Building a new computer...

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Glad I'm not the only one with a dinosaur of a computer. I'll be building one pretty soon with similar specs so I can jump ship from the PS3/PS4 to PC!

I originally built my desktop in 2006 or so. I kept upgrading what I could to keep it running, like upgrading the GPU from a Gefore 6200GS to a 7600GS (these are AGP x8 cards mind you haha). And overclocking the CPU (AMD Athlon 64 2800+) and GPU (7600GS) up the wazoo in attempt to make games run better. Surprisingly, even after having the overclock rate on the CPU at .01GHz under the unstable point the computer still lives. I put that thing through hell, especially when I used it to convert a bunch of old VHS tapes I recorded to a more desirable format lol.

My dinosaur can't run XIVARR at all, and my laptop (which is leagues better than the dinosaur even if it's 5 years old) can BARELY run the game at lowest settings. I get major input lag on the laptop as well, so I mainly play on my PS3, PS4 when my brother isn't on it. My laptop runs the game at like 15FPS max (ran FFXIV 1.XX at 6-9FPS lmao). Not ideal, especially with the input lag (controller and KB/M, doesn't matter, the delay is really that bad).

But even at lowest settings the game looks better on PC than it does on the PS3 (shadows excluded, because the shadows look really bad on PC if you have no softening, no cascading, and lowest resolution shadows).

Get someone you know is great at building PCs and get their help! Do not attempt to build a PC for the first time all alone! I cannot stress this enough!.

I don't see this as a necessary thing to do... But I guess bad stuff can happen if you don't understand what you're doing. But I'm one of those computer guys that has fun putting computer parts together and knows what they're doing :P So my advice: If you don't know, look for help! If you can't, check the internets for answers! If that doesn't help... Just wing it! Haha.