Every time I start a new game, right after the "creating world" loading bar, I load into a blank screen instead of the game map. The UI elements are still there and it seems I can perform actions in game, like founding a city, but nothing renders.
I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS, and the first thing I did was update the drivers, with no change.
I'm hopping there is a quick solution, but if not I'll provide the detailed files.