I've been having problems running PA, my computer's up to date with the specs I've seen on multiple sites yet the game crashes when building systems, it also blacks out when i get into games, the menu works but it wont load the planet until i set the graphics to the lowest possible settings here are my specs in case i'm just being stupid on something Windows 7, 64 bit OS 8Gb of Ram AMD phenom II X4 830 processor 2.80 GHz Graphics card: Geforce GTX 550 TI also im up to date on directx so no worries there
For performance issues looks at this topic: http://steamcommunity.com/app/233250/discussions/2/864980734977925162/ For black screen on start check these workarounds: http://steamcommunity.com/app/233250/discussions/2/810938810899540110/
