A game i like to play doesn't boot anymore on a new computer

[GigaCars]

I resorted to this because i had to..

After upgrading with a 8th gen Intel Core i7-3770K with 8 cores and a EVGA GF GTX 1660 Ti XC Ultra Gaming GPU, i cannot boot a game i want to play anymore, i have no idea why it isn't using the Integrated Graphics as a alternative within the 3770K, the game is compatible with DX12 and older versions too btw

EDIT: changed a few things

tags for future people: windows 7 1660 1660ti ti nvidia geforce gtx drivers driver

[Mailer]

What is the name of the game you can't play?

Also, click 'Help' in the top left of the client --> "System Information"
...then copy and paste all of that information here so that it becomes easier to help you.
I can't quite make sense of your CPU as it is, unless you meant the "i7-8770K" instead.
The i7-3770K doesn't have 8 cores unfortunately, but it does have 8 threads.

[Nonebit]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Mailer:

What is the name of the game you can't play?

Also, click 'Help' in the top left of the client --> "System Information"
...then copy and paste all of that information here so that it becomes easier to help you.
I can't quite make sense of your CPU as it is, unless you meant the "i7-8770K" instead.
The i7-3770K doesn't have 8 cores unfortunately, but it does have 8 threads.

No such thing as an i7-8770K. He's probably talking about the actual i7-8700K

[GigaCars]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Mailer:

What is the name of the game you can't play?

Also, click 'Help' in the top left of the client --> "System Information"
...then copy and paste all of that information here so that it becomes easier to help you.
I can't quite make sense of your CPU as it is, unless you meant the "i7-8770K" instead.
The i7-3770K doesn't have 8 cores unfortunately, but it does have 8 threads.

ah, 8 threads, ig in the CPU graph the 4 others are threads

anyway, it's Brick Rigs

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x3a
CPU Stepping: 0x9
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3605 MHz
8 logical processors
4 physical processors
Hyper-threading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
AVX2: Unsupported
AVX512F: Unsupported
AVX512PF: Unsupported
AVX512ER: Unsupported
AVX512CD: Unsupported
AVX512VNNI: Unsupported
SHA: Unsupported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported

Windows 7 because it's just 3 sentences there lol

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
DirectX Driver Name: vga.dll
Driver Version: 30.0.14.7514
DirectX Driver Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Driver Date: 6 10 2024
OpenGL Version: 1.1
DirectX Card Not Detected
VendorID: 0x0
DeviceID: 0x0
Revision Not Detected
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: 12.60" x 9.45" (15.75" diag), 32.0cm x 24.0cm (40.0cm diag)
Primary Bus Type Not Detected
Primary VRAM Not Detected
Supported MSAA Modes Not Detected

[GigaCars]

also, do note i have 16 GB of RAM now

[GigaCars]

and i am aware the 3770k is a DX11 processor, don't remind me

[Mailer]

It looks like a lot of information about your graphics card is missing. Have you tried going to Nvidia's website to download and install the latest graphics drivers for your GTX 1660 Ti?
I would try doing that first.

If it still doesn't start after that, you might want to check that your DirectX is working properly.
Try searching for dxdiag on your start menu.
Or follow the instructions here for Windows 7: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000022556/graphics.html

[GigaCars]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Mailer:

It looks like a lot of information about your graphics card is missing. Have you tried going to Nvidia's website to download and install the latest graphics drivers for your GTX 1660 Ti?
I would try doing that first.

If it still doesn't start after that, you might want to check that your DirectX is working properly.
Try searching for dxdiag on your start menu.
Or follow the instructions here for Windows 7: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000022556/graphics.html

it is up to date, so idk what's wrong

also, i already used dxdiag

went to link, nothing helpful

[GigaCars]

also, it appears BeamNG is affected too, no help on there support page either so

[Mailer]

Another strange thing about your system information is the current DirectX driver points to vga.dll which is a VGA 16 Colour Display Driver. Your graphics card should not be using a VGA display driver because it doesn't even have a VGA port. It should be either HDMI, DVI or DisplayPort that you have hooked up to your monitor.

Were you using a VGA cable for display in the past, forgot to plug your display into the graphics card at the back of the PC, or is it possible that you have some old display driver installed from the past that's now preventing your graphics card from using the proper Nvidia drivers?

I can only reiterate that you may want to clean up your display drivers and do a clean install your Nvidia drivers because your graphics card information doesn't add up.

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Another thing to note is that the games you've mentioned require at minimum Service Pack 1 for Windows 7, which is not a supported operating system anymore. So we can't say for sure if this is a display driver problem or if your OS is simply too unsupported to run these games.

Regardless, DirectX is an OS thing, so you should make sure that Windows 7 is updated to the latest update it had before Microsoft stopped supporting it. Or consider upgrading to Windows 10.

[GigaCars]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Mailer:

Another strange thing about your system information is the current DirectX driver points to vga.dll which is a VGA 16 Colour Display Driver. Your graphics card should not be using a VGA display driver because it doesn't even have a VGA port. It should be either HDMI, DVI or DisplayPort.

Were you using a VGA cable for display in the past, forgot to plug your display into the graphics card at the back of the PC, or is it possible that you have some old display driver installed from the past that's now preventing your graphics card from using the proper Nvidia drivers?

I can only reiterate that you may want to clean up your display drivers and do a clean install your Nvidia drivers because your graphics card information doesn't add up.

---

Another thing to note is that the games you've mentioned require at minimum Service Pack 1 for Windows 7, which is not a supported operating system anymore. So we can't say for sure if this is a display driver problem or if your OS is simply too unsupported to run these games.

Regardless, DirectX is an OS thing, so you should make sure that Windows 7 is updated to the latest update it had before Microsoft stopped supporting it. Or consider upgrading to Windows 10.

only 5 importants and 3 optional updates refuse to download, but other then that it's updated

i'm using a DVI-D Single port connected to the GPU, not VGA, never had used VGA, the motherboard has a i believe VGA port however

[Mailer]

Oprindeligt skrevet af GigaCars:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Mailer:

Another strange thing about your system information is the current DirectX driver points to vga.dll which is a VGA 16 Colour Display Driver. Your graphics card should not be using a VGA display driver because it doesn't even have a VGA port. It should be either HDMI, DVI or DisplayPort.

Were you using a VGA cable for display in the past, forgot to plug your display into the graphics card at the back of the PC, or is it possible that you have some old display driver installed from the past that's now preventing your graphics card from using the proper Nvidia drivers?

I can only reiterate that you may want to clean up your display drivers and do a clean install your Nvidia drivers because your graphics card information doesn't add up.

---

Another thing to note is that the games you've mentioned require at minimum Service Pack 1 for Windows 7, which is not a supported operating system anymore. So we can't say for sure if this is a display driver problem or if your OS is simply too unsupported to run these games.

Regardless, DirectX is an OS thing, so you should make sure that Windows 7 is updated to the latest update it had before Microsoft stopped supporting it. Or consider upgrading to Windows 10.

only 5 importants and 3 optional updates refuse to download, but other then that it's updated

i'm using a DVI-D Single port connected to the GPU, not VGA, never had used VGA, the motherboard has a i believe VGA port however

In that case, if you think that narrowing the problem down to the graphics card driver is the only remaining potential cause, you could try using a program like this to maybe help get rid of that vga.dll driver and then substitute it for an Nvidia driver instead like it should be:
https://www.guru3d.com/download/display-driver-uninstaller-download

If you search for and open the Device Manager you might also find any unresolved problems with drivers on your computer. You can search for it in the start menu. Your installed Nvidia driver should be found under "Display Adapters" there.

Other than that, I don't have any more computer tips to give about your problem, unfortunately. At least you shouldn't have any issues running Windows 10 if you'll consider it in the future.

Good luck.

[[-iD-]]

cool story op.

not a single person but you has tried beamng in 2024 on a 3770k.
guaranteed it needs instruction sets not on that cpu.
and your ram isn't good enough.

and if you want to use onboard (thats super terrible on that model)
you have to change the adapter in nvidia settings.
it wont automatically do it.

[GigaCars]

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cool story op.

not a single person but you has tried beamng in 2024 on a 3770k.
guaranteed it needs instruction sets not on that cpu.
and your ram isn't good enough.

and if you want to use onboard (thats super terrible on that model)
you have to change the adapter in nvidia settings.
it wont automatically do it.

that comment here is exactly why i consider these forums a last resort, the toxicity levels are often through the roof lol

[[-iD-]]

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Oprindeligt skrevet af -iD-:

cool story op.

not a single person but you has tried beamng in 2024 on a 3770k.
guaranteed it needs instruction sets not on that cpu.
and your ram isn't good enough.

and if you want to use onboard (thats super terrible on that model)
you have to change the adapter in nvidia settings.
it wont automatically do it.

that comment here is exactly why i consider these forums a last resort, the toxicity levels are often through the roof lol

whats toxic about informing you that you can't do what you are asking and how to use your onboard?
jesus...

your cpu does not meet minimums.
CPU: Intel Core i3-6300 or FX-6300

[GigaCars]

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Oprindeligt skrevet af GigaCars:

that comment here is exactly why i consider these forums a last resort, the toxicity levels are often through the roof lol

whats toxic about informing you that you can't do what you are asking and how to use your onboard?
jesus...

your cpu does not meet minimums.
CPU: Intel Core i3-6300 or FX-6300

ok?
did i ask?

also, did i not say it was a i7?