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Old 07-28-2006, 08:12 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Painkiller special edition wont load up on my computer.
I just recently picked up painkiller special edition at a store and loaded it up on my computer. I have a high end pc that can play any game so the game installed perfectly without error until I tried loading it up a error message popped up saying that it could not initialize Direct x 9 renderer? I have no idea what that means and was wondering if someone could tell me because I am very confused. it said on the package that the minimum is a direct x8 or higher and I have the highest requirement so far and I am wondering what the problem is? anyone know?
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What is the make & model of your video card?
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i have a radeon 9550, a direct x9,120 gig hard drive, a dell pentium 4 processor and a new up to date sound card oh and to add I have 512 megs of ram space
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It should work, what versions of the ATI drivers are you using? If not the latest, try installing Catalyst 6.2 for Windows XP...
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where do you get the Catalyst 6.2 at in in windows? do you have a link to it?
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https://support.ati.com/ics/support...ge&folderID=293

your three clicks away.
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Old 07-28-2006, 08:19 AM   #7 (permalink)
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thanks for the help but I was wondering if you are playing painkiller on an ATI because I heard that painkiller works on NVIDIA only and thats all.
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And in my opinion, it will work with anything more recent than the ATI Radeon series listed below...


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Which video cards will work with Painkiller?
Painkiller requires a DirectX 9 compliant video card with a minimum 64 MB of onboard RAM. The following 64 MB or greater video cards have been verified as compatible with Painkiller:


- NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS
- NVIDIA GeForce 3 series
- NVIDIA GeForce 4 series
- NVIDIA GeForce FX series
- NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5650
- ATI Radeon 8500
- ATI Radeon 9000 series
- ATI Mobility Radeon 7500
- ATI Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP
Source: http://www.painkillergame.com/conte.../tech_faqs2.php
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ok i did what u told me to and still get that message saying cannot initialize the directX9 renderer and dont know what that means because it wont lemme play the game because of that lil problem and it confuses me
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Try to reinstall DirectX9. Or you can run "dxdiag" to verify you do in fact have DX9.
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