[SOLVED] Divinity: Original Sin 2 - G3258

[Titanion]

I was playing a LAN game with friends, and could not get Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition to load on one of my computers. It played fine on 3rd generation i5 computers and 4th generation i7 computers, but the Anniversary Edition G3258 running smoothly at 4.4 GHz with 16GB of ram would not work. The game crashes before loading at all. I thought it was the video card, an old HD 5850. I read the Definitive Edition requires a 6xxx card. But I put an HD 6850 in there the next day, and it would not work either. Divinity: Original Sin, the first game, plays just fine on this system. I am wondering if it is the CPU, the G3258. I thought it would just play poorly or stutter if the CPU was not powerful enough, but does this game require a quad core to load up?



Can someone confirm if a HD 6xxx video card is needed, or will an HD 5850 work?



Also, should a G3258 be able to load up the game?

Thanks

I have a question, and there are two specialists that might have the answer, an expert on a particular CPU and an expert on a particular game. This thread is for the CPU specialist.

Will some games just not load up with a G3258? Not 2020 games, but older ones. Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition.

I thought games would just play poorly or stutter if the CPU was not powerful enough, but do some games require a quad core to load up?

If this is for some reason viewed as being a cross posting, then I choose to keep this thread. I choose CPU.

A more basic post was deleted, apparently, because of cross posting; seriously, this topic is meant for both subgroups to weigh in on. Are two angles not needed at times? Does physical therapy not complement other forms of treatment? Would I be denied from inquiring about acupuncture? If I had a neck problem and I posted in both categories, would my physical therapy post be deleted? What is acupuncture was not the solution. Must there be only one angle? Is it the chicken or the egg? Must I choose when I am currently in the dark? Is my problem the CPU, the video card, or the game itself. I think it is the CPU. How many people out there are knowledgeable about both the G3258 and one particular fantasy game, Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition, let alone 5850s and 6850s.

I know moderators are doing their best to enforce the rules, but I suspect there are topics that transcend those rules; it must come down to situational awareness.

Again, if this is for some reason viewed as being a cross posting, then I choose to keep this thread. I would hands down trust the CPU enthusiasts here to know the answer way more than viewers that are exclusively gamers, and that goes for the video cards, too. Gamers play games, but CPU experts are usually video card experts in addition to being better at gaming than the gamers themselves. Very few topics here are mutually exclusive, but people tend to hang out in certain areas and involve themselves in narrowed topics. The G3258 is a very narrow topic.

Last Friday I was playing a LAN game with friends, and I could not get Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition to load on one of my computers. It played fine on 3rd generation i5 computers and 4th generation i7 computers, but the Anniversary Edition G3258 running smoothly at 4.4 GHz with 16GB of ram would not work. The game crashes before loading at all. I tried the tricks I know, loading as admin, updating drivers, etc. At first I thought it was the video card, an old HD 5850, for I read that the Definitive Edition requires a 6xxx card. But I put an HD 6850 in there the next day, and it would not work either. Divinity: Original Sin, the first game, plays just fine on this system.

I am wondering if it is the CPU, the G3258. I thought it would just play poorly or stutter if the CPU was not powerful enough, but does this game require a quad core to load up? Looking forward to Baldur's Gate III coming out, so I thought I would try some of the Larian Studios games.

Can someone confirm if a HD 6xxx video card is needed, or will an HD 5850 work?

Also, should a G3258 be able to load up the game?

Thanks

 

[Barty1884]

Your topic(s) can be addressed in the same thread.

Most games will at least load with a dual core - Especially as you go back a couple of years. Some modern will outright refuse to launch with a dual core, but I believe those are still few and far between.

The game in question cites an i5 (or equivalent) as the 'minimum'.
Some developers mean 'minimum' to be "the minimum for a decent experience", others truly mean "the minimum the game will run on". Sounds like you're seeing the latter?

As for a 5xxx vs 6xxx, officially no, 6xxx is the 'minimum'..... I'd expect the GPU component to be a little more forgiving vs CPU or RAM though.

 

[Titanion]

I am a teacher and life is so crazy right now that I have not been able to spend time troubleshooting it. Thanks for confirming what I thought, though.