So I browsed a ton of the other threads, and the general concensus is that FFXI is more CPU intensive than GPU. I'm going to be building a computer, and it seems the ATI HD 4850/70 is a really great video card. I'd also like to be able to run some modern games like Fallout, crysis, etc.. Seems like this card is a good choice for FFXI.
My question is, what kind of processor should I get? I'd like to steer clear of Intel, because I see a lot of people are having issues with Intel + FFXI. I would also like to be able to run FFXI smoothly at max settings and I'd like to be able to dual-box. Dual-core seems the best, but will having a dual-core processor hinder FFXI at all? If not, what's a nice processor to get?
Thanks for any and all suggestions.