Also note that this is a 10 year old game, that is designed to run on older software/technology that is more or less getting phased out by Microsoft (DX9 and older are emulated in Vista/Win7--XP is the last OS with native DX8/9 support), and thus by the vendors as well (more effort is put into DX11 drivers for Win7 than any other Windows release now).
In other words, the latest and greatest hardware/software is not always the best for FFXI. Might need to revert to older drivers.
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04-11-2012 05:28 PM #2Player
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- Gazaka
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- Shiva
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Okay time to reply with some interesting findings so far.
I have booted up Windows XP and started fresh install of FFXI. Initially everything went fine until I got a party and started crashing out again. Then decided to remove my antivirus software, and what do you know... never crashed out since! So there is something with Bitdefender Total security 2012 and FFXI that conflicts.
Doing a new test this week with Windows 7 and no antivirus just to see the results. If they are the same as Windows XP then found the cause. The problem then lies in the fact I don't have a secure system. I've already paid for a year subscription for the anti virus and have used them for years. So my question to other users, what AV software you using?
Hope to reply back with results soon and hope this helps anyone interested especially official SE staff. Although since they have not make an official reply.(0)Last edited by Gazaka; 04-11-2012 at 06:56 PM.
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