Final Fantasy XIV news

[Hohum]

Those times on the 13th seem pretty moot for me at least, seeing as a) can't log in to the beta site at the moment as it's not available until that date, and b) the client will inevitably take ages to download anyway, so no chance of any play.

[Number45]

You can download the client before you login, you just need the installer. It's available if you search around, in fact there's a link to it on GAF in the online section.

[sj33]

The installer is ~100MB, but it downloads the entire beta using a bittorrent system. It ain't fun. Scarily, they intend to push all updates in this matter.

[Hohum]

I guess the hope is that with larger player numbers the torrent system will work more effectively. Guess we'll find out in September.

[Number45]

When I downloaded the patch the other morning it flew (Comparatively speaking), so I assume once the numbers are up it should be fine. Blizzard do it anyway don't they? I think they just supplement them with their own servers.

Hopefully S-E will use partners as well for the patches (Fileplanet etc.), at least then they'll give you some options without sacrificing bandwidth.

[elaniel]

I purchased my system tonight (so I can let this thread get back on topic) LOL.

CAS: Apex Vortex 3620 Black Mid-Tower Gaming Case
CASUPGRADE: NONE
CS_FAN: Default Case Fan
CPU: AMD Phenom(TM) II X2 550 Black Edition Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology [-12]
CD: Sony Optiarc 22X DVD+/-R/+/-RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (Black Color)
FAN: AMD ATHLON64 CERTIFIED CPU FAN & HEATSINK
FA_HDD: None
FLASHMEDIA: None
HDD: 500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache HDD (Single Hard Drive)
IEEE_CARD: NONE
MONITOR: 22" TFT Active Matrix LCD Display (Samsung Lavender SM-P2250 2MS 1920x1080 TRUE HD LCD Wide Monitor [+26])
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS M4N68T-M NF630A AM3 DDR3/1066 SATA PCI-Express MBoard w/GbLAN, USB2.0, &7.1Audio
MEMORY: 4GB (2x2GB) PC10666 DDR3/1333mhz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)
NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/1000 NETWORK CARD
OS: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 7 Home Premium [+78] (64-bit Edition)
POWERSUPPLY: 600 Watts Power Supplies
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
SPEAKERS: Logitech S120 2.0 Stereo Speaker Set [+6] (BLACK COLOR)
TEMP: NONE
TVRC: NONE
USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
USBHD: NONE
UPS: None
VIDEO2: None, or On-Board Integrated Graphics
VIDEO: ATI Radeon HD 5770 PCI-E 16X 1GB DDR5 Video Card [+111]
WNC: NONE
WAP: NONE

What do ya guys think?

[Hohum]

Seems fairly decent to me, should last you a while.

[RobRoy]

could someone please post the link to the downloader as i cant get registered on the neogaf forums due to having a yahoo email account :/

[shafropuff]

I purchased my system tonight (so I can let this thread get back on topic) LOL.

Oh let me know how the benchmark runs and how much did it come to at the end?

I won't be able to order mine till about the end of the month.

[elaniel]

it was about £660 with free shipping and a 5 percent discount code. I'll be sure to post my results. Feel free to PM me if you want (I was given a lot of help with them thanks to some fellow members here)

Edit: That price was with me buying speakers and a monitor too.

[Rep]

Ok I realise I'm being horribly anal here, but could the section of the forum please be renamed to FFXIV, or it's going to annoy me for the next 8 years

[C']

lol I came to post the exact same thing.

It looks wrong!

[Number45]

You're not alone.

I'll go prod Charles.

[C']

HUZZAH!

[RobRoy]

anyone else having trouble getting this downloaded? keeps timing out or restarting back to the start. nightmare