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My FFXIV ready PC
spankybus
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OK, time for some shameless bragging. I just got my new PC and while it really is for freelance work, i can't pretend I'm not looking forward to seeing FFXIV play on it:
Intel i7 930 Overclocked to about 3.5 GHZ (liquid cooled)
12 Gigs or 3-Channel Memory [More for rendering]
ATI 5970 Radeon card with three Dell Monitors and eyefinity (I hope this game supports it!)
128 GB SSD for win and main apps, 2x 1T 7200 HDs
Blue-Ray Drive
As of Right now, I am playing Crysis on it with three monitors and all setting set to High...its smoking...It slows down on Ultra high and any AA will just murder it lol (but that's crysis)..all I can say is EYEGASM!!
I don't normally gush over PCs and hardware...but then this one is mine so...forgive me just a lil bit :-)
Frank 'Spankybus' Mignone
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It's a good PC, but I'm still baffled at why people are still using Crysis as some kinda benchmark. A game with a shitty engine that relies on better components to show it's "beauty". It's the most unoptimized FPS to grace our PCs. Ever since Farcry, Crytek has released a new engine with every new game they pump out, instead of working on the engine more and using it more then once. Shows they're still amateurs.
And the game itself doesn't need to support Eyefinity. The ATI drivers should take care of that automatically. The thing you'll have to hope for is if SE will build in those ultra resolutions natively, so the game doesn't look quirky.
The highlighted section above should pretty much tell you the answer to your own question :-)
Frank 'Spankybus' Mignone
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Is is innopripriate to say that I creamed myself at the first line?
But that is very nice, I would brag too.
Why did the 930 stop at 3.5GHz? I have a 920 (D0 stepping) OC'd to 4GHz per core on air.
My friend had an Intel Q9 something OC to 4.0 on a water cooled system, I don't remember the exact model.
TBH i am not sure, mate. This is my first time overclocking anything, so I guess I am being cautious?
You're not the first who's told me to shoot for 4.0 since I have liquid cooling. Not sure how much extra performance I might expect from that 0.5 GHZ, particularly with large batch renders. You think a lot?
Frank 'Spankybus' Mignone
www.spankybus.com
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Clock it up
So, to the overclock. And here, typically, it's a little more complex. The R3E board is already best buds with the 920, and as such unlocks all its chip-chomping options in the BIOS, including the CPU level up – and the auto-voltage settings that entails. Because of this, we could hit a rock-solid 4.1GHz on air-cooling without turning the chip into bubbling molten slag.
Unfortunately the 930 isn't so well recognised on the Asus board, which meant that we had to do the overclocking the hard way: by ourselves. Still, it shows just what an overclockable chip this is by virtue of the fact that without any voltage tweaks on our behalf, and still on air-cooling alone, we managed to hit a stable 4.23GHz clockspeed with our i7 930.
Only in WiC though did this translate into serious performance gains over the 920, being only a second faster in Cinebench and hitting parity in the X264 encode. But is it worth the extra £40- odd you'll be dropping on the 930 over the i7 920?
In real-world terms you'll hardly notice the performance difference between them, but the extreme tweakers out there will be able to post superior numbers with some judicious voltage management. For the rest of us mortals though, the 920 is still the X58 bargain chip of choice.
Read more: http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/pc-components/processors/intel-core-i7-930-687682/review#ixzz0nRGBtPS7
My 920 is well recognized with my ausus board , i over clocked tto 3.7 with aircooling the chip is so godo you dotn even need water cooling for those speeds.
The vast majority of games are still going to be GPU-bound at high detail levels, and rendering is going to be hit and miss. Run some tasks with Task Manager open, and see what percentage of your CPU is used. If you're not approaching 100%, the benefit of further overclocking will be more limited.
So if you're not comfortable with overclocking, it's fine not to push it further. It's can be a fun hobby for those who get into it, but there's always that caveat that you should never overclock something that you're not prepared to lose, even if the chances are next to zero. As it is, you've already got a hot rig, should provide lots of eye-candy in the days to come.
A Modest Proposal for MMORPGs:
That the means of progression would not be mutually exclusive from the means of enjoyment.
This is my FFXIV ready PC
i7 920 D0 2.67GHz @ 4.2GHz 1.38V here with DDR3 7-7-7-19 @ 1600MHz memory.
All stable, never tried to go higher than 4.2GHz, pretty sure I can tho if I wanted.
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 D0 @ 4.2GHz (21x200) 1.38V
MEMORY: 3x2GB DDR3-1600 CL8 OCZ @ 7-7-7-19 1600MHz
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX480 @ 1700/2000MHz 1.075V
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB (32MB)
HDD: 2x Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB (3.5" backplane)
SSD: OCZ Vertex Limited Edition 100GB
SOUNDCARD: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional
CASE: Corsair Obsidian 800D
PSU: Corsair HX850W
FANS: 3x Noctua NF-P12 120mm
FANS: 2x Noctua NF-P14 FLX 140mm
KEYBOARD: SteelSeries 6G
MOUSE: Razer Mamba
MOUSEPAD: Razer Sphex
HEADSET: Razer Megadolon
SPEAKERS: Logitech Z-5500
SCREENS: 2x Dell 2407WFP-HC 24 Inch Widescreen
FAN CONTROLLER: Scythe Kaze Server 5.25" Black KS01-BK
RADIATOR: XSPC RX360 en XSPC RX240
PUMP: Swiftech MCP655
PUMP TOP: Koolance COV-RP450
TUBING: Tygon 1/2" ID R3400
FITTINGS: Bitspower en Feser
RERSERVOIR: Swiftech Micro Res v2
CPU BLOCK: Swiftech Apogee XT Extreme
GPU BLOCK: Danger Den DD-GTX480
up until this minute
this "Will my PC run FFXIV" thread everywhere in all FFXIV sites have me amazed even until today
i mean, i never understand what you guys see in FFXIV that you need this kind of an Overkill to actually play FFXIV. i know i know its your money and all, that's fine, but why did you guys think you need the monster rig to run FFXIV?
as i believe, any PC that runs Crysis.. wait. Crysis comparison seems a bit dated now. ill take something else
ok, so Any PC that will run BFBC at full settings without any problems will run FFXIV just fine
but yeah, those are some nice rigs you guys have there, as for me
im only relying on my new M15X to play FFXIV which i can guarantee will run just perfectly fine even with high
So What Now?
LOL my PC is actually for Work. I am a CG Artist and rendering is a big deal for me...that means lots of CPU and RAM. admittedly, my GFX card was more for my funzies and being able to run 3 monitors is pretty nice (expecially when compositing with Nuke). This is for Freelance work......gaming is just gravy :-)
Frank 'Spankybus' Mignone
www.spankybus.com
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That's a dedicated gamer right there!
That is exactly right, and we're not saying NO to save WoW, because it is already a lost cause. We are saying NO to dissuade the next group of greedy suits who decide to emulate Blizzard and Cryptic, etc.
We can prevent some of the future games from spewing this crap, but the sooner we start saying no, the better the results will be.
So - Stand up, pull up your pants, and walk away.
- MMO_Doubter
yep i can understand that as i am also a 3d Artist, you need those power, oh yeahhh
but i witnessed lots of people "actually" rigs a new PC specially for FFXIV which amused me, even less gamer do that when Crysis was around
i know FFXIV seems to have a very powerful graphics need, but yeah i think if for those who are building for FFXIV, i think a core2duo and a mere 9800GT will run it smoothly XD
otherwise, FFXIV isn't gonna sell man XD
oh and btw Spanky, my previous post is actually not directed against your Topic, dont get me wrong
So What Now?
While I agree you don't need that much power to run the game, PS3 is for the "poor" people!
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That's my PC specs i can play FFXIV just fine but i rather play it on my ps3 i hate PC games most of the time i have some pc games but i dont like playing on my pc all the time.
yeah im thinking of playing FFXIV on my PS3 as well, but im gonna see which one is better in terms of control, but again, for the simplicity of it, i might just play on PS3
the only reason is because there is a 40inch HDTV in my house, but then i might also try it on my 24inch monitor using my m15x but then i get a better graphic
XD
So What Now?
omg dude that computer kicks my computers ass.
I myself am going ps3 to start. I am going to try to save up over summer and try to find a solid pc for $1500 or so. Anyone who has played 11 on both ps2 (or 360 for that matter) and pc knows the amazing advantages of playing on pc, not just graphically speaking.
Don't get excited. It's being developed to work with PS3/360 as well.