Help my comptarded ****?Follow

Will I be able to run FFXI with any success with this system?





And perhaps if I decided I want to play WoW in the future as well?

The moment you install FFXI, you enter a world of failure that's nigh impossible to escape.

It runs fine on processor/mobo built in graphics. The system can probably handle it, but there is a good chance at lag issues.

In my experience FFXI will run on very minimal requirements. One thing to be concerned about though, is that it takes up a LOT of space on your hard drive. With only 80 gigs, a good chunk of that will need to be reserved for FFXI. WOW should also run.....decent...but with either one, you're most likely not going to be able to run the higher video settings. There will probably be some lag. My laptop has integrated graphics with shared memory as well, and as long as I keep the graphics settings down, the game runs fine.

I have a cheap $500 Toshiba laptop running FFXI. I did max out the ram on it though which made a world of diffrence.

1.60GHz Celeron
Vista basic
2gig Ram
ATI Radeon Xpress 200m (128mb)

It's by far nothing to write home about, but it was free and beggars can't be choosers. If this will play it I'm sure yours will be able to also.

that will ONLY depend on if the MB has enough expansion slots.

typically that low of a system will not have an AGP expansion slot let alone a PCI-e.

just spend the money and build a rig yourself.

AMD or Intel 64bit DC (dual core) CPUs will do fine. avoid duron and celeron as they are both gimped.

2G ram

PCI-e video card
sATA or sATA II hard drives
winXP Pro as you already have it no need to waist money on the OS again.

in all you can build a rig for around $400- $600 and have a rig that can play FFXI and WoW with zero problems.

Though I have a lvl... wait, can you give an account away for free on this?

I'm dead serious, I'll give my FFXI account info away for free. I've tried to get back in that game, I just can't bring myself to do it. So ***** it.

I'll leave it as an offering for the OOT if it is allowable.

It should run ok. The system you have is really setup for business.
Vostro is Dells business line.
I'd have gotten the XPS system instead. They have a seperate video card and have great gamming results.

Edited, Oct 22nd 2007 10:20am by Tailmon

What's your highest level?

I'm in the same boat now. I really want to get psyched about playing again, but I still haven't got a job to 75 yet, and the crap exp you get, even from partying, has really just made the game such a bore. I mean, seriously, how many friggin crawlers do I have to kill to get to 75? I've thought about trashing my account, because that's just another $15 out of my pocket every month, but can't bring myself to just throw it all down the tubes.

Just to let people know.
Dell resells returned systems. They are discounted from the New prices
You can get them as
1. Preorder new (Customer returned unopened to dell)
2. Reconditioned Telesales (Minor repairs, costomer broke factory seal on system)
3. Scratch and dent. (Systems have scratches and inperfections that exceed the Telesales criteria.) System works fine just has scratches and rubs ext..

These systems are up to 20+% less than new and more when on sale.
I've purchased all my systems from the Outlet for in some cases 1/2 of new prices.

One can get an XPS gaming system for under a grand or more depending upon the model.

I'd stop paying for Kingbrian and actually get some use out of it. Dual box it in Dynamis

pulled this from the Dell outlet.


XPS 410
(System Identifier: ZRD4VZ95)


XPS 410 Mini-Tower: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6300 (1.86GHz, 1066 FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium

System Price : $599.00

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Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
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Memory
1 GB DDR2 NON-ECC SDRAM 667MHz (2 DIMMs)
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Floppy Drive
1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive
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Hard Disk Drive
250 GB SATA II Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
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Video
256MB ATI Radeon X1300 Pro
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Scratch & Dent
Scratch & Dent
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Base
XPS 410 Mini-Tower: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6300 (1.86GHz, 1066 FSB)
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Media Bay
48X CD RW/DVD Combo Drive
16X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
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Software Upgrade
Microsoft Works 8.5
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Hardware Upgrade
USB Keyboard
13 in 1 Media Card Reader
Dell Optical USB 2-button Mouse