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?

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.

honestly, i'm not sure of the video card i have. its the one that came with
the PC. its only a month or so old. i figured it would be good enough.

"Andy Social" wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>

Hi Tony the Red,

Here are a few ways to identify which video card you have
installed on your computer.

1. Click Start / Run / type: dxdiag
Click the Display Tab
Look under Device for the name and manufacturer

2. Click Start / (Settings) Control Panel
Click Display
Click the Settings Tab
Click the Advanced... button
Click the Adapter Tab

3. Click Start / Run / type: msinfo32
Click on the + Components
Click on Display to see the name on the right

4. Use Belarc to see indentify your Video, Chipset and Motherboard:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1385.html

5. Get the information from the manufactures website (or store)

6. Look on the Video card itself if you plug into a card, or

7. Look in your Motherboard manual if you plug into the
on board video built into the motherboard of your computer.

Hope that helps you identify the make and model of your video card,
and afterwards, Try updating your Video drivers using these steps:
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers Good Luck! :-)


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Tony the Red Wrote:
=================
| honestly, i'm not sure of the video card i have. its the one that came with
| the PC. its only a month or so old. i figured it would be good enough.
|
| "Andy Social" wrote:
|
|| 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.

The info i found out was "Intel(R) 82915G/GV/10GL Express Chipset Family" is
this the video card info I should have found?

Thanks for the help with this. This is probly why I just play X-Box and the
360 lol

"Jimmy S." wrote:

> Hi Tony the Red,
>
> Here are a few ways to identify which video card you have
> installed on your computer.
>
> 1. Click Start / Run / type: dxdiag
> Click the Display Tab
> Look under Device for the name and manufacturer
>
> 2. Click Start / (Settings) Control Panel
> Click Display
> Click the Settings Tab
> Click the Advanced... button
> Click the Adapter Tab
>
> 3. Click Start / Run / type: msinfo32
> Click on the + Components
> Click on Display to see the name on the right
>
> 4. Use Belarc to see indentify your Video, Chipset and Motherboard:
> http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1385.html
>
> 5. Get the information from the manufactures website (or store)
>
> 6. Look on the Video card itself if you plug into a card, or
>
> 7. Look in your Motherboard manual if you plug into the
> on board video built into the motherboard of your computer.
>
> Hope that helps you identify the make and model of your video card,
> and afterwards, Try updating your Video drivers using these steps:
> http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers Good Luck! :-)
>
>
> --
> Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
> MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> __________________________________________________ _______
>
>
> Tony the Red Wrote:
> =================
> | honestly, i'm not sure of the video card i have. its the one that came with
> | the PC. its only a month or so old. i figured it would be good enough.
> |
> | "Andy Social" wrote:
> |
> || 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.
>
>
>

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:42:03 -0800, Tony the Red
<TonytheRed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>The info i found out was "Intel(R) 82915G/GV/10GL Express Chipset Family" is
>this the video card info I should have found?
>
>Thanks for the help with this. This is probly why I just play X-Box and the
>360 lol
>
Painkiller won't run on your graphics card/chipset.
See here
http://support.intel.com/support/gra.../CS-020637.htm
You would need to buy a new graphics card as the one in your PC is
very basic.

the big difference between the xbox and computer games is once u have the
xbox, u can play just about any games that are made for it, w/ a computer,
however, u'll need to continuly upgrade ur system, including ram, video card,
and cpu, as time pass because newer games will demand more and more from your
computer.

i'm not familiar with ur video card but it looks like it might be an
integrated card, which means it's located on the motherboard, not a separate
card that goes into the video card expansion slot. an integrated card will
meet most basic home computing needs, such as word processor, e-mail, surf
web, etc., but can't handle much more. although u said ur system is fairly
new, having an integrated video card is not uncommon, especially if u went w/
a budget computer.

if u decide do buy a video card, u'll need to know whether ur system takes
an agp card or a pci-e card. the wrong one won't work. i don't know of an
easy way to tell unless u crack the case open.