failed to detect a supported video card

[unboundlopez]

Well darn. Last night I was having a grand time playing Dragon Age Origins. However the game suddenly crashed and I though nothing of it as it was past my bedtime anyways. Later in the day I attempt to play Dragon Age Origins and nothing, and I get the error "failed to detect a supported video card". Any fixes?

[Fictus22]

Could you please post the device your using, operating system and it's specs? This will help us figure out the best solution for you.

[unboundlopez]

Will do. I got this from CPU-Z

Windows 10
CPU: i5 6500
Motherboard: MSI z170 A Gaming pro
Ram: DDR4 16GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX6700 XT

[unboundlopez]

Turning my computer off and on fixed the problem.

[Fictus22]

Well I am glad that restarting your device fixed your issue. If it happens in the future try this and don't worry it is a lot more simpler than it looks.

Go into your start menu, and click "PC Settings". Once the window for "PC Settings" or "Windows Settings" appears, type "Graphic Settings" in the "Find a setting" text box, and click the result "Graphic Settings". Once you are in the window of "Graphic Settings", click the "Browse" if the drop box above "Browse" is labeled "Classic app", and locate "DAOrigins.exe" in your game install folder/bin_ship. You will see the game now listed below "Browse", click the game, make sure it has an address simillar to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dragon Age Ultimate Edition\bin_ship" and click "Options". Once in the "Options" or "Graphics preference" which should show your gpu under "High Performance", click "High performance", and click "Save".

Reason: Sometimes the game has issues with fully utilizing the GPU which can result in having issues like yours. This will tell your system and the game to fully make use of the GPU.

Beyond that try going to your game install folder's redist folder to run DXSetup (In the DirectX folder), physx and vcredist exes to install the software on them. Try and see if that corrects your issue.

Reason: Sometimes steam misses these or failed to install them properly.

[Häskfler]

For me, the problem turned out to be that I had dual monitors going and the game would only start when I changed to one monitor.