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Asus K53SD
Intel Core i5 2.450ghz
NVIDIA GeForce 610M with 2GB DDR3 VRAM
750GB 5400rpm/7200rpm
I paid around $740 for mine and it runs the game on standard settings. I keep shadows turned off. Weather effects will make you a bit laggy, but other than that the frame rate is decent.
http://www.asus.com/Notebooks/Versat...specifications
If you're from the UK go to novatech.co.uk they do power gaming desktops and laptops cheap :D i got laptop of there for only £450 :D and it plays ffxiv in ultra with ease as well it's a 19in
i only use it for work,
i prefer the desktop i build myself.
dont listen to these people. You can play it. It will look REALLY REALLY bad though.
Wait til version 2.0 (September/October) that should have some chance of playing on a laptop.
Just find something that will play Diablo III for now and FF14 should work when the new engine is released.
lenovo Y570 meets OPs specs.
Bump your budget up to $850 and your ideal rig is much more realistic.
Asus
Nvidia 540m
Intel i7 2.20GHz
With that, you should have a PC that runs FFXIV with normal settings. My shadows and draw distance are high, 4xMSAA, and everything else is Standard/Medium. I can edit this with specifics if you really care.
Theres plenty of laptops equiped with a 540m for 599-699. You dont need an i7 for ff14 specialy with a card that cant keep up with it. A low end i5 and a 540m can run the game on medium settings at a very playable frame rate 30+. Friend of mine has a laptop with a 540m and i find the game completely playable. For comparation i play the game on max settings on my desktop and i dont think the game looks bad at all on the 540m.
This is his laptop: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16834230185 which he bought for 599Euro.