I just bought this game from steam. I have Windows 7 64-bit. I have Morrowind, Oblivion, and New Vegas and they all work fine so I thought Fallout 3 would work too but it doesn't. I tried every single solution I could find from google and so far the only thing that's left is to get a new video card. I went to a site called "can you run it" and it said that I needed a new video card. But I also checked the games I already have and they said I needed a new video card too, but they already work fine so I'm really confused. I don't want to waste money on a video card if it's not going to work. Can someone help me please?? Right now my video card is Intel? HD Graphics Family.

Intel has produced exactly ONE video graphics card, EVER. It was terrible, just as the majority of their video chips have been.

The SR Lab site is wrong so often, it's just a joke. This time, for this game, it is accurate. A real, actual video graphics card on its own separate circuit board is definitely required. FO: NV isn't going run the way it was designed on such a chip; that game will be badly crippled until a real video card is added.

Just any cheap card won't do it. There are "cards" out there to buy at places like Best Buy that aren't even as good as the early model Intel video chips, for noobs who want to be ripped off. A card that has actually been designed for games is what to get. AMD Radeon numbers make the most sense. If it's got an "n670", that's the basic Medium quality card, whether it is an HD 5670 from two years ago, an HD 6670 from one year ago, or the coming HD 7670 from next month. Of the Radeons numbered that way, only the HD 4670 -- now three years old, isn't really as good as it needs to be any more.

If for any reason, you are determined to buy an nVIDIA Geforce instead, be advised that they cost more, without running better, run hotter, without running faster, and generally are noisier because they have to get rid of the extra heat. Look for a "GTS" or a "GTX" Geforce; the numbers for those no longer can be relied upon to differentiate any but the very topmost three cards.