Like i said in the OP, i had completely reinstalled my game, so a fresh install shouldnt have any corrupted files. I tried launching it with most of my programs closed and it still crashes. It happens quite literally during the start sequence, around when the square enix logo pops up. i notice im still able to interact with the game window and can log in fine, but the crash popup stays on the top of my screen. ive also noticed theres no audio playing, so perhaps is an audio based problem thats causing a crash?

Unfortunately, i cant give a system report... when i follow your instructions and hit the display button, nothing happens. Heres my information from the windows system information screen, hopefully that can help in place of the FF14 system info