FFXIV Hardware Requirements

[xopher]

It simply won't launch lol.

[Gargoyle]

And even if it did, Fraps would quickly put it on its deathbed.

[Skeeterxi]

Someone is trying to play a brand-new, DirectX 10-11, graphically-intensive MMO with an integrated graphics card?

Link to where it says its going to be Dx10-11. I was under the impression it was being developed in Dx9.

[Cureslime]

It is being developed with DX10/11 IN MIND is what he meant. Yes FFXIV is a DX9 game. If you're poor get a Radeon 4850 for ~$100. I guarantee it will play the game on medium just fine and we don't even know the specs yet. If you're poor and have a lol system that can't be upgraded like a Dell just play on PS3.

[Tirrock]

I don't look into laptops that often, but last I knew you couldn't replace the GPU on them anyway.

It'd be PS3 or a new computer for Spliffy.

[Spliffy]

Lol well thanks for the feedback guys really appreciate it. Any way to put in a video card on a laptop?

[Rokku]

Lol well thanks for the feedback guys really appreciate it. Any way to put in a video card on a laptop?

Yes and no. You can, but the video cards available for laptops are usually vastly inferior to what's available for a desktop, and most people will tell you to run an external monitor with one.

[Spliffy]

So use a desktop monitor and run it with a laptop? kinda like use the laptop as the tower.. and just use the desktop screen for the screen..

See I have a PS3 but its from japan and idk if it can run ffxiv I havent touched that thing in years. I know it can't run PS2 games (I tried KH1 and 2) but it can run Need for speed: Carbon and Virtue Fighter 5. And I know you have to press O to accept/select instead of X and X is to exit/decline.

Sorry about all the noobness but I'm really not a comp or playstation guy, more of an xbox 360 lol.

[Melion]

Totally building a new machine for this.

[gairaiden]

just got a new pc the other day.

1TB hard drive
amd phenom 2 x4 quad core
8 GB memory
1 GB xfx radeon hd 5750 graphics card

new pc should run ff14 np i hope lol.

[Foxer]

something along quad core - gtx 260 / radeon 4870 - 2-4 gb ram should be able to handle the game well, it's SE, not crytek.

IDK, last I checked, my PC ran Crysis better than it ran Whitegate.

[Pikarya]

IDK, last I checked, my PC ran Crysis better than it ran Whitegate.

That would be hardware related. Many of us easily run maxed out settings 29 FPS fine in whitegate/aery.

[Foxer]

That would be hardware related. Many of us easily run maxed out settings 29 FPS fine in whitegate/aery.

Really? Pretty sure SLI 9800 GTX @760 and a Q6600 @3.0GHz shouldn't have a problem with an 02 game if it was developed for the PC. I get my 29 FPS from time to time in both Aery and WG but for the most part, I think it's the interwebs kicking in. 32MB connection and all.

[Pikarya]

Really? Pretty sure SLI 9800 GTX @760 and a Q6600 @3.0GHz shouldn't have a problem with an 02 game if it was developed for the PC.

Overpowered specs aren't going to help if there are driver issues with your video card and XI's spaghetti code. While your new shiny card might work great for Crysis or MW2. It doesn't mean its going to scream through XI just cause its an "02" game.

If you were around for the Nvidia flop (8series), and XI 1-2 years ago, you'll know what I mean. Lag issues in populated areas, bard song slowdowns/etc.

[Ragnus]

That's really one of the things I don't like about my Nvidia. I run Borderlands like nothing but slow down to 18FPS in Dyna with everything turned off. Probably going to be switching to a different brand once my current computer shits the bed.

[donnie]

very noob post, but I have no clue what are good graphics cards from the average one.

so I am planning to buy the alienware m15x that has 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT240M graphics card, 8 GB ram and Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 540M(2.53GHz,3MB cache). How does this specification fares with other laptops in 2010? ;o

[Kawfee]

very noob post, but I have no clue what are good graphics cards from the average one.

so I am planning to buy the alienware m15x that has 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT240M graphics card, 8 GB ram and Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 540M(2.53GHz,3MB cache). How does this specification fares with other laptops in 2010? ;o

Probably some of the best specs you can get for a gaming laptop. I'd look for an alternative brand to alienware though, they are way overpriced just for slapping the alienware sticker on it.

[Kurp]

very noob post, but I have no clue what are good graphics cards from the average one.

so I am planning to buy the alienware m15x that has 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT240M graphics card, 8 GB ram and Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 540M(2.53GHz,3MB cache). How does this specification fares with other laptops in 2010? ;o

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...M.17654.0.html

I was linked to this site when I was looking at notebooks recently.

You can try that link for an overview of that 240m card. There is also a list of approximate performance for specific games and cards if you browse around as well as a tier list. I'm not sure how accurate it is, since notebook specs differ so much (as well as shipped GPU clocks) and most of the cards don't have benchmarks. It's probably a good approximation anyways.

[Xanthe]

PS3 and its associated games are region-free. PS2 games however are still region-locked.

[Lucavi]

Link to where it says its going to be Dx10-11. I was under the impression it was being developed in Dx9.

Love the avatar, and yeah, its launching with Dx9, but will have Dx10 soon after. I assume it'll finish with Dx11.