Post your Rig and the settings you play on guys`

[God]

I play on an Asus Gaming laptop.

That's right a laptop.


I'll probably move to the PS3 once that's out switching between the two.

[Malakhim]

I'm running a simple rig.

AMD Phenom II X2 550 BE unlocked to a quad-core and OC'd to 3.5 ghz
eVGA GTX 460 1 gig version
4 gigs DDR3 RAM
500 gig 7200 RPM HD

I built it as a replacement for my laptop, which is on its last legs, and for gaming, which it does an admirable job of.

I'm running FFXIV at 1600x900 res with everything save that new draw quality option and MSAA at max, with Ambient Occlusion off, and I can get some decent framerates. I'm pretty sure that save for net congestion issues, I've never gone lower than 30 fps.

[Vix]

I play on an Asus Gaming laptop.

That's right a laptop.


I'll probably move to the PS3 once that's out switching between the two.

i use an asus G73 as my second gaming rig. does pretty nice actually. real bang for the buck machine.

[Point_Zero]

Mine'spretty demure.

Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2ghz (E7500 in the mail)
2GB DDR2 ram
HD5750 1gb

You wouldn't believe how well the game runs on this. Low benchmark was 2340, and I get 30-40fps in the field and 17 in Uldah.

LoL I wouldnt doubt it ^^ Those core2 duo are little beastly cpu's and you video card aint bad either.

[Xeno]

Asus M4A78T-E Mobo
AMD P IIx4 955 @ 3.2ghz
8 gig of G. SKill ripgaws DDR3
ATI Radeon 6950 2gig DDR 5
WD Black HDD
750w Cosair PWS
Win7 64bit
No monitor yet so I have to use my home theather tv which is 52" sony bravia xbr9 (probably bad idea)
Crap keyboard and mouse

Like others above me I get good score in WIE but my hdd drags it down to 5.9. The game seems to run fine but I am too familar going about setting on vid card (need help w/ that). I also get the occasional stutter that I see some also experience, idk if it's my crappy hdd or what. But I seem to run @ a solid 60fps most times. I have also experienced the famous directX device not available error and still haven't found a solid answer to this issue, haven't gotten it from any other game before.

Thnx to the OP for this thread I am glad to see what other people are running for XIV pros and cons to help make everyone else have an easier time running this game with your solutions and equipment. Now if I can only find something on making decent videos.

What settings are you playing at? This is pretty much the exact same build I'm going to upgrade to.

[Point_Zero]

I just built a new rig as well.
i2600k
8gigs ripjaw DDR3 1600
SLI GTX 460's
80gig intel SSD
Corsair H70 liquid cooler
Corsair 750w PSU
MSI-P67GDA mobo

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1080p
4x AA
Max drawing
Ambient Occlusion off
DoF off
Max textures
Shadows off

Unfortunately my overall impression is disappointment(I spent a nice chunk of change on this machine). At these settings I get 55-60 fps in the field, and 35-50 in town. The video cards are an extreme bottleneck. My CPU sitting at stock speeds hovers around 40% usage with slight bumps in the 60's. So no need to overclock it. I did get a stable prime95@ 4.8 with it, but tuned it down to 4.5 since I was more comfortable with 1.275v and just this morning I shut it off completely.However at those speeds it really only dropped my CPU usage to mid 30's. And I saw no improvement really, so at the time im writing this...Im at stock speed. When my GPU's are no longer the bottleneck, I will overclock the rig again.

As for my thoughts on ram: Anything past 1600mhz ram is pointless unless your benchmarking and want that extra .2% in your score.

SSD: absolutely worth it! I dual log XIV, one with a traditional drive; times between zones is definitely noticeable. Login is also significantly faster on the SSD rig.

By toggling shadows on/off I really only see a 2-3 FPS increase, honestly I think they suck so they are off anyways...but thats just me. I forgot my FFXIV benchmark, I think it was 4450ish @high resolution. I suppose for folks who are curios I can do one with and one without the overclock. But The true bottle neck is the GTX460's. So if your going to buy a video card, dont bother with two cheap ones. One expensive card, (while scores less on future mark) will allow you to get a nice mate for it later on down the road. AS for me, Im really buthurt about my GTX460's cause all I heard was, "Runs my game great!" BS. Im a perfectionist, and I want 60fps on max settings. Ill wait till the 600 or 700 series cards come out. Hopefully we will see a real improvement, because the last few generations from ATI and Nvidea have been a real disappointment in improvement. What happened to Moores law?

PS how did you get the game to run in 3d on your nvidea glasses? I got me a pair as well.

Oh COOL! another SLI person. I am really curious to know which SLI profile you are using first off. Because this makes a really big differencce. Yeah I will be honest even with 2 GTX 570 I still take a hit at times. For some reason this game is really tough on cards, at least in a SLI aspect because there is no true SLI profile. I believe the one I am using was possibly made for crisis and I just cut and paste it over. Another thing is I think maybe it may be limitations to your 460's though they are not terrible cards, they are no 6690, and GTX 590, or even a 470 or 480 for that matter. You may need to cut your losses and just get a new single card after. Oh as far as Nvidia 3D I have a 120hz monitor which I am sure you know you need, all I did was did the setup in the Nvidia Control Panel. Enable it. And after the game loads up press the hot key that is set in the control panel to play. For me it is CTR+T. You can even set it to run as the game loads through the Nvidia control panel. Keep in mind that also takes a small hit on resources.

[Malakhim]

LoL I wouldnt doubt it ^^ Those core2 duo are little beastly cpu's and you video card aint bad either.

Well I was actually running the beta of the game just fine with a GTS 250 512 meg card, but I decided to go for the visual gusto and grabbed the 460 GTX anyway for future games.

I'm actually impressed with how the low-end stuff can handle it, despite compstore people arguing the contrary.

[Point_Zero]

Currently...

Case - Corsair 800D
Ram 8GB DDR2 PC 8600
Board - Gigabyte M4A78 Pro
Card - EVGA GTX 470
CPU - AMD 1090t
HDD - OCZ Vortex 2 160GB SSD and 250GB Seagate 7200RPM HDD

I am in the process of a massive upgrade but $$$ be tight...

Will be ...

i7 950 OC to 5ghz
12GB DDR3 9-9-9-24 1600 OC to 2200
Asus Rampage III Extreme Motherboard
SLI GTX 470
and I need tob uy 1 more HDD Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB HDD

Since you are buying a new socket I dont know if I would go as far as to buy a 1366 for the 950. Also the I7-950 in no way can be OC to 5ghz, I think you are talking about the Sandy Bridge CPU the 2600k for the 1155 socket. Which can be OC to 5GHZ which in that case is dual channel so you probably only want 8GB ram. I would say the Rampage Extreme is a bit of overkill if you do end up going for the 1366. I really would suggest going with the 1155 sandy bridge or if you are waiting long enough waiting for the AMD bulldozer stuff. Dont know if the is going to be a new socket or AM3 will do. They are saying Bulldozer is suppose to be a beast of a CPU. Or if it long enough even wait for the second socket for the Sandy Bridge, the 1366 equivalent for Sandy Bridge, which should be coming out at the end of this year.
Hope that helped some.

[Point_Zero]

I play on an Asus Gaming laptop.

That's right a laptop.


I'll probably move to the PS3 once that's out switching between the two.

Mind me asking you which laptop that may be? I am in the market for one. I am going to head back to school after 10 years out lol.

[origamikitsune]

I run...
Asus P7P55D-Deluxe w/ Intel Quad Core i5 @ 2.8ghz, Stock processor fan
Corsair (some fancy name) DDR3 4GB
nVidia GeForce GTX460 768MB GDDR5
Haitachi 500gb SATA2 HDD
21" 1080p Monitor, 42" 1080p TV, 19" Monitor
Run FF14 @ 1600x900 Windowed Mode, No AA, everything else maxed, Ambient Occlusion off (sometimes it stutters on the FPS when its on, though not always).

I have no idea how many FPS I run at, but the only time I notice any stuttering or system lag is for about 5 seconds when I first log in, if its in a city. Otherwise, smooth sailing on the way. I already had the HD TV. The system cost me about $1,000, because I also got the second HD monitor and a new wireless keyboard/mouse setup, speakers I didn't need, etc. Overall cost was just under $1,200USD. I got my computer with work in mind, but specifically designed to run FF14, which is the only game I run on this computer.