POL crashing on startup - Windows 7

[jimb0rz]

To the OP and for whoever else that follows. I seem to have gotten the game to work without having to disable the graphics card. I downloaded the latest beta driver from nVidia: Verde 285.38.

I did originally disable the graphics card because I was frustrated that I couldn't even get POL to start properly, but during the long FFXI update I poked around for a solution. I'm not super computer savvy, so I'm not sure how to figure out if the game is still being run through integrated graphics or if it is being sent through the card now, but at the very least, I am able play without having to disable.

System: Dell XPS15 L502
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Card: nVidia 525M 1GB

[Atomic_Skull]

Ok so I just got off the phone with SE support. What they tell me is that since my system is a 64bit system, FFXI "can't" run on it

Wait, they still sell PCs with 32-bit windows?

[Feynman]

To the OP and for whoever else that follows. I seem to have gotten the game to work without having to disable the graphics card. I downloaded the latest beta driver from nVidia: Verde 285.38.

I did originally disable the graphics card because I was frustrated that I couldn't even get POL to start properly, but during the long FFXI update I poked around for a solution. I'm not super computer savvy, so I'm not sure how to figure out if the game is still being run through integrated graphics or if it is being sent through the card now, but at the very least, I am able play without having to disable.

System: Dell XPS15 L502
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Card: nVidia 525M 1GB

Thanks for the info. I'll have to check it out!

[Feynman]

Wait, they still sell PCs with 32-bit windows?

What gets me is that while SE isn't known for the best business decisions, not supporting systems that virtually any new player will have seems like an obvious bad move.

New players aren't the most common thing for this game I'd imagine so refusing to help the few that come your way is a good way to lose them.