hi I downloaded dead space 1 when it was on the free to play on origin I installed it with no problems but when I tried to open it says "could not initialize display hardware. please restart dead space" I've looked on all the help sites on the internet and I cant find a solution anywhere so can anyone help me please.
Community ManagerDoes your system meet all of the following requirements?
• For Windows XP (SP2) or Vista
• 2.8 GHz processor or equivalent
• 1 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista)
• NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or better (7300, 7600 GS, and 8500 are below minimum system requirements)
• ATI X1600 Pro or better (X1300, X1300 Pro and HD2400 are below minimum system requirements)
• 256MB Video Card and Shader Model 3.0 required • The latest version of DirectX 9.0c
• At least 7.5GB of hard drive space for installation, plus additional space for saved games.
NOTE: INTERNET CONNECTION, ONLINE AUTHENTICATION, AND END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.EA.COM.
Integrated Chipsets may experience issues.
Please note that attempting to play the game using video hardware that isn’t listed above may result in reduced performance, graphical issues or cause the game to not run at all.
my system does meet all the requirements
Community ManagerIs your system a laptop with an onboard video card and a discrete GPU?
im not sure how do I find out
Community ManagerIf you take a look at the following article on how to retrieve your full system specs you can then post that info here:
http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/
