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Just bought this..
IamLightning
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227243R
and I get 1800 on High and 3000 on low. Im thinking about buying a nvidia 460 card. Will this improve it by a large margin or just small?
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New video cards for ATI come out in November (the 6000 series.) In the next few weeks they'll be cutting prices down on the 5000 series, and assumingly nvidia will do the same. I would wait a bit before you upgrade *again.* Not like you can't run the game fine now, anyway.
i think the score is low check out this link from my score http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/446/view/forums/thread/288549/did-anybody-used-the-offcial-benchmark.html
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My gtx285 didn't do so well on the benchmark, got about a 2100, but the beta played just fine.
Benchmark is more then a bit off on performance. I believe open beta starts in 2 weeks or so, I would hold off on buying anything till after you try it.
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I haven't played FFXIV, but I do own the 460. I haven't had any issues with any games i have played. I can run Borderlands, L4D2, Global Agenda all maxed out without a drop in FPS
I believe the benchmark is running on older code than what the current beta build is, I scored an 1850 on the benchmark and only run into issues with crowds and rainy weather.The intro ran much better while playing the beta than the benchmark ran even with the extra process running (ie: music) on the current build. There is supposedly a new benchmark going to be released in the near future, might score higher on it.
Using an eVGA GeForce GTX 460 786MB.
You should be fine. I'm playing the beta atm with 2yr old equipment. Anything current (especially ATI) will be enough to play this game. The 460 should have no issues afaik.
I've heared cases where the 460 performed worse than cards that were over a year older. So, I'd be careful.
Yep severely unoptimized code that, from what I've read, doesn't make use of more than 1 CPU core or sli/crossfire setups. The final release should however
I run FFXIV beta with my Nvidia GTX 460 quite smoothly. It'll do well for you.
I have a a 4870 1g currently and my friend has the same one, I was thinking about gettin one of the 5000 series but he offered me 50 bucks for his 4870, I just wonder if that will give more increase per dollar than getting the 5000 series after they are reduced, because the game is supposed to support sli/crossfire I heard
I run a Phenom 940 with an ATI 4870 and I have been running beta in windowed mode on medium to high easily. You will no doubt be able to run the game well.....if you upgrade the video definitely.
I have the same card, but I'm waiting to upgrade. Cuz the 5870's are a little too expensive right now.
(I have mine water cooled, so I'd also have to get a water block for it too which is like an extra $110)
If the power supply, cooling and mobo hold, can always try to run the gpu's in crossfire and might still be cheaper and run better than some of the pricier series in the 5,000's for ATI.
PS. I am not a nVidia fan....
I'm probally going to end up trying the 2 4870's I think, I mean for 50 bucks and a few minutes to hook up my crossfire connecter and install second card, I dont think even a little increase wouldnt be worth that price versus what ever I will pay for the 5870 even after dropped price.