The Problem

SpartanPort needed Vulkan 1.3 to run the game, the device I tried to run had 1.2 and old driver software. It waas 28.x something…

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The Fix

So I had to update the driver software to version 32.0.101.7092 (As of writing this post, this is the latest version). First time, I tried installed wrong software and almost ended up losing hope of not being able to play God of War III Remastered. I gave another try and hopefully last to try updating the driver. I made sure the device CPU was actually in the This download is valid for the product(s) listed below. list, and finally found the CPU model the laptop had.

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And as usual updating driver software worked and the laptop was able to run the game at 30-60 FPS. Due to large assets being rendered and heavy shader translation, the framerate was fluctuating but it was playable.

Specs:

  • Intel i7-1165G7
  • Intel Iris Xe Graphics
  • 16GB DDR4

Truly grateful to SpartanPort contributors for making GOW III possible to run on lower end devices.