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Old 04-11-2011, 10:57 AM   #916 (permalink)
Freebase Dali
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Hai gais!

I need help.

I'm having trouble installing some games, I have Win7, 1.8Ghz and a 32bit system. So Sims 3 is 2.2Ghz and is running really well but Fallout 3 is 2.4Ghz and I'm wondering if that's just too much. It's installed, and when I go to run it a box comes up saying it couldn't work. There is speculation on the net that it's Windows 7 where you can reinstall your OS, load the latest drivers and get the patch for it. But I have the patch, updated drivers but don't want to redo my OS. Any ideas?
Fallout 3 is pretty CPU and GPU intensive. Usually, with games like that (FPS type games that rely on a baseline of consistent and heavy processing), if your computer doesn't meet the minimum system requirements, then they basically prevent you from playing it because the game will essentially be unplayable anyway. (Although they should be checking this during instalation) If this is the case, then there's nothing you can do about it, short of upgrading the actual hardware that's causing the limitation.

Just to be thorough, what did the box say, exactly?
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