On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:31:02 -0800, Tony the Red <Tony the
Red@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I loaded Painkiller into my PC and when i try and start the game i get this
>message, "ERROR: could not Initialize DirectX 9 Renderer" What does this
>mean?
>
>Do i need a new video card or something?

You need to install DirectX 9 from here first.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx

What video card do you have? Maybe you need a new one if your current
one isn't up to scratch.