Help with Benchmark.

[Cedri]

So you built a whole new rig for a rather small boost? They're similar because your old rig wasn't so bad as you thought. That's my view anyway.

The new one has gone from DDR2 to DDR3 running at a higher frq, the new card has over 1gb more ram than the previous and the new board can handle crossfire as well as SLI. So I think it's worth the upgrade and you'll be running smooth as silk bro.

[Starlord]

The new one has gone from DDR2 to DDR3 running at a higher frq, the new card has over 1gb more ram than the previous and the new board can handle crossfire as well as SLI. So I think it's worth the upgrade and you'll be running smooth as silk bro.

Exactly right, DDR2 to DDR3 is a really huge change with that alone even. Not to mention he has double more Ram from 8 to 16. 2.93 to 4.4 Ghz is a Huge change as well. So I wouldn't worry about it bro. everything is fine =).

[EinSoFZ]

The new one has gone from DDR2 to DDR3 running at a higher frq, the new card has over 1gb more ram than the previous and the new board can handle crossfire as well as SLI. So I think it's worth the upgrade and you'll be running smooth as silk bro.

It's a better system yes, but if he's speaking strictly about playing this game then it's debatable whether it was worth it or not. The game is only going to demand so much from RAM, GPU and processor before having more power becomes redundant. Just looking at what he had/has, I'm guessing the boost came from the better processor. Overall he's equipped to play much better games, but his old build wouldn't have had a problem with FFXIV in particular. ARR isn't too taxing on a computer.