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FFXIV Specs?
Hey guys my first post on here - am really antisi[ating the release of ffxiv wanna get a new pc for it or a laptop
i have a dell xpsM1710 but it has a serious overheating problem when playing specced up games-
what sort of build would you recommend for a full graphics version of FFXIv?
help would be greatly appriciated ^^
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Intel Quad Core around the 2.8-3.2 range
6-8gigs of ram
470gtx
That would be a good start.
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Why would anyone suggest a GTX470 instead of the HD5850 or HD5870?
4 years in the future.
FFXIV Official Benchmark Thread
I have had to replace ATI cards 3 times. I have never had to do that with an Nvidia card.
I've had to replace an Asus motherboard twice; I've never had to do that with a Biostar motherboard. Does that mean Biostar makes better motherboards than Asus? Of course it doesn't. My case is nothing but a single case, nothing but anecdotal evidence, which is why I know that it doesn't represent the reliability of these brands as a whole.
You're one person; what you have or haven't had to replace from brand X or Y is pretty irrelevant to the relative relability of Ati or Nvidia GPUs. This is nothing but an example of the Law of Large Numbers. If millions of people buy Nvidia and Ati GPUs, eventually, even with low failure rates, someone is going to end up having to replace either or several times in a row. I've known people who have given the same story with Nvidia GPUs, and I've told them the same thing.
Now, with that aside, the Radeon HD 5000 series is vastly superior to Nvidia's GPUs. They offer the same performance per dollar, but absolutely vastly superior performance per watt. If one has a choice between the GPU that's going to run hot and consume loads of juice (and stress my PSU that much rmore), or the one that's going to run cool and sip lightly on power, picking the former is just plain dumb, frankly. Nvidia took a technologically inferior product, and simply crammed more and more and more transistors into it until they brute forced it to match the performance of the Radeon HD 5000 series cards. It's sad; it makes for a sad product, and I think it's a no brainer to not suggest getting one.
I'm sorry you've been the statistical outlier on GPU replacements (really, I am), but keep in mind that it's still just that: a statistical outlier.
Ohh for the system it probably won't need to be that high for modern technology. I would say a Quad Core of 2.4GHZ, 4 gigs of ram, and a GTS250 or better should be sufficient to run it on good or the best settings.
Video cards can often be confusing on there numbering so what that means is any of the following cards:
AMD HD5970
nVidia GTX 295
nVidia GTX480
AMD HD4870x2
AMD HD5870
nVidia GTX470
AMD HD4850x2
nVidia 9800GX2
nVidia GTX285
AMD HD5830
AMD HD4890
nVidia GTX460
nVidia GTX275
AMD HD3870x2
AMD HD4870
AMD HD5770
nVidia GTX260 Core 216
AMD HD4860
nVidia GTX260
AMD HD5750
AMD HD4850
nVidia GTX250
nVidia 9800 GTX+/GTX/GT
nVidia 8800 Ultra/GTX/GTS/GT
AMD HD3870
AMD HD4830
AMD HD4770
nVidia 9600 GT
AMD HD5670
AMD HD3850
AMD HD4750
AMD HD5650
after a little searching around i found the solution to what i was looking for
i ended up getting a desktop for £420 custom build
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260620943407
bargin or have i just bought a pile of crap ! lol
You won't know until a day after you have it operational if it was a pile of crap or if the person was selling a good system. Thats the problem with used products. If it is functional for a day then you got a pretty good bargain as that system will cost twice as much to build. It seems more like the guy is getting rid of it either for quick cash or to upgrade to a newer machine.
Don't know the specs, but the main site for the game will probally have that info when its alittle closer. You can not transfer your character over either, they have already said that for sure. It takes place in a new realm and all the races are now called different things as there not considered to be humes mithran or galkas anymore.
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