I've played ffxiv for 2 years using windows 7 and directx 11. Apparantly, the benchmark won't run with other than directx 9, although looking thru the various posts here, others appear to be just fine with directx 11. Any guidance or clarification here? I honestly don't understand directx other than it's used to run games. I'm of the impression that windows 7 required directx 11, but it's supposed to be backward compatible. Thanks.