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5770 fails to open L4D2 (failed to create D3D device)?

Laney88

Laney88

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Hi peeps,

My mate just built a new system and when trying to run left 4 dead 2 he gets an error : failed to create D3D device and it closes.

System is:

AM2 athlon 64 5200 dual core cpu
Gigabyte socket AM2 mobo
2 Gb of DDR2 ocz ram
XFX 5770
Using windows 7 pro 64bit

My google skills have failed me. All i have found is to re-install older drivers, re-install left4dead, check Direct-x none of which have worked. :confused:

Afaik he only has L4D2 on his steam so can't try any other games.

Any help would be great :D

Thanks in advance.
 
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Laney88 said:
Hi peeps,

My mate just built a new system and when trying to run left 4 dead 2 he gets an error : failed to create D3D device and it closes.

System is:

AM2 athlon 64 5200 dual core cpu
Gigabyte socket AM2 mobo
2 Gb of DDR2 ocz ram
XFX 5770

My google skills have failed me. All i have found is to re-install older drivers, re-install left4dead, check Direct-x none of which have worked. :confused:

Afaik he only has L4D2 on his steam so can't try any other games.

Any help would be great :D

Thanks in advance.
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right click Left 4 Dead 2 in my games menu>Properties>Set Launch Options and enter -w 1280 -h 800...This gets you into the game and then to edit settings from there.
 
Ok thanks. Il txt him tell him to try that.

Hope it works :)

Edit: nope no luck with that one :(
 
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Solution 1: Run the game in windowed mode and then set the resolution.

Right Click on L4D2 > Properties > Set Launch Options > Type in

-windowed or -sw - (Forces the engine to start in windowed mode.)
 
dave1983 said:
right click Left 4 Dead 2 in my games menu>Properties>Set Launch Options and enter -w 1280 -h 800...This gets you into the game and then to edit settings from there.
Click to expand...

Woop thanks this sorted it once we established to use the res of the monitor he is using and not the res from the one in the example lmao :rolleyes:

Thanks guys much blood, gore and zombie slaying ahead of me tonight :D <3
 
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