Game worked on an NVIDIA GT 710, now it doesn't works with an AMD HD 6850

[+Analbi]

Well, technically, it launches and shows the main menu, but upon starting any kind of game (New, Continue, Load), it crashes to desktop with an error

Anyone with a similar video card with this problem? Is it because it started to support DirectX 12 (Which my video card doesn't supports) or something?

[Kunovega]

AMD HD 6850 is way below the minimum requirements for the game

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-HD-7870-vs-AMD-HD-6850/2161vsm7743

[+Analbi]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

AMD HD 6850 is way below the minimum requirements for the game

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-HD-7870-vs-AMD-HD-6850/2161vsm7743

And so is the NVIDIA GT 710, but it managed to work!

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Tanalbi:

Originally posted by Kunovega:

AMD HD 6850 is way below the minimum requirements for the game

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-HD-7870-vs-AMD-HD-6850/2161vsm7743

And so is the NVIDIA GT 710, but it managed to work!

So? You got lucky with the 710, it supported a wider range of features than the 6850 does. You had no guarantee that either would work, because neither is a supported video card.

All you managed to do is prove the 710 is more compatible with games than a 6850. But since neither is good enough to be officially supported, they aren't going to test low end cards that they don't support just to see which ones can barely play the game and which ones don't.

The minimum requirements are the specs that a company is willing to test and maintain support for, using something below that and you are on your own, willingly choosing to use the incorrect hardware. If you get lucky and it works, there's still no guarantee it will work well. I doubt you had good performance with the 710 even if it was barely functional it's less than what they expect you to be using.

Seriously, a GTX 750 or Radeon HD 7870 are the minimums they are willing to maintain support for with a recommended of GTX 960 or Radeon R8 380.

You might as well be asking why a GeForce 8800 GTX doesn't work (because they are both over 10 years old and don't even support the last dx 11 version)

AMD 6850 is a step down from a gtx 710 in terms of dx support by several years.