Think this hardware will run ARR smooth?

[ninesunz]

I strongly suggest getting a SSD!

[Reinheart]

I strongly suggest getting a SSD!

Can I just install FFXIV on the SSD or would it be better to install windows OS on the SSD as well?? or doesn't matter too much for the OS?

[Shougun]

Can I just install FFXIV on the SSD or would it be better to install windows OS on the SSD as well?? or doesn't matter too much for the OS?

You can put just FFXIV on a SSD. The OS doesnt need to be on there - I assume you have more then 2GB of ram? (I wouldn't dissuade you from putting your OS on the SSD either though).

I actually listened to your advice several months ago about the Ambient Occlusion setting on the FFXIV Config. I took it off and my game ran much better, but I have it active on the NVIDIA Control Panel instead, and it works much better on there. The FFXIV Config's was really bad.

! Glad that helped~ And the NVIDIA Controls are pretty cool you can do a lot to your game just through NVIDIA's configs (though remembering what you did just when a game starts to get pissed at you is sometimes frustrating lol)

[Reinheart]

You can put just FFXIV on a SSD. The OS doesnt need to be on there - I assume you have more then 2GB of ram?

Cool, thx - got 8GB of ram so should be good on that part

[Soukyuu]

Can I just install FFXIV on the SSD or would it be better to install windows OS on the SSD as well?? or doesn't matter too much for the OS?

You get the most from you SSD if you install the OS on it. Fast boot times, better program responsiveness (if you install them on the SSD). I can't work on HDD based PCs without feeling irritated at their sluggishness anymore... For FFXIV 1.0, you will also get rid off the microstuttering since SSDs handle small files much better than HDDs.

Overall, pack everything you can on the SSD. If they weren't so expensive, I'd move to SSDs completely.

[Reinheart]

You get the most from you SSD if you install the OS on it. Fast boot times, better program responsiveness (if you install them on the SSD). I can't work on HDD based PCs without feeling irritated at their sluggishness anymore... For FFXIV 1.0, you will also get rid off the microstuttering since SSDs handle small files much better than HDDs.

Overall, pack everything you can on the SSD. If they weren't so expensive, I'd move to SSDs completely.

Newegg had 128GB SSD for $100 bucks for the black friday weekend stuff so I grabbed one, should be arriving soon

Wife is going to kill me.... *again*

[Nix]

Newegg had 128GB SSD for $100 bucks for the black friday weekend stuff so I grabbed one, should be arriving soon

Wife is going to kill me.... *again*

I was going to grab one too! haha but my husband gave me a death stare from across the room, so I had to look at it lovingly and weep instead

[Shougun]

Newegg had 128GB SSD for $100 bucks for the black friday weekend stuff so I grabbed one, should be arriving soon

Wife is going to kill me.... *again*

Just show her your subligar - works on mine...

(If you (anyone) have any questions http://lmgtfy.com/ ... lol XD, but seriously that I know of there are at least 5 CS majors on the forums and hundreds of computer hobbyists.. so together we can make ARR look sexy and load instantly)

Please dont defrag your SSD though.. :P

[Wynn]

@OP: Well hopefully we'll get a benchmark soon but I suspect ARR will play on what you described just fine since the requirements are more lax in ARR than they are for the previous version.

[Neoflex]

I'd say go with a Commodore 64 or gtfo!!.... I kid I kid...