I recently installed a new hard drive. After formatting, installing the OS, getting the Microsoft updates, DirectX 9.0c, I installed the latest drivers for my Card from the manufacture.
After the installation of Final Fantasy XI, I attepted to log into the game but was unable to, I received the following message: "Failed to initialize Direct 3D."
I have the same PC with all the same components (except for the harddrive) and have been able to successfully run this game without error.
In an attempt to solve this issue I did the following:
Start, run, dxdiag...I found the following:
"Direct 3d functionality is unavialable. You should verify that the driver is the final version from the hardware manufacturer." I downloaded the current drivers from ATI.
Here is what I have:
Radeon 9200 Series
Ati Industries, Inc
Radeon 9200 SE AGP
Internal DAC (400MHz)
Main Driver : ati2dvag.ddl
Version: 6.14.001016614
Mini VPD: ati2mtag.sys
Direct3D Acceleration: Not available
AGP Acceleration: Not Available
DirectDraw Acceleration: Tests Well
Any suggestion to resolve this issue? What is the best way to activate the Direct 3D? Thank you for your time, it is appreciated.
Edited, Nov 19th 2006 at 3:42am PST by Demiie