Hi all,

Hi. Need some advice or suggestion please if you may. Coming from PS4 background, I would like to consider investing into a CPU unit to play FF ARR. I know the more recommended are a laptop, but im personally a desktop person and prefers to use lan cable to play game (old school )

I don't know much of the latest tech updates (My friends do), but just a quick check,

1. will a 2k CPU be able to play FF ARR well? (max effect?)
2. Assuming I don't do much raiding, only need the entry spec, what would be the price range of CPU that one would recommend please?
3. Care to suggest some CPU specs please?

I appreciate any suggestion and thanks for helping.

There's a different between a 2k cpu and a 2k PC. LOL

Idk much about pc stuff xD

Assuming monitor get from Samsung store etc, just the processing unit itself. (PC_

I suggest asking for suggestions here: https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3574076

They'd recommend you a build based on your input.

i5 CPU, GTX560 above, 4 GB RAM (just enough use) = minimum effect

maximum effect pls prepare 5k for your rig.

SSD IS A MUST !!!! ELSE U WONT ABLE TO DO HUNTING !!!

This post has been edited by claudetan: Jun 11 2015, 11:56 AM

Oh. This is a good site recommendation. Thank you, will check it out.

Spoken like a true warrior of light who fought and died in the Hunts massive spell spamming.

Checked a few places. Max effect seems will cost around 5-6k. Guess 2k aint gonna cut. I tot 2k would be able to get a decent entry level PC. Wishful thinking. ha.

well my pc can handle the game at max setting with 60FPS
just some place will drop below 50
look at my signature
its quite old compare to now with all the new stuff and things
just a sample only not saying that you should buy same as mine!

This post has been edited by kosuke09211: Jun 11 2015, 08:55 PM

I am playing on a i5 750, 8GB Ram, GeForce GTX 660 Ti, can play max setting with no problem. SSD will help with loading time between zones as well as loading in crowded area. It's more than good enough for end game raiding, so definitely good enough for your usage and you can get better spec than this nowdays.

Don't worry about it mate. Thanks for sharing. I assume 2k will be enough to get about 4gb ram and so on? The reason for 2k benchmark is that I already have a lappy to do most of the company work, email, photoshop aps vids etc. Spending more than 2k on a PC just for FF ARR as the only sole reason isn't want I wish to pursue atm. I will be honest to say I don't do end game at all. Just need a pc for normal content/chil out.

Okay. Whats the damage?

This post has been edited by Poodlepaddly: Jun 11 2015, 09:11 PM

Dont get me wrong, the main purpose of SSD is not to reduce lag but to reduce the loading time, during peak hour of hunting, especially S rank, a lot of player will move to same zone and make your PC need to read the disk constantly, hence you need a SSD to speed uo the loading time.

i just bought a new pc without monitor for this xD

i5 4460 3.2gb
8gb ram
asus 960gtx 4gb
ssd

tried benchmark got around 13k above score
shud be enough to max settings

yea ssd is good not just for loading but the performance for whole system as well xD
really huge difference

This post has been edited by kueks: Jun 13 2015, 02:14 AM

most important is graphic card , im still using GTX550ti touchwood .

you might wana double check connection as well.
That's the most crucial thing of all in mmorpg.

Who said cannot...5K PC only for kiasu people. An RM 800 card like GTX 960 can play most games max settings at FULLHD with an i5 with very good frame rates. Maybe 2.6K like that. Under 3K sure no problem.

If FFIV can't run on such a PC, it only means one thing. The port sucks...just like FF13. SquareEnix makes rubbish PC ports all the time.

This post has been edited by Matrix: Jun 17 2015, 09:02 AM

No worries.. I just started playing with my 2k laptop 5 years old.. 2gb ram,i3 core.... 512graphic card.. no problem so far..just that setting will require minimum.

download the benchmark and try

Bump,tumpang topic my current PC

i5 3570
DH77kc
SSD
8gb RAM
GTX550ti

planning to upgrade graphic card GTX960 for FF direct x11 izit more than enough ?

This post has been edited by deyamato: Jul 9 2015, 12:40 PM

If I can play using dx11 on a i5 750 with GTX660 Ti then a i5 3570 with GTX960 should be much better

thanks buddy , i just more concern bottleneck . cheers .

Get AMD CPU much cheaper... Intel CPU have to pay import price