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    Far Cry 4 won't launch

    Just upgraded my video card and now the game won't launch - it crashes on the loading screen (its not the steam version)

    i7 2600K
    16GB RAM
    EVGA Geforce GTX 1080
    Windows 10 64-bit

    NVIDIA Driver is version 372.90

    Any help would be welcome...
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    WID992007's Avatar Senior Member
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    did you have a previous video card installed ?

    did you wipe out all your old drivers with DDU before you installed the 1070 ?

    also have you checked to see if possibly a backround application is the cause ?

    10. BACKROUND APPLICATIONS may also cause the game to not launch properly and you may need Exit out of them, or reconfigure them to work properly with Far Cry 4 known apps that can cause this are


    A. EVGA PRECISION
    B. MSI AFTERBURNER
    C. Riva Tuner Statistics Server
    D. DXtory
    E. Motionin Joy
    F. Anti Virus or Firewall software (AVG , comodo,bullguard, ect < --- check your settings
    G. MSI True Color
    H. Evolve gameing client
    I. AMD Raptr \ AMD Gaming Evolved
    J. TeamVeiwer
    K. Overwolf
    L. Nvidia Geforce Experience Shadow Play


    see this thred to possibly fix problems with afterburner causeing black screen
    http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...rcry-4-Crash!?


    Please ALSO see this Page where it mentions Backround Applications in section 4 and how you can try to see if one you have running is possibly causeing your issiue with the game NOT starting or hanging on launch


    https://support.ubi.com/en-US/faqs/0...Issues-PC-FC4/







    what are your other Specs ?? .. keep in mind the game will not launch with a dual core CPU like a pentium G 3258 you need at least a QUAD CORE CPU

    other trouble shooting tips can be found here

    http://steamcommunity.com/app/298110...6486417358966/
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    it also may help if you delete your Far Cry 4 gamerprofile.xml file

    this file holds all your video config settings

    you can find it in Documents \ My Games \ Far Cry 4 \ * a long series of letters and numbers varies from account * \ folder

    when you delete that file .. the game should create a new one with the Default values ..

    the next time you launch it ...*note* you will have to adjust your video settings again via the in game menu's

    also a few months ago there was a problem with both FarCry 3 and 4 with Nvidia Geforce Experience Shadow play in the geforce drivers themselves

    so try opening up geforce Experience and shut off shadow play , if you install Nvidia geforce experience with your driver packages

    dunno if Nvidia fixed it ..as i never install any of the Geforce Experience software with my Drivers .. as i can set up my own games and have no need for the other crap Nvidia pushes out with the drivers

    i use a factory overclocked ASUS Strix GTX 960 and had nothing but problems with many of the newer Nvidia drivers

    so i only install drivers from ASUS

    then

    only install
    video card driver and control panel
    PhysX
    and HDMI audio , in case i wanna watch a movie on my big screen TV via my HDMI out on my vid card
    other wise i disable the HDMI audio in my windows audio control panel if i'm not plugged into that big screen as a secondary monitor

    i never install

    no 3d vision software (since i do not have an Nvidia 3d vision supported screen or the Nvidia glasses needed to use it )

    no Geforce Experience (as i found it to be buggy in the past in setting up my games )

    check out that trouble shooting tips link ..the game should launch and run great on a GTX 1070
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