09-26-2007, 11:19 AM | #1 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 22 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 1,367 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 1,367 Donate | Could i get ffxi to run ok on this?? My laptop.
p4 1.7ghz
512mb Ram
40gig HD
16mb Video card nvidea 2 <------ my main issue
Now while everything else supports, my video card is the prob, i know the min card require is 32, but to buy it and upgrade would cost me $110 plus shipping.
I have a desktop, but i would love to play when im traveling. please advise, thanks! | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-26-2007, 12:46 PM | #3 (permalink) | | Digital Wizard Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 5,969 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood: Thanks: 69 Thanked 453x in 297 Posts Gil: 3,270 Bank: 50,989 Total Gil: 54,258 Donate | Re: Could i get ffxi to run ok on this?? Vana'diel Benchmark 3 is the surefire way to test it. My older desktop PC (which is now some 7 years old) has slightly higher specs than that and barely runs FFXI at a decent framerate at 800x600 resolution, so I don't even know if the game would be playable even if it runs at all.
Icemage | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-26-2007, 01:17 PM | #4 (permalink) | | Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 521 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood: Thanks: 67 Thanked 50x in 40 Posts Gil: 9,146 Bank: 18,559 Total Gil: 27,704 Donate | Re: Could i get ffxi to run ok on this?? Well, I know on the computer I use most of the time, the graphics card is below the "minimum" requirement. (And not by a small amount either.) And everything looks and runs pretty well. Some things are more noticeable though, like when I have a staff on my back, it doesn't always look like a clean cut smooth line, but more jagged. And when I take screenshots, the image doesn't look as pretty as it looked when I was playing. But overall, the lesser quality is actually pretty minimal. It's not enough to make me complain, or wish I had a better card. (Except when it comes to screenshots.  ) | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-26-2007, 07:55 PM | #5 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 22 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 1,367 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 1,367 Donate | Re: Could i get ffxi to run ok on this?? im sorry, it turns out i have a 8mb card installed, im running the bench right now to see what score i get, if its in the 900's im gonna upgrade to my 16mb i have, if low, im getting my 32mb | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-27-2007, 05:05 AM | #6 (permalink) | | Keeper of Knowledge Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,105 Style: Dark - Version 5 Thanks: 17 Thanked 65x in 50 Posts Gil: 840,945 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 840,945 Donate | Re: Could i get ffxi to run ok on this?? $110 for a video card where in the hell are you shoping?
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was not sure what you had to work with, so I listed one of each  Gaming at its best, the good old 8-bit days | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-27-2007, 08:13 AM | #7 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 22 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 1,367 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 1,367 Donate | Re: Could i get ffxi to run ok on this?? this is for a dell laptop | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-27-2007, 08:21 AM | #8 (permalink) | | Friend or Foe?! Oracle of Knowledge Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 6,519 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 1,617 Thanked 1,418x in 995 Posts Gil: 23,022 Bank: 236,202 Total Gil: 259,223 Donate | Re: Could i get ffxi to run ok on this?? kailea: laptops, not desktop. Honestly, I wasn't aware they made laptops with easily upgradeable graphics cards. | Originally Posted by someone who just spent ten minutes with feba | | wtf? I am horribly disoriented and scared. I can't tell what's real anymore | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-27-2007, 08:42 AM | #9 (permalink) | | Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Winston,GA Posts: 638 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood: Thanks: 42 Thanked 22x in 20 Posts Gil: 4,406 Bank: 9,855 Total Gil: 14,260 Donate | Re: Could i get ffxi to run ok on this?? Originally Posted by Feba | | kailea: laptops, not desktop. Honestly, I wasn't aware they made laptops with easily upgradeable graphics cards. | They usually don't and everything is hard wired on the board... | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-27-2007, 11:34 AM | #10 (permalink) | | Keeper of Knowledge Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,105 Style: Dark - Version 5 Thanks: 17 Thanked 65x in 50 Posts Gil: 840,945 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 840,945 Donate | Re: Could i get ffxi to run ok on this?? oh Laptop -.- doh sorry, I need to stop replying to threads after just waking up -.-  Gaming at its best, the good old 8-bit days | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-27-2007, 11:53 AM | #11 (permalink) | | Friend or Foe?! Oracle of Knowledge Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 6,519 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 1,617 Thanked 1,418x in 995 Posts Gil: 23,022 Bank: 236,202 Total Gil: 259,223 Donate | Re: Could i get ffxi to run ok on this?? Originally Posted by Kailea | | oh Laptop -.- doh sorry, I need to stop replying to threads | See, with one small change, we save a line of text, and make the comment much nicer. | Originally Posted by someone who just spent ten minutes with feba | | wtf? I am horribly disoriented and scared. I can't tell what's real anymore | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-27-2007, 12:16 PM | #12 (permalink) | | Altanaの戦士 Keeper of Knowledge Join Date: May 2006 Location: Fenrir Server Posts: 2,557 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 119 Thanked 269x in 165 Posts Gil: 348 Bank: 38,900 Total Gil: 39,248 Donate | Re: Could i get ffxi to run ok on this?? And that's why Feba is written 絶望 in japanese, but that's way too off-topic huh.
Laptop upgrading always makes me want to cry, I'm a desktop kinda guy. Gah, damn you Shantotto!  Sanctuary of Zi'tah! "In this world, the one who has the most fun is the winner!" C.B. | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-27-2007, 12:41 PM | #13 (permalink) | | Friend or Foe?! Oracle of Knowledge Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 6,519 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 1,617 Thanked 1,418x in 995 Posts Gil: 23,022 Bank: 236,202 Total Gil: 259,223 Donate | Re: Could i get ffxi to run ok on this?? 絶望? Shouldn't it be like 負場 or something? | Originally Posted by someone who just spent ten minutes with feba | | wtf? I am horribly disoriented and scared. I can't tell what's real anymore | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes | Linear Mode | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | All times are GMT -8. The time now is 01:33 PM. | | |