FFXIV Hardware Requirements

[Mayareira]

Also, I think that will run it but you might need more RAM. LOL.

Oh snap! Just when I thought I was done with the upgrades

[Arnavel]

heys, well im just about to purchase the below, needed a final opinion from you guys on whether its good enough for top specs, but more importantly if anything can be improved / reduced. Im budgetted atm so cant reach for the 480GTX though i heard that 460 is still excellent.

Core i7-930 (2.80Ghz) 4.8GTs/8MB cache
ASUS P6X58D-E DDR3 Motherboard SATA 6.0 GB, 3 way SLI
6GB DDR3 1333 MHz RAM
2GB GeForce GTX460
1TB Serial ATA 3-Gb Hard Drive with 16MB cache (7,200rpm)
Corsair 850W PSU
22dBA Tripple Copper Heatpipe CPU cooler
Onboard 8 Channel (7.1) High Def Audio
Windows 7 Home

Also, as a slightly off topic question, is the G15 keyboard worth it? The difference between G15 and G19 doesnt seem worth while but as ive not tried the G15, is it worth it over a standard keyboard?

[Senji]

I would look at G11, G15 version 1, or G19. The G15 version 2 sucks ass, and stripped of all its features is worse that many multimedia keyboards that come bundled with prebuilt PCs.

[Rosiel]

heys, well im just about to purchase the below, needed a final opinion from you guys on whether its good enough for top specs, but more importantly if anything can be improved / reduced. Im budgetted atm so cant reach for the 480GTX though i heard that 460 is still excellent.

Core i7-930 (2.80Ghz) 4.8GTs/8MB cache
ASUS P6X58D-E DDR3 Motherboard SATA 6.0 GB, 3 way SLI
6GB DDR3 1333 MHz RAM
2GB GeForce GTX460
1TB Serial ATA 3-Gb Hard Drive with 16MB cache (7,200rpm)
Corsair 850W PSU
22dBA Tripple Copper Heatpipe CPU cooler
Onboard 8 Channel (7.1) High Def Audio
Windows 7 Home

My current setup is fairly similar, so I thought I'd throw my benchmark numbers our there for your consideration.
Core i7-930 (2.80 GHz)
ASUS P6X58D Premium
6 GB DDR3 1600 MHz RAM
68 GB 7,200 rpm SATA HD
1 GB nVidia GTX 465 (OC'd to 751 MHz)
Corsair 850W PSU

Low (720p) score: 5518
High (1080p) score: 3436

It's definitely not top specs, but it's playable.

[Arnavel]

How playable on high? The pc is being bought more or less 90% just for FF14 lol.

is there any real difference between the 1GB 460 and the 2GB 460? And how is the 465 better? (only costs £4 more :s)

Also is an 850W power supply overkill?

[Gentaro]

If you plan to get another 460....no i think even then its overkill >_> 550W should be enough for your system as it is.

[Cooleko]

400 series gpu are extremly hungry. 550 might power a 460, but it will never power them in sli. If you plan on OCing your CPU, GPU or RAM 550 is stretching it.

a single 460 uses 270watts at 100%. So SLI definitely would require the 850.

[Cooleko]

How playable on high? The pc is being bought more or less 90% just for FF14 lol.

is there any real difference between the 1GB 460 and the 2GB 460? And how is the 465 better? (only costs £4 more :s)

Also is an 850W power supply overkill?

Unless you are thinking of 4way sli you will prefer the 460. 460 is slightly less in specs than the 465 but it runs so much cooler. This is due to the differing sizes of the two 100 vs 104. since the 460 has been redone, the 465 became obsolete.

[Arnavel]

Unless you are thinking of 4way sli you will prefer the 460. 460 is slightly less in specs than the 465 but it runs so much cooler. This is due to the differing sizes of the two 100 vs 104. since the 460 has been redone, the 465 became obsolete.

Thanks for the input, how about on 1GB vs 2GB 460?

[Cooleko]

depends on the game you are playing. having more memory is better if the software uses it.

Also, if you want to run the 3 monitor (incredivision?) you will want the 2gb

[Akiyama]

400 series gpu are extremly hungry. 550 might power a 460, but it will never power them in sli. If you plan on OCing your CPU, GPU or RAM 550 is stretching it.

a single 460 uses 270watts at 100%. So SLI definitely would require the 850.

Hrm. My CPU and GPU both have a minor OC (talking 3.2GHz with 2.8GHz being stock and like.. a literal *barely* OC on the GPU) and it seems okay. It's a Corsair 520W Modular PSU, using it with the Phenom II X3 720 and GTX 460. Then again, the reason I run it okay could be because the 720's not a power hungry whore.

[Cooleko]

Hrm. My CPU and GPU both have a minor OC (talking 3.2GHz with 2.8GHz being stock and like.. a literal *barely* OC on the GPU) and it seems okay. It's a Corsair 520W Modular PSU, using it with the Phenom II X3 720 and GTX 460. Then again, the reason I run it okay could be because the 720's not a power hungry whore.

Your Phenom max's around 95W, an i7 max's around 300w and up to 400w with a heavy OC.

[Akiyama]

Your Phenom max's around 95W, an i7 max's around 300w and up to 400w with a heavy OC.

Then that'd be why! Jesus those things are power hungry. Yeah, I believe my CPU's at like.. 97W with a 3.2GHz OC, lol.

[Elites]

Oh yeah 3.4 is stock for that isn't it. Well the 965 has unlocked multiplier so you can crank it up easily in the bios. I am not familiar with safe temps and voltages for the 965 though so I would suggest looking through some of the threads about the 965 on http://www.overclock.net/amd-cpus/

The difference between our scores is probably the cpu northbridge + random variance of this benchmark. My clock speeds were also ~3.43ghz.

oh, where did your post go @_@??

Yeah it honestly makes no sense to me lol, my parts are fine and every other game i've thrown at this machine runs it fluently (crysis on gamer settings at 50fps etc). Hoping they fix nvidia cards with this game on release, I was under the impression they supported nvidia over ati...from looking at their logo.

[Doombard]

Geforce 9600GS 768mb
2.50ghz quad core
8GB RAM

Why is this running so slow on lowest settings?

[Pikarya]

Geforce 9600GS 768mb
2.50ghz quad core
8GB RAM

Why is this running so slow on lowest settings?

OS? Temps? Driver versions? Seriously.

[TStupified]

Geforce 9600GS 768mb
2.50ghz quad core
8GB RAM

Why is this running so slow on lowest settings?

Your GPU is the one they have on the absolute minimum system requirements, on which they still do not promise smooth gameplay on the lowest settings, so yeah, your GPU is starting to get old.

Also a bit more specific info of your CPU would be appreciated, even though I'm still quite sure that it's mostly down to your GPU why you can't run the game very well.

[fussel]

Geforce 9600GS 768mb
2.50ghz quad core
8GB RAM

Why is this running so slow on lowest settings?

9600 is bad enough, a 9800GT is almost twice as fast and I'd consider a 8800GT/9800GT the minimum for this game. GS cards additionally have half the memory bandwidth.

Seriously, the 9600GS is a cheap ass card.

[Ferr]

question:

is there a real difference in performance between and AMD Phenom II X4 955 B.E. and a i5 760 in gaming?

I know the i5 is better in some things but im only interested in gaming. With AMD I can save up to 100€ (both cpu and mobo are cheaper) but if the i5 would bring me better performance (better minimum fps or more stable fps) i could consider getting the i5.

PD: Im gonna play in a Ful HD monitor

[Resin]

So is the consensus that the nVidia line runs this better than equivalent ATi stuff? I'll probably be making some changes soon and since this will be one of the only games I play, it'll affect the choices I make.