# Need Fallout 3/Windows 7 help **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 9, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-fallout-3-windows-7-help/563499 "2010-12-09T03:10:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Qwakkeddup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Qwakkeddup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwakkeddup)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-fallout-3-windows-7-help/563499/21 "2011-02-25T10:53:40Z")
No, Steampowered will not be any different. That is where I got my game from. I can say though I am running win 7 on my computer. I believe the graphics card was a GTX 9800. This computer runs well but I can’t remember what card I have in it. Most of my problems worked out with updates from Microsoft, I think, some by fiddling around with drivers and settings. I really think your problem stems from a lightweight graphics card. The 9500 I had before ran Fallout 3 pretty well after lots of updates and tweaking, but it was just too much for anything over medium settings. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-fallout-3-windows-7-help/563499/22 "2011-03-15T15:25:32Z")
If anything Steam will make things worse, because it has to be running in the background (and hence eating resources). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-fallout-3-windows-7-help/563499.md?page=1)