Need a little pc help

[cypherx]

Ok so here it goes... I did something that most pc experts will say was not the smartest maybe but I was eager to experiment and maybe save some money.

I have a cyberpower pc that I had built in 2010 that was decent in most ways for the game but I wanted to upgrade the gfx card so I did. That one works fine. Next my wife decides she wants to play so I have a really old desktop and a freshly removed gtx 460 card. Game ran perfectly in b4 and scored around a 5k on desktop high on the benchmark. For the past few days however she gets like this invisible wall where she can't run any farther and then suddenly the grass loads and people appear and I guess it catches up or something. Also when she goes to accept a quest or whatever the npcs take forever to load.

I have turned everything down to as low as it will go but I'm perplexed. It doesn't do it all the time and on my computer which is on the same network everything is fine. 1 time she got blue screen and the pc crashed. Maybe 3-5 times she got "Final Fantasy XIV has stopped working" which might be because of all the alt tabbing/graphics adjusting. I have monitored the temperatures through razer game booster as it clearly shows them there and the cpu/gfx card never even get out of the 50c range. I installed an extra case fan to make sure there would be no over heating issues.

So heres the stats on it as well as I can remember since I don't have it in front of me.

Windows 7
Foxconn RS780M03G1-8EKRS2HMOD (No BIOS update ever performed as that is a bit beyond my knowledge)
600gb 5400 HDD
gtx 460
4gb of ddr2 (Elpida GU342G0ALEPR692C6CE)
amd Athlon dual core 2.85 ghz
500w corsair psu (I put this in to meet the standard power requirements for the gpu)

Windows is updated, I have tried NVidia drivers 314.22, 320.18, 320.49 (current). Tried all manner of settings. I just don't get why it would perform so well in b4 and so bad in EA. Also as it stands I have invested a total of $50 (psu) and $7 (case fan) into this project so if it isn't gonna work that's ok as I'm pretty good at turning a buck on ebay. If there are some cheap parts I need to make it work that would be great. Any help is much appreciated and thanks in advance.

[khovel]

I am by no means an expert in computer hardware... but this sounds like an internet latency issue. I assume you both are playing off the same connection. Are one or both of you wired to internet, or all wireless?

[cypherx]

We are both wireless. She does however have an older usb wireless receiver (D-Link Wireless N-150 Mbps USB Wi-Fi Network Adapter (DWA-125)). We are about 25-30 feet away from the router with 1 wall between us and it. The router is Airport Extreme 802.11N (5TH GEN).

[khovel]

We are both wireless. She does however have an older usb wireless receiver (D-Link Wireless N-150 Mbps USB Wi-Fi Network Adapter (DWA-125)). We are about 25-30 feet away from the router with 1 wall between us and it. The router is Airport Extreme 802.11N (5TH GEN).

That could be the issue then. Try having here plug in or get a new wifi reciever to see if that makes a difference.

[cypherx]

Ok thanks I will try that. In the mean time any other suggestions or is everyone too busy sharpening their pitchforks outside Yoshi P's house? ;P

[cypherx]

Shameless Bump

[PsychicKoala]

Sounds entirely network related to me, I've never seen bad hardware do things like that. Try to plug the laptop in manually to the ethernet and tell us if the issues persist.

[cypherx]

Sounds entirely network related to me, I've never seen bad hardware do things like that. Try to plug the laptop in manually to the ethernet and tell us if the issues persist.

Well I'm home now and I managed to get on for about 30 mins and play with the settings. Its a desktop so I unplugged the d-link usb wireless card and am running the game through ics via a macbook pro. It says my connection is excellent now where it only said good before so you guys may have been on to something.

Now as for how shitty the game runs even though it scored decently on the benchmark. What do I need to improve to give it the little extra it needs?

[cypherx]

Also sound is badly out of sync.

[Vivinori]

I am also experiencing these issues and would very much like some assistance.

I have been suffering from NPC and player load lag. This can last up to over a minute before the NPC, perhaps with a quest, will load and I can interact with it. Also, enemies spawned for quests. On more than one occasion I have summoned an enemy for a quest only to have it beat on my while invisible and untargetable because it hasn't fully loaded.

Additionally I have been suffering from issues with the music being out of sync and or just straight up cutting out.

And finally, every once in a while the game just crashes, giving me a C++ run time error R6025. I haven't noticed anything in particular that has caused this as it has happened mid-fight, during a teleport, and also just running through Ul'dah.

I am using a wireless connection for the time being, and my comp specs are as follows, in case this has anything to do with it (though, from what the above poster is saying it sounds like no):

System
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Manufacturer System manufacturer
Model P5Q DELUXE
Total amount of system memory 8.00 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 2

Storage
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Total size of hard disk(s) 932 GB
Disk partition (C 812 GB Free (932 GB Total)
Media drive (D CD/DVD

Graphics
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Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
Total available graphics memory 4096 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 1024 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 3072 MB
Display adapter driver version 9.18.13.2049
Primary monitor resolution 1280x1024
DirectX version DirectX 10

Network
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Network Adapter TP-LINK 300Mbps Wireless N Adapter
Network Adapter Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller