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Gessler Jul 23, 2015 @ 5:00am

Crysis 2 unsupported video card error on GTX 970?

So I just purchased a copy of Crysis 2 from Amazon (it's not a Steam download but hey, this is a wonderful place to seek advice)...everything is installed & activated fine, but when I click on either the Crysis2.exe or Crysis2Launcher.exe I get the strange message saying Unsupported Video Card detected! Continuing to run the game might cause unexpected problems.

But regardless of whether I press OK or Cancel, the game doesn't start. However pressing Cancel gives me a "GameStartup Interface failed to load" message.

I don't understand why I'm getting this...I have researched on the net for a fix and found out that many people with slightly lesser-than-required GPUs failed to play the game because of this, but my system is equipped with a GeForce GTX 970 with 3.5GB of GDDR5 VRAM! It's perferctly capable of running the latest Crysis 3, GTA V, BF4, CoD:AW at maximum settings...it just doesn't make sense.

And yes, I did patch the game. It was v1.0 and it updated to v1.9

Can anyone tell me what to do?

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Ceejay

Jul 23, 2015 @ 8:33am

No idea personally, I have the steam crysis 2 maximum edition, and it runs perfect on my 970.

As its not detecting your card properly I would suggest a full uninstall and then reinstall of your drivers.

Last edited by Ceejay; Jul 23, 2015 @ 8:33am

SpunkyJones has Crysis 2 Maximum Edition

Jul 23, 2015 @ 3:21pm

Originally posted by Ceejay:
No idea personally, I have the steam crysis 2 maximum edition, and it runs perfect on my 970.

As its not detecting your card properly I would suggest a full uninstall and then reinstall of your drivers.

This. I also have a 970, and it runs this game with no problem.

s3bsta

Jul 23, 2015 @ 4:25pm

Try a clean install of your drivers

Brump Jul 23, 2015 @ 9:20pm

thats srange i run the game on ultra with a amd a10 7850k and the r7 260x very entry level rig so you should have no problem

Gessler Jul 23, 2015 @ 11:04pm

Originally posted by brucecrump2011:
thats srange i run the game on ultra with a amd a10 7850k and the r7 260x very entry level rig so you should have no problem

That's right, there should be no problem as far as hardware requirements are concerned, but I think there is some software bug within the game's launcher that's preventing it from recognizing the 970 as a supported GPU.