I have a Ryzen 5 with 4 physical cores and 8 logicals running at 3 ghz, an AMD gpu with 1 GB vram and 8 gb of ram ddr5. I should run it at least on low from my understanding
I've no problem with a similar rig. Dual boot Mint Linux (primary OS) & Windows 11; AMD Ryzen5 2600, 16GB RAM. I've upgraded my GPU from Nvidia GTX750 1GB > GTX 1650 4GB > GTX 3050 6GB LP (all my GPUs are bus powered). WDC works for me under both Linux (Mint & Fedora) and Windows.
You'll likely need someone here more familiar with Windows stuff around here to assist. There are so many places for it to f'up - DX9,11,12; redistributables, the registry, etc.
I'm not a Windows guy (I only dual boot for cranky games - I've avoid EAC & Denuvo anymore and publishers like EA, CAPCOM, Rockstar, etc.)
*IF* you want to prove it is related to Windows tech, you could consider doing the following -- if vaguely comfortable with command line or Linux or know someone who can help you.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO INSTALL LINUX FOR THIS TEST. THIS IS ONLY LIVE BOOT TEST.
- Download a Live Linux ISO and make a Live USB stick (Ubuntu, Mint, which ever works for you. I'll assume Debian flavor like those for this post.).
- Boot to that new Live USB stick. It shouldn't offer to install Linux. (Other than Desktop Icons.) Cancel anything that suggests installing Linux.
- All changes will be to the OS in RAM -- NOT YOUR PERMANENT STORAGE.
- Connect to your WiFi if not using ethernet.
- Follow my notes in post #1118 (#1125 is the nutshell version) to install & run WDC on Linux in RAM. This worked for both my Mint Desktop and Fedora Laptop (Framework 13 AMD 7840U 32GB).
FYI, this new year of 2025, we will finally be getting the new SteamOS for PCs and other handhelds consoles. It'll be a Steam Deck experience for all PCs. That could possibly really unfuck a lot of your gaming pains.
Hope this helps you and others. Cheers.