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EA_Barry
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12 years ago

Re: Dead Space won't Open

Thanks for posting the requested information.

As feared, your Integrated Graphics Processor does not meet the System Requirements below. Specifically, there is a requirement for 256MB of dedicated video memory where your hardware has - Dedicated Memory: 0 MB

• 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.

2 Replies

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    I just downloaded this game and was getting the "Failed to initialize display hardware" error. I was browsing through some of the solutions when I realized that for some reason there was not settings.txt file for the game in the appropriate location. Once I created the settings.txt file in the appropriate folders (had to create the Electronic Arts and Dead Space folders) the game fired right up. 

    Go to:

    Users/"your user name"/AppData/Local/Electronic Arts/Dead Space

    and created a settings.txt file

    I found one someone had shared and used that to get my game started:

    Audio.AltNameColor = false
    Audio.MusicVol = 1.00000000
    Audio.Output = 0
    Audio.SFXVol = 1.00000000
    Audio.Subtitles = true
    Audio.VoiceVol = 1.00000000
    Control.AimAssistEnabled = true
    Control.AimingPosition = 1
    Control.ControllerSensitivity = 2
    Control.FireButtonControls = true
    Control.InvertX = false
    Control.InvertY = false
    Control.MouseSensitivity = 0.20000000
    Control.Shock = true
    Controls.AcL.X = 0x1105FF7E
    Controls.AcL.Y = 0x0003100E
    Game.PDiff = 1
    Game.Played = 1
    Misc.LastSaveSlot = 0
    QualityOptions.ActorMotionBlur = true
    QualityOptions.Bloom = true
    QualityOptions.Blur = true
    QualityOptions.ConfigType = 1
    QualityOptions.Decals = true
    QualityOptions.Distortion = true
    QualityOptions.DoF = true
    QualityOptions.EdgeAA = true
    QualityOptions.Flare = true
    QualityOptions.Glow = true
    QualityOptions.HighLightQuality = true
    QualityOptions.ManipColor = true
    QualityOptions.ShaderQuality = 2
    QualityOptions.Shadows = 2
    Window.Fullscreen = true
    Window.Gamma = 0.50000000
    Window.Height = 1080
    Window.Hz = 60
    Window.Left = 0
    Window.MessageNotification = 1
    Window.State = 0
    Window.Top = 0
    Window.VSync = false
    Window.Width = 1920
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    I used this fix and it worked fine for a while. Then I had to quit and restart and now it doesn't work again.

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