I paid $1,700 for it - I had the stock CPU upgraded from a I7 2630QM to a I7 2720QM (didn't want to go over 1.8k)
Bought the 120GB Vertex 3 SSD for $199 - um definitely worth it. Big improvement in FFXIV performance.
So spent $1,900 after all in all.
Got it from
www.pro-star.com
windowed 1920x1080
Multisampling: 8x CSAA
Gen Draw Quality: 9
Background Draw: 5
Shadow: Standard (shadows in this game are meh on any level so no need to add more stress than needed.
DOF: on
Ambient Occ: off (obviously)
Texture Quiality: High
Texture Filtering: High
No lag :) only place it sometimes gets jittery is in Ul'Dah, go figure.