Dead Space 3 Crash on Start up
I bought this game for the PC a while back and could never get it to run. The error that I am receiving is, "Could not initialize display hardware. Please restart Dead Space 3." My computer for some ...
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EA_Barry
Community Manager
Community ManagerThat error message can be seen when a machine does not meet the System Requirements below. If you are unsure if your hardware meets these requirements then you can post a link to your full Dxdaig file and we can let you know.
FOR WINDOWS XP (SP3), Vista (SP1) or WINDOWS 7
• 2.8 GHz processor or equivalent
• 1 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista or Windows 7)
• 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 10GB of hard drive space for installation, plus additional space for saved games.
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.
I have had this issue before with other games. The issue is not my graphics card (Nvidia GeForce GT 650M) or any other components in my computer. The problem that I have been having is the fact that my computer seems to have issues with some games that like to launch in full screen mode. So what I am trying to do here, is to get a system.txt folder from someone so that I can change the game to windowed mode without having to launch the game. I appreciate your response to my problem, but I am going to need some further help. I don't know if you are able to give me a link to a download of a system.txt file for this game or not, but i believe that this will help my issue.
- EA_Barry
Try the following to be sure your discrete GPU is being used rather than the on-board IGP.
- Open the nvidia control panel
- Manage 3D settings, Program settings tab
- Click add to choose the program to customize
- Click browse and choose: C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Dead Space 3\deadspace3.exe
- Set your graphics preferences and click apply.
Let me know if this does not help you.
