Unable to start Cryostasis - Vista 64

[meighty]

Problem: Unable to start game. I get a black screen and then it hangs. After minimizing the game I see that Vista had to close the app due to errors.

System:
Windows Vista 64 Ultimate SP1
AMD 810
9800 GTX+
4GB Ram
ECS Mobo

Updated to latest Nvidia drivers (185.68_geforce_winvista_64bit_international_beta)

as well as the latest PhysX
(PhysX_9.02.04_9.09.0204_SystemSoftware)

While installing the Nvidia drivers I got a error saying that it was unable to locate the nvcpl.dll file but the installation still completed successfully.

Thoughts?