Think this hardware will run ARR smooth?

[Tiago]

Lol, i kinda noticed when my friend on a GTX670 couldnt run the game at all with it on :3

[Reinheart]

I strongly suggest getting a SSD!

Can I just install FFXIV on the SSD or would it be better to install windows OS on the SSD as well?? or doesn't matter too much for the OS?

[Naraku_Diabolos]

Ambient Occlusion is bugged - it destroys everything lol. (Normally the feature doesn't do that :P, though in normal scenarios it still takes frames - just not like FFXIV's does).

I actually listened to your advice several months ago about the Ambient Occlusion setting on the FFXIV Config. I took it off and my game ran much better, but I have it active on the NVIDIA Control Panel instead, and it works much better on there. The FFXIV Config's was really bad.

[Shougun]

Can I just install FFXIV on the SSD or would it be better to install windows OS on the SSD as well?? or doesn't matter too much for the OS?

You can put just FFXIV on a SSD. The OS doesnt need to be on there - I assume you have more then 2GB of ram? (I wouldn't dissuade you from putting your OS on the SSD either though).

I actually listened to your advice several months ago about the Ambient Occlusion setting on the FFXIV Config. I took it off and my game ran much better, but I have it active on the NVIDIA Control Panel instead, and it works much better on there. The FFXIV Config's was really bad.

! Glad that helped~ And the NVIDIA Controls are pretty cool you can do a lot to your game just through NVIDIA's configs (though remembering what you did just when a game starts to get pissed at you is sometimes frustrating lol)

[Reinheart]

You can put just FFXIV on a SSD. The OS doesnt need to be on there - I assume you have more then 2GB of ram?

Cool, thx - got 8GB of ram so should be good on that part

[Neoflex]

I'd say go with a Commodore 64 or gtfo!!.... I kid I kid...

[Signy]

4gb is not enough this days... 8gb at least or if you go with 16gb you can disable the windows paging to make the hard drive go faster and make it last longer.

[Shougun]

4gb is not enough this days... 8gb at least or if you go with 16gb you can disable the windows paging to make the hard drive go faster and make it last longer.

4gb is fine XD (dont scare people now >.> lol). You just have to be smart about how many apps. you got up - though 8gb and even really 16gb is super cheap these days (and is super useful for bloating your active apps list XD). Think I got my 16gb corsair ram for ~40 cause of a sell.

[Cedri]

Heya guys.
I just bough a new computer friday, and since i'm kinda rusty on Hardware selection, a friend told me to buy this:

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0
CPU: AMD FX8120
RAM: KINGSTON 4GB/1600MHZ
HDD: WESTERN DIGITAL 500GB SATA 3'5"
GPU: MSI GTX650 1GB DDR5 OC

This costed around 550€ which was what i had to spend on a new computer (was saving for PS3, but i'm pretty sure this is a better choice to play ARR hopefully).

Think this will suffice to run ARR smoothy almost at best resolutions? I been asking myself because their recommended specs are kinda high and since i cant run current version fully maxed out... :/

Motherboard: Seems fine.
CPU: ranked 109/418 (According to passmark)
RAM: Get 4 sticks of 4GB. (it's affordable) Seriously 4x1gb is dated, or if you're running 2x2gb that worries me for gaming.
HDD: really doesn't matter for MMOs. It sores data? Cool!
Video Card ranked 75/471 (According to passmark)

Baseline gaming system is how this looks to me. Moar ram plox.

[Wynn]

4gb is fine XD (dont scare people now >.> lol). You just have to be smart about how many apps. you got up - though 8gb and even really 16gb is super cheap these days (and is super useful for bloating your active apps list XD). Think I got my 16gb corsair ram for ~40 cause of a sell.

Just to add: Some operating systems can't even use more than 4GB like 32 bit versions of Windows 7. In cases like that, adding more will do a person no good at all.