

Press the Windows Key + R, type in dxdiag, and press Enter. At the time of this tutorial, we were at DirectX 12. You can, however, check what version of DirectX is installed. Windows 7, 8, and 10 now includes and maintain DirectX, so while many tutorials suggest you download the latest DirectX, there's no point. We use Driver Booster, but you're welcome to try one of the other freeware, popular driver updater apps.Ģ: Could Not Initialize Graphics System - Verify DirectX Version Because all of your hardware works together, we recommend you download all available drivers for your computer. You want to download the latest video card drivers for your computer.

The first thing we need to be sure of, with anything gaming related, is that you have the latest drivers.

You might have noticed that we are using the words "used to" and "was." Because DirectDraw is no longer used, odds are you're playing an older game that supported DirectDraw, so here are some solutions to get your game up and running again.ġ: Could Not Initialize Graphics System - Update Drivers DirectDraw used to use hardware acceleration, when and if available, to access video memory. TIP: Hard to fix Windows Problems? Repair/Restore Missing Windows OS Files Damaged by Malware with a few clicksĭirectDraw was part of Microsoft DirectX.
