Benchmarking FF14

[calibur]

Hey all, new here for the most part. I was just curious about a few things;

I'm looking into getting a new desktop computer so that I can play FF14 without many problems (Currently I'm using and XPS m1710 Dual Core, 2GB Ram, GeForce 7950GTX video 512mb and as far as I know will not clear the specs for the game).

The PC that I'm looking at is Over the Counter, but slotted with a nice NVIDIA card and just wanted some input on whether or not it would work or turn out well or be worth it for that matter.

I was looking at the:

Acer Aspire AMD Athlon II X4 635 Quad-Core Computer
http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/acer-acer-aspire-amd-athlon-ii-x4-635-quad-core-computer-am3400-e2212-am3400-e2212/10145432.aspx?path=c039b45f0e1de22410c1852dc2b0b9dfen02

with the GeForce GTX 480 video card slotted into it

It would be great to know if this would work at all, I'd like to get into 14 as soon as I can with a computer that will benchmark it above 3000.

==If this is not going to work I would love to hear from anyone about a good configuration on a OtC machine with a decent Card slotted into it for under $1000 or so

[Azzaboi]

As the the Quad Core, I suggest instead just either going for a high spec faster GHz Duo-Core (less cost for more performance - unless using a lot of multi-core enabled apps/games) or going for the latest, faster but more expensive i7 Core (if your motherboard can support it). There are very few games yet that make any real use of multiple cores and in those few cases still don't use it very well (Crysis is an awesome exception for this - multi-core and Nvidia support). Consoles don't have this threading and would require major coding overhaul to port FF14 to make use of more than two cores. Duo Core uses one for OS and one for App at all times at least.  If you do get Quad, make sure it's 3GHz+ to make it worth it. i7 Core is different technology which removes a lot of bottleneck, but you might need a new motherboard, etc.

2GB Ram is rarely enough, it's survives but your'll notice a couple more gbs makes a performance difference, you should look into adding some more (4GB or 6GB should be good - make sure it's compatible with your old memory if mixing), specially if using Microsoft's 'memory hog' OS! Vista would gobble all that up and leave barely any for your game. 

FF14 Min System Requirements are as follows:

Operating System
Windows® XP SP3
Windows® Vista(32-bit / 64-bit)SP2
Windows® 7(32-bit / 64-bit
CPU
Intel® Core 2TM Duo (2.0 GHz)
AMD AthlonTM X2 (2.0 GHz)
RAM
Windows® XP: 1.5 GB or higher
Windows® Vista / Windows® 7: 2 GB or higher
HDD/SSD Space
Installing: 15 GB or more
Downloading: Space on the hard drive where My Documents is located should be 6GB or more
Graphics Card
512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600 series or higher
512MB ATI RadeonTM HD 2900 Series or higher
Sound Card
DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0 or higher)
Internet Connection
Broadband Internet connection or higher
Screen Resolution
1280 x 720 or higher; 32-bit
DirectX
DirectX® 9.0c
Others
Mouse, Keyboard, Gamepad

As far as they go - graphic card is the only limit.

The GeForce GTX 480 is a sweet hardcore gaming graphic card, just make sure it fits, has two power cables,
very power hungry so make sure your power supply (PSU) is at least 550W+. Then your'll be lag free - high quality gaming in no time! 

Happy gaming!