? :liplick: Graphic?

» Wed Dec 16, 2015 2:38 am

What graphics card does your MacBook have? If it's just the integrated Intel chipset, then you probably don't meet the minimum hardware requirements to run the game.

» Tue Dec 15, 2015 11:07 pm

The following is my NVIDIA System Information:

[Display]

Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit (Service Pack 1)

DirectX version: 11.0

GPU processor: GeForce GT 330M

Driver version: 341.92

Direct3D API version: 10.1

CUDA Cores: 48

Core clock: 500 MHz

Shader clock: 1100 MHz

Memory data rate: 1580 MHz

Memory interface: 128-bit

Total available graphics memory: 4095 MB

Dedicated video memory: 512 MB GDDR3

System video memory: 0 MB

Shared system memory: 3583 MB

Video BIOS version: 70.16.58.0A.00

IRQ: 16

Bus: PCI Express x16

Device Id: 10DE 0A29 00C7106B

Part Number: 0695

Perhaps clues a more knowledgeable person will pick up on...?

Many thanks,

crayonninja

» Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:44 am

Your graphics card is way below minimum requirements. It only has 512 MB of dedicated RAM, and the performance is barely batter than that of the Intel HD 4000 integrated chipset.

» Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:58 am

I see the system requirements are:

Minimum:

Operating system: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 2.8GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0GHz or equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Hard disk space: 30 GB free HDD space
Video: NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti 2GB / AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or equivalent

Does my "Geforce GT 330M" provide a comparable level of performance as the required "NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti 2GB"? A sinking feeling... I suspect not. Input / confirmation welcomed.

» Wed Dec 16, 2015 8:14 am

Rats, thanks Gator Country.

» Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:35 am

It doesn't even come close -

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-550-Ti-vs-GeForce-GT-330M

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

» Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:27 am

That comparison really puts it in perspective, will need to do my homework next time. Thanks again.

» Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:59 am

Main problem is that the Nvidia Geforce 330M doesn't support Direct3D 11 (only 10.1). The VRAM and other problems wouldn't cause the game to crash.