[trapspeed]

I fell in love with the beta and really want to play but my current Asus gaming laptop can't handle the game. So I'm buying a new computer just for the game. I am about to purchase this computer on eBay. ( http://cgi.ebay.com/...=item3a5a9b4adb ) This is my last stop before I actually commit to buy and I want to see if any of you computer gurus can give me an idea on how it'll run the game. Any help is very much appreciated! In case you don't want to click on the link here's are the specs on the computer. And it costs $430 shipped for the tower. Thank you!

CPU AMD CPU Athlon II X2 Dual-Core 245 2.9GHz 1MB 65W
Over Clocking Overclocked to: AMD Athlon II x2 Dual Core 3.6 GHz
CPU Cooler OCZ Vanquisher Overclocking CPU Cooler - Make your system safe.
Motherboard Asus AM3 AMD760 Motherboard (M4A78LT-M/LE)
Memory 2GB Kingston DDR3 1333
Hard Drive Western Digital 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA II
Optical Drive LG 22X DVD RW + - Dual Layer, SATA

*** The Following 2 Video Cards Will Run In Crossfire Mode ***
Crossfire Video ATI Radeon HD 3450 512MB PCI-E2.0 TV-OUT, DVI-I, HDMI, DirectX10
Crossfire Video ATI Radeon HD 3000 Shared RAM up to 1GB, DVI HDMI

Audio 8-Channel Via VT1708S 3 ports High Definition Sound
Network Gigabit LAN Controllers 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
Ports 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 4 ports at back panel)
Case Cooler Master Elite 310 Mid-Tower Case
Power Supply Quality Quiet 500W ATX Power Supply

This post has been edited by trapspeed: Sep 25, 2010 - 1:43 PM

[Chicko]

Honestly I wouldn't recommend this computer specifically for FF14. It's "not" bad, but I wouldn't expect any high end gaming. This machine would probably be ok to run older games like WoW, but would really struggle with newer games (Aion, FF14, Crysis). What is your price range ? I could probably point you in the direction of a better build, or if you know which end of a screwdriver is which I could probably help you find the parts to build one yourself.

[trapspeed]

Chicko, on Sep 25, 2010 - 2:46 PM, said:

Honestly I wouldn't recommend this computer specifically for FF14. It's "not" bad, but I wouldn't expect any high end gaming. This machine would probably be ok to run older games like WoW, but would really struggle with newer games (Aion, FF14, Crysis). What is your price range ? I could probably point you in the direction of a better build, or if you know which end of a screwdriver is which I could probably help you find the parts to build one yourself.

I want to buy a pre built one from this company online. My brother bought from them and really likes his computer. Is this worth the additional 130 dollars? http://cgi.ebay.com/...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT

The one I originally posted seems to be really upgradable, that's why I chose it.

[karari]

My biggest suggestions:

CPU:
Intel i5 core
AMD Athalon II X4

GPU:
nVidia 400-series
Radeon 5000-series


Memory:
Have at least 4 GB of RAM

Follow this and FFXIV will run as good as you want it to, but obviously not with everything maxed out.

[Chicko]

The second one you listed isnt to bad, but you will need a better gpu right away. Karari pretty much hit the nail on the head, follow that basically and you'll be fine.

[Soulzityr]

Isn't i-7 needed to run FF14 well?

[Inaaca]

If by "well" you mean max settings, then probably. I don't have anything like that, though, and I'm running the game at high settings and the graphics look great.

[Soulzityr]

I'm so glad to get this reply. Truth is I already went ahead and bought an i5-650 but I don't know what graphics card to get with it. May I ask what you are running?

[Inaaca]

I have an NVIDIA GeForce GTX275. It's running the game quite well with no real lag (max textures/shadows, Depth of Field, high res). Turning on Ambient Occlusion looks great, but it seems to produce a slight lag in control responsiveness, so I left it off.

Your processor will likely help certain things, though.