GPU

[Littleyoyo]

Hello everyone. I am having an issue with the GPU requirements of the game. The game tells me that my GPU isn't strong enough to run this game when I am in the main menu of the game. I highly doubt that and I am thinking something weird is going on here as my GPU is a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti super. I compared it to the requirements of the game and it checks out. But when I boot up the game it tells me it's not good enough. How is it I can run Red Dead Redemption 2 on ultra settings but I can't run the bare minimum of Subnautica without unbearable lag? Help please.

[seven]

A 4070 is more than enough to play the game. Is this a laptop by any chance? In the main menu, click options then troubleshooting and scroll down. Is it identifying your GPU correctly?

[Littleyoyo]

It is not a laptop.

[Littleyoyo]

In the troubleshooter, the game is identifying my GPU as a Microsoft Basic Render Driver.

[olavsu1]

are the nvidia driver installed?

[seven]

That means it's using software for the graphics, not your graphics card. It's not seeing your 4070 for some reason. What I'd try first is steam verifying the install, update GPU driver if there is one. Then google.

Edit: you could also check to see what Steam thinks you have, System information in the Help menu of the client.

[Littleyoyo]

Steam has my GPU right. So as far as I'm concerned, it's just Subnautica not detecting my GPU.

[sgrey]

You need to verify that you have properly install the latest Nvidia drivers for your graphics card. If you have an integrated GPU, you can also try and assign the correct GPU to subnautica either in windows settings or the Nvidia settings.

[westrud]

Go to NVIDIA Control Panel, under Select A Task select Manage 3D Settings, click on the Program Settings tab, then find Subnautica in the Select a Program to Customize pulldown and then select your NVIDIA processor in the pulldown menu. This should make sure the game uses your graphics card instead of the integrated graphics on your processor.