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De4dd0g
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With a Intel i5 2.3ghz, 4gb DDR3 RAM, and the Geforce 360M GPU I scored a bad 1800 on LOW.
So I guess this game won't be very worthwhile on a laptop.
//Processor//AMD Phenom II x6 (4.6GHZ)//Video//CrossfireX ATI Radeon HD 5850//Motherboard//ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3//RAM//6GB DDR3 2000mhz Patriot//HDD//Raid 0 7200RPM Seagate 1TB//
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Atleast you can play the game on this laptop..
Makes me also wonder how other gaming laptops fare on this test.
Best MMO experiences : EQ(PvE), DAoC(PvP), WoW(total package) LOTRO (worldfeel) GW2 (Artstyle and animations and worlddesign) SWTOR (Story immersion) TSW (story) ESO (character advancement)
I'm surprise by the low scores for FFXIV. Your laptop seems fairly new so I'd think it'd run better. I do think the code is pretty horrible as far as optimization, rigs in general should be running this much better than they are.
The benchmark is fine optimization wise, but the score chart is a bit too harsh.
It makes no sense, honestly. My i7 PC scored around 1800 as well (I don't remember the actual number). I mean, it's possible that the video card was the reason but a 9800 GT is still capable of running most games at close to max settings at 1920x1080.
Is FFXIV going to be the Crysis of MMOs?
http://www.bluegartr.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94743
Read the first post. It explains how the benchmark basically works.
What I mean is if the game code is crappy, even with great equipment the quality will suffer, which seems to be the case. They'll continue to optimize the code into release.
But it's not the case. The game scales naturally upwards as your hardware gets better.
It's not completely optimized yet (they said GPU's are the bottleneck right now), but the benchmark optimization is fine as is. Only the scoring system is harsher than in reality. The "minimum specs" on the official website would get maybe 1k points from the benchmark.
Back in the old days of Pre WOW MMO's, these games where build to last for years. EQ had harsh requirements and everyone allways graphically lagged in DAOC mass PvP.
Back then games where build to last over the years ... And people didn't mind to upgrade their systems to play that killer MMO, after all once in a while you just needed an app that required more from your system so you had a good reason to upgrade.
Nowerdays its more important that a game scales and allows low end systems to acces games. I have an over 3 years PC that barely quallifies to play the game... so the game scales well, as there is no PC available to play at all settings max for now.
But your accusations about crappy game code do not hold any worth to me as you can't back them up with facts. I say its a design choice.
Best MMO experiences : EQ(PvE), DAoC(PvP), WoW(total package) LOTRO (worldfeel) GW2 (Artstyle and animations and worlddesign) SWTOR (Story immersion) TSW (story) ESO (character advancement)
Im getting just over 4,500 on a ATI 5850
System spec is
Win 7 64bit
Intel Q6600 (@3.3ghz)
ATI 5850 (@ 1200/1000)
4GB DDR2 (@900Mhz)
~Shiftone
Then perhaps they should stop the "benchmark" until they can make it reflect reality, eh?
As I've said before, Square Enix benchmarks are laughable after I checked the one they have for The Lost Remnant and it lagged like shit at 9fps in places, yet I can run the actual game totally maxed out with no slowdown in the same spots the "benchmark" crawled through.
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I really don't care about the benchmark. If the game runs well on a variety of systems that's great. But if the code is crappy, it will require more resources from the GPU.... giving you worse graphics no matter if it's a high or low end computer. Like with xbox 360 ports to the PS3, very different archietures.
Well in my opinion designing a game for only HIGH end game systems is a really bad choice. The game market isn't full of idiots who spend $2,000+ on a desktop. Only a very serious gamer would do something like that. $2,000 is worth a lot more than buying a computer just to play games on. Never the less, I run AION maxed out graphics between 60-80 FPS. Even in battle I still hit a all low of 50 FPS. We know that AION is beautiful too the landscape is very detail and looks great. So if I have to run FFXIV at all time LOW graphics why would I want to even play this crappy game?
Even funnier FFXI runs HORRIBLE on this laptop I'm talking a 8 year old game, gets maybe 10 FPS in battle. I finally got ahold of Square Enix customer support and they said Nvidia GPU's and Drivers don't support FFXI with new models. He said I should get a older desktop and use that. Now why in the world would I want to get a old desktop just to play that game? I think square enix might have some design flaws.
//Processor//AMD Phenom II x6 (4.6GHZ)//Video//CrossfireX ATI Radeon HD 5850//Motherboard//ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3//RAM//6GB DDR3 2000mhz Patriot//HDD//Raid 0 7200RPM Seagate 1TB//
It's all well in good that you might have an i7... but a crap vid card does you no good. Get @ least a Gforce2xx or ATI 5xxx, I would say. Why play a NEW game on OLD cards that are 3-4 generations ago?
Instead of flaming you could have looked at the system requirements that were released yesterday. Even for minimun specs they are not that bad after at all by todays standards. But flame on....
Is that on the lower graphics setting? I ask because i only got about 3500 ish (can't remember exact score) on the high setting with the following system:
Win7 64 bit
I7 @ 2.6ghz
Nvidia 470
12 GB DDR3
I surpase all the system requirements, I'm sure the game will run fine on the laptop. it's hard to not say Square Enix has design flaws it's pretty ovious
//Processor//AMD Phenom II x6 (4.6GHZ)//Video//CrossfireX ATI Radeon HD 5850//Motherboard//ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3//RAM//6GB DDR3 2000mhz Patriot//HDD//Raid 0 7200RPM Seagate 1TB//
Explain the design flaws haha
It crashes on my laptop (M17x, radeon 5870). Not sure why. The video driver is as up to date as I can get it. No idea how to trouble shoot what is crashing it as it does not create an errorlog. Could be video or it could be anything else. Hopefully its an artifact of the benchmark and not an indication of the playability of the actual game. Still works on my older desktop with about 3000 on low.
Because the card works just fine and I can play most games at max settings or near max settings. So for now, I'm waiting for the new generation of Nvidia cards to drop down in price before I get one.
Not to sound like a noob ... but what benchmark are you guys talking about.
I'd like to take a shot at it myself.
Guess ill be playing this on the PS3. My laptop got 700 something.
Wish i had a gaming desktop/laptop.
555 at 1900 on my new macbook pro
i5, 4g ram, nvidia GT330M
have to try on low buttttttttttt
This one.
Cool tx, I'll try this 2night when I get home and post results.
No problem and good luck, this benchmark tool is unforgiving.