Usually when DX/D3D throws an error it will indicate it came from them. I was hoping SCSI-dude would pop in here. I almost posted in the AH2 bugs forum but as overlag said, beta OS and beta drivers....hmmmm.
The OS was clean, only 15-20 minute old install. AH2 was installed from the full 2.00.10 download, default settings on everything.