The benchmark is not optimized, it has been said by ALPHA TESTERS you can run this game smoothly on 1300-2000
I believed it when i was fiddling around with my desktop resolution and my score jumped from 1900 to 3300, its plain and simply a broken piece of crap and square should of never put it out in this state
Odds are that it will creep up in requirements as it makes its way through beta. They will try to walk that fine line between the game being playable and having as many players possible.
There's a setting that makes the game look like FFXI on PS2.
It's ugly but it's playable, lol.
NDA or linky? I want to believe you, but with a score of 250, I just dont think SE wants the money of laptop owners.
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forget the bench its bull and we all know it long story short either your system will play the game or not its not all that hard to understand. A bench cna give you an idea but min system will tell you if you can play or not (even then I seen some people play on less than min systems its ugly but it works). In the logn run this is a mmo if your system cna handle the processes on the lowest setting and you have a good connection (good connection > all) your gtg.
I got 3500 on low, dont actually know wot i got on high as i cant see my score with the benchmark not filling the screen as i am on a widescreen and can i hell see my score.
Currently running
AMD Phenon X4 955 3.2ghz Black Edition.
6gig DD2 800mhz ram
GTX260 GFX Card
windows 7 64 bit
though i have just upgraded it to
8gig DD2 800mhz ram
GTX460 gfx so will be hoping to see a improvment when i run it again once i get the parts installed.
I'm so tired of buying a new PC for one or two decent games over a three year period. PC gaming is almost dead. I tried the benchmark on my laptop I got 2 years ago with a 9800gt mobile or somesuch card, core2duo, and 2 gigs of ram, and it got a whopping 400 on this benchmark, but farcry 2 ran fine on it.
It's more a failure of square-enix than of your computers, they obviously don't know how to efficiently use a graphics engine.
I am going to try it on my desktop with a gtx260 later, if the score doesn't make me bust a nut I'll just wait for the ps3 version, and only if it has a stable 30fps (which it probably won't).
I got 3500 on low, dont actually know wot i got on high as i cant see my score with the benchmark not filling the screen as i am on a widescreen and can i hell see my score. Currently running AMD Phenon X4 955 3.2ghz Black Edition. 6gig DD2 800mhz ram GTX260 GFX Card windows 7 64 bit
though i have just upgraded it to
8gig DD2 800mhz ram GTX460 gfx so will be hoping to see a improvment when i run it again once i get the parts installed.
I play in the beta i use a hd 4890 OC 1000/1050 and a little intel core i5 750 2.67ghz, 4gig ddr3 ram and I run it on '' high '' in all but shadows and vegetation details ( cant see the difference anyway ) in 1440x900. i only get small lag in crowded area the game looks fantastic too. only have a 21' 16:9 screen tho. cant see the difference when i go up in resolution just that my frame drops.
p.s i scored 3890points on the low resolution in the benchmark.
The benchmark is not optimized, it has been said by ALPHA TESTERS you can run this game smoothly on 1300-2000
I believed it when i was fiddling around with my desktop resolution and my score jumped from 1900 to 3300, its plain and simply a broken piece of crap and square should of never put it out in this state
I concur with that the Benchmark has it issues. My system is below.
I get a 3295 for a score. I have tried my system at multiple different Overclock setups and it only gets a little bit better. Unless, I OC my chip to 4.0 GHz. I cant run my system like that all the time because I will fry my chip. But I was able to run it once and got a 3712 score. My friend who has a better chip. Got a 3721 with the benchmark software. His comp is below.
I got 1918 on high, no stuttering, Pentium Dual Core (not D) 2.2, GTS250, 4gb ram, win7. I still plan to upgrade, but considering I mass effect 2 on full graphics all the time, I'll be disappointed if this game requires much more
Ok, I had a buddy of mine at work run the benchmark on his gaming computer. He has a sick sick computer. The stats of his comp are below...
Quad Core i7 930 2.8 Ghz
GTX 480 x2 running dual SLI and OC'd
DDR3 1333 @ 16 GB yes that is 16 gigabytes of ram.... 4x4
Lian Li Liquid cooled case.
Windows 7 Ultimate
Alright, so now you have an idea of his system. I asked him to do me a favor and run the FFXIV Benchmark. He only ran it on high and he got a score of 5963. That being said, I really think that the benchmark software is either not set up properly or Square Enix made it too demanding. In either case, I think my friend should have blown this out of the water! So the ones that were wondering on what to order for their new system, I think anything from the GTX series would do. My other friend has a GTX 260 and he got a little bit better score than I did (he has a better chip and ram than i do). My recent run of the benchmark software got me a 3306 on low settings and I have a GTX 460 OC'd. So, I wouldnt worry too much guys. If you are planning on building a new system.. You may not have to. All you have to do is upgrade your video card and maybe add a little ram. I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions.
I had a pretty abysmal score as well. 2100 or so. My computer isn't great, but it's not a complete piece of crap. I've more or less settled on the fact that I will be playing FFXIV on my PS3. I just can't see upgrading for the sake of one game.
AMD 9500 Quad core 2.2GHZ (a definite bottleneck)
3G Ram
GTS250
My laptop got a 1997 on the benchmark and runs the beta with standard settings fine. You're good to go.
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The benchmark is not optimized, it has been said by ALPHA TESTERS you can run this game smoothly on 1300-2000
I believed it when i was fiddling around with my desktop resolution and my score jumped from 1900 to 3300, its plain and simply a broken piece of crap and square should of never put it out in this state
NDA or linky? I want to believe you, but with a score of 250, I just dont think SE wants the money of laptop owners.
--------
"Chemistry: 'We do stuff in lab that would be a felony in your garage.'"
The most awesomest after school special T-shirt:
Front: UNO Chemistry Club
Back: /\OH --> Bad Decisions
forget the bench its bull and we all know it long story short either your system will play the game or not its not all that hard to understand. A bench cna give you an idea but min system will tell you if you can play or not (even then I seen some people play on less than min systems its ugly but it works). In the logn run this is a mmo if your system cna handle the processes on the lowest setting and you have a good connection (good connection > all) your gtg.
I got 3500 on low, dont actually know wot i got on high as i cant see my score with the benchmark not filling the screen as i am on a widescreen and can i hell see my score.
Currently running
AMD Phenon X4 955 3.2ghz Black Edition.
6gig DD2 800mhz ram
GTX260 GFX Card
windows 7 64 bit
though i have just upgraded it to
8gig DD2 800mhz ram
GTX460 gfx so will be hoping to see a improvment when i run it again once i get the parts installed.
I'm so tired of buying a new PC for one or two decent games over a three year period. PC gaming is almost dead. I tried the benchmark on my laptop I got 2 years ago with a 9800gt mobile or somesuch card, core2duo, and 2 gigs of ram, and it got a whopping 400 on this benchmark, but farcry 2 ran fine on it.
It's more a failure of square-enix than of your computers, they obviously don't know how to efficiently use a graphics engine.
I am going to try it on my desktop with a gtx260 later, if the score doesn't make me bust a nut I'll just wait for the ps3 version, and only if it has a stable 30fps (which it probably won't).
You have a black edition and don't have it oc'd?I get 2512 on Low & 2317 on High ... there almost the same...
I play in the beta i use a hd 4890 OC 1000/1050 and a little intel core i5 750 2.67ghz, 4gig ddr3 ram and I run it on '' high '' in all but shadows and vegetation details ( cant see the difference anyway ) in 1440x900. i only get small lag in crowded area the game looks fantastic too. only have a 21' 16:9 screen tho. cant see the difference when i go up in resolution just that my frame drops.
p.s i scored 3890points on the low resolution in the benchmark.
The Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz
GeForce 8600 GT 512MB
Was getting 750~850 ( after heavy tweak )
I got myself ATI 5770
Score:2200
Did some tweak including fresh install Win7( Performance > Quality ) then I got : 2800
What I don't understand is the 'load time' .
it was 14k ish, now minimum I got is 32k. AIT seems having problem with 'loading time' ;p
I concur with that the Benchmark has it issues. My system is below.
Proc: Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4 GHz OC'd to 3.2 GHz
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 460 Superoverclocked Edition
Ram: 4 GB's of DD2 1066
I get a 3295 for a score. I have tried my system at multiple different Overclock setups and it only gets a little bit better. Unless, I OC my chip to 4.0 GHz. I cant run my system like that all the time because I will fry my chip. But I was able to run it once and got a 3712 score. My friend who has a better chip. Got a 3721 with the benchmark software. His comp is below.
Proc: 860 i7 2.8 GHZ no OC
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 260 Superoverclocked Edition
Ram: 3 GB of DDR3 1333
Here is a screen shot of my comp after the benchmark was done. Im convinced my comp with handle this game.
I got 1918 on high, no stuttering, Pentium Dual Core (not D) 2.2, GTS250, 4gb ram, win7.
I still plan to upgrade, but considering I mass effect 2 on full graphics all the time, I'll be disappointed if this game requires much more
Ok, I had a buddy of mine at work run the benchmark on his gaming computer. He has a sick sick computer. The stats of his comp are below...
Quad Core i7 930 2.8 Ghz
GTX 480 x2 running dual SLI and OC'd
DDR3 1333 @ 16 GB yes that is 16 gigabytes of ram.... 4x4
Lian Li Liquid cooled case.
Windows 7 Ultimate
Alright, so now you have an idea of his system. I asked him to do me a favor and run the FFXIV Benchmark. He only ran it on high and he got a score of 5963. That being said, I really think that the benchmark software is either not set up properly or Square Enix made it too demanding. In either case, I think my friend should have blown this out of the water! So the ones that were wondering on what to order for their new system, I think anything from the GTX series would do. My other friend has a GTX 260 and he got a little bit better score than I did (he has a better chip and ram than i do). My recent run of the benchmark software got me a 3306 on low settings and I have a GTX 460 OC'd. So, I wouldnt worry too much guys. If you are planning on building a new system.. You may not have to. All you have to do is upgrade your video card and maybe add a little ram. I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions.
My laptop got a 1997 on the benchmark and runs the beta with standard settings fine. You're good to go.