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I am debating on buying this laptop:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Natural...tlyViewedItems
but i want to know if it could run ff14 at a decent rate with hardly any lag lol not expecting high settings out of this laptop but will no longer possibly have my ps3 soon so trying to get something so i can play but cant go any higher than the amount this laptop costs and I split between mom and dad so a desktop cant do cause i dont want to haul that around lol
http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Rad...G.87916.0.html
If you can wait until february the PS4 will be the cheapest option with the best performance under your price range.
No that won't run FFXIV, it will suck.
Like sunarine said, wait for PS4. That or save and up your PC Budget to $1000 and get a desktop.
i wouldnt mind waiting but my fellow fc members wouldnt be able to go on that long without me lol and i would miss it too much lol which i thought about the ps4 route but if i get that i have to think about all the other games i want so would wind up costing me about 900 in the end lol when i can just get me a laptop that can run it all right maybe lol
and i got a friend who has an almost identically laptop with same graphics card and he says he runs it fine ikd what kind of processor he has this money is just what im gonna have for awhile xD christmas and birthday money lol and i wont get anymore money until christmas and bday again lol
i run FFXIV on - Samsung NP550P7C and on a Macbook Air I5
Both run it very well, not complaints here
To me, this laptop sounds OK. It might play this game properly at minimal laptop settings. In my opinion, this is quite a decent office laptop, but not a gaming one.
I'm a little worried for playing games with it. Based on the image, this is a really slim laptop, which means the graphic card will be quite small. Your site boast about 4GB of video memory, but it's probably shared with the hard disk. This Hard disk being 1T and the price of the machine low, I'm betting on a 5400RPM (which is as slow as the PS3 hard disk). This means the video memory might be very slow. Looks like it is a video card to display HD Youtube videos. FFXIV being graphic card intensive, this card will not be able to satisfy much more than minimal settings. I'm also betting for this price, the laptop will have a tendency to overheat a lot while playing graphic games such as FFXIV.
In the end, I think this would be a waste of money if you intend to play intensively with it. For $600, your best bet is a desktop (assuming you already have a monitor, keyboard and mouse). You can get decent processors and proper graphic cards that will play this game a lot better than on the laptop you mentioned.
For best quality/price, I recommend you to buy a PS4. It will cost you only $400, you will have more video game capacities than a $2000 gaming machine. The drawback is that you will need to wait another 2 months before the PS4 betas start.
Think about the longer term. If you spend that cash right now on a crummy laptop you're stuck with it. There should be better options still in that price range. Shop elsewhere, forget walmart.
If you were one of my FC members, We'd be able to go on that long without you. :)
well the reason im doing walmart is due to i can save 10% with my moms discount card lol but i mean i would do a desktop but i dont have a moniter but i have a keyboard and mouse already cause i play ff14 on ps3 but i was just wanting something a little easier to carry around xD but if it all boils down to it i may go the ps4 route
or buy a 1-2 year used Asus Rog laptop . . .
I bought mine for 799$ new 2 years ago I7 proc
8GB memory
128GB ssd
1TB storage drive
Nvidia 560 1.5GB graphics
game runs on mid-high setting np and scored 6500 on the 720P bench
for budget gaming and being able to be mobile it was a great deal.
Plus if he need to build a desktop 1K ain't gonna cut it if he needs everything . . .
Like Windows license
monitor
case
PSU
and all the little things that go into a build
and a pre made that's decent 1K will barely cover you . . . if the OP is Canadian and has to pay 13%
tax meaning their actual budget is like under 900$ its not worth it for a desktop . . .
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7106/a...-performance/3
Benchmark of that chipset and apu.
It will run at 720p fine
It'll run it just fine on Custom or Standard Laptop settings. Obviously it will not be 60 FPS, but probably some where around 15-30 depending on what you are doing. 15 probably if you are doing a large Fate, 20s if you are running a dungeon with a peak of 30 in your Inn Room.
well see from that it does look like it can run well but question what does the msi gx60 mean xD not really in depth with all this stuff lol thats why i came here to post before i went out in bought it lol
so it can run it fine but say if im in wanderers palace anyone know what it could possibly be in it lol or even with the new 24 man raids lol like on ps3 i have ot turn off party list and names of everyone and keep the graphics of abilities off or it will lag a bit lol
and yeai m not expecting 60 fps just something that can get me by cause i wont have my ps3 much longer and then ill go into the navy next year so once i get out of basics ill be able to buy a better gaming laptop
but i dont want this game to be unbearable so like when i log in i lag so bad it makes me wanna log out lol but like i watched a video the other with this same laptop just a bit crappier processor and it was the 2011 model and it could run mw3 on high and skyrim on high but still wanted to get it checked out lol
this is when i wished they had a thing where u could put in the specs of a laptop you r thinking about and it then tells u like what settings u could play on at so much fps xD
thanks everyone for the info i believe i am gonna go with the laptop from the above posters it seems it can run pretty good but like i said im not expecting this to be at 60 fps just something to last me until i get out of basics lol
My HP Laptop is 2 years older than yours and has a weaker Processor and Video Card , but has slightly more RAM. I run with no issues on lag with Custom or Standard Laptop settings(If I'm feeling adventurous)other than during Behemoth FATE, which is understandable.
They implemented a new engine to allow for cheaper rigs to run XIV with out much issue, its just finding that balance on Graphics Settings.
Like for me, I could care less about the animation of actions of people in my PT or outside my PT, so those get turned off.
Don't buy a computer at walmart. Just don't.
Oh could I suggest just doing it yourself? You can build a really good computer
cheaply if you just order the parts from like newegg or something.
Heck, you spend less than $500 and get yourself a top of the line machine
that would normally cost you over a grand! Building PC's isn't that hard either, tons of guides.
Just make sure you actually buy parts that don't conflict with each other, do your homework.
Yea thought about building it myself but dont know how and would want to be able to play it as soon as i get it lol instead of putting it together and then having to download everytihng and wait fro that lol