Is it my computer, or is it FFXIV?

I see the dreaded "M" attached to your GPU type. I am guessing you are on a laptop?

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Originally Posted by Coldfire

310M ewwwww~ owwww~ nuuuu~
It's a miracle you were even able to start the game with that. It's either the powersupply or the gpu that has heat issues I think.

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So getting something to cool it might help? :)

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Originally Posted by origamikitsune

I see the dreaded "M" attached to your GPU type. I am guessing you are on a laptop?

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Yup, didn't have room for a pc tower (still workin' on finding a gaming pc, not sure where to turn though).

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Originally Posted by Antanias

So getting something to cool it might help? :)

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No cooling will help the fact the GPU is being overtaxed.

The (Graphic Device(s) NVIDIA GeForce 310M) is getting it's butt kicked, pretty amazing you can even start the game up. As a look at what your card is able to run see here: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...M.22439.0.html

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Originally Posted by Eunys

No cooling will help the fact the GPU is being overtaxed.

The (Graphic Device(s) NVIDIA GeForce 310M) is getting it's butt kicked, pretty amazing you can even start the game up. As a look at what your card is able to run see here: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...M.22439.0.html

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Bummer, and I've only had this thing since Oct...guess I should've waited for something better :(

It's not about something "newer" that is better. It's the problem that manufacturers build shabby gpus into most laptops. Imo there should only be 3 gpu models per generation: lowend for no d3d-usage at all, medium for average gamers and highend for full detail gamers. But currently the market is flooded with mostly useless mobile gpus. And not just that but the gpu manufacturers even trick people by giving the mobile chips similar names to the PCIe chips even though they are completely different and way slower.
That's why it's important to research every part of the laptop one wants to buy(for cheap laptops there's always a component that won't do any good).

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Originally Posted by Coldfire

It's not about something "newer" that is better. It's the problem that manufacturers build shabby gpus into most laptops. Imo there should only be 3 gpu models per generation: lowend for no d3d-usage at all, medium for average gamers and highend for full detail gamers. But currently the market is flooded with mostly useless mobile gpus. And not just that but the gpu manufacturers even trick people by giving the mobile chips similar names to the PCIe chips even though they are completely different and way slower.
That's why it's important to research every part of the laptop one wants to buy(for cheap laptops there's always a component that won't do any good).

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Makes sense, but don't worry...I'll rejoin my fellow Besaid players soon

And a big ty to everyone in this thread ^^...now just gotta find a better system.

The GPU system as a whole is a total joke and needs regulation of some type of standard naming system. Any normal person will see two items in front of them GPU XX70 and GPU X100 and will think GPU X100 is the newer card and has a higher number it must be better. Sadly in the GPU market that GPU XX70 will rock that X100.

Can the bad cards be replaced with better ones? Might save me some money down the line.

Well for AMD the regular desktop series names make sense: ABCD where A is the generation, B the target audience(1-6=entry, 7=gamers, 8=highend, 9=special), C the feature lock(30=decreased features, 50=normal, 70=powered up, 90=special/dual chip) and D a number the OEM can decide. So a HD6850 would be fine to run all games and a HD5450 would be okay for watching movies and playing sims.
And laptop gpus can only be replaced in rare cases where it's a replacable card. Desktops can always be upgraded if they have the right slot (PCIe2.0 x16 for example)