Fatal Directx error code 10000

I press play and it says fatal direct x error code 10000 or something.
All my graphics card drivers are up to date.

could my graphics card be just to old? It's a nvidia xp/2000 display model. I know I shouldn't use XP and all that but just tell me if it is or isn't my graphics card.

Also, as a small favor, a scan on my cpu said that my 1.5 gb of ram can be expanded to 4, anyone know what it meant?

Can you post detailed system specs and what driver version you are currently running?

intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00 GHz 2.99GHz 1.50 GB RAM
NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro
all drivers are up to date

That APU is woefully underpowered....it's a HD 6350 integrated with the CPU.

Also the CPU is only a dual core @ 1.65 ghz. You may lack the oomph needed to power the game mate :/ The 6250 only has 80 unified shaders...

One thing I can suggest is checking AMD's website. The 13.8 beta drivers they are testing is the first driver to offer official support and performance enhancements for ffxiv online. I downloaded it and it helped a lot, but that was also with a 7870 ghz edition in a desktop...and a 6 core cpu @ 4.2ghz

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Originally Posted by BrandonHeat

I press play and it says fatal direct x error code 10000 or something.
All my graphics card drivers are up to date.

could my graphics card be just to old? It's a nvidia xp/2000 display model. I know I shouldn't use XP and all that but just tell me if it is or isn't my graphics card.

Also, as a small favor, a scan on my cpu said that my 1.5 gb of ram can be expanded to 4, anyone know what it meant?

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Currently the game is running on Direct X 9.0 so it might just be a net code issue until they upgrade it.

I see you just changed your specs....are you really running a p4 and a tnt video card?

I have two CPU's and i posted the wrong ones first.
And yes

Unfortunately you do not meet the minimum requirements to reliably play the game :(

FXIV: ARR Minimum System Requirements

Operating System: Windows® Vista 32/64bit, Windows® 7 32/64 bit
Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo
Graphics: NVIDIA® Geforce® 8800 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 4770
Memory: 2GB (4GB recommended for 64bit OS)
Disk Space: 20GB.

Taken directly from their website.

Yeah but neither did my laptop, and it still booted up at least, though it went 7 fps. And this desktop played the original FFXIV at full speen 30fps.

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Yeah but neither did my laptop, and it still booted up at least, though it went 7 fps. And this desktop played the original FFXIV at full speen 30fps.

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Yes but the new ffxiv is MUCH more graphically intensive. I would suggest setting EVERYTHING to low, turning all extras (FXAA and such) off and see what happens. But officially your system will not support it I'm afraid :(

I would if there wasn't this godforsaken error coming up

And the reason it go's 7 fps on my laptop is because that 1.65 GHz processor is a SINGLE core. All the other stats reach the recommended category, (except for my video card which i am fine playing on low detail)

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Originally Posted by BrandonHeat

intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00 GHz 2.99GHz 1.50 GB RAM
NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro
all drivers are up to date

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Won't happen; I recommend you use a different machine if it's available. Architecturally the game is next-gen and there are a lot of things going under the hood that needs a modern GPU (even if it's a low-end one) to even run the game. If you are looking to make an investment I suggest purchasing a machine if you lack the technical aspects to build your own.

There are plenty of sights to purchase gaming level machines (sort of atleast).

Here are some common ones that I am aware of.

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/
http://www.ibuypower.com/home.aspx
http://www.alienware.com/
http://www.newegg.com/Desktop-PCs/Category/ID-228

I can get an amazing graphics card and maybe some ram, would that help? I have no money for anything else

You can build a PC that will run it on low @ 40-60fps for around 450$.

I highly recommend building your own if you know how, or if you know someone who does.

Your system is too old to upgrade I'm afraid. that TNT card is a AGP slot graphics card.

What does that mean?

It means your system is literally too old to upgrade. Modern motherboards are made with PCI express x16 slots for the graphics cards.

The motherboard in your system uses an older AGP slot type.

All modern video cards are PCI express.

So does that mean i can't use or put in a new graphics card? I don't know what you mean by upgradeable.

Well i looked it up, being the technichal wizard i'm not, and i went to device manager, right clicked on my graphics card, clicked properties, and the location said PCI. Doesn't that meen it's that pci express 16 or whatever?