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I recently purchased a graphics card so I wanted to adjust the settings on Fallout 3 and New Vegas. I started the launchers on each, and each time, got the message "your video settgins have changed.." and it reset them to ultra high. When I clicked on options on each one to fine tune it, it crashed (same thing happend in Skyrim). For each game I use a launcher, Nexus Mod Manager or Fallout Mod manager and the games all work fine. I'm guessing it's the video card as it worked fine before, just not sure why it would cause this odd problem.

Windows 7
i3 3.2 ghz
6gb Ram
Radeon RX 550 4gb
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Astaldo711: I recently purchased a graphics card so I wanted to adjust the settings on Fallout 3 and New Vegas. I started the launchers on each, and each time, got the message "your video settgins have changed.." and it reset them to ultra high. When I clicked on options on each one to fine tune it, it crashed (same thing happend in Skyrim). For each game I use a launcher, Nexus Mod Manager or Fallout Mod manager and the games all work fine. I'm guessing it's the video card as it worked fine before, just not sure why it would cause this odd problem.

Windows 7
i3 3.2 ghz
6gb Ram
Radeon RX 550 4gb
Was your previous card Radeon as well? Did you uninstall the old graphics drivers after changing your GPU?
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Astaldo711: I recently purchased a graphics card so I wanted to adjust the settings on Fallout 3 and New Vegas. I started the launchers on each, and each time, got the message "your video settgins have changed.." and it reset them to ultra high. When I clicked on options on each one to fine tune it, it crashed (same thing happend in Skyrim). For each game I use a launcher, Nexus Mod Manager or Fallout Mod manager and the games all work fine. I'm guessing it's the video card as it worked fine before, just not sure why it would cause this odd problem.

Windows 7
i3 3.2 ghz
6gb Ram
Radeon RX 550 4gb
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Sarafan: Was your previous card Radeon as well? Did you uninstall the old graphics drivers after changing your GPU?
No, before this it was deditcated video. Intel HD2000.
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Astaldo711: No, before this it was deditcated video. Intel HD2000.
Ok, did you disable your Intel HD 2000 card? You can try to do so in BIOS. Maybe it's some kind of hardware conflict. Also do you get any type of message when the game crashes?
Okay, I'll try that. The only message I get is the generic "Fallout Launcher has stopped working..."
Well, the launchers are working now. I didn't do anything. I searched for a way to disable my onboard video in the BIOS but couldn't. Thanks for trying to help.
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Astaldo711: Well, the launchers are working now. I didn't do anything. I searched for a way to disable my onboard video in the BIOS but couldn't. Thanks for trying to help.
Maybe the yesterday Windows update changed something. Who knows...
DO NOT go with their suggested settings. Learn the proper settings on your own for the specific game you're playing. Some of those games are not compatible always with what video card manufacterers think are suggested settings. They don't play the game. You could go with max settings vanilla no problem with your setup. Just more texture packs will eventually run your memory dryer quicker and usually these Gamebaryo engines tend to CTD once your pooled memory is filled up.

With mods and some adaptions I would set the game to what you find pleasing because they are simply vanilla settings the manufacterer is giving you. They do not reflect what the game is capable of or your system for that matter because everyone's components are different. You may have no bottleneck so you adjust settings to where someone might have it and have use of the Fallout stutter removers. Also turn those overlays off while playing. STEAM - Video Card overlays - even the GOG Overlay - They eat up memory and interfere with the game running efficiently.

Plus you will notice certain video drivers perform with certain games better than others. I tend to back those drivers up and save them in a seperate file folder in case I would like to use them for specific games.

Hopefully that helps a little bit.