Is it my computer, or is it FFXIV?

[Antanias]

310M ewwwww~ owwww~ nuuuu~
It's a miracle you were even able to start the game with that. It's either the powersupply or the gpu that has heat issues I think.

So getting something to cool it might help?

[Eunys]

So getting something to cool it might help?

No cooling will help the fact the GPU is being overtaxed.

The (Graphic Device(s) NVIDIA GeForce 310M) is getting it's butt kicked, pretty amazing you can even start the game up. As a look at what your card is able to run see here: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...M.22439.0.html

[Antanias]

No cooling will help the fact the GPU is being overtaxed.

The (Graphic Device(s) NVIDIA GeForce 310M) is getting it's butt kicked, pretty amazing you can even start the game up. As a look at what your card is able to run see here: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...M.22439.0.html

Bummer, and I've only had this thing since Oct...guess I should've waited for something better

[Solace]

310M ewwwww~ owwww~ nuuuu~
It's a miracle you were even able to start the game with that. It's either the powersupply or the gpu that has heat issues I think.

Yep, thats integrated graphics, lucky the computer even starts the game. I'd say it's likely heating up to much and causing it to crash. It's to much for that gpu. Try running a fan under your laptop to cool it down. If your overclocking, don't..

[Zephir]

istant shut down can be a overheat problem... post the temp of the pg after 10-15 min of gaming.

[Antanias]

I wanna thank everyone who took their time to help me out w/ my dilemma

I'm having a new system built, and I can have it as early as next week. I'll post the specs once I get it hooked up and everything, and can update it accordingly if there is a thing or two wrong with it ^^

[BONKERS]

Get at least at GTS 450 or equivalent AMD Card(5770 IIRC) if you want to play the game smoothly on high settings.(Both are cheap cards, you can get them for less than 100$ in the right places like EVGA's B-stock, or ebay) (My brother's PC that is a very bottlenecked Athlon II X2 system wtih a GTS 450 that only scores 2300 on the benchmark because of the bottleneck can still run the game at 1440x900 on highest settings without AO or DoF very well)
don't skimp on anything really.


What is your budget?
Or are you having someone else do it for you? (that's what it sounded like)

[origamikitsune]

I see the dreaded "M" attached to your GPU type. I am guessing you are on a laptop?

[Antanias]

I see the dreaded "M" attached to your GPU type. I am guessing you are on a laptop?

Yup, didn't have room for a pc tower (still workin' on finding a gaming pc, not sure where to turn though).

[Coldfire]

It's not about something "newer" that is better. It's the problem that manufacturers build shabby gpus into most laptops. Imo there should only be 3 gpu models per generation: lowend for no d3d-usage at all, medium for average gamers and highend for full detail gamers. But currently the market is flooded with mostly useless mobile gpus. And not just that but the gpu manufacturers even trick people by giving the mobile chips similar names to the PCIe chips even though they are completely different and way slower.
That's why it's important to research every part of the laptop one wants to buy(for cheap laptops there's always a component that won't do any good).