Best way to test if a laptop can run FFXIV

[Hamada]

x50 (like 750, 1050, etc) can run it but if you want reliable performance, like making sure you get 60 fps in most cases, you need a x60 or higher, or older ones, x70 or higher, like 770 (do not do 760 and lower) or 1060, do not blindly buy a "gaming laptop" because even though they can play games, they may not be up to speed as far as performance.

You do not need a big ssd card, but you do want a SSD card to boot off of (so windows and ffxiv install) while you install everything else on a secondary data HDD. Make sure in every setup you save on the HDD, you dont want to fill the SSD with stuff pointlessly.

I'm on a desktop, pretty outdated now probably. 3200 (DUAL CORE ONLY ) CPU, Gtx 750 TI 2 gig (yeah, so kind of dated.) 8 gig system ram.

I'm also playing in OpenSuse Linux, since I've been Windows free since the World of Warcraft Burning Crusade expansion (so 12 years, or something?)

Yet I'm able to play the game, I just turn some stuff down (grass, shadows, stuff I don't need anyway.)

I don't do raiding or anything anyway, this system seems fine for this and for Wow for general play/dungeons, etc.

So this game doesn't seem THAT demanding.

laptops and desktops , the difference between them is night and day, you need to go a step up just to get a more even ( though desktops still get a slight edge)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjVFQS0gnV4

There is pretty good comparison. 1050 ti is already enough for this game, but fps may drop between 40 - 50 fps. 1060 would bring constantly good frames.

No it isn't that is for DESKTOPS, (you really want to see a "m" noted, 1050 M etc, 1050 =/= 1050 M

See how the 1050 hovers around 50 fps? you really don't want a 1050 M, stay away from x50 Ms, a 1050 M would be significantly less performance then that.


http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare...23242vsm164336
just to give an idea, mobile is very different then desktops, you really want a 1060 M or better.

Dunno how helpful it will be, but I play on a laptop with an i7 6700 @ 2.60 GHz (not overclocked) and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M with 6GB VRAM. 16 GB RAM, and my FFXIV install is on an SSD. I get 60 FPS 95% of the time in borderless window mode while running ReShade on custom settings (some things I have off but mostly everything is set to high); only when things are graphically intense does it dip to 45-50 FPS (phase transitions can do this sometimes). But I play on an Asus ROG Strix, and unless you find one on sale (like I did), that may be outside of your budget.

I’ve used this for about 2 years though, and it holds up pretty nicely.

I’d recommend a 1060 for a card, personally. And try to get something with an i7 in it. I’ve heard i5 is okay, but I’ve also heard it can be not so okay. I prefer an i7, personally. My CPU sits at sub 30% usually with FFXIV running and other stuff up in the background.

yup, this is the best post in this thread, tbh