PA.exe not working on start-up.. help appreciated

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  1. ninjabean

    ninjabean New Member

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    Experiencing the usual PA.exe not working on start up error. Tried every fix around, even just did a fresh install of windows (64 bit).. with no luck still. All drivers are up to date and what not as well, any ideas are greatly appreciated.

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  2. DeathByDenim

    DeathByDenim Post Master General

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    Your video driver is still out of date though:
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    Driver Date/Size: 2/19/2013 22:32:36, 18376008 bytes
    You might want to download them directly from the NVidia site. I'm sure somebody will come along soon with a more helpful link to the specific NVidia driver page.
  3. SXX

    SXX Post Master General

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    Unfortunately this game won't work with such old graphics card:
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    NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
    It's from 2005 and this is not support features that game need.
  4. ninjabean

    ninjabean New Member

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    Ah, well damn. Thanks for the help guys.
  5. hohopo

    hohopo Member

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    Out of interest what feature does it fall flat on? trying to solve this problem for two friends...
  6. SXX

    SXX Post Master General

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    I can't say for sure what feature cause problem exactly on this card.
    I guess Nvidia GT(X) 6XXX just missing minimal required OpenGL version support.
    As long as I know on Windows PA need OpenGL 3 context.

    If you run PA with APITrace it's will show when exactly game crashing:
    http://apitrace.github.io/

    If your friends have different video card better to post their DxDiag.txt here. Usually all problems with game related to outdated drivers.

    This game support all AMD/Nvidia video cards except really old ones from 2005-2006.
    For Intel integrated graphics game support Intel HD2000/3000 (2nd generation of Intel HD) and later.
  7. hohopo

    hohopo Member

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    Thanks for the help, sorry for posting across two boards.
    Guess I get to tell them to upgrade there video cards... (one of there DxDiag.txt's I uploaded earlier and this is the problem. )
  8. SXX

    SXX Post Master General

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    Yep in case of this DxDiag graphics card replace required.

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