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Re: Far Cry 2 - Disable Video Driver Check at Start-Up?

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From: Xocyll
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:06
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Tecknomage <tecknode@NOSPAM.invalid> looked up from reading the entrails
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>My Desktop rig is WinXP SP3 with a nVidia GeForce 7900GS 512mb.
>
>Every time I start Far Cry 2 a dialog says my drivers are out of date,
>BUT they are NOT out of date.
>
>According to nVidia I DO HAVE the latest WinXP drivers.
>
>There may be updated drivers for Win7 or Win8, but NOT for WinXP.
>
>Is there a way I can stop the Video Driver Check?

Does the game still run?
It's probably just a date based check comparing the date on the drivers
to the current date and insisting that you must have a driver within x
months old even if no such driver exists.

I had the same thing with another game with my old card.  The game
always whined that my drivers were out of date, but the drivers I had
were the last ones that actually applied to my older card.  
(Everything after that was adding new cards and optimizations for game I
didn't play so there was absolutely no point in newer drivers - they
would do nothing for that card at all.)

I don't have the game so I can't check, but does it launch directly or
does it have a launcher?
If it's a launcher, and that's what's doing all the checks, try starting
the program directly (some programs will NOT let you do this, some
will.)

Xocyll
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