Can't play any games

[scrotus_1]

i recently uninstalled windows 10 a bit forcefully from an alienware 15 r2 and installed windows 8.1 for compatibility for equipment and now i cant run any games what so ever and i installed everything correclty drivers and all and i cant run games but oddly enough i CAN run the original half-life no problems but the other games spit errors at me like "cant find d3d device" or a in depth one like this fatal directx error code 4 0x80004002: E_NOINTERFACE and even just crash before starting i have directx and graphics drivers are fully up to date i did get a game like just cause 2 running after several reboots but that froze at the menues

 

[Laptop_Nerd]

Hi,

Please do try doing a clean install of the graphics card driver that may do the trick.
- First, go to Device Manager and uninstall the Nvidia graphics driver.
- Next is to open Programs and Features then uninstall anything related to Nvidia.
- Once done, download and install the latest driver.
- Here's the link: http/www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx
- Reboot the laptop once the driver has been installed.
- Lastly, after the reboot do set Nvidia as the default GPU.
- Here's how: http/nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2615/~/how-do-i-customize-optimus-profiles-and-settings%3F

 

[scrotus_1]

Hi,

Please do try doing a clean install of the graphics card driver that may do the trick.
- First, go to Device Manager and uninstall the Nvidia graphics driver.
- Next is to open Programs and Features then uninstall anything related to Nvidia.
- Once done, download and install the latest driver.
- Here's the link: http/www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx
- Reboot the laptop once the driver has been installed.
- Lastly, after the reboot do set Nvidia as the default GPU.
- Here's how: http/nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2615/~/how-do-i-customize-optimus-profiles-and-settings%3F

i did that and followed the guide and it tells me it cant find compatible hardware

*update* fixed that problem but still not finding d3d device
Error: 0x80070057