ok lemme tell my story, I bought FF on compy when it first came out. then i switched to PS2 after my sister DL'ed a virus onto my comp. so i eventually got back to working on my compy and its completely clean out all i have is AIM and Windows XP on here now what im wondering is can i still install the Same FFXI disks, i would check myself but i gotta use ikes cause mine blew up in the drive.

Also, im kinda illiterate when it comes to computer hardwares. so anyways i want to update to a graphics card, right now im using the standard Motherboard thingy. Would a newer and more powerful graphics card increase the speed and clarity in FF or w/e game i choose? and if so what Graphics card to you recomend with lets say a budget of $120USD?

oh and i nono what the Motherboard is called or brand name but my processor is a AMD Anthlon if that helps any =/

And also what is memory? and should i upgrade this too if i get a newer graphics card?

I also ran the benchmark thing and it said my comp was a Decent challenge and was like 1 point from even match (if that helps out any)

Maybe you should give us ur system specs. A computer system has a lot of bottlenecks so placing a high grade Vid card in a slow system would be useless.

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heh could you tell me where to find these specs? all ive found is
AMD Anthlon 1.1ghz
224 RAM
windows XP
120 gig HD

What are you currently using as a Vid Card? BTW I think you might have 128 or 256 Ram >..<

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as far as i know there are no video cards in the port and the monitor is connected to the motherboard

better yet if any of you have AIM and can help me out just IM me at Boxofishsticks

Ahh your using an intergrated Mobo Vid card... those types of cards are usually very underpowered. Luckily for you there are a lot of budget gamer vid cards out there in the $1oo range. I would recommend going with an ATI vid card. Although they might not the fastest at times, the cards themselves are very realible and stand the test of time... I should know since I burned a lot of vid cards in my time T_T damn you geforce. Anyway try to get an AGI 128ram+ on your new card. A good place to shop for a good deal is ebay. Good luck.

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he could be using a shared graphics card, since he mentioned 224

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Job 10: 20
The mikey's have a plan. Djay isn't all powerful.

well its a pretty red motherboard....and uses AMD Anthlon but thats about all i can tell you that i know for sure lol

Ya, mikey is right T_T i forgot it shares system RAM. 32Ram card from the looks of it.

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uh is any of this good?

no it means that you only have 32 days to live

thats not very nice , anyways can anyone tell me anythign about the ff disks and what i should upgrade?

Get an ATI card. cause they rock. 9200+

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if your graphics card is shared then there may very well be a possibiliy that you don't have agp port, and i'm 100 percent sure you don't have a pci express slot either. So that leaves you with a pci graphics card. Which really won't do you much of any good since they have alot of limitations. You may be just better off getting more ram. It'll help your computer run slightly faster and be able to open more applications without it slowing down

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Job 10: 20
The mikey's have a plan. Djay isn't all powerful.

Yeah my comp has PCI slots. sucks

damn you AGP!

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so can he use my disks? arims 4th disk blew up in his draive (that was flipping funny when it happened. we were playing DDR and all of a sudden we hear this loud ass pop) but anyway i wan gona lent him my disks but i didnt know if you could only install it once

It should work. I cant remember how the install process goes and when you need the CD-Key but I think you only need the key for an account. Im not sure but if thats the way then you can use his disks. Hell I used a PS2 CD-key on my PC version once cause I lost my manual.

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wtf u talking bout a key?

well i know i can use 3ds max and photoshop at once along with AIM and MSN explorer so how do i upgrade RAM? is that what memory is or w/e or better yet can anyone tell me what RAM and Memory do?

memory = ram
Yea i can kinda tell you, depends on when the computer was made And its specs

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Job 10: 20
The mikey's have a plan. Djay isn't all powerful.

ok well it was made about 2 years ago, and it has a AMD athlon cpu thingy anything else you need to know lol?

Who made it ? right click my computer select properties and tell me what you see. processor speed. Also give me a model number.

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Job 10: 20
The mikey's have a plan. Djay isn't all powerful.

The CD key that comes with the game when you buy it. Like all PC games. Im saying you can prob use your CD's for him but he needs his own CD key.

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Microsoft Windows XP
Home edition
Version 2002
service pack 2


AMD Athlon
1.10ghz, 224MB of RAM

as for the maker person it was custom built so i nono