fix pc doesnt meet hardware requirements for game dvr
Okay, so I wanted to record some gameplay, but my PC was like, “Nah, you can’t do that.” It kept saying my hardware wasn’t good enough for Game DVR.
First, I did some digging. Turns out, it’s usually about drivers or some settings being messed up. I thought, “Okay, let’s check this out.”
I started by checking if my drivers were up to date. You know, the usual stuff. Went to Device Manager, looked at the display adapters, and clicked “Update driver.” Most of them were okay, but I updated them anyway, just to be sure.
Then I remembered about the Troubleshoot feature in Windows. This thing is pretty cool; it’s supposed to find and fix problems by itself. So I opened Settings, typed “troubleshoot” in the search bar, and ran the troubleshooter. It did its thing, checking stuff, and said it fixed some settings. I was like, “Alright, maybe this will work now.”
- Went to Device Manager
- Looked at the display adapters
- Clicked “Update driver”
- Opened Settings
- Typed “troubleshoot”
- Ran the troubleshooter
But nah, still no luck. Game DVR was still giving me the same error. So I thought, maybe it’s something with the settings. I went into the Xbox Game Bar settings, fiddled with some options like turning on and off the recording features, setting the recording quality, you know, just trying different things.
More digging
Still nothing. I started getting a bit annoyed, honestly. I went online, read a bunch of forum posts, and found some people saying it could be related to the graphics card settings. So I opened the control panel for my graphics card – it’s an NVIDIA one – and looked through all the settings there. I made sure everything was set to performance mode, just in case.
After all that, I restarted my PC. I opened the game I wanted to record, pressed the Windows key + G to bring up the Game Bar, and tried to start recording. And guess what? It finally worked! No more errors, just smooth recording.
So yeah, it was a bit of a journey, but I got it working in the end. Turns out, it was probably a mix of driver updates, running the troubleshooter, and tweaking some settings. If you run into this problem, just try these steps. It might take some time, but you’ll get there!
