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I put together a computer last year for, among other things, playing The Force Unleashed. (OK, that and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis). Anyway, IJATFOA worked just fine, but TFU always froze on me. I eventually got in touch with Steam, then Lucasfilm, then the actual developers, and figured out that I was using an unsupported GPU. I downloaded Portal to try that as well, and it turned out THAT froze too.

So, I think I'm just going to ditch the Nvidia I have now and replace it. But I want to make sure that the board I end up buying will work with as many games as possible. How can I pick cards that will be compatible?

Edit: Mobo is ASUS Sabertooth X58; GPU is nVidia 470. I don't need specific buying recommendations; it seems like I don't understand how GPUs should be chosen. Like, do I need to check every game I buy to make sure that my card is SPECIFICALLY supported before buying it? Is it normal to have two or three boards, one compatible with some games that the other doesn't support and vice versa, and have to switch them out when I want to play the games that need them? Or is my problem maybe not my board at all; the devs I talked to were wrong, and I should look somewhere else for the reason I can't play my games?

I put together a computer last year for, among other things, playing The Force Unleashed. (OK, that and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis). Anyway, IJATFOA worked just fine, but TFU always froze on me. I eventually got in touch with Steam, then Lucasfilm, then the actual developers, and figured out that I was using an unsupported GPU. I downloaded Portal to try that as well, and it turned out THAT froze too.

So, I think I'm just going to ditch the Nvidia I have now and replace it. But I want to make sure that the board I end up buying will work with as many games as possible. How can I pick cards that will be compatible?

I put together a computer last year for, among other things, playing The Force Unleashed. (OK, that and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis). Anyway, IJATFOA worked just fine, but TFU always froze on me. I eventually got in touch with Steam, then Lucasfilm, then the actual developers, and figured out that I was using an unsupported GPU. I downloaded Portal to try that as well, and it turned out THAT froze too.

So, I think I'm just going to ditch the Nvidia I have now and replace it. But I want to make sure that the board I end up buying will work with as many games as possible. How can I pick cards that will be compatible?

Edit: Mobo is ASUS Sabertooth X58; GPU is nVidia 470. I don't need specific buying recommendations; it seems like I don't understand how GPUs should be chosen. Like, do I need to check every game I buy to make sure that my card is SPECIFICALLY supported before buying it? Is it normal to have two or three boards, one compatible with some games that the other doesn't support and vice versa, and have to switch them out when I want to play the games that need them? Or is my problem maybe not my board at all; the devs I talked to were wrong, and I should look somewhere else for the reason I can't play my games?

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I bought an incompatible gpu by mistake. How do I make sure that the next one I buy supports *most*a GPU will support most games?

I put together a computer last year for, and one of theamong other things I wanted to do with it was play, playing The Force Unleashed. (OkayOK, that and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis) Anyway. Anyway, IJATFOA worked just fine, but TFU always froze on me. I eventually got in touch with Steam, then Lucasfilm, then the actual developers, and figured out that I was using an unsupported gpuGPU. I downloaded Portal to try that as well, and it turned out THAT froze too.

So, I think I'm just going to ditch the nVidiaNvidia I have now and replace it. But I want to make sure that the board I end up buying will work with as many games as possible. Does anybody know of a good, "safe" board that I How can get for between $100 and $300I pick cards that will work well with a majority of games out there (Steam games especially)be compatible?

Thanks!

I bought an incompatible gpu by mistake. How do I make sure that the next one I buy supports *most* games?

I put together a computer last year, and one of the things I wanted to do with it was play The Force Unleashed. (Okay, that and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis) Anyway, IJATFOA worked just fine, but TFU always froze on me. I eventually got in touch with Steam, then Lucasfilm, then the actual developers, and figured out that I was using an unsupported gpu. I downloaded Portal to try that as well, and it turned out THAT froze too.

So, I think I'm just going to ditch the nVidia I have now and replace it. But I want to make sure that the board I end up buying will work with as many games as possible. Does anybody know of a good, "safe" board that I can get for between $100 and $300 that will work well with a majority of games out there (Steam games especially)?

Thanks!

How do I make sure a GPU will support most games?

I put together a computer last year for, among other things, playing The Force Unleashed. (OK, that and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis). Anyway, IJATFOA worked just fine, but TFU always froze on me. I eventually got in touch with Steam, then Lucasfilm, then the actual developers, and figured out that I was using an unsupported GPU. I downloaded Portal to try that as well, and it turned out THAT froze too.

So, I think I'm just going to ditch the Nvidia I have now and replace it. But I want to make sure that the board I end up buying will work with as many games as possible. How can I pick cards that will be compatible?

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I bought an incompatible gpu by mistake. How do I make sure that the next one I buy supports *most* games?

I put together a computer last year, and one of the things I wanted to do with it was play The Force Unleashed. (Okay, that and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis) Anyway, IJATFOA worked just fine, but TFU always froze on me. I eventually got in touch with Steam, then Lucasfilm, then the actual developers, and figured out that I was using an unsupported gpu. I downloaded Portal to try that as well, and it turned out THAT froze too.

So, I think I'm just going to ditch the nVidia I have now and replace it. But I want to make sure that the board I end up buying will work with as many games as possible. Does anybody know of a good, "safe" board that I can get for between $100 and $300 that will work well with a majority of games out there (Steam games especially)?

Thanks!