Can I play FFXI like this?

[IceBlueEyes]

Hey I have the vanadiel collection thing and this is my system info

Proccesor:AMD Athlon 3200+
RAM: 384 MB
Graphics: SiS 760 i have directX 9.0c too


also do you have to enter a credit card number to get the 30 days free?

[Murphie]

Re: Can I play FFXI like this?

You do have to have a credit card for the free 30 days. They don't bill you until your trial is over (and if you cancel before it ends, you won't be billed at all), but it is definitely required to set up the account.

Really one of the easiest ways to find out if your PC will run the game is to try out the Benchmark Program. That should give you a general idea.

[Icemage]

Re: Can I play FFXI like this?

Hey I have the vanadiel collection thing and this is my system info
Proccesor:AMD Athlon 3200+
RAM: 384 MB
Graphics: SiS 760 i have directX 9.0c too

You don't have enough RAM to run FFXI comfortably. The game will lag very badly, especially with that on-board graphics card (might not even run - try the benchmark if you're really curious, but I'll say off the cuff that your system specs aren't good enough to play it on PC).

also do you have to enter a credit card number to get the 30 days free?

Yes, you do.


Icemage

[IceBlueEyes]

Re: Can I play FFXI like this?

ok i tried the benchmark and at the end of teh lil taru taru dance part it said 1455-1 what does that mean, also tehri was this thing with bahamut, most of teh time it was a bit choopy through the whole thing

[LadyKiKi]

Re: Can I play FFXI like this?

There's a chart on the homepage which tells you what those numbers mean. But if I remember correctly I think 1455 is a bit low. Was that in Hi-Res mode or Low-Res?

[Mog]

Re: Can I play FFXI like this?

0-1500
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1501-3000
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3001-4000
It is expected it is the machine which can operate the FINAL FANTASY XI for Windows comfortably.
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Expectation specifications (recommendation environment)
[ CPU ]
[ Main memory ]
[ Graphic card ]

Or more of Pentium4
Or more of 256MB
Or more of ncVidia GeForce3 series

4001+
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Sorry, pally. Either upgrade your computer or get a PS2.

[neighbortaru]

Re: Can I play FFXI like this?

Sorry, pally. Either upgrade your computer or get a PS2.

they don't sell PS2s that can take the HD anymore so you would be better off getting a xbox360

[Mog]

Re: Can I play FFXI like this?

they don't sell PS2s that can take the HD anymore so you would be better off getting a xbox360

Nothing says he can't find a used one on Ebay. Unless people are capitalizing on the fact that they're not being produced anymore and skyrocketing the price for it, in which case you'd be better off getting the 360.

[IceBlueEyes]

Re: Can I play FFXI like this?

If i get this computer can i play it really well?

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=5086352

[neighbortaru]

Re: Can I play FFXI like this?

it'll play it better than your current PC. really well, maybe.

[bside]

Re: Can I play FFXI like this?

My bedroom PC happened to be somewhat similar in specs as the one in the linked page, so I ran a benchmark on it to see how it does.

Here's a detail;

CPU: Athlon 64 3000+, Rev.E3 Venice (same clock as Sempron 3200+, but w/ 512KB L2 cache)
VGA: GeForce 6150, shared memory set to 128MB (not "LE," so the amount of RAM is fixed unlike the linked one w/ TurboCache)
RAM: 512MB PC3200, 2.5-3-3-8-1, SINGLE channel (I only had 512MB sticks in hand; the linked one has 2x256 for dual channel)
HT: 1000Mhz

(detailed so others can point the possible difference(s) w/ the linked one)


This PC scored 3821 in Low Res, which is the acceptable score, but not high enough if you wanna push the performance up to the max.

Difference between GeForce 6150 and LE is TurboCache and the max amount of RAM supported (128 for 6150, and 256 for LE according to the linked page), and since ffxi doesn't require any more than 128 (or even 64 in most cases), performance difference should be minimal.

As for RAM, my PC only had 1 stick whereas the linked one has 2 for dual channel, but as A64 has twice the L2 cache, I'd assume these differences almost cancel out each other, while I also believe that CPU w/ more L2 cache would probably contribute more to the score than dual channel does. (In the benchmark I assume much less loading occurs than the actual playing, so dual channel contributes less than L2 does, I think.)


Taking these into consideration, PC in the linked page would probably score somewhere around 3500 in Low Res. And like I said, it's not high enough if you want the most out of what this game has to offer.

For $398 you can buy a good video card and even 2GB of RAM, so unless for some reason you need a new PC in place of your current one, I recommend that you upgrade the current PC, provided it has an AGP slot. (I doubt SiS760 based PC has a PCI-e slot.) By doing that it'll performe much better than the one in the link.


BTW, is it Athlon XP 3200+ or Athlon 64 that you have now? This makes a considerable difference.

[neighbortaru]

Re: Can I play FFXI like this?

considering the chipset, I think it would be athlon xp 3200.

[Thrasher]

Re: Can I play FFXI like this?

Im also guessing its a Athlon XP(that chipset is used on some Athlon64 boards tho).
But even tho it will not have that much life left in it for modern gameing, if the computer is still meeting your needs and has a agp slot it might be worth it just to upgrade for now. I used to play on a Athlon XP 2000+ with an ATI 9550 and 512mb of ram, not saying it was great but it worked and I could accually play Half Life 2.
So....
Upgrade your videocard. (well install a videocard)
And upgrade your memory to atleast 512mb. (useing 2 256mb sticks)

[bside]

Re: Can I play FFXI like this?

Yeah, looking at the amount of RAM along w/ the chipset, I'm also guessing it's XP. But as Thrasher pointed out it's also used on some socket 754 mobo's, so I just couldn't rule it out.

[Thrasher]

Re: Can I play FFXI like this?

But even if it is a socket A 3200XP that is still not a bad cpu. Just this current generation of computer games would be its last.