Final Fantasy XIV System Requirements

Square Enix has revealed the system requirements for the upcoming beta of Final Fantasy XIV.

[Dorjan]

rest in peace FFXI

[dinsurya]

gtx8800, where are you now?
punk.

[Theonik]

The 8800 is way more powerful than the 9600...

[Ryudo]

Don't burst his bubble like that, most people don't understand bigger numbers doesn't always = more powerful card.

[Letros]

Graphics Card Naming 101: The second digit is the most important.

[EvilBlackCat]

to choose between TERA, FFXIV, Vindictus and Old Republic (Star Wars)

[CLOUD1983]

no difficult at all FFXIV is mostly for the ppl that like the previous one new ppl will get bored fast I am sure of this, Vindictus will be free so u can try it when it's out and if u want to play something serious for me who prefer fantasy setting then TERA all the way if u prefer shi-fi then play SW, simple? :)

[IaMs12]

Well those requirements are not nearly as bad as i thought they were. My laptop could run the game

[Djorgo]

Wow, just wow...

MMO? Look at the minimum reqs!

[Theonik]

Square enix has stated its desire to make the game to last so they are building it with a higher than average minimum requirement.

[ProjectVulcan]

Because its a BETA, these are not stated minimum requirements for the finished thing. Only people with good PCs are initially asked into this type of MMO beta usually. Why? Well because the game is not finished obviously, and performance optimisation may not be exactly where they want it, and certainly the drivers for this are not optimised either, as its not out yet!

This is why a lot of betas have questionnaires about your machine before they consider you for a key. Performance is being worked on right until the thing goes out the door for most developers. People that have been in betas early will often tell you how much better the game performs after a few months of tweaks. When APB beta launched late last year, it ran horrible on monster hardware. Now it runs much better even on lower end specs...

But then this is now 2010, and 9600 level performance costs about 50 pounds. In reality, its low end for a gaming computer! 8800GT is faster, and its well over two years old now. 9600GT itself was only mid range when it launched which was also over two years ago....

[Theonik]

I find it curious how i got in the alpha/beta with my 7900Gt. The game runs fine with it too generally.

[ProjectVulcan]

You getting in and finding the performance 'generally' acceptable probably indicates the minimum Square are aiming for, after optimisations it will hopefully run just fine all the time. Many games created on this generation of consoles or with console in mind put the minimum bar somewhere around a 7900/X1900 series on PC because thats the rough performance the consoles deliver :-)

[Theonik]

Yep, my main concern is that they don't allow you to change the settings for the game at all. So that causes a lot of issues as i get AA enabled by default, and the game auto setting to 720 or 1080p. Just annoying. nd yeah i know my 7900gt has the rough performance of current gen consoles, that is why i have yet to bother changing it.
*Getting a new Rig altogether anyway, had my current PC since 2006.

[Leord]

Those are like cinematic-quality graphics!

[Cogo]

My PC just died from me looking at those min specs, I think...

[Medievaldragon]

Dang, GeForce 9600 card as minimum requirement? Basically if you got your computer on 2007 or before you are out of luck. Back then I purchased a GeForce 6800GTX for Burning Crusade beta.

[King Klear]

Times are changing...

[TheObserver]

I can run Crysis* on high with a stable 30 FPS minimum. I doubt that my gaming PC cannot handle FFXIV.

[Keith Olbermann]

getting this on PS3 baby.

[lpfisher]

Agreed

[Chazmers]

definitely! thats why I prefer console gaming than PC dont have to upgrade every few months

[Arnon]

People like you are the reason why I continue to support my PC over my consoles. Upgrading every few months? Ok...

[STONEY4]

since when did 3-4 years become a few months? Oh, console gamer logic...

[Spenok]

I just dont think he understands that pc items come out so often (like every 3-4 months) its just that you dont HAVE to buy it every said 3-4 months. I am a console gamer myself, but i have a rig that can support anything. And ive had this one for about 2 years now.

[Myst]

*puts hands together and prays*

Please run this PC...if not their is always PS3.

[Arnon]

DirectX 9?... Come on. Lets start pushing DirecX 10-11 as the standard. It's exactly the reason that I don't understand why 32-bit processing units are still around.

@vega75

Exactly. New cards are always coming out with a smaller die, more pipelines, shaders, etc. that all run at DirectX 10/11, and the majority of games don't even support it.

[Sez]

Agreed. What's the point of having a graphics card that supports direct x 10/11. If dev's aren't going to use it.

[BloodyRedMARKER]

I think most games and their developers dont use dx10/11 because dx10 is mostly just shader enhancement (taking advantage of pixel shader 4), and dx11 is hardly a visual-jump (it's mostly just things you cant see - uses gpu for more things and better multi-threading, which most ppl don't care about)

[Nihilism]

I don't know what the big deal is...my gtx280 is 2.5 years old and it is well above the requirements. It's only a problem when the GPU you bought 3 years ago cost $50... they don't last forever, but an 8800gt512mb will last until the end of this generation, I'm pretty sure a 9800gtx+ costs about $79 now, that is 3 times as fast as the required GPU

[ipe]

i assume u live in USA. Here in my country in eu 9800gt(not gtx) is 170$ and high end like hd5870 is 550$.

Sometime i wish i live in america:(

[Nihilism]

Those are American prices, I just quoted that because most people on here are American...but don't wish to live in the U.S, AUS is better ( I'm an aussie ), there are less racists and fundamentalist christians aka a good place to live.

[ClownBelt]

"Others

Mouse, Keyboard"

FUUUUUUUUU

[Newtype]

Mouse and Keyboard are always better, even for FPS.

[Newtype]

My PC blows this away....

i7 940
DDR3 6GB RAM
1200p Resolution
ATI Visiontek 5750
Intel Solid State Drive 160GB
2 TB WD
Windows 7 Ultimate

ATI > Nvidia

ATI just came out with a new 5970 with 4 GB of DDR5.

[BloodyRedMARKER]

Nice rig, but what's with the 5750? It's hardly on the same level as everything else.

5790 4GB DDR5? Is that even practical for gaming in 2012?

[Newtype]

I got the 5750 for cheap from AMD (with a Phenom X4 955 Black Edition), I'll probably get 5870s in xfire when I get more money. 5970 is a beast, will hope to have three of those (EVGA mobo accepts 3 GPUs). 12GB of DDR5...ROFL. Will estimate at 3 grand for 3.

BEAST.
http://www.newegg.com/Produ...

[BloodyRedMARKER]

wtf. are you trying to take over the world?

[darkcharizard]

Will this game work?

[GrilledCheeseBook]

it'll probably work
most system requirements are off plus these look a little high for an MMO minimum system requirement

I wonder what Tera would require

[JonnyBigBoss]

Wow, those are steep requirements. I have an EN9600GSO and barely meet the requirements.

[GigaGaia]

I have 8800 GTS 512MB and it can run FF14 on max settings just fine.

[Letros]

What a joke of min requirements, I guess thats not a bad thing, need as many people playing as possible.

[hassi94]

Doesn't matter though, I'm never playing monthly subscription MMOs again so this is a definite no for me.