XNA Game Studio 4.0 and Graphics Cards

So if you have a beat up old computer like I do and is planning on developing games in XNA Game Studio, you are most likely affected by this error .

After much frustration and hair-loss I figured out a solution. Apparently XNA 4.0 HiDef profile only works on graphics devices that support Direct X 10 and up, I have an ancient Geforce 6800 Go Ultra.

So the work around; click on your project's properties window and select the "Reach" profile. How simple is that?



Voila!