New Computer for FFXIV?

[Zenaku]

As I thought you're just a troll.

So your last defense is i'm a troll, of course the typical thing to say.Yeah i have to be a troll such a dumb troll that i display my own character and post frequently.

All am saying is you could play the game without issue without wasting money sure if you have the money go for it. But if you trying to build a pc without wasting money then don't no need too they upgrade to dx10/dx11. Sure if you want to play in 3D and 3 tvs and what not then go and waste on x2 560gtx and play on 3D and so on. but i sure wont waste money on any good video card to they fix the core system and see what the best card for the game without wasting big amount of cash.

[Shiroineko]

HP Pavilion H8-1040: Not bad, but that price tag is outrageous for a computer that has a pitiful 5400 RPM hard drive. For that much money they should be giving you an SSD with a 1TB SATA HDD. I would not recommend it. Not to mention the hardware is all outdated: USB 2.0 (3.0 is now available on most MBs), PCIe x16 1.0 (2.0 is the standard), 5400 RPM HDD (7200 is standard and SSDs are the fastest for seek time), plus all the components are probably very generic. Final vote: NO.

CyberPower PC: My friend bought one of these brands, but about a year later I transferred all of his components to a new case that lets the system run much cooler. It doesn't look bad and the components don't look cheap, but the motherboard is a mini, so you'll be very limited when it comes up to future upgrades. The CPU is an AMD Phenom quad core, but the AMD hexacores are extremely cheap, so it's odd that they went with that one. The limiting factor here is the size. Between the small case and limited upgrade room I'd worry about future modification potential and heating issues. Since I like to upgrade video cards and the like, I tend to not like limiting myself with the case or motherboard size. However, if you never do intend on upgrading, this seems pretty decent. Final vote: MAYBE.

Please read this, I'm not sure if it's current but it'll help you select a card that matches the graphics tier you care for:

http://www.ffxivcore.com/wiki/Graphics_Card_Matrix

Don't let anyone tell you a video card (especially anything above the GeForce 250 series) won't run the game. If they do, it's because they want to run everything at 100%, even if it doesn't make a big difference visually. The cost, however, is 2-300 bucks more for that marginal gain. Besides, if they aren't using that card, they really don't know what it can run. Do keep in mind that minimum specs list a GeForce 9600 series card, which is about as crappy a card as anyone might try to sell you anyway.