Fix "ERR_GFX_INIT" in Red Dead Redemption 2! FAST! (Failed to initialize graphics device.)

what's up guys how's it going Mike the check here and in this video I'm going to show you how to fix Red Dead Redemption 2 not starting due to the error gfx init error and we're going to go ahead and fix that really quickly today with a kind of a shortcut fix I'll explain what happened and why it's doing this and then show you how to fix it uh before we get started if you're watching this video chances are you're not subscribed because 99 of you are not subscribed that's a pretty bad number so if you like this video be sure to click on that sub or thanks button below so let's go ahead and jump into the fix itself what's happening is it's trying to use the Vulcan API which has recently been updated and no longer works with Red Dead Redemption 2 and nvidia's drivers there is an error or an issue with the latest Vulcan API so you can install the older Vulcan API or the easier method is to Simply switch to DirectX 12 and that's pretty much the fastest fix um if you'd like me to make a video on installing the new Vulcan API or or downgrading to an older Vulcan API that would work with this I can also do that but I think switching to DirectX will keep you using the latest and greatest in Tech instead of having to downgrade to an older version um so let's go ahead and jump right into the fix go ahead and go to your file explorer go to your documents scroll all the way down to Rockstar Games and then go to Red Dead Redemption 2. and go to settings and then scroll down to system all right and go ahead and edit system dot XML you can do this in notepad or visual vs code or whatever you want to edit in and you're going to scroll down until you see Advanced Graphics API case setting API Vulcan and you're going to change Vulcan to dx12 that's it and hit save close this and we're going to try launching the game again and seeing if it works let's go ahead and hit play [Music] launcher there it is the game has launched and it's working properly uh so yeah let me know if you have any questions in the comment section below and thank you so much [Music] [Music]

Channel: MikeTheTech

Views: 35,481

Keywords: mikethetech, Fix ERR_GFX_INIT in Red Dead Redemption 2! FAST!, fix, err_GFX_init, red dead redemption 2, rdr2, failed to initialize graphics device, Please reboot or reinstall drivers

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Length: 2min 48sec (168 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 08 2023