"Unable to create Direct3D..."

8800 GT with the 177.92 beta drivers and all I get is a dialog box like this...

"Unable to start

Unable to create Direct3D.

Please ensure system has current video drivers."

I'll try rolling back to the latest non-beta drivers...

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Also make sure you have the latest version of DirectX

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Yep Worked fine once I went back to the 175.19 drivers.

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Issue resolved, killing thread...

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