FFXIV System Requirements help please?

**TwistedTemptatio** · October 2nd, 2010, 12:32 PM

So I want to play FFXIV and on the Benchmark all I got was about a 536....You can Download the Benchmark on their website...but my score is well below the required and I would prefer to have above standard.
I have
Dell Inspiron 5375
Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5400 @ 2.70GHz 2.70 GHz
Memory: 3072MB RAM
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Page file: 2010MB used, 4130MB available
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 4350
Please reply or E-mail me at hunter31094@yahoo.com

**TwistedTemptatio** · October 2nd, 2010, 12:57 PM

Right now I'm looking at these...
Gaming Video Cards : Gaming: PC | Dell

But I'm not even sure if thats what I need...

**ShyguyXPC** · October 2nd, 2010, 01:11 PM

Why are you shopping from Dell and paying through the nose on some of those cards? (GTX 470 for $394? When Newegg sells some for $300?)

Does your PC have a PCI Express x16 Slot to use a new card?

Whats The Specs on the Power Supply? (Wattage, and amp rating for +12V, found on a sticker on the PSU)

IS There even enough room in the case for some of those bigger cards?

Whats your Budget on upgrades (keep in mind, if the PSU isn't powerful enough you may have to upgrade that as well to get a decent card for the system)

**TwistedTemptatio** · October 2nd, 2010, 01:20 PM

Ok...how do I get all of that info on my computer? Cause most of it I have no clue about...I can mess with software but not so much the computer it self.

**TwistedTemptatio** · October 2nd, 2010, 01:31 PM

FINAL FANTASY XIV Official Benchmark

Thats where the benchmark is located...I used Fileplanet to download it because the other two didn't really work for me. I just want to know what I can do to fix this problem.

**TwistedTemptatio** · October 2nd, 2010, 01:38 PM

Acording to the recommended Specs I need another GB of RAM and the Video card says 768MB VRAM..they suggest NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460. But I have everything else.

**ShyguyXPC** · October 2nd, 2010, 02:24 PM

You've got 3GB of RAM, thats more than enough to run any games today.

Your Current Video card is what is Killing your system for this game. Is it an actual Video card, or is it built on to the Motherboard.

as to finding the specs...

If you can find the specs needed for a game, surely you can find the specs for the PC you actually Have?

You listed it as a Dell Inspiron 5375... my first guess would be to look that up...

I can't find a 5375 model, only 537 or 537s models... which do you have?

as to the Power supply info, you did see my post above, basically told you how to find that info, the bit about the sticker on the power supply that should have that info...?

Also I wouldn't read too much into the Benchmark for this game, its not exactly accurate to say the least.

Attached below is what I got running the Benchmark, and my system Specs are at the bottom of my first reply above.

That was run at 1920x1080. According to the Reference on the Benchmark Page, my score of 3214 is just above average or standard... either this game has ridiculously high requirements, and from what I can tell from the benchmark either the games poorly coded as far as graphics go, or something is amiss. Or the Benchmark is flawed in some way, because I should be getting much higher scores, even though my Video card is not top of the line anymore, and only equal to Mid range cards of the current generation cards, in the last year, but still, this game is no Crysis 2 or Metro 2033, so should be scoring a lot better.

Could be do to the 64-bit OS, there was some mention on the website of the game running in Window on Windows Mode or something like that.

Even still...

If your GPU is onboard, on the motherboard, it could be eating up some of your system RAM, getting a graphics card would eliminate that, and you should have a full 3GB of RAM to use for your System.

Keep in mind your system is still lower specs for the game, so even getting a new Video card, you might only be able to run it on lower settings.

also since you do have a lower CPU, you need to find a GPU that won't exceed the CPU's demands, basically make sure you don't end up with a bottlenecked or choked Video card due to the CPU's limitations.

In this case, basically most Higher end Video cards might choke on the current CPU, GTX 470, or better, Radeon 5850 or better.

But need to know whether you have a PCI Express x16 slot or not, if you have enough room for a Dual slot (2 slots wide), card, and how much length there is to mount a card in the case... as well as whether you have a Low Profile PC or Full size PC.

and then there's the Whole Power Supply issue.

**TwistedTemptatio** · October 2nd, 2010, 06:17 PM

Yeah its a 537s lol I read the s as a 5 my mistake.

**RobRich** · October 2nd, 2010, 06:47 PM

Thread moved to the general gaming forum.

**TwistedTemptatio** · October 2nd, 2010, 06:49 PM

Why? I need help with my computer specs to run the game not the game it self...

**TwistedTemptatio** · October 2nd, 2010, 10:44 PM

Ok so I found a Generic Radeon 3870 X2 with 768 MB video ram...is that gonna be compatiable with my system? And would that be good enough?

**ShyguyXPC** · October 3rd, 2010, 12:08 AM

..... Wheres that Face Palm Smiley when I need it...

Radeon 3870x2, may have been the shit back 2 or 3 or more years ago, but its out dated and weak compared to todays cards (in the same price range as that card was, you have to get a Radeon 5830/5850 to approach that cards Specs range, and I'm pretty sure in real world stuff Radeon 5750 and 5770's will beat it or at least compare), and as as I remember the 3870x2 had more than 768MB of RAM, as it was TWO 3870's on a single card, so that would equate 384MB per GPU which is a really odd ball number to have, unless your talking about some of Nvidia's Cards.

But how about posting what was asked first, and going from there, rather than looking for a card first and then worrying about whether it would work or not.

By helping you do some of the leg work, it helps educate you about your own PC, rather than the Give me, give me, give me, Mentality of a lot of users, to come on and ask for the answers and not do a thing in helping us help them.

Is this Your PC: Inspiron 537 Desktop | Dell

Or This: Dell Inspiron 537 Slim Desktop | Dell

or is it an older revision, or what,

If its the Slim case model, your upgrade options are pretty limited, and your basically screwed, Limited Power Supply upgrades, limited Video card selection, all of which are pretty low end. only real option is to get a new case, transplant everything from stock case, to new one, get new PSU, and video card installed.

Also NEED those Power Supply Specs/Info Asked for already, Dells Site Does Not Or Rarely Ever Lists the actual Data needed to determine whether an upgrade will work or not.