Graphics card does not meet the minimal specifications requirements

[x_borsti]

Cant start the game, tried everything: I had games before which told me this, but at least they started and let ME decide if its playable or not. Ok: my RTX3070m may be a bit old, but why cant I give it at least a try?
Is there any way to just bypass this? Thx for answers :)

[potato]

windows and drivers updated?

[Kashra Fall]

You gotta update your windows.

[Lumpsack]

I had this after the game killed my drivers, check they're okay - maybe even re-install - it should help.
If you're on older drivers update to the latest, your card should be more than enough to launch it

[x_borsti]

Thx for quick answers, of course I checked windows update, there is nothing missing (windows 10). All other recent games are running without problems.

[x_borsti]

Geforce experience also tell drivers are latest and everything is ok

[dannyj147]

It's really strange. Intel Arc 770 GPU's also get this too apparently yet it runs for me on Vega 8 graphics.

[Adam Beckett]

... should run 3070m is not 'old' at all. This game runs on a GTX 790 (see YouTube).

Do you get a 'Windows OS error message'? Or a in-game 'message', telling you 'graphic card does not ..."?

[x_borsti]

No, just this message in a dialog box. The game doesnt even try to start, it just quits after this message. If there is no way to bypass this check, I think I have to refund...

[x_borsti]

Google tells that I´m not alone with this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Starfield/comments/169t92k/modders_help_us_bypass_graphics_card_does_not/

[Adam Beckett]

There are countless videos on Youtube with people playing the game on non-spec graphic cards. Not just the GTX 970 mentioned above, but also GT 1030 (2GB VRAM) and even more exotic cards.

There must be a way all these people have made it passed this hardware-check.

Might want to search there, or ask in their YT-comments.

All I could found inside the Starfield game folder and the user Documents folder are non-specific config files.

There IS one file called DefaultGlobalGraphicsSettings.json which lists a bunch of common graphic cards and with what ini-preset they should start. But, editing that file, will most likely not work, since the hardware check is baked into the executable?

[x_borsti]

Thx for answer, I´m quite sure this game WILL run ok on my pc, but I think something just is wrong with this check. This is really the first time a game refuses to launch without saying me WHAT it checked in detail, and I dont get the benefit of forcing players to refund instead of deciding if perfomance is ok for them.
I will (have to) refund it and hope they will work on this check later. Thx at all for reading and giving suggestions :)

[Ita]

I've had the same issue and have seen countless other people have it too. Other people have gotten around it with a simple Windows update but I personally have no idea how to counteract it, since I've reinstalled, uninstalled, restarted, and checked everything (Windows and all drivers) over and over. think I'm going to have to get a refund as well.

[Lois Griffin]

what processor do you have?

[Sentient_Toaster]

M for mobile. Presuming it's a laptop. Is there a possibility that you have both the discrete GPU and integrated graphics enabled (i.e. Optimus setup) and that the game is picking the integrated graphics for that check?

It should be possible to exclude that possibility by mucking around in Nvidia's settings to direct it to pick the discrete GPU; or, depending on what system you have, disabling integrated graphics/Optimus in BIOS and running only on the discrete GPU.

[x_borsti]

Yes it is a laptop and it is not possible to disable the integrated graphics as it is needed at boot time. Forcing nvidia with display center doesnt help. Maybe you are right that the check is done with the wrong card...
I also tried with external monitor (then the laptop has to use the nvidia card), but also no success.
Thx @ all for ideas, I give up :)