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another video card upgrade question

TribeofOneTribeofOne Member UncommonPosts: 1,006
in Final Fantasy XIV

would it be worth it for playing ffxiv to upgrade my video card from a Geforce 285gtx  to this  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130550  ?

 

my other pc specs

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.0ghz

8gm ram

Win 7 64bit

 

thanks

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  • swalker23swalker23 Member Posts: 266


    Originally posted by TribeofOne
    would it be worth it for playing ffxiv to upgrade my video card from a Geforce 285gtx  to this  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130550  ?
     
    my other pc specs
    Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.0ghz
    8gm ram
    Win 7 64bit
     
    thanks
    That would be a good upgrade and if you go that route I would wait for the gtx 475.  Honestly that 285 will do great to if you would rather save some money.

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  • Honeymoon69Honeymoon69 Member Posts: 647

    I say 460(cheap) or 480(top end)  screw 470.

  • swalker23swalker23 Member Posts: 266

    Originally posted by Honeymoon69

    I say 460(cheap) or 480(top end)  screw 470.

     

    I agree with you on the 460 that is a badass lil card but not on the 480.  I don't think its worth the price.  I would rather get a 460 or 470 then overclock it to near or greater speeds than the 480.

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  • xcaliburxcalibur Member Posts: 571

    Based on the benchmark I'd say no.  The processor will be limiting it(it probably already is).

  • BenthonBenthon Member Posts: 2,069

    Your current setup seems like it would run the game just fine, regardless. The benchmark seems whacked.

    He who keeps his cool best wins.

  • xcaliburxcalibur Member Posts: 571
    Originally posted by xcalibur

    Based on the benchmark I'd say no.  The processor will be limiting it(it probably already is).

     

    To show what I mean:
    I have an athlon x3 with the 4th core unlocked running at 3.6ghz with an ati 5870 overclocked.
    With all 4 cores enabled I get 4500 on the high res benchmark.
    I decided to go in and disable two of the cores and only got 3300.
  • Loke666Loke666 Member EpicPosts: 21,441

    Not really worth it for a game with no DX11 support (at least I heard nothing about Dx 11 for FF XIV). Add more ram instead or wait until you really need it. 

    The 470 is an upgrade but not by much, the real advantage of it is the dx 11 support and until you need that you might as well keep the old system.

    A 480 would be a upgrade but I am not sure it would be worth all the money. You might as well wait a while instead, Sooner or later we will see a 495 GTX and then it is time to go for it.

    With GFX cards you will always have to see what you get for a possible upgrade and today it is not very much. But that doesn't mean things will be the same in 6 months or a year from now.

  • xcaliburxcalibur Member Posts: 571
    Originally posted by Loke666

    Not really worth it for a game with no DX11 support (at least I heard nothing about Dx 11 for FF XIV). Add more ram instead or wait until you really need it. 
    The 470 is an upgrade but not by much, the real advantage of it is the dx 11 support and until you need that you might as well keep the old system.
    A 480 would be a upgrade but I am not sure it would be worth all the money. You might as well wait a while instead, Sooner or later we will see a 495 GTX and then it is time to go for it.
    With GFX cards you will always have to see what you get for a possible upgrade and today it is not very much. But that doesn't mean things will be the same in 6 months or a year from now.

     

    I'm pretty sure 8 gigs is plenty for a 32 bit game :)
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