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Toward the middle/end around Post 44 in another topic someone else had the same issue and he had to adjust the settings to get it to use the other card and not the intergrated. 5200 with a integrated card... hmmmm I don't know much about laptops let alone a gaming one but with a integrated card I just can't fathom a score that high. What laptop are you using?

So I ran this for "WTF Why Not" reasons. The previous game just BARELY ran on this old gaming rig.

Got a 2324 on the default Medium settings. No idea where that places me on the Play/Cannot Play range. Details in spoiler
SpoilerFINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark (Exploration)
Tested on:6/4/2013 7:27:00 AM
Score:2324
Average Framerate:18.839
Performance:Standard
-Capable of running the game on default settings.

Screen Size: 1280x720
Screen Mode: Windowed
Graphics Presets: Medium
General
-Improve overall graphic quality. : Disabled
-Disable rendering of objects when not visible. (Occlusion Culling) : Enabled
-Use low-detail models on distant objects to increase performance. (LOD) : Enabled
-Cache LOD data only when necessary. (LOD Streaming) : Enabled
-Smooth edges. (Anti-aliasing) : Disabled
-Increase transparent lighting quality. : Disabled
-Grass Quality : Low
Shadows
-Use low-detail models on shadows to increase performance. (LOD) : Enabled
-Display : Personal and Environmental
-Shadow Resolution : Mid: 1024 pixels
-Shadow Cascading : Normal
-Shadow Softening : Low
Texture Detail
-Texture Filtering : Medium
-Anisotropic Filtering : Low
Effects
-Naturally darken the edges of the screen. (Limb Darkening) : Disabled
-Blur the graphics around an object in motion. (Radial Blur) : Enabled
-Effects While in Motion : Display Own
-Screen Space Ambient Occlusion : Off
-Glare : Low
Cinematic Cutscenes
-Enable depth of field. : Disabled

System:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.130307-0422)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU X7900 @ 2.80GHz
3069.977MB
NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT (VRAM 512.0 MB) 6.14.0012.6658

Benchmark results do not provide any guarantee FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn will run on your system.

FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Website http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com
(C) 2010-2013 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.

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Regardless when ARR drops, I have the PS3 version I was intending to play on.

So maybe a PC Guru could help me out here....my current PC's hardware is pretty good aside from the video card...it has served me well but it's time for an upgrade...I'm looking to spend $200-$300 max and I'd like something complementary to my CPU...I don't really keep up with PC hardware anymore sadly..

Thank you very much in advance!

Here are the "important" current specs:
I7-3770K
8 Gigs of DDR3 1333
Radeon 5770 (I know I know...but this thing really has done me proud..)

I had a 5770, good card. Still running strong in my GF's PC. In that price range you're looking at a 660TI or 7870. They are similar performance-wise so it's really a matter of preference. The 660TI tends to be a bit more expensive, but Geforce cards seem to be doing better on the benchmark than Radeon cards. If you expand your budget to the $350 range you can get a 7950, also saw some 670s in that price range on newegg. So, you have a few options.

Edit: Forgot to mention I have a 7870. Good card. OC'd fairly easily, though I think I got a mediocre OCing card.

Edited, Jun 4th 2013 8:57am by SkinwalkerAsura

7950's go down to 299$ on sale (if you check all the major sites, newegg, tigerdirect, canadacomputers if you're up north etc). The GTX 660ti can be had for around 280$ and is comparable to the 7950 (sometimes better). Depending who you ask, you'll get people telling you to go AMD, others to go NVIDIA, it's all personal preference. As great as benchmarks are, fans of either card will manipulate numbers to their favour. Then the new drivers come out, and AMD pulls ahead, then the next week NVIDIA has a new driver set and pulls ahead.

AMD still has their reloaded deal going on with free copies of Crysis 3, Bioshock Infinite and Far Cry Blood Dragon. I think you get Metro and something else with NVIDIA cards if that matters at all. I had a GTX 460, served me well, bought a 7950 (cause it was cheaper then a 660ti at the time), and it's fantastic. So for my next card, who knows, whatever's best bang for the buck from either company.

Edit: You get Tomb Raider on top of those three with AMD, and only Metro with Nvidia right now.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-3.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-4.html

Edited, Jun 4th 2013 1:10pm by Montsegurnephcreep

Edited, Jun 4th 2013 1:12pm by Montsegurnephcreep

I'm enjoying it, thing runs a bit hot (I don't have a dual fan one, just the reference card with single fan). My 3570k with the 7950 gets me a score of 6900 maxed out on the XIV benchmark. Crysis 3 runs maxed out minus a couple AA options that need to be toned down, everything else runs great. This is all at 1920x1200, so not sure how it does if you're going beyond that.

I've been satisfied with my last 5 cards to be honest, had the Radeon 9800 pro, then a 7900 GS (or maybe this one first), then the GTX 260 OC, GTX 460, now this 7950. They've all done what they've advertised. I think the 7950 has room for improvement if games use certain technologies and the drivers get better, but that's all speculation.

That's why I always wait a couple generations before I upgrade. Otherwise, you notice some performance increase, but not enough to justify that 200-300$. You wait 2-3 generations, then you REALLY notice a performance boost. It's like these people upgrading from Sandy, to Ivy, to Haswell for 3-15% performance increases (in mostly non real world applications), it boggles my mind.

I suppose if it's your hobby and you have the cash, then go nuts, but otherwise...I don't see the point.

I'm looking to upgrade my GPU as well but worried that I will be wasting money with my CPU possibly bottlenecking it.

Currently:

Radeon 5750
Intel Core 2 Quad 2.5 gh

I ran the benchmark at max and got a sad, sad score of 2588.

Beta ran fine with the settings tweaked down a bit, but I'm wondering if jumping to the 7950 would be a waste of money versus a slightly lower card like 7870.

Yeah, this is what I was thinking as well.

I am pretty happy with my score. The fact that I can run the game decently impressed me on my 4+ year old rig (only recently replaced the graphics card cause it crapped out. 4+ years on a card is good freakin' run I say).

I will most likely run the game on low, though, I assume that that my frame rate will drop when in busy areas. But we shall see.

FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark (Exploration)
Tested on:6/4/2013 10:25:31 PM
Score:4148
Average Framerate:34.022
Performance:High
-Easily capable of running the game. Should perform well, even at higher resolutions.

Screen Size: 1680x1050
Screen Mode: Full Screen
Graphics Presets: High
General
-Improve overall graphic quality. : Enabled
-Disable rendering of objects when not visible. (Occlusion Culling) : Enabled
-Use low-detail models on distant objects to increase performance. (LOD) : Enabled
-Cache LOD data only when necessary. (LOD Streaming) : Enabled
-Smooth edges. (Anti-aliasing) : Enabled
-Increase transparent lighting quality. : Disabled
-Grass Quality : Normal
Shadows
-Use low-detail models on shadows to increase performance. (LOD) : Enabled
-Display : All
-Shadow Resolution : Mid: 1024 pixels
-Shadow Cascading : High
-Shadow Softening : Low
Texture Detail
-Texture Filtering : High
-Anisotropic Filtering : Low
Effects
-Naturally darken the edges of the screen. (Limb Darkening) : Enabled
-Blur the graphics around an object in motion. (Radial Blur) : Enabled
-Effects While in Motion : Display All
-Screen Space Ambient Occlusion : Low
-Glare : Low
Cinematic Cutscenes
-Enable depth of field. : Enabled

System:
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130318-1533)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz
4094.539MB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti(VRAM 2768 MB) 9.18.0013.1407

Benchmark results do not provide any guarantee FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn will run on your system.

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Just tried it from my SSD, no difference.

I just went through a CPU upgrade and wanted to share some pretty surprising results!

Old
Phenom II 955 Stock Speeds
8GB DDR2 1066
Radeon HD 6870 Stock Speeds

New
Core i7 4770
16GB DDR3 1600mhz
Radeon HD 6870 Stock Speeds

So you can see that the video card stayed the same.

FFXIV
1280*720
Medium Preset - OLD 8092 - NEW 12647

1920*1200
Medium Preset - OLD 6679 - NEW 8892
Maximum Preset - OLD 4056 - NEW 4604

As you can see, a Phenom II 955 at stock speeds was holding back FFXIV by quite a bit! It looks to be a really CPU dependent game.

I hope this info will help some people prep for FFXIVv2!

Edited, Jun 4th 2013 11:35pm by ShadowField

I'm actually building a new comp for this game(that and other stuff but mostly for the game). I'm already buying the parts as we speak and at the end of it my specs should read

Windows 7 Home 64bit
8 GB rams 1600 DDR3
EVGA Geforce 650 TI 2GB GDDR5
I5-3470 Quad core 3.2GHz

I'm hoping for a really good score since they're making the game more poor friendly lol