You've seen countless threads on it and I just have to ask, when is this going to get addressed?? I've seen threads as far back as late stormblood about this happening and it's absolutely absurd that this is still a problem. I've tried virtually everything I could find on here, reddit, Nvidia support, PC support sites, etc. and it STILL happens.
With all due respect to the staff, every single thread I've seen responded to in relation to this error does not get fixed and eventually locked. It's exhausting. It'll happen in dungeons, it'll happen while I'm crafting, it'll happen in area transitions, and just today it crashed for simply typing a message into public chat which is a first. Any fix I've tried will work for about 3 days to a week before it starts happening every hour or so all over again. And just to get the possible accusation out of the way because a reddit thread I tried to get help from was accusing me of this too: No, I do not mod my game.
- I've reinstalled the game from scratch.
- I've moved my install folder to a brand new SSD just in case my old one was starting to go bad.
- I've tried cutting off my second monitor.
- I've tried disabling audio enhancements on my audio devices
- I made sure I have no overlays on (I turn them off by default anyways I hate them.)
- I've tried making it the only application I'm running -- and even then that shouldn't matter because with FFXIV, Chrome, and Discord open I'm still only using like 44% of my GPU, 48% of my memory, and 26% of my CPU. This game is not taxing on my computer at all.
- I've tried a clean boot.
- I've tried replacing the DLL files.
- I've tried other versions of DX11.
- I've tried both overclocking AND underclocking.
- I've tried undervolting.
- I've tried reinstalling my entire windows operating system from scratch.
- I've tried messing with settings in game like capping my FPS, running borderless windowed mode, limiting FOV, etc. that i've read on other forums l've found on google. But not a single thing i've tried on countless threads has brought me a resolution.
- Tried turning off quickboot per request from users in this thread -- had results for about 2 days before crashing again.
I've even gone as far as upgrading my PC from the ground up bar my MSI 470X Motherboard. I have a brand new AMD 6800x, a brand new Ryzen 7 2700x, a brand new 800 watt power supply, brand new set of 16GB DDR4 RAM, and a brand new 2TB SSD. I've put so much money into thinking maybe my computer didn't cut it and still I get this error constantly.
The only thing I haven't tried that was suggested on forum boards is switching from the steam version to the windows version, and I don't want to do that because for whatever reason I have to pay separately for that version of the game despite it also being for PC.
Switching to DX9 has seen results (I haven't played on it long enough to get a good idea) but it makes the game look awful and doesn't support features like 4k UI which makes icons not look like blurry garbage and it doesn't support my monitor's refresh rate or resolution. No other game I play has this issue including other MMORPGs. There is absolutely zero reason FFXIV should crash all the time on DX11. This is clearly a GAME problem. Hell some threads like this one people have claimed to have this exact error since 2016 -- that's FIVE YEARS this has been a known problem. (https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes.../blog/3778736/)
Are there any possible things I'm missing out on here? I've explored so many threads on so many different sites I don't know what else I could possibly try at this point. I'm just exhausted and tired of this and it makes me want to stop playing.