DirectX 11 graphics card for all games
2014-07
Tester
I just purchased two big games, "Watch Dogs" and "Call of Duty Ghost", but I didn't know that these games only support DirectX 11.
Problem is, my graphics card doesn't support DirectX 11, it is limited to DirectX 10.
What if I just purchase a graphics card which supports DirectX 11? will these games work after that or do I need more than DirectX 11?
Overall computer is okay for games but I only need to change the graphics card.
Sejanus
I've just installed some sort of relatively old video card and now computer freezes while playing certain video games (Civilization 4, HOMM V). Some other video games with far better graphics works well (Dawn of War I). Note that "freezing" games run nicely and smoothly for about 10-15 mins, no lag or any other indication that video card may be not good enough. And then PC suddenly freezes, nothing works but rebooting.
The question is, is this a normal behavior of a video card which is simply "not good enough" for the games in question, or is there something broken? Card itself or motherboard or whatever?
OS is Windows 7 if that matters, and I don't know exact videocard specs but that probably doesn't matter for this sort of question... thanks in advance!
vcsjones
You have a few issues you need to diagnose here, as it could be few problems:
- Temperature is likely to be a cause of the problem. If you can, identify the manufacturer and model of the card (run dxdiag) and see if there is a thermal sensor application for it.
- While you are on the site, check for new drivers. Windows Update has been helpful in that category as well.
- If you've done anything else to the system, like overclocking, it could be an artifact of that. Try changing the base clock speed and voltages back to the motherboard's default and see if that has any results.