FFXIV; Upgrade CPU or GFX Card, or both?

Yosiah

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I have a pretty dump system at the moment:

AM2 7750 BE @ 3.0Ghz
HD 4870 512MB
2GB Ram

I can pull 2300 on the FFXIV benchmark in Low settings and the Open Beta seems to run at a choppy 20fps in the fields.

I was thinking of grabbing a Phenom II x4 965 @3.4Ghz. Would this help me run the game smoothly do you think? I was also thinking of getting a HIS 5850 Turbo, but I would rather not have to spend any more money than is necessary to enjoy the game. Obviously FFXIV uses 4 cores, and I only have a dual core - maybe my 4870 will be sufficient at 1680x1050 with a few lowered graphics settings, because changing the Texture/Filtering options doesn't seem to affect my FPS much.

Regards!

Ps.

I know my board is capable of running an AM3 x4 965, even though it is an AM2+, but would it be a good idea to get:

- AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
- Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMD4GX3M2A1600C9)
- Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard
- Titan Fenrir Evo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AMD K8/AM2/AM2+/AM3)

or just get a x4 965 and a 5850, and upgrade my Board and Ram later?
 
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You can run a x4 965 AM3 on an AM2+ board using DDR2 memory. Just not ideal, I guess.

And yes. I will be switching from WoW/FFXI to FFXIV.
 
GTX 460 is better than the 4870 though, I guess. It would be super awesome if I could find someone with a 4870, but also a quad core to see what results they get :)

It would be nice to only have to spend the £125 on the x4 and buy the game :P Rather than upgrading the GPU also, which would be expensive :<
 
Well the 4870 is 750/900 , but clocks aside theres differences in shaders stuff etc as well.

Actually... the 4870 isnt that much diff to 4890 is it heh
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
I would get the Phenom II X4 955BE and another 2GB of RAM.
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I dunno. I know the 965 is just a higher clocked 955, but I'd rather just get it 965 cos it's simpler heh. Another 2gb ram would be a waste with it being DDR2, I'd rather get the ram when I upgrade the Motherboard as well. Just want to spend as little as possible in the meantime, if you follow.
 
Well they have 4 days, so I doubt it will improve much. They haven't even got hardware mouse support in yet, without a player made patch. Then again, maybe release will surprise us considering it's double the size of the Open Beta Client.
 
sja360 said:
in that case quad core it is. have to say your computer will feel smoother too with a quad core. plus im sure there are other games that'll use up quad core other than ff xiv
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Yep, Cataclysm if FFXIV is cr*p :P And Starcraft 2. Wanting to play Fallout 3 Vegas as well etc, so it's gonna be a worthwhile upgrade at any rate.

If only it was Monday tomorrow lol.
 
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