How to update my Graphics Card .

[gregnewman2202]

A few days before Christmas , I tried to update my graphics card at a computer store . when I got to Cairns , 1 shop was shut down and the 2 that I knew of couldn't ''do '' my laptop for
at least seven ( ??? ) weeks assuming I left it with either one of them .

I've tried every other trick to get FO4 going but this so far . If some one can explain to me
'' the idiot's version '' , I'd be grateful . A few weeks ago (I think ) someone told me how to but I couldn't figure what he/she was saying

My game is totally vanilla apart form being set not to update itself .
NO MODS !
WEAPON DEBRIS OFF !

Manufacturer: Notebook
Model: P65_67HSHP
Form Factor: Laptop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x9e
CPU Stepping: 0x9
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 2808 Mhz
8 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
AVX2: Supported
AVX512F: Unsupported
AVX512PF: Unsupported
AVX512ER: Unsupported
AVX512CD: Unsupported
AVX512VNNI: Unsupported
SHA: Unsupported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported

Operating System Version:
Windows 10 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0

Video Card:
Driver: Intel(R) HD Graphics 630
DirectX Driver Name: nvldumd.dll
Driver Version: 31.0.101.2112
DirectX Driver Version: 30.0.15.1259
Driver Date: 7 21 2022
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x1be1
Revision: 0xa1
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 50.39" x 28.35" (57.80" diag)
128.0cm x 72.0cm (146.8cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x

Sound card:
Audio device: DENON-AVAMP (NVIDIA High Defini

Memory:
RAM: 32613 MB

VR Hardware:
VR Headset: None detected

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Media Type: DVD
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 8822554 MB
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 3382649 MB
OS Install Date: Mar 31 2022
Game Controller: XInput Controller #1 detected
MAC Address hash: e1f6e66b0907ac3c6ac59861cd090050492c1d91

Storage:
Disk serial number hash: 8c34ff55
Number of SSDs: 0
Number of HDDs: 0

[Zekiran]

You need to go into the DEVICE MANAGER and DISABLE the Intel Driver: Intel(R) HD Graphics 630 - it thinks that you're still wanting to use the laptop's motherboard to run graphics.

I don't use W10 so I don't know whether the device manager is much different from 7, so I'd suggest looking that up. Basically you want to FORCE the machine to actually USE your video card, instead of trying to use that old chipset hd630.

[Lady Aeleanor]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

You need to go into the DEVICE MANAGER and DISABLE the Intel Driver: Intel(R) HD Graphics 630 - it thinks that you're still wanting to use the laptop's motherboard to run graphics.

I didn't see a separate video card in the specifics. I got that he wasn't able to get one installed, from the post. All I saw was the Intel Integrated Graphics. But in the event that he would get a dedicated card, then yes - you're right, the integrated chip would have to be disabled in Device Manager.

[Zekiran]

Originally posted by Lady Aeleanor:

I didn't see a separate video card in the specifics. I got that he wasn't able to get one installed, from the post. All I saw was the Intel Integrated Graphics. But in the event that he would get a dedicated card, then yes - you're right, the integrated chip would have to be disabled in Device Manager.

It's also possible they just didn't install the drivers properly.

Head to the manufacturer's website, look up your video card model and OS, and download the DRIVER ONLY - not the bloatware suite because it'll just take up space and be largely useless particularly if you don't already know what you want out of it... Make sure it's installed correctly, it should show up there instead of the hd.

[Liquid Inc]

only issue is the graphics card has only 1GB of VRAM.. that doesn't even meet the min specs of 2GB for the game.. that out of the way, you'll need to set Fallout 4 inside the NVIDIA control panel (which should be in the bottom left of your desktop screen) to use the 1070, rather than the Intel 630.

Originally posted by Zekiran:

You need to go into the DEVICE MANAGER and DISABLE the Intel Driver: Intel(R) HD Graphics 630 - it thinks that you're still wanting to use the laptop's motherboard to run graphics.

I don't use W10 so I don't know whether the device manager is much different from 7, so I'd suggest looking that up. Basically you want to FORCE the machine to actually USE your video card, instead of trying to use that old chipset hd630.

It's 1GB VRAM may be the major limiting factor here.. Mods to reduce the texture load might be a necessity?

[Liquid Inc]

Originally posted by Lady Aeleanor:

Originally posted by Zekiran:

You need to go into the DEVICE MANAGER and DISABLE the Intel Driver: Intel(R) HD Graphics 630 - it thinks that you're still wanting to use the laptop's motherboard to run graphics.

I didn't see a separate video card in the specifics. I got that he wasn't able to get one installed, from the post. All I saw was the Intel Integrated Graphics. But in the event that he would get a dedicated card, then yes - you're right, the integrated chip would have to be disabled in Device Manager.

it's got a 1070 in the list. Steam's way of labelling it is awkward, but it is there. The only issue is the VRAM..

[Zekiran]

oh god I didn't even notice it's a 1gb card O_O i ... don't know that will run this.

[Thunderchief]

A Magnet

[Heisenquark]

You should go right back to the computer store and buy a decent laptop

[Heisenquark]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

You need to go into the DEVICE MANAGER and DISABLE the Intel Driver: Intel(R) HD Graphics 630 - it thinks that you're still wanting to use the laptop's motherboard to run graphics.

That's actually terrible advice.

The integrated graphics are there to save power in desktop and multimedia use.

And if there really should be a game where you can not select the GPU...
In windows your can select for each programm the graphics processor

[Liquid Inc]

Originally posted by Heisenquark:

Originally posted by Zekiran:

You need to go into the DEVICE MANAGER and DISABLE the Intel Driver: Intel(R) HD Graphics 630 - it thinks that you're still wanting to use the laptop's motherboard to run graphics.

That's actually terrible advice.

The integrated graphics are there to save power in desktop and multimedia use.

And if there really should be a game where you can not select the GPU...
Go into windows and select for each programm individually the graphics proc
essor.

in a sense, your entirely right, and for some laptops disabling the integrated is not actually possible because it's the "display" to the screen; There are laptops that have "dedicated" cards but they're more boosters rather than standalone. Disabling the integrated on *those* laptops would mean no display at all, but i don't know if OP's is one of those types. I know a lot of Asus laptops run that way, so other manufacturers probably do the same.

That said, zekiran is also right, because they didn't say to permanently disable it, just to do so. If the game launches, then atleast OP will be able to play, and can simply re-enable the integrated later on. The biggest issue is getting the game to run at all right now.

Originally posted by Zekiran:

oh god I didn't even notice it's a 1gb card O_O i ... don't know that will run this.

with a lot of minimalist texture mods to reduce the load and a ton of saving XD Honestly, yeah, it's going to be a struggle for the OP

[Lady Aeleanor]

Originally posted by Liquid Inc:

it's got a 1070 in the list. Steam's way of labelling it is awkward, but it is there. The only issue is the VRAM..

Ah, right - now I see it.....

[[STD]Random Lead]

go here and download the drivers for your 1070 notebook edition. Disregard everyone saying you lack the vram, either it needs the driver like the one from the link or it is using your 32GB of ram your system has.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/

[Liquid Inc]

Originally posted by STDRandom Lead:

go here and download the drivers for your 1070 notebook edition. Disregard everyone saying you lack the vram, either it needs the driver like the one from the link or it is using your 32GB of ram your system has.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/

the VRAM will be a significant handicap, regardless of whether they have 32GB of ram or not.
Those drivers -may- help, but given the OS install date, the driver install date, and the driver version, it isn't likely to help to any marked extent, if it will at all.

[[STD]Random Lead]

Originally posted by Liquid Inc:

Originally posted by STDRandom Lead:

go here and download the drivers for your 1070 notebook edition. Disregard everyone saying you lack the vram, either it needs the driver like the one from the link or it is using your 32GB of ram your system has.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/

the VRAM will be a significant handicap, regardless of whether they have 32GB of ram or not.
Those drivers -may- help, but given the OS install date, the driver install date, and the driver version, it isn't likely to help to any marked extent, if it will at all.

You must be new to the computer world.

https://www.google.com/search?q=laptop+shared+vram&newwindow=1&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS937US937&sxsrf=ALiCzsY1DznYlbdASA1bdZBeBboiZR5y_w%3A1672538621965&ei=_emwY7HGOuvhkPIPv6K5wAU&ved=0ahUKEwjxuL3zo6X8AhXrMEQIHT9RDlgQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=laptop+shared+vram&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIFCAAQhgMyBQgAEIYDMgUIABCGAzIFCAAQhgM6BAgjECc6BAgAEEM6CgguEMcBENEDEEM6BwguENQCEEM6EQguEIAEELEDEIMBEMcBENEDOgsILhCABBCxAxCDAToUCC4QgAQQsQMQgwEQxwEQ0QMQ1AI6CwgAEIAEELEDEIMBOgcIABCxAxBDOgUIABCABDoICAAQgAQQsQM6BQgAELEDOgsILhCABBCxAxDlBDoICAAQsQMQgwE6CwguEK8BEMcBEIAEOggIABAWEB4QDzoKCAAQFhAeEA8QCkoECEEYAEoECEYYAFAAWIYsYOEuaABwAXgAgAHpAYgBmw2SAQYxNS4yLjGYAQCgAQHAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

[Liquid Inc]

Originally posted by STDRandom Lead:

You must be new to the computer world.

nope, i just know the difference between the two without the need of a google link....