Alt-Tab + SLI /Crossfire.... A MUST!!!!

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Errr FFXI was technical DX7/. Which is significantly more archaic then DX9. There are still new games launching today with DX9 and that is perfectly acceptable. The reason developers do this is because Windows XP is still supported and has large install base. Unfortunately MS screwed consumers and developers alike with their decision not release newer versions of DX for WinXP.

I would just like to point out Microsoft officially ended their support for WinXP months before FFXIV came out (Source: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...lp/end-support). Anyone buying a computer nowadays is going to be using Win7. And anyone playing FFXIV would need a computer built in the last year or two due to the technical requirements. So I don't think SE designed this game for WinXP users unless they are absolutely crazy, which is entirely possible.