Seriously fuck best buy. That place is filled with idiots and everything is overpriced. They gave you bad advice...which is typical for them. 620 is a very low end card. Even after 2.0 it won't run FFXIV very well.
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I don't think the problem is with 6xx cards. Klu is using a 680 and has no problems. I think my problem is the 690 and SLI. Even though the 2 GPU's are on the same card, it's still using SLI. SLI support for FFXIV 1.0 was added, but I've read it's still been a problem for people and they have to disable their second cards while running the game.
Yeah I rarely crash in FFXIV with the 680, only seems to happen in certain areas (like if I afk on CKD ramp in Uldah). FFXIV fails at SLI support. Krellis computer will destroy that game in 2.0 lol.
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As for Whisp, depending on what model that CPU is, it's going to be your bottleneck with a faster GPU... but if you were running 1.0 fine before, then upgrade the graphics card and you should be fine.
+ 1 to this. Your CPU can bottleneck your system to where it's pointless to get a better graphics card. But BB is full of shit, you can get a way better card than a 620 until you have bottleneck issues.
Spy had your CPU and ran a GTX470 on his last comp with no performance issues.
If you want to spend $150 on a card, get this. EVGA cards are the best IMO (i'm sure others will agree) and this one has good bang for the buck. It will run FFXIV much better and won't bottleneck your system.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130831.
If you wanted to spend more, I would say get a 560ti or 660ti, but wouldn't go any higher than that.