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By chichi 2010-07-18 19:18:25
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ok this is probably going to sound lame. My computer is about 5+ years old it's a dell dimension 4600 but it's very well upgraded let me post my system stats

p4 3ghz
2gh ram
nvidia 6800 ultra
sound blaster x-fi elite pro
250gb hdd

ok well this is the jest of the system, yes I know it's extremely old but I was wondering if there is a slim possibility that I would be able to play ffxiv on this machine? I also thought I could buy a new video card 1gb ati hd series agp cards for like 100$. Maybe if I get this card it would help me be able to play? Or is it a waste?
any type of feedback on this would be appreciated. Just can't afford to put down 500+ on a new computer unfortunatly for ffxiv
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By Shiva.Flionheart 2010-07-18 19:19:51
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Not likely I'm afraid. Specs might change before release, but if that benchmarking test was any indication you don't have a chance :(
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By Zekko 2010-07-18 19:21:39
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You will be lucky to get 10fps on Low. I suggest getting a new Power supply then upgrading to a newer card....If your PC has enough room for expansion that is. Probably be a good idea to buy 2 more GB of ram
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By chichi 2010-07-18 19:22:46
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have a 500 watt psu...I could do the ram and the latest video card...that would be like 200$
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By chichi 2010-07-18 19:23:08
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I pulled out most of the stuff from the system and installed new parts
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By Shiva.Flionheart 2010-07-18 19:23:31
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that CPU isn't going to be strong enough to run XIV imo.
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By Bismarck.Nevill 2010-07-18 19:23:49
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Where can I find the XIV Benchmark test?
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By chichi 2010-07-18 19:26:13
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Shiva.Flionheart said:
that CPU isn't going to be strong enough to run XIV imo.

:( yeah it's not dual core..
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By Zekko 2010-07-18 19:26:21
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chichi said:
have a 500 watt psu...I could do the ram and the latest video card...that would be like 200$

Possibly could go for an ATI 5750/5770,the 800 series might be out of your reach. Think they are about £100-120. Your CPU seems okay, i think the minimum is 2.9GHz per core to run XIV? I dont remember
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By Zekko 2010-07-18 19:26:49
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chichi said:
Shiva.Flionheart said:
that CPU isn't going to be strong enough to run XIV imo.

:( yeah it's not dual core..

Nevermind i thought it was a dual :(
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By Shiva.Flionheart 2010-07-18 19:28:44
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Bismarck.Nevill said:
Where can I find the XIV Benchmark test?

here
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By Siren.Enternius 2010-07-18 19:29:20
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Bismarck.Nevill said:
Where can I find the XIV Benchmark test?
Here ya go.
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By Siren.Enternius 2010-07-18 19:29:42
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Oh ***. I have mad delay skillz.
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By Quetzalcoatl.Princemercury 2010-07-18 19:30:39
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You can play with that machine.

But the GeForce 6 is too slow for high, and the P4 3.0 is too slow for low for anything to be enjoyable.

You could easily find a CPU + MB + Memory set today for around $200-$300 and stuff it in your DELL case.

It's a temporary solution at least and would at least double your current performance.
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By Shiva.Flionheart 2010-07-18 19:30:46
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I think you'll find, you got 'd
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By Shiva.Flionheart 2010-07-18 19:31:12
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Quetzalcoatl.Princemercury said:
You can play with that machine.

But the GeForce 6 is too slow for high, and the P4 3.0 is too slow for low for anything to be enjoyable.

You could easily find a CPU + MB + Memory set today for around $200-$300 and stuff it in your DELL case.

It's a temporary solution at least and would at least double your current performance.

You call 10fps playing? lol.
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By Quetzalcoatl.Princemercury 2010-07-18 19:31:51
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Shiva.Flionheart said:
Quetzalcoatl.Princemercury said:
You can play with that machine.

But the GeForce 6 is too slow for high, and the P4 3.0 is too slow for low for anything to be enjoyable.

You could easily find a CPU + MB + Memory set today for around $200-$300 and stuff it in your DELL case.

It's a temporary solution at least and would at least double your current performance.

You call 10fps playing? lol.

"...for anything to be enjoyable."
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By Siren.Enternius 2010-07-18 19:32:04
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Shiva.Flionheart said:
Quetzalcoatl.Princemercury said:
You can play with that machine.

But the GeForce 6 is too slow for high, and the P4 3.0 is too slow for low for anything to be enjoyable.

You could easily find a CPU + MB + Memory set today for around $200-$300 and stuff it in your DELL case.

It's a temporary solution at least and would at least double your current performance.

You call 10fps playing? lol.
I don't think it would even be that high. My laptop beats his computer in every way and I only got like a 2000 on the High quality benchmark.
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By Quetzalcoatl.Princemercury 2010-07-18 19:35:14
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XIV is going to be brutal on every laptop for at least 2-3 years.
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By Shu76 2010-07-22 00:58:28
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My brand new laptop's graphics card sucks, Everything else is fine, I can't even open the Benchmark for FF14...guess I'll have to wait till the PS3 version comes out. I'm not spending $1200 on a pc that will run it so I can play the game for 2 years since I just bough this one back in Febuary.
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By Gilgamesh.Samuraiking 2010-07-22 01:03:14
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Shu76 said:
My brand new laptop's graphics card sucks, Everything else is fine, I can't even open the Benchmark for FF14...guess I'll have to wait till the PS3 version comes out. I'm not spending $1200 on a pc that will run it so I can play the game for 2 years since I just bough this one back in Febuary.

For 750 USD you can get one that will run it on MINIMUM settings. This would not be a laptop though, it would be a desktop PC. Laptops are generally weaker unless you wanna spend 3k on one, even then the desktop you make for 3k would be better.
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By Pandemonium.Vitrolant 2010-07-22 01:26:36
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my PC specs...

AMD athlon 64 X2 dual core 3800+ 2.2GHz
3.25 GB of ram
GTX 285 Nvidia 1024MB

nothing wonderful but i can run 2 FFXI accounts with firefox itunes and kparser and i was thinking to myself im goin go have to upgrade to play FFXIV
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By Odin.Zicdeh 2010-07-22 01:27:21
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Pandemonium.Vitrolant said:
my PC specs...

AMD athlon 64 X2 dual core 3800+ 2.2GHz
3.25 GB of ram
GTX 285 Nvidia 1024MB

nothing wonderful but i can run 2 FFXI accounts with firefox itunes and kparser and i was thinking to myself im goin go have to upgrade to play FFXIV


It'll run, processor might choke your FPS a little though.
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By Phoenix.Begoma 2010-07-22 15:22:38
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chichi said:
ok this is probably going to sound lame. My computer is about 5+ years old it's a dell dimension 4600 but it's very well upgraded let me post my system stats

p4 3ghz
2gh ram
nvidia 6800 ultra
sound blaster x-fi elite pro
250gb hdd

ok well this is the jest of the system, yes I know it's extremely old but I was wondering if there is a slim possibility that I would be able to play ffxiv on this machine? I also thought I could buy a new video card 1gb ati hd series agp cards for like 100$. Maybe if I get this card it would help me be able to play? Or is it a waste?
any type of feedback on this would be appreciated. Just can't afford to put down 500+ on a new computer unfortunatly for ffxiv

Should be sufficient...

...for running Tetra Master II. >.>;;