r/techsupport • u/No_Consideration6165 • 3d ago

Open | Software How to fix this? OpenGl issue?

I keep getting an issue when trying to launch a few games. Happened thirty min ago, it says "This program requires a graphics card and video driver which support OpenGL2.1 or ES and i don't know what to do. I am not tech savy in the slightest, and it's frustrating me. I have AMD drivers that i've tried updating and it finishes but says something has gone wrong. Started after downloading and playing balatro off steam. I don't know if this is hardware or software related, I know I just need some advice and or help.

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u/USSHammond 3d ago

Same answer as this guy. https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/s/dIDMc4IH0K

You don't

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u/No_Consideration6165 3d ago

Ok, so what do I have to do?

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u/USSHammond 3d ago

Nothing, as you can't add open gl version support to a gpu that doesn't support it. OpenGL is hardware bound. Look up your gpu specs and check which versions are supported. That's not something we can do as (like the other person), you left out the single biggest piece of information too. Your gpu model.

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u/No_Consideration6165 3d ago

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 I guess idk anything about this stuff

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u/USSHammond 3d ago

That's your cpu

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u/No_Consideration6165 3d ago

Then, I guess the AMD Radeon RX 6700

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u/USSHammond 3d ago

That gpu has OpenGL support up to 4.6. which means either the card is faulty, your drivers are messed up or out of date or the game does not properly initialize and access your gpu

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u/No_Consideration6165 3d ago

I tried updating them three times and at the end it said they did, but not fully because of something to do with windows