Need help with my computer and running FF XIV on the PC

4Horsemen

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I can play WoW on normal graphics w/ ease..but we decided to swap over n play FF XIV.. my FPS is total crap (always around 4 when lots of people are around) I don't have any real cash and I just want to get by so we can play.. So any help would be cool.
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for starters FF:XIV lists the radeon 4770 as the minimum recommended gpu. you are using a 4600 series.

your cpu is also listed as a pentium 4. the minimum recommended cpu is a core 2 duo.

it looks like you have about 3gb of ram which is a bit low but for 32bit win you are probably okay there.

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it sounds like your system just is not up to snuff.

you could try running the game at a lower resolution and with all graphical options turned to minimum. be sure to disable all anti aliasing as well. perhaps disable clouds or shadows if there is an option. basically just run through the list and disable everything then re enable things one by one until performance starts to suffer.