Can I run it

[may]

So I am thinking about getting New Vegas for my PC, and I was wondering if I could run it (I'm okay with turning graphics to low, been doing it for years). I am using Intel HD 2500 integrated graphics, and my processor is an Intel i5-3470 CPU at 3.20 GHz and 3201 MHz with 4 cores. I have 8 gigs of ram. Any answers would be appreciated! Thanks!

[Master Talon]

This is the requirements so I think you should be good

OS: Windows 7/Vista/XP
Processor: Dual Core 2.0GHz
Memory: 2GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 10GB free space
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6 series, ATI 1300XT series

it even works on Windows 10

[may]

I know, but the gpu requirements are what worry me. I don't know if my graphics are equal to them or not.

[UnreasonablySaucyConcrete]

Fallout New Vegas came out near the end (October) of 2010, so the game had to run on something like mid-to-high-end GPUs of the 2010s, but your GPU came out in 2014 according to the internet, so it's quite feasible that you could even run High or Ultra graphics settings.

The game does stutter, but that's inherent in the game itself for a number of reasons such as it only using 2 Gb of RAM standard or 4 Gb with certain mods since it's a 32-bit game, not the more modern 64-bit.

You should be good with your specs, because at the point you're at the game will be it's own bottleneck even with performance mods.

[Casual Main]

My computer sucks and i can still run it

[Sp33dst3r1821]

You'll be fine. One thing to note, is that the Strip isn't well optimized so you'll see a lot of frame drops especially in the Lucky 38 Presidential Suite, although that might be caused by the snow globes which could be removed with mods.

[Master Talon]

Originally posted by UnreasonablySaucyConcrete:

Fallout New Vegas came out near the end (October) of 2010, so the game had to run on something like mid-to-high-end GPUs of the 2010s, but your GPU came out in 2014 according to the internet, so it's quite feasible that you could even run High or Ultra graphics settings.

The game does stutter, but that's inherent in the game itself for a number of reasons such as it only using 2 Gb of RAM standard or 4 Gb with certain mods since it's a 32-bit game, not the more modern 64-bit.

You should be good with your specs, because at the point you're at the game will be it's own bottleneck even with performance mods.

you sent that twice to let you know.

[Master Talon]

there is one thing odd for me I can play Fallout NV and Fallout 4 but not Fallout 3 for some odd reason and Fallout 3 came out before NV

[elvendualwielder]

We can blame the Creation Engine 4 for any issues. It's notoriously annoying to work with and unoptimized as f.
Or maybe I'm colored by my attempts to make mods in the past in it.

[UnreasonablySaucyConcrete]

Originally posted by Master Talon:

Originally posted by UnreasonablySaucyConcrete:

Fallout New Vegas came out near the end (October) of 2010, so the game had to run on something like mid-to-high-end GPUs of the 2010s, but your GPU came out in 2014 according to the internet, so it's quite feasible that you could even run High or Ultra graphics settings.

The game does stutter, but that's inherent in the game itself for a number of reasons such as it only using 2 Gb of RAM standard or 4 Gb with certain mods since it's a 32-bit game, not the more modern 64-bit.

You should be good with your specs, because at the point you're at the game will be it's own bottleneck even with performance mods.

you sent that twice to let you know.

Thanks for letting me know. I have no clue why Steam does that, because when I sent it the first time it was only one lol, I've gone ahead and deleted it.

[UnreasonablySaucyConcrete]

Originally posted by Master Talon:

there is one thing odd for me I can play Fallout NV and Fallout 4 but not Fallout 3 for some odd reason and Fallout 3 came out before NV

Oh, and Fallout 3 is significantly buggier than Fallout: New Vegas and surprisingly enough even Fallout 4. Windows 10 struggles to run it too, same with many extremely old console-to-PC ports.

If you want to run Fallout 3, there are multiple performance mods you can download just like the ones for Fallout: New Vegas (4gb Enabler, Anti-Crash, and I think there's one called Tick Fix) or you can download and run Windows 7 (which is probably the harder option).

[Master Talon]

Originally posted by UnreasonablySaucyConcrete:

Originally posted by Master Talon:

there is one thing odd for me I can play Fallout NV and Fallout 4 but not Fallout 3 for some odd reason and Fallout 3 came out before NV

Oh, and Fallout 3 is significantly buggier than Fallout: New Vegas and surprisingly enough even Fallout 4. Windows 10 struggles to run it too, same with many extremely old console-to-PC ports.

If you want to run Fallout 3, there are multiple performance mods you can download just like the ones for Fallout: New Vegas (4gb Enabler, Anti-Crash, and I think there's one called Tick Fix) or you can download and run Windows 7 (which is probably the harder option).

I have windows 10 so I'm not going to downgrade my windows for one game I rather NV and Fallout 4 anyway

[may]

Thanks for all the feedback! I bought it and I am gonna play it after school. Any graphics options/presets/mods I should use?

[UnreasonablySaucyConcrete]

Originally posted by PeytonCrafty1:

Thanks for all the feedback! I bought it and I am gonna play it after school. Any graphics options/presets/mods I should use?

I'd say for options you'd want to go with HDR if you can, which will disable Bloom but Bloom normally oversaturates the colours in games so it'll be better anyway.

In terms of mods there are plenty to choose from, so I'll start with the websites you get them from. Nexusmods and ModDB are the best options, with Nexus being the best but you need an account to download stuff, and ModDB has less to choose from and some mods may be a bit sketchy, but you need no account.

You also might want to use a modloader like Vortex or NVMM (New Vegas Mod Manager), which will make loading mods and correcting errors significantly easier. Just keep in mind some mods will want you to manually download and install them rather than use a modloader.

For performance mods, New Vegas Tick Fix, New Vegas Anti Crash, and 4Gb Enabler are the ones you'll want from the start. Avoid something I think was called New Vegas Stutter Remover, since that's outdated and buggy, New Vegas Tick Fix does the same job but better,

For graphical mods, as long as you aren't downloading tons of small item/location/etc mods or a few large mods then you can even get 2K textures, but stay away from 4k textures since those are often really hard on the game engine. Then you'd probably want a better UI, because the vanilla UI was made for consoles, so it's big, clunky, and slow, but be aware that UI mods often need special steps to download.

Then there's ENB, which is a lighting overhaul for multiple games hosted on neither Nexus nor ModDB, but on it's own ENBseries website, but there are ENB presets you can get from the nexus. ENB will require specific download steps along with the presets, you can find YouTube guides on it that'll do the trick. By the way ENB will want you to disable HDR.

This turned into a really long comment on mods, but unfortunately modding for Bethesda games has been historically difficult (but very rewarding). Two final notes, always follow the download instructions of the mod on it's page, and if you ever encounter an error you can't fix by deleting mods or changing their load order then you can do a clean re-download of NV from Steam. Good luck, and I'm glad everyone could be of help.

[may]

Okay, I did everything and it works pretty well! Thank you very much!