Apparently I don't meet the requirements for deadspace...

Maybe you should have asked if I had already posted on the dead space forum, instead of being rude

 

Justice, did you open a support ticket? I don't feel like opening one, because it's only been activated on my desktop.

 

I finally found a couple more people with the same problem.

It sems only people with vista + 4 gigs of RAM are getting the problem.

http://forums.ea.com/mboards/thread.jspa?threadID=455412&tstart=30

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=949616&topic=46225760

 

I have been playing on vista as well, but mine is 32 bit. Maybe you can give that a try? Though you won't be able to utilize all 4 GB of RAM in 32 bit Vista

 

Cha what video drivers are you using for vista 32?

 

Slightly related: I can confirm it works in Vista x64 with 4 GB of RAM

 

I've been using 179.13, or 177.92; the 180 drivers don't let me force V-sync through the control panel.

 

Could you send me a dxdiag report? Either email it to npChaos@gmail, or copypasta into a pm

Also changing down to 2gb and reloading drivers didn't fix it.

 

Hey guys!

I've got the same problem with Dead Space like Justice25. Tried to run it with 3 different drivers (after clean uninstall) but with no success.

Just to confirm - I am using Vista32 with 4Gigs of RAM (why I am doing that- go figure). The video card on the laptop is Nvidia GeForce 8600 GS (512).

If I find a solution for the problem I will let you know. I suspect (if) EA will address this issue with an upcoming patch, but I just don't want to wait that long. I will try to find is there a way for the game to bypass that video card check.

Best.

 

Despite the fact I'm bumping an thread that's been inactive for 11 days, like Justice25 and others, I have the same issue. I created an account here just for this purpose, as this seems to be the only place offering suggestions.

So far I've tried everything EXCEPT re-installing my OS (Vista-32).

I'm also trying to find something (a utility or program) to bypass these requirements (after scouring Google results, I think these are mythical now...)

And just for giggles, I realized my GameFaqs thread was mentioned here! (One of Justice25's recent posts) Laptop details included on first page.

I'm hoping for a relevant patch for this problem, but I doubt EA will ever make one. So yeah, I pray I can revive this thread!

Edit: 180.43 drivers, forgot to mention.

 

Oh sorry, I didn't get to see this question at once. I'm using 177.92

 

A poorly worded question->Is the 177.92 driver better suited for Dead Space?

I can't decide which driver to use.

 

take out a stick of ram and try it?

 

Dunno, I don't want to inadvertently mess up my laptop by doing that.
(Plus, I never opened up my laptop before so I wouldn't know how to do that.)

I was considering upgrading to 64-b;it if it'll actually help, I;m not sure.

 

Use 179.13 or Dox's 180.43.

These are the two best mobile drivers available right now. I've played Dead Space with both of them, and I think the 180.43 gives the best image quality.

I see 179.14 just came out, but I can't test it yet.

 

I just installed Dox's 180.43 driver...still no luck starting Dead Space.

However, all my other games look great >_>

Does anyone here know how to bypass the system requirements?

 

Well I can cofirm this problem is not ram size related.
I have the same problem and I have 2gb ram.

I have an Asus V1S, duo 2ghz, 2gb ram, vista32, 8600m gt
Should work according to spec right?
But no..
I get the "You graphics card does not meet minimum requirements" error.

Can't seem to find a solution anywhere.
Will post if I find anything.

Tried official drivers, 178.08 and now i'm installing dox 180.43 (doubt it will work tho, since it didn't for previous poster Meberus)

 

Someone needs to try returning the disc as faulty, just to rule out the possibity of this being a disc related issue.

 

!!IT WORKS!!

Don't know what step exactly made it work but i'll describe em here and we can deduce the non vital ones.

1. installed dox 180.43
2. rebooted
3. windows froze (black screen)
4. hard reboot
5. windows started
*6. powerstrip says something like: windows didn't start correctly last time, would you like to skip initial startup and take the time to fix the problem? clicked YES
*7. in nvidia control panel, enabled gpu physX, seems it was disabled earlier (didn't even have that option til I installed dox drivers)
8. ran dead space
9. happy time

so, my guess is, either step 6 or 7 did the deed, since earler poster didn't get it to work after step 1.

Do you have powerstrip installed?

 

A few nights ago I exchanged discs at my local EB Games. After a clean install (and high hopes) I got the same spirit crushing error message. I think we can cross that on off; two defects back-to-back is very slim.

rowz, now this is very interesting: Everything in this list I did exactly the same except the part where powerstrip comes in. (And to help corroborate; the 180.43 driver somehow messes up my sleep mode, which then requires the standard hard boot.)

I will test this out immediately.
Edit: Tested this method out, no luck.

 

Bump of epic failure update; re-installed my OS. Two wasted hours...

 

Hmmm. How come there's so much trouble getting Dead Space to run... I had the impression that it was one of the better-coded, better-optimised games out there. Even if it does scream "console port".

On a side note, does anyone else find that the story is not even a quarter as engaging as I thought it was? Everything that happens - stuff breaking down here and there, blah de blah - seems like an excuse to get you to run around and "fix stuff", paving the way for you to blast some monsters on the way.

 

Well after more searching I've learned there are a whole plethora of laptop users (mostly 8600M GT/GS users) that have the same exact problem.

A few have some workarounds, but those are unique in the fact that they only work for that particular person. Ones that created a support ticket were replied with a canned copy and paste response from EA.

 

Im never buying a PC game from EA again, f***ers

 

I dont even bother to read whats happening in this game. I just play it out, lol.

 

"I noticed you said you are running an 8600M chipset graphic card on your laptop. The system requirements listed on our support site, support.ea.com, state that if you are using laptop chipset graphics you may experience problems. We cannot guaranty or support making this game run on a graphics card that is not supported."

I found that on the Dead Space technical boards...awesome customer support!! Too bad I can't return that **** game.

 

Since you've already bought and own the game try downloading a cracked version, or simply a a legal no-cd exe file from gamecopyworld.

It can't be totally screwed since i too got the same error msg, have the same gfx card and apparantly something has fixed it and now i'm able to play the game.

 

Yeah, I might try that out.

I also got another reply from somebody on the forums at laptop2video.com...something about external monitors. Two new leads at least!

 

that happen to me when halflife 2 came out, faulty disc. bought a new hl2 a everything worked fine

 

SUCCESS!!!!! I finally got it to work!!!!!!!!!!

What I did:
1. Someone replied to a thread on the laptop2video gaming forums, talking about setting up an external monitor.
2. Re-installed Dead Space and decided to give it a shot.
3. Max resolution on my CRT Compaq monitor was 1280x1024, so I set it to that.
4. Booted up Dead Space...Voila!

Conclusion: At this point I'm unsure whether or not either the monitor or the resolution triggered the start-up. All I can say is that anyone who has an 8600M GT card and a spare external monitor lying around should give this a shot. It worked for me (and I was at my wits end), and I hope it will work for you.

 

I can comfirm this works as i remember when i installed it i had it connected to my 26" tv at home and it worked then i tried to start on laptop i kept getting the error message and a few minutes ago i connected it to a friends CRT monitor it worked properly with no error.

I think the problem is based around laptop display screens and possible refresh rate issues?

 

dxdiag is your friend

 

Great!
I have my laptop hooked up to an lcd-tv!
So it must have been disconnected when i got the error msg (sometimes i have to disconnect the cable when i move my laptop)

 

I agree with this, while tinkering around in the "Visuals" section of Dead Space, I noticed when changing resolution, it also shows frame rates that are > 60 Hz, which would help explain the error message as my laptop screen is 59 Hz.

Now that you mention it, after installing Dox's Custom Forceware 180.44, theres an option in the nVidia CP to create custom resolutions and apply specific refresh rates. So I made a 1280 x 1024 @ 60.0 Hz. Hopefully with this, I can run DS without the external .

 

ok lets u know how it goes im using the standard 180.44 drivers but will switch over to dox's custom drivers to give them a shot so we will see.

 

Ok, I've tested out the "no external" method. Results-->Didn't work; got the graphics card error. I've deduced that the external can be removed as long as you got the game to start up. However, doing this will not allow to change resolutions in game. Instead you have to go into your Dead Space settings folder and tinker with it there.

 

well, I, the original thread starter (running a 9800mGTX), have tried tried everything, even the external monitor....nothing works.

 

Hi there....

MY laptop is Toshiba (Satellite X205-S9359)...my graphic card is NVIDIA Geforce 8700M GT with 512MP VRAM....OS is Vista 32.....and my Graphic Card still considered as below the minimum requirements for Dead Space game...

god, whatelse i can do besdie wating for EA slackers to release a patch..

ty

 

For some like me it works when i connect it to an external monitor or something but it does not work in all cases for other users so only other thing is to w8 for patch

 

But it's not reasonable to use this soloution since i'm always taking my laptop to many places (even thought if it works)..

I'm also worried if EA will release a patach or no


anyway..I appreciate your answer


ty

 

Same problem:

Amilo 1667G with 8600GT 512mb (DAC chip reported however as 9500GS, Acer Bios)
Vista 64, 2gb RAM
0mb system memory reported via nvidia control panel, however all other games are working

"minimum video requirements not met" message
tested on 8600GT 512mb(desktop one) and it works just fine

Didn't try the external monitor but I guess that's the problem. My drivers are reporting the display refresh rate 59Hz. Maybe the game is looking for minimum of 60Hz and that's why the external scenario works.

So the possible solution is to find monitor drivers which will overwrite it to 60Hz. I've tried overclocking with RivaTuner to 60Hz but after the needed restart the OS crashesh with the blue screen during boot up and I reverted that.

Does anybody know a software which can fool the system quieries for about the desktop refresh rate to be higher than it actually is? I do not think that EA will release a patch which will work for 59Hz displays ...

OR

if there's a way to start the game using some parameters with the EXE file to set the game to run in windowed mode then it will work with 59Hz But I didn't found such how to ...

 

Yes, my monitor refresh rate is the same as yours; 59Hz. I tried creating a custom resolution that forced a 60Hz refresh but that didn't work at all.
(I had the same problem as you.)

If you have an external monitor I suggest trying that out.

 

well, there some kind of progress. I found under XP that the game stores its settings.txt in

C:\Documents and Settings\<USER_NAME>\Local Settings\Application Data\Electronic Arts\Dead Space

There you can edit Fullscreen = false and it will run in windowed mode. There's also an option for the resolution and Refresh rate which is 60Hz. I'm not sure if changing to 59 will do the trick but at least the Fullscreen Off should work ...

 

nah does not work i tried it in vista no luck with this..

 

so they just check if your displayresolution is >= 60Hz? b*astards

any idea how to overwrite the display resfresh rate then? drivers or something ?

what was the idea of that powerstrip someone mentioned in the thread earlier ? There's a MultiRes tool from the same company which lets you sets the refrersh rate for all your resolutions. Does anybody gave it a try?

 

I've tried overwriting resolutions in the nVidia Control Panel (setting refresh rate to 60Hz), and it did not fix the problem.

But I wasn't aware of the MultiRes tool from the company who made Powerstrip...maybe you should give it a go and let us know how it works.

 

no luck with power strip, I even put it on 65Hz. However the monitor driver still thinks it's 59Hz because power strip is skipping it and works directly with the hardware. I guess the game asks the driver what resolution the display is ...

So the only solution without external display is to change the display driver with the one reporting 60hz.

No luck with settings.txt too. But I guess I'm not putting it in the right place. It differs from that in XP and I don't have right access in Vista there. I have access to Documents/AppData/EA .../Dead Space but I don't think it's the correcto one. Can any one with vista and working dead space tell where settings.txt for Dead Space lives ?

 

No that's where the correct settings are located. I've tried tinkering with those as well.

However I can't seem to find a non-external solution too, and I've been looking since the game was released...

The only thing that seemed to work is the external method (but even that's been known not to work a la the original poster.)

 

actually I can't change the refresh rate via nVidia control panel. How can you do that? I think it somehow is connected with the monitor driver which in my case is some default PnP Monitor and that's the problem with disabled changing.

After a few weeks I'll get back my Sager NP9262 with 9800GT SLI from repair. I'll check there what its refresh rate is and how it will deal with the game.

 

actually I can't change the refresh rate via nVidia control panel. How can you do that? I think it somehow is connected with the monitor driver which in my case is some default PnP Monitor and that's the problem with disabled changing.

After a few weeks I'll get back my Sager NP9262 with 9800GT SLI from repair. I'll check there what its refresh rate is and how it will deal with the game.