Component Upgrades for FF14

Xion · 11 Jul 2010 at 15:13

Ahh sorry I just noticed that socket support for that fan, that's not good. The one you pointed is pretty decent though, could go for that.

If you think a 2GB card is not worth it then I can just go for a decent 1GB 5850 then.

stulid · 11 Jul 2010 at 16:21

what resolution do you play at?

im positive that a 1gb card will offer all the performance you need, and 2gb versions are unnecessary

Xion · 11 Jul 2010 at 17:04

Well i'm running at 1680 by 1050 on this monitor at the moment. Thinking about it I might as well just stick with the 1GB card if I'm mainly going to be running FF14. There isn't really many other PC games that are coming out soon that I will be playing on the rig, mostly console. But I much, much prefer playing an MMO at a decent setting on a PC.

stulid · 11 Jul 2010 at 17:07

you can uses these charts to get an idea of different cards performance, the 5830 isnt amoungst them, but its a bit faster than a 5770.

http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/i3dspeed/0510/i0510-video-p2.html

Xion · 11 Jul 2010 at 23:31

Cheers stulid, I'll take a look around at the 5830's here, there are quite a few models so will see which one I should go for.

Xion · 12 Jul 2010 at 18:01

Is the "HIS iCooler V ATI Radeon HD 5850 Turbo 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card" a decent 5830 model to go for?

Was trying to pick if i want an ASUS, HIS or Saphire etc.

I hope I don't get too many driver issues

Never had a problem with nVidia so far, but I heard ATi are quite bad with their catalyst drivers..

stulid · 12 Jul 2010 at 18:06

Xion said:
Is the "HIS iCooler V ATI Radeon HD 5850 Turbo 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card" a decent 5830 model to go for?

Was trying to pick if i want an ASUS, HIS or Saphire etc.

I hope I don't get too many driver issues Never had a problem with nVidia so far, but I heard ATi are quite bad with their catalyst drivers..

expensive for a 5830, the xfx is £160- http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-168-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1711

but, this has been released today- http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=1830

seems to offer stunning performance, review thread/discussion- http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18163136

Xion · 12 Jul 2010 at 23:15

ohh interesting, cheers for the heads up will that, will read that review

Xion · 13 Jul 2010 at 00:02

This would work well then...

Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic Platinum 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card x2
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM x2 (grrr at the price..)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler
Akasa AK-FN059 120mm Ultra Quiet Viper Cool Fan
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

£641.08