Need help with Graphics Settings

[Coldfire]

FFXIV will never use more than 512MB RAM with the current client. PS3-limitations... seriously
More RAM doesn't help at all in this game. Got a laptop with 4GB and a desktop with 8GB and there's absolutely no advantage. They didn't even set large address awareness. Imo games shouldn't unload anything unless they get out-off-memory errors. Would be nice if the user could define the maximum memory usage before stuff is unloaded. Async prefetch would also be nice to have. Hopefully 2.0 will have that or it will be a stuttering failure too.

[wolfsspirit]

120 gig for 140 bucks.. i can buy almost 2 - 2TB hdd drives for that.
120 gig will be filled within a week..so its a waste of money.. ill consider it if they come out with 500 + gig ssd's for the same price as HD's
SSD is still very expensive compared to HD
Not realy planning to buy an SSD for just 1 game , not to mention i do not have the free slot to attach it to my system , already had to add an interface sata card to attach all drives lol ( and have no space left for my dvd drive)

[AcSephVII]

I've been offerered a solution at work just pricing it up,

Intel Core i7 860 2.80 GHZ *Quad Core with HT and 8MB Cache
6 GB DDR3 system Ram
1*TB Hard Disk Drive1GB ATI* HD Radeon 5570 DVI, VGA and HDMI out
Dual Layer DVD R/W Drive
2 Hot swappable RAID Hard Disk bays( Both have a 160GB hard drive included each)
Multi Card Reader
10 USB ports (6 rear, 4 fornt)
10/100/1000 on board Network card
Wifi Card
1 E Sata port
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit with*coa License( Upgraded to Win 7 Ultimate)
Comes complete with Keyboard, mouse, power cable


Would this run it ?

[Coldfire]

The GPU might be a bit slow but it should be able to run the game at least. Gamers should aim for something with a 7 or 8 as the 2nd digit like HD5850. Those go from 100-230 bucks and need an extra power connector so I would double check the PSU before buying one.

[Laraul]

Yes it should...

[wolfsspirit]

<< considering a ramdrive when i build my new system.. if its not using any memory at all .. you could as well use the remaining ram to create a virtual ram-HD and have ultra fast speed loading and times

[Coldfire]

<< considering a ramdrive when i build my new system.. if its not using any memory at all .. you could as well use the remaining ram to create a virtual ram-HD and have ultra fast speed loading and times

You will need at least 16GB then :P
Might as well get some PCIe flash memory or an SSD.

[wolfsspirit]

memory is cheaper :P besides it will come in handy playing other games offline
sdd is slower as normal ddr3 memory too only drawback is if your get a system crash.. all in memory is lost lol unless you autobackup memory every now and then to hd
the new mainboards support up to 128 memory , i think 32 gig will be great and not expensive at all.
The only drawback is you need to load the total image of the game in memory each system (re)start.. then again i mostly use Hybernate so its a lot faster

[Coldfire]

4GB is like 30 bucks... means 32GB is 240 bucks <.<
I'd say a 120GB SSD for 140 bucks is less pricey :P

[Laraul]

4GB is like 30 bucks... means 32GB is 240 bucks <.<
I'd say a 120GB SSD for 140 bucks is less pricey :P

Yeah I got enough of your "must have SSD to play game stuff..." You kept contradicting me in this thread. Of course I never asked you too try downloading the RAMmap utility which shows "file data in RAM by file." I assume you haven't done this. You said..

Please stop spreading nonsense on the support forums that could lead to people buying junk. Windows will NOT fetch files for FFXIV into memory and that video shows an empty area with no fighting and an outdated benchmark. If you read reports of people on the forums you would know this.

I do not want an argument but you are being unrealistic and assume that the way you've done it is the only way. I thought I should point out no PS3 version presently exists so your "PS3 limitations" argument is nonsense. You could say "PS1 limitations" too and it would carry about the same amount of weight.