--Benchmark Guide--

[StudioAJ]

5000!?
you're kidding me
it'd barely get 2,000
the resolution must be only about 640x480 on the ps2 and even then it's really jerky with big backgrounds

[sparxx]

Actually the PS2 version is set to 800x600 resolution,
like all other PS2 games

[Shadovar]

I downloaded the benchmark from the Information post last night but when I was unzipping it it said there was an error. The exact message is: Error: The system cannot find the file specified
Cannot create c:\unzipped\FFXiBench\FFXiBench then it has these weird bold marks and letters.txt When it was done downloading and I opened it I remember it said there was some sort of problem with that same file I guess. What the hell happened? I know my pc won't support FFXI I was just curious though on the score I'd get

[Velusip]

Tc2400 processor@50MHz w/ 24MB ram.

I am having trouble installing the benchamark utility... is there an OS/2 version?


;þ

[Velusip]

If you want a sickly score try on an AMD 3000+ XP processor with 2 sticks of either Kingston, Corsair or Mishkin RAM 512MB ( ram is extremely important ) running at the highest bandwidth possible. You need a high quality motherboard to run this stuff, ex: Tyan, EPoX, MSI... maybe even Gigabyte.

An ATI9700/9800Pro, /no/ soundcard ( just for added fun ).

You see, AMD processors have more floating points and are a little better at directing the flow of data than an Intel. Intel are great for linear media ( video / audio ). In the end AMD %XP procs are better for gaming, despite the slower speeds.

This is all very expensive. And if you can afford any of this stuff then you might as well save a bit more and wait for a Parhelia2 by Matrox... that thing is gonna be grossly powerful. Or, if you do not want to wait, go for something by 3Dlabs graphics. Since the game runs Directx8.1 rather than the new 9, some of these newer OpenGL graphics engines added support for D3D.

[Jibe]

Hey Shadovar: That's exactly where I downloaded it when I had problems..
Try downloading it again from the link in this thread (the very first post) Then run it again.

Hope this works for you!

~Jibe

[Shadovar]

Thanks but when I realized there was a problem I did go to the 1st post and click the link and I got some website in Japanese. I didn't know what to do

[Jibe]

Okay Shadovar.. Go to the following site:
http://www.playonline.com/ff11win/wina2.html

Then scroll to the bottom of the page and click the light blue 'I agree' button
(it has a taru taru head next to it).

A window should pop up letting you download the file.

Hope this works.

~Jibe

[StudioAJ]

I got the same error message, i just pressed continue extraction, alternitavely you can delete the txt file in the zip manually then extract it as normal...

[Zent]

I got 2525 with

P3 1000-mhz
1024 Ram
GEForce 4 ti4600
Win 2000

[Faylore]

Sigh.....only got 2278....i guess its not that bad though, at least i can run it.

My comp stats are below:
AMD 1.81GHz Athlon processor
512 MB DDR RAM
GeForce4 MX 440(its alright i guess)

Thats all that is important.....

[Xenoimpact]

I got 3383 on the benchmark! Must be my speedy ATI Radeon 9500 Pro. Good Job Graphics Card!

[Faylore]

how much money would the radeon 9700 pro card cost me to buy just off the market, like not included in anything else? anyone know?

[Xenoimpact]

Think its $350, i'm not sure. Check ur local bestbuy, compusa, or Fry's. U can go to their website.

[Velusip]

Yeah, for a 9700Pro in American dollars $350 would be a find. Of course, every month the value drops... I would expect that by the tyme the game comes out, everyone would not mind shovelling out the cash for an ATI9700Pro as well as the AGP8x mobo to sport it.