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    C0WS's Avatar Junior Member
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    Far Cry 4 black screen on startup

    I was playing just fine for 3 days but yesterday I tried but after showing the small black "FAR CRY 4" window, all that shows up is a black window. If I click in it the game will stop responding. If I leave it be I can hear the game audio in the back and it will respond with audio if I click my mouse or hit the ESC key as though it is working (but again, still a black screen). All appropriate drivers/software is update (as far as I know), including Far Cry 4 itself, UPlay, DirectX, my CPU drivers, and GPU drivers. I tried uninstalling, redownloading, and reinstalling and that did not work. I attempted the dual-core injector method but it did not work. I tried disabling HID/USB devices but that did not work.

    Here are my specs:
    - Windows 10 (upgraded from 8.1)
    - Intel(R) Core (TM) i7-4710HQ CPU @2.50GHz 2.50GHz
    Switchable graphics:
    - Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
    - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
    (I made sure FarCry4.exe is using the NIVIDIA GPU)

    Help please! It's been driving me crazy.
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    WID992007's Avatar Senior Member
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    most likely the game is using the wrong GPU

    check your settings in your Nvidia control panel

    and make sure your on the 860 m an its set to perfer maximum performance .. not balanced in its power settings
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