Could i get ffxi to run ok on this??

[kyomagi]

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!

[Mhurron]

Re: Could i get ffxi to run ok on this??

Maybe, maybe not. You could try downloading the benchmark program and seeing how it runs, but I wouldn't hold your breath that the game will run.

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/dow...l?pageID=media

[Icemage]

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

[Silent Howler]

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. )

[kyomagi]

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

[Kailea]

Re: Could i get ffxi to run ok on this??

$110 for a video card where in the hell are you shoping?

check this one out www.newegg.com can be your best friend

AGP card $26.99 Clock 250 Memory 128
NVIDIA Card

PCI Card $47.99 Clock 533 Memory 256
NVIDIA Card

was not sure what you had to work with, so I listed one of each

[kyomagi]

Re: Could i get ffxi to run ok on this??

this is for a dell laptop

[Feba]

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.

[Shadowneko]

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.

They usually don't and everything is hard wired on the board...

[Kailea]

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 -.-

[Feba]

Re: Could i get ffxi to run ok on this??

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.

[Raydeus]

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!

[Feba]

Re: Could i get ffxi to run ok on this??

絶望？ Shouldn't it be like 負場 or something?