Video Card Savvy

[xJimmehx]

I had the 970 and it ran the game at 45 fps on average unless i was in a dungeon and then it was 60+(though i capped it).
In Idyllshire with lots of people it would drop to the 20s. I wanted the best graphics possible for ffxiv and a stable 60fps so i upgraded to a new pc with an i7,water cooled, and the GTX1080 card. I dont ever lag on any setting, so far at least. absolutely capped at all times to 60fps and doesnt budge. The thing doesnt even get warm..

That said, if you dont mind fps dipping here and there, then 970 is fully capable of max graphics if you have decent cooling in your rig. (i had bad cooling in my gtx970 computer/the older pc)
I honestly recommend the "one-up"(gtx1070) to be honest. It will probably have the best fps on max settings for the cheapest price. The 1080 is overkill imo unless you want to play more graphically demanding titles.

If it doesnt get full 60 fps id bet money that it would be a unnoticeable that it was less.

[Xerek]

At Christmas I went from a 560ti to a 1060 and it was like night and day. Even with my aging processor I could run the game at max settings and pull 60+ FPS anywhere but cities and that's with it sitting in just a PCI-E2 x16 slot.

[Rinari]

I upgraded to a GTX1060 6gb recently and it's an amazing card for the price and overkill for FFXIV. Most any modern card is now, since FFXIV, while pretty, keeps a very modest asset budget... as most MMOs do. Even my older 760 GTX was keeping 30 FPS on maxed FFXIV at 1080p. Of course, you probably want to some play other games (lookin at you Conan Exiles), and 1060 should keep up for a couple years.

If you don't have a solid state hard drive (SSD) yet, you might consider budgeting for one eventually. A decent 512gb SSD should run ~$150. That will make everything you do snappy (no HD seek times), including loading screens. I usually only see loading screens flicker by now. I've heard horror stories about minutes spent loading in Idyllshire, but for me it's only ever taken a second.

[Silverquick]

Well I went out and dropped a thousand dollars on a new laptop.

It has a GeForce 900 or something of that nature. I'd have to look to know the specifics. My old Laptop had an ATI card and could play the game, but not at full settings.

I decided to do that after the first week of play. The new one is capable of running the game at full settings with 30-60 FPS... well unless you get a ton of players on the screen at once, then it slows down. And the screen is much larger.

It does run hot after about 6-8 hours of play though then I'll start to notice a slowdown... so I leave the game for about 15 minutes and then let it cool and everything is just fine.

[ValarianHeartbreaker]

I just answered a similar question on Reddit, so I'll just copy-paste my answer here, it should apply to you:

"With Stormblood coming and my old GTX 670 suddenly becoming not enough according to the minimum specs released a couple of weeks ago, I bought a 6 Gig GTX 1060, and can easily play the game on max setting, with 72 people in the diadem all trying to do the emergency event, with spells flying and skills flashing all at the same time, and never dip below 55 fps (1080p). [...]"

Very affordable at around 250$ (well, 340 with tax, but that's in Canadiana dollahs), and more than enough if you're satisfied with 1080p resolution, could probably run the game very well at 1440p.

[Zumi]

The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti just came out and if you want the best that you can buy get that card. If you want something cheaper just get a gtx 970

[ZioSerpe]

IMO, dropping a mid to high end GPU on an ancient motherboard with a first gen PCI Express x16 slot is not a great idea.

Didn't notice any mention of the motherboard OP is using, I am just assuming is something ok. If not yeah probably change that too, but in the end an H270 comes on the cheap and I don't think we're looking at any overclocking here.

[Riverwulf]

Ok, so taking everything you guys have said into consideration, this is what I'm looking at;

1 × Intel Core i5-7500 3.4 GHz LGA 1151 BX80677I57500 Desktop Processor

1 × ASUS ROG STRIX Z270E GAMING LGA1151 DDR4 DP HDMI DVI M.2 ATX Motherboard with onboard AC Wifi and USB 3.1

1 x XFX Radeon RX 480 DirectX 12 RX480M8BFA6 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card

1 x SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 250GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E250B/AM


Does this configuration work together?

BTW, this is the other parts of my pc;


1 x Corsair Obsidian Series 650D (CC650DW-1) Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Mid Tower Case

1 x ASUS P8P67 PRO (REV 3.1) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

1 x CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9

1 x SeaSonic M12II 750 SS-750AM2 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC ...

Thanks all.

[Shougun]

Ok, so taking everything you guys have said into consideration, this is what I'm looking at;

1 × Intel Core i5-7500 3.4 GHz LGA 1151 BX80677I57500 Desktop Processor

1 × ASUS ROG STRIX Z270E GAMING LGA1151 DDR4 DP HDMI DVI M.2 ATX Motherboard with onboard AC Wifi and USB 3.1

1 x XFX Radeon RX 480 DirectX 12 RX480M8BFA6 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card

1 x SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 250GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E250B/AM


Does this configuration work together?

BTW, this is the other parts of my pc;


1 x Corsair Obsidian Series 650D (CC650DW-1) Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Mid Tower Case

1 x ASUS P8P67 PRO (REV 3.1) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

1 x CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9

1 x SeaSonic M12II 750 SS-750AM2 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC ...

Thanks all.

I dont think your RAM will work, I believe the MOBO (Motherboard) you have picked only accepts 288-pin while that RAM is a 240-pin. Although you did list a second MOBO down below, on purpose or accident? If that's your old PC then yeah your old MOBO and RAM are happy together of course since that MOBO has 240-pins.

Also I just threw this together so you can have fun with it: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nWqrnn make sure it's accurately picked parts if you're going to rely on it though~ (edit this part list top right of the list).

[Nixxe]

GTX 1000 series basically destroys on all of its predecessors and was surprisingly cheap even when released. I wouldn't even look at anything prior to it.