[Andysen]

I got a 2175 on high and 4007 on low but the video's fps skipped a lot. They both looked the same.

I have an

P4 3.06
996 RAM
GeForce FX 5200 128mb ( PCI )

Is the card whats holding me down? I got it 3 years ago. Im thinking of getting a 6600 PCI - Express. That good enough or should i invest more into the 6800??

[Garaku]

hehe, my laptop freezes when it tries to load the InstallShield. >.>

I think thats an automatic "No," right?

I'm guessting it goes like this.

Cannot install benchmark - 000: "1WAR Galka Mule" PC
Unfortunately, we assume that your computer sucks and cannot meet the requirements to run FINAL FANTASY XI for Windows. Get a new computer.

[Sidoh]

How the fuck is my PC Decent Challenge when i have a 256mb video card, 750somthing mbs of ram, and a 2.4ghz processor????????

EDIT: Even match with low rez. . . . and to think all that money i spent on this computer it only scores DC-Em >_<

[Takumaku]

Standard Dell XPS system(no flames please)

6963 Low Res (almost Impossible to gauge)
5083 High Res (Incredibly tough +)

On both versions the Promathia trailer played flawlessly.

[Kiraku]

7257 on High, I won't even bother to try it on low... heh heh...

AMD > Intel

dual core processor AMD + GeForce 7800 + 2.0 gigs of RAM > any Intel... ever...

[Marcus]

System specs:

2.4 ghz processor-Intel P4
512 mb ram
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 32 mb

Score: 3161 (Very Tough) on low
Score: 1787 (Decent Challenge) on high

Im still gonna buy it anyways. Played a friend's copy. Loved the game. Im a Final Fantasy freak anyways.

Ran Promathia trailer flawlessly both times. Only difference is the leaves changed resolution from low to high. High ran farely smooth. I can tweak my unit to run even faster. This isnt a fantastic score, but its pretty good.

Oh....did I mention Im on a laptop?

Dell Inspiron 5100 (with upgrades and new driver). Dell can take on some pretty heavy stuff if you know what to do with it.

[blured__vision]

what's a good video card for around $100? I'm downloading the benchmark test right now but i'm sure I won't get a good score. On a basic dell and have a DELL E551 on 16MB ATI Rage 128 Ultra.. I don't know shit about computers but i'm pretty sure it sucks.. One more question, is the video chip hard to install or should I let someone else do it?

[Altimus of Ramuh]

My old computer got a score of -1.
I kid you not, The Northbridge was incompatible, so it crashed everytime I ran the test, and the resulting score was -1.
The computer I ran it on was a stock Compaq Presario, the Chipset was an Intel.
The requirements for FFXI state either ATI or Nvidia chipsets.
I guess I'll be on my PS2 until I can get my AMD X2 machine.

[Marcus]

blured__vision :
what's a good video card for around $100? I'm downloading the benchmark test right now but i'm sure I won't get a good score. On a basic dell and have a DELL E551 on 16MB ATI Rage 128 Ultra.. I don't know shit about computers but i'm pretty sure it sucks.. One more question, is the video chip hard to install or should I let someone else do it?

For $100? I couldnt tell you that. But Im trying to find a replacement for a 32 mb Rage 128 myself. Oh, dont bother trying to run the program, it doesnt run on a Rage. As for replacing the card, I know how to replace a dell laptops, but not a pc. sorry. But it shouldnt be too hard. PCs are made to be upgraded. I just dont know to what extent mine or yours can be upgraded to. The most importatn thing first of all is to make sure you processor and RAM are more than high enough. 512 is a standard min nowadays and i recommend more for FFXI especially if you have a standard graphics card. (9000 or geforce mx4). Google a search for upgrades and then try Dell's forums. They're usually pretty good with stuff like that.

[Zeluha]

Good card, not excellent, top of the top, etc is a Geforce 4200 around 100 bucks at any Best Buy-

the thing you need to worry about is more about RAM- a crappy video card is something, but if you have just an ok one like I do (cuz I'm a cheap ass) and quite a bit of RAM, you can get flawless video even at a very high resolution.


I found my 4200 (needed a DirectX compatible card ASAP and as cheap as possible) at Best Buy on sale about 3 months ago for around 92 bucks. Works very very very nice

[Katoke]

Ok ... wtf

4200 on high settings ..

AMD 64+ 3500
1.5gigs of ram
radeon x850 XT

wtffffff~!!!

[Darkvirusvx]

blured__vision :
what's a good video card for around $100? I'm downloading the benchmark test right now but i'm sure I won't get a good score. On a basic dell and have a DELL E551 on 16MB ATI Rage 128 Ultra.. I don't know shit about computers but i'm pretty sure it sucks.. One more question, is the video chip hard to install or should I let someone else do it?

What vga slot does your modo have pci, agp or pci-e 16?

PCI you can get FX5500 or 9250 for around or under $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814143032
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814131411

AGP you can get a 6600LE or 9600xt
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814130262
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814102600

PCI-E you can get x1300, x700 or 6600LE
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814161163
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814121540
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814122231

[Bryth]

i got a prob: i just did a version update and it says failed, now i cant login, u know wat happened? please

[Ominub]

4866 low, and 3208 high. I cant wait to get my new PC. Btw the scores listed by SE only mean low setting.

[Jovian123]

lol FF got nothing on me. 8266 on low; 6661 on high.

AMD64 3500+
2 gig corsair XMS ddr400
raptor 74gig HD
Radeon X1900 XTX

Could only imagine what my score would be if i had the processor i wanted XD

[Koryuu]

just over 4000 on low res >.> not even going to try high res
ive already started a thread about a better pc

fixed drivers so now spells and songs dont slow my PC but wtf? my score has gone down to 2956

[Slio]

6319 High Res, didn't bother with Low Res.

AMD 64 3200+ (Yeah...gotta upgrade this ( )
1gig DDR PC-3200 OCZ Gold Edition, Dual Channel
MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum Edition
ATI Sapphire x800Pro Softmodded to x850xt.

If you own the same video card I do and want to softmod it, I'll be glad to help. This is the guide I used.

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=312063&pp=30

And Katoke, I notice you said you have 1.5gigs of RAM. Not a pretty number for RAM IMO. I suggest getting 2 identical sticks and placing them in your motherboard so that their Dual Channel feature activates. You'll get a huge jump in performance from that.

[Hiyanu]

just tested it out
comp is:
AMD 5200+ dual core (2.6g)
2gig ramOCZgold
bfg nvidia 8800 gtx

poof. got approx 8800 lol

[kamatari_honjo]

Katoke :
How do you get higher in hi res?

My comp flat out freezes on low res, but high res i get around 2600.

[Ettornio]

Just ran this for fun on my new PC, and on High-Res I scored 8650! I'm about to try Low-Res, but god damn what a score!

Specifications

Motherboard: eVGA 680i w/P25 Bios
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.0GHz (FSB 1333)
RAM: Corsair XMS2x1024-6400 (2GB)
Graphics: 1x eVGA 8800 GTS 640MB (ForceWare 97.92)

Going to try Low-Res now.

Edit: Low-Res Score = 10750. I was hoping for 11,000 but damn, still nice.

Update: New Graphics Drivers 101.02 gave me a new High-Res score of 8822! My god...

Update2: Messed with Graphics card's Core Clock (630)/Memory Clocks(1000x2) using ATiTool 0.27, and I got a new Hi-Res score of 9182! Sweet; I broke 9k!!