"Initialize Renderer Failed" after patch

I had the typical renderer failed error when I first installed the game. I unpak'd the artpak and it fixed my problem. I downloaded the patch and it gave me a new "Initialize Renderer Failed" error. I tried the obvious possible solutions like.. reinstall civ and re-dl the patch and re-unpak my artpak with no avail.

I've seen people on the boards with this problem, but havn't seen any solutions attached to them. If there is a fix to dupe this patch into letting me play civ that someone is aware of, I would appreciate your sharing it with me.

Thanks

I have the same problem now. The patches for the game haven't done anything for me though.

Gentlemen (I am assuming ):

Some details on your hardware and OS, please? It's hard to figure out what to say if we don't know what kind of graphics card and drivers you are using...

EDIT: @Patriot 1776: I found your details, I'll answer in your thread.