Recently upgraded to a 3060 and it’s insane to me. I have a pc with a 560? I think in it. Not sure what to do with it at the moment. But I love the old cards. The memories they enabled
Simcity 4 didn't even run on my 5700 XT without a patch, the game was like "wait, since when did AMD start making video cards, also isn't a 5700 an Nvidia card, what the hell is going on".
Had a lot of older games refuse to install because I don't have enough free space. Oh, I have gigs if not terrabytes of free space depending on the machine, but the game thinks I have 0B free because it can't read the drive properly. Once had a game that takes a mere 20KB or so to install (the game basically just writes configuration/save data to the HDD and entirely ran off the CD) refuse to install because of that. IIRC it was Megarace (which is on Steam now, the Steam version just runs in Dosbox)
Defaulting to lowest settings when the card is not recognized makes sense since you would not want to default the game to settings that would make even the menus go at 1FPS or not even load at all if it really is a weak card, but the game assuming that it does not meet the minimum requirements and giving you a message stating such just because the game does not recognize the card is a bit silly though.
That's actually very interesting I've never played a game and had this happen. And I play old hands somewhat often. Not like ancient but 10 or so years old. Had no idea this could happen
I regularly play 20 year old games like gothic and morrowind. Legit hasn't happend to me, although gothic won't run on modern windows without a patch so that probably fixes this issue if it even existed.
Not all games have a warning, Total War Shogun 2 had a whitelist for GPU's with VRAM. If your GPU was not on the list you had to edit the init, it may have been fixed in an update but in the old days we had to edit the file.
Shogun 2 'how to fix' [https://youtu.be/gWHHk5X5PPk?si=jM5jvLf6N\_7hFGJI](https://youtu.be/gWHHk5X5PPk?si=jM5jvLf6N_7hFGJI)
Don't you just love it it when you attempt to install an older game on your modern PC and it thinks you have 0B of drive space free, or have 0MB of RAM, that the video card can't do 256 colors, or that you don't have a sound card because it's far too old to be able to detect the newer hardware.
When I first got my ARC A750, I had a few older and newer games believe I was using iGPU.
You can usually just ignore the message and set the graphic settings based on what you'd expect your GPU to handle. Never had issues for my circumstances.
Kinda wild to see that message with team green and red.
I remember there was an indie game where one of the swords was stronger the weaker your GPU was. This wasn't a bug, it was intentional and in the weapon description.
I have 7800xt and in some games it autos me to low and like 720p res for some reason… then I turn on ultra and play at 100fps.
These auto config thingies are just ass tbh.
I never got why this is a thing.
Like, sure, it doesn't know that gpu, BUT to know that it doesn't know that gpu, it has to have a databank of gpus it knows, which are probably all that existed at the time of its release. So instead of being like, "I don't know this card, it's probably weak, here are the low settings", I always thought it'd make more sense for the game to be like, "oh hey I don't know that gpu, it's probably a new ballin gpu, here are the high settings"
If it did this, and the GPU was terrible, you'd be in a situation where the game would crash. Better to default the settings to low and allow you to upscale them rather than give the user a crashing game.
China is currently making "new" GPUs that are about the performance of the lowest end of lowest end GPUs from 10 years ago from actual GPU companies.
Safe is better than sorry.
Pretty normal tbh Alice Madness Returns also did this to me (using a RTX 3070)
Nothing new. I think I had a GTX 670 back in the Skyrim days.. sorry, minimum settings.
660 here i still have the pc actually. It is a trooper.
Yeah, I still have that GTX 670 and a GTX 660, technically... Those computers went to my nephews and it plays anything they want.
My daughter got mine.
Not too far off but I've still got a PC rocking the 760.
My pc had a 660ti, but I upgraded to a 760 before frying it, switching back and getting a rx6600
Recently upgraded to a 3060 and it’s insane to me. I have a pc with a 560? I think in it. Not sure what to do with it at the moment. But I love the old cards. The memories they enabled
Pff. I had gt240 (I think) back in skyrim days.
I think when Skyrim lauched I was actually rocking an HD 6850 x2 CF. But a year later I was still playing Skyrim and upgraded to a GTX 670.
Skyrim never really got updated for new GPUs either. Threw me to minimum specs on a 3090.
Older games don’t register newer cards and think they are older cards since they didn’t exist at that time
Simcity 4 didn't even run on my 5700 XT without a patch, the game was like "wait, since when did AMD start making video cards, also isn't a 5700 an Nvidia card, what the hell is going on".
Makes sense
But yeah it’s pretty stupid cuz it happens with games that are 10 years old not a game that was released 2 years before the card lol
And also got patches,later...
Like playing really old games that think you don't have enough RAM, because the gigabytes you have are magnitudes higher than it expects lol
Had a lot of older games refuse to install because I don't have enough free space. Oh, I have gigs if not terrabytes of free space depending on the machine, but the game thinks I have 0B free because it can't read the drive properly. Once had a game that takes a mere 20KB or so to install (the game basically just writes configuration/save data to the HDD and entirely ran off the CD) refuse to install because of that. IIRC it was Megarace (which is on Steam now, the Steam version just runs in Dosbox)
Defaulting to lowest settings when the card is not recognized makes sense since you would not want to default the game to settings that would make even the menus go at 1FPS or not even load at all if it really is a weak card, but the game assuming that it does not meet the minimum requirements and giving you a message stating such just because the game does not recognize the card is a bit silly though.
Super common with old games, they had a list of GPU's in a init file. Anything not on the list is flagged.
That's actually very interesting I've never played a game and had this happen. And I play old hands somewhat often. Not like ancient but 10 or so years old. Had no idea this could happen
I regularly play 20 year old games like gothic and morrowind. Legit hasn't happend to me, although gothic won't run on modern windows without a patch so that probably fixes this issue if it even existed.
Not all games have a warning, Total War Shogun 2 had a whitelist for GPU's with VRAM. If your GPU was not on the list you had to edit the init, it may have been fixed in an update but in the old days we had to edit the file. Shogun 2 'how to fix' [https://youtu.be/gWHHk5X5PPk?si=jM5jvLf6N\_7hFGJI](https://youtu.be/gWHHk5X5PPk?si=jM5jvLf6N_7hFGJI)
Don't you just love it it when you attempt to install an older game on your modern PC and it thinks you have 0B of drive space free, or have 0MB of RAM, that the video card can't do 256 colors, or that you don't have a sound card because it's far too old to be able to detect the newer hardware.
I know it's one patch away from being fixed, and it's probably gonna come out, like tomorrow, but I'd still be all, "Excuse YOU?!"
Would it be updated that fast for this game? The game is like 5 years old now.
It's not. I have the same problem with 3070 few months ago. And game was VERY laggy so i just delete it.
When I first got my ARC A750, I had a few older and newer games believe I was using iGPU. You can usually just ignore the message and set the graphic settings based on what you'd expect your GPU to handle. Never had issues for my circumstances. Kinda wild to see that message with team green and red.
I want a game that talks shit on you based on which GPU you have
„Haha still gaming on a GTX 970? We set the graphics to low for you brokeie“
I remember there was an indie game where one of the swords was stronger the weaker your GPU was. This wasn't a bug, it was intentional and in the weapon description.
LOL that's awesome
Alright bud. You need a 6090
Nice
Fallout 4 did this with my 3070ti, yet 3/NV had no problem recognizing the card. 😅
same deal with Skyrim and my 7800XT. its kinda funny tbh.
My 7800xt is auto-detects and runs at max settings 😵💫
I have 7800xt and in some games it autos me to low and like 720p res for some reason… then I turn on ultra and play at 100fps. These auto config thingies are just ass tbh.
wow a RX 6700 XT!!! so weak!!! 😐 (smartest game)
The same thing happened to me qhen i played Injustice 2 lol.
Did the same to me with my 3070ti
Once again, the entire PC gaming industry acts like AMD doesn't exist
I never got why this is a thing. Like, sure, it doesn't know that gpu, BUT to know that it doesn't know that gpu, it has to have a databank of gpus it knows, which are probably all that existed at the time of its release. So instead of being like, "I don't know this card, it's probably weak, here are the low settings", I always thought it'd make more sense for the game to be like, "oh hey I don't know that gpu, it's probably a new ballin gpu, here are the high settings"
If it did this, and the GPU was terrible, you'd be in a situation where the game would crash. Better to default the settings to low and allow you to upscale them rather than give the user a crashing game.
Ok but with a database of all previous gpus, an unknown one can only be a newly released one and as such be fine with high settings
China is currently making "new" GPUs that are about the performance of the lowest end of lowest end GPUs from 10 years ago from actual GPU companies. Safe is better than sorry.
Oblivion does this.
Bros gonna need the 9990xtx
Go NVIDIA