General Game Performance - Anyone Else Feel The Way I Do?

[Aion]

when you are on tight budget like me what will you upgrade 1st?
- CPU: C2D E4500
-VGa: ATI 5670
-HDD: 250GB 7200RPM
-RAM: 2 x 1GB RAM

thanks

[Delsus]

Hey guys, I am using a low-mid end VGA,CPU and also a limited HDD, it runs fine on low-med setting,I can bear the lag. but usually after 1,5 half hours, there is a period which my game stuttering/lag heavily for minutes. what should I check 1st?

Check the graphics card first, then the CPU use atleast an i5 or ATI equivelant CPU ad atleast a 750MB graphoics card

So i have a question, and this thread seemed to be the best place to post, i dont have a big problem running this game, my fans seem to to kick on high when i do ,so here is my specs, do they seem ok?
...and i was wondering, could i update my i5 to a i7 second gen?



-=-=-=-=-=-=- System Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-

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BIOS Default System BIOS
Language English (Regional Setting: English)
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Page File 8108.430MB
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Storage Q:\ Hard Disk Drive Total Disk Space 931.413GB Free Disk Space 737.158GB
DirectX Version DirectX 11
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+Driver Date 5/25/2011 12:09:17 AM
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+Driver Date 6/8/2010 3:21:02 AM
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Thanks for your help

I would look at your graphics card first a 460 isnt ideal for FFXIV because it is quite dated now, then move to the CPU your CPU while not ideal should run decent, but the 460 looks like the real bottle neck in your system.

Sorry for not editing the bulk of the quote, im in a hurry.

when you are on tight budget like me what will you upgrade 1st?
- CPU: C2D E4500
-VGa: ATI 5670
-HDD: 250GB 7200RPM
-RAM: 2 x 1GB RAM

thanks

Your whole system seems underpowered, I would start on atleast 2x 2GB RAM chips which you can get cheap, then move to the CPU, C2D is quite old, but this can cost alot of money, finally move to the graphics card, if you have the 1GB model it should not need an upgrade, but if you are using the 512MB model then it will need upgrading for the best performance.