Messed up graphics [pic included]Follow

your graphics card probably just doesn't have neough horsepower to handle ffxi. the mx420 is about the worst possible card you could have in your machine and still get FFXi to load.

you may want to consider an upgrade. You could get a major upgrade with a geforce FX 5700 for around $150, or you could get a FX 5200 ultra for around $100

I'm sorry to revive a dead thread, but I've come across this same problem with my FFXI. Only difference is that I have a Radeon 9100.

So far I've tried: Reinstalling FFXI, several different drivers (4.8, 4.7, 4.3, 3.10, latest Omega... blah), and for somereason my Mobo didn't have it's AGP Drivers installed, so did that, still no help. I'm really stumped... as a last resort I'm thinking of doing a complete wipe and starting over with a clean Win XP, but I'd rather not lose all my data just to find out the problem still persists ><;

System Specs:
=============================== System =================================

CPU = Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
CPU Speed = 2407 MHz
No. of CPUs = 1
OS = Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 Ver 5.01.2600
Version of DirectX = DirectX 9.0
Main Memory = Capacity: 511MB : Free Space: 330MB
Drive [C:\] = Local Disk Free Space: 12.43 GB (Capacity: 19.53 GB )
Drive [D:\] = Local Disk Free Space: 12.86 GB (Capacity: 19.53 GB )
Drive [H:\] = Local Disk Free Space: 34.95 GB (Capacity: 35.45 GB )
PlayOnline Viewer Install Path = D:\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\
Tetra Master Install Path = D:\SquareEnix\TetraMaster\
FINAL FANTASY XI Install Path = D:\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XI\
Graphics Card = RADEON 9100 SERIES
Type of Chip = RADEON 9100 Series
Video Driver = ati2dvag.dll
Version = 6.14.10.6404
Updated = Tuesday, December 02, 2003 9:57 PM
VendorId = 0x1002
DeviceId = 0x514D
SubSysId = 0x7149174B
Revision = 0
VRAM = 128.0MB
AvailableVidMem = 121.7MB
AvailableTextureMem = 238.0MB
Sound Card = SB Live! Audio [A800]
Sound Driver = ctaud2k.sys
Version = 5.12.01.0252-1.31.0120
Updated = Thursday, July 18, 2002 7:47 PM
Network Card = Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
Network Driver = RTL8139.SYS
Version = 5.396.0530.2001
Updated = Friday, August 17, 2001 5:12 AM
Network Card = NETGEAR FA310TX Fast Ethernet Adapter (NGRPCI)
Network Driver = ngrpci.sys
Version = 4.56
Updated = Friday, August 17, 2001 5:12 AM
Motherboard = BH7/BH7-E (Intel i845PE-ICH4)
Manufacturer = http://www.abit.com.tw/
Version = 1.0
Serial Number =

Any advice at all is beneficial.. anything that will help me avoid buying a new Video Card at this moment ^^; (and yes, I'm never getting an ATI ever again -_-)

EDIT: Here's some pics of my specific case:
http://home.comcast.net/~holmcable/Gan041007120241a.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~holmcable/Gan040919171745a.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~holmcable/Gan040919171825a.jpg


Edited, Thu Oct 7 23:19:24 2004 by Ganzar

Edited, Thu Oct 7 23:19:51 2004 by Ganzar