Running FFXI on Intel 945

[madd3r]

OK, I'm sorry if this is a common question, i did have a look but i can never find a straight answer.

I have a acer 5310 laptop with intel 945 onboard graphics, and i wanna know if its possible to run this game ok?
i was planning on using windower to improve the quality a bit.

I'm just asking if there is anyone here who has it running on a similar system and is it worth me installing and downloading all the updates for it not to work, and use up my download limits.

cheers for any help in advance!

[pearlsea]

There is a bench mark program for FFXI on the official site.

FINAL FANTASY XI Official Web Site (http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/download/media/benchmark01.html?pageID=media)

[Zoltar]

just a fyi, ffxi is more cpu-intensive than graphics intensive, so awesome graphics with average cpu won't do well. if your graphics card is at least 128MB, focus more on the processor

[Mhurron]

Minimum requirements are a Video card with 32mb VRAM. However, FFXI requires a card with Hardware T&L, which the 945 does not support. I wouldn't expect it to work.

[Ellipses]

I thought I'd seen reports of people using 3D-Analyze to run the game on Intel cards. That was a year or two ago, though.