FFXIV Recommended System Requirements

Square Enix has posted the recommended system requirements for Final Fantasy XIV, which are much higher than the previously released minimum requirements.

Is your system ready?

[krouse93]

I have a GTX 260 graphics card. But I meet the specs everywhere else. And beat them with my processor and RAM which is always good.

I'm saving up for the GTX 480 with my summer job as it is so it won't be too long.

[Otheros00]

You might as well wait for Radeon HD 6870. it comes out on october or november.

[Newtype]

The Sapphire Toxic 5970 is what is worth blowing your money out for. 4GB of DDR5. if you use 3, you get 12GB or DDR5! NOW THAT's FUTURE PROOF.

[Letros]

Not quite, SLI/CrossfireX only uses 1 card's ram for games(and you better be running W7 64bit), however 4 gigs is still future proofed, but hardly worth it at $1000 for that card.

[evrfighter]

those req's are harsh...

good thing I don't need to upgrade :)

[Max Power]

I got invited to the Beta, but I don't have a windows computer (I signed up for the ps3 beta, but they invited me to the PC group...weird).

[LittleBigSackBoy]

Have you already given the code away?

[KillaManiac]

Same here Max....I got invited to PC when I only Opted for PS3 b/c I assumbed my PC wouldn't run (which it don't).

[Faelan]

I frankly wouldn't go for the GTX 480. Sure, it has the performance but there are too many drawbacks compared to other GPU solutions.

If on a budget, grab a GTX 460 1GB and OC the hell out of it. That'll make it a close match to the more expensive, noisy and power hungry GTX 470. I have a GTX 460 1GB OC'ed by 25% over the stock clock settings and it runs like a dream and only when I stress test it can I actually hear the fan and not overly loud at that. If that isn't enough power for you, then grab another one and SLI them, or if you're not a fan of SLI, then go with ATI. In that case though, I would wait for the new models coming out later in the year.

[JonnyBigBoss]

WHOA. Are they kidding!? I have this game pre-ordered but don't even know if it'll run. :(

[Catharsis]

Seems like a joke to me.

[SmokeCheebah]

Just go here http://www.finalfantasyxiv.... download and run the benchmark to test if your system can handle it. After they run a few cut scenes they'll give you a score. you'll want to atleast get a 2500 or higher. I got an 875 so i failed miserably... *edit* make that 367... smh in shame

[Eorzea]

It may still be playable w/ that score if you run it on all of the lowest settings.

[SmokeCheebah]

maybe,but the way it ran for me was like watching it with a flip book and a strobe light. choppy as hell

[Eorzea]

Remember, these are the "recommended" requirements for optimal performance! The "minimum" requirements are much lower:

http://www.beyondvanadiel.c...

[Letros]

Requires a $90 GPU, recommends a $200 GPU, not that bad really, maybe for an MMO though.

[KillaManiac]

This game is asking too much from the computer users.

The graphics card minimum is less than 3 years old.

This will definitely harm the PC sells being THIS high in requirements (minimum and recommended) unlike other MMOs such as WoW, Warhammer, AION, ect ect.

Thank god a PS3 version is coming out...just too bad its 6 months later.

I want this game day 1 so bad...if only my PC could run it.

[ruiner4482]

You can get a decent gpu for a $150 bucks. Possibly cheaper if you shop around or wait for a deal on newegg, which they have often.

[CotieD]

Looking forward to this, have it pre-ordered and everything. Really wish I could have gotten into the beta though. I've been playing FFXI for years and can't wait to try this one out.

[ELite_Ghost]

Rather play on ps3 if anything
300$ maybe 200 by the time it comes out :P

[Pandamobile]

You mean next year?

[mrkeith]

haha its going to fail. system requirements are way to high

[Seafort]

They give pc gamers console ports for the last few years so hardly anyone but the pc enthusiast had to upgrade anything and now bring out an mmo with higher than crysis system specs and expect it to sell alot?

They must be out of their minds. I havent upgraded my pc for 3-4 years as i can run every single port on my aging 8800 GTS on high.

Now if developers had made games to each platforms strengths we wouldnt be completely shocked by these system specs for a mmo.

Good luck to SE they're gonna need it.

[bobcostus]

They are future proofing. They did the same exact thing with ffxi and it helped them maintain decent graphics for almost 9 years.

Also, these requirements are to run the game at max settings, it says that on their website.

[maxcer]

are you kidding me? FFXI was made for ps2 and it shows. it was such a CPU intensive game the GPU was hardly used at all. at least with FFXIV they aren't letting the ps3 gimp the potential this game has.

[Newtype]

The 460...looks like a perfect opportunity for me to get a 5870.

[Otheros00]

You know you can get two 460s for the price of 5870 and it gives you better performance.

[Drazz]

got like a 2700 or 2800 and change... but it played smooth and never skipped a frame.

[Drazz]

Windows 7 (64bit)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz (Dual Core)
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB DDR3 (1600mhz)
CuCore Series Radeon HD 4850 1GB 256-bit DDR3

[Faelan]

I got a score of 5025 with all sorts of junk running in the background on dual screen setup, so I'm sure I can squeeze a little more out of it.

Only saw a couple of very brief dips below 60fps, so I guess I'm all set for a decent experience?

[dragonopt1]

If you can score a 2500+ on the benchmark you'll be able to run the game on default settings. I have a Quad Core 2.6,4GB ram,8800GT Superclocked Edition,Windows 7 64-bit and I'm getting 3100. Also it helps a lot if you set your desktop to "Classic" and have it turn off aero. Also if you go to system properties, performance and set it to "adjust for best performance". Your desktop will look ugly but your score will jump up a lot.

[GigaGaia]

My specs are far below those and I can run the beta on the highest settings.

[Darkfiber]

Yeah that's what I figured. I knew they used to be lower. There's no way they require that high unless the final product looked 1000 times better than the beta, which I doubt.

[callahan09]

Awesome, I meet all of these requirements for the recommended settings. Hopefully it's as beautiful as these requirements would have you believe.

[DexterPsycho]

This is my setup.

Intel Core i7 975
Asus P6T7 Supercomputer mobo
Corsair 6gb ddr3 1600mhz
Ati 5870 in crossfire
Windows 7 64bit

Any idea if this will run the final product because im getting 4200 in benchmark with alot of programs going on in the backgroud???

[callahan09]

If you were going to get a 1000 dollar CPU and put it in a 400 dollar mobo built for SLI and PhysX, why would you spend 800 bucks on crossfired 5870's when for only 200 bucks more (which is chump change compared to the amount of money that god damn rig costs) you could get dual 480's in SLI mode w/ PhysX the way that motherboard was built to take?

[Darkfiber]

Man there is no way. That game looks like crap. It barely looks better than FF11. Besides, they already released system specs and they were like half that. Why are they suddenly double what they used to be?

[guzman]

@Darkfiber: Because it's just a beta build and the finished game will have better graphics you stupid cunt.

[memphis2]

lol looks like i'll have to finally upgrade my graphics card after 3 years of not getting a new one. now i don't have an excuse to upgrade lol! thanks square-enix!

[Saryk]

They are pulling a SOE with EQ2, which is not a good thing. When EQ2 first released it had ungodly system specs, then WoW released a week later, well we all know how that turned out. However if I want to play that game with all the bells and whistles then I will upgrade, but my system specs currently are very close to the recommended.

[comp_ali]

I feel slightly suspecious about this , hmmm. They even wrote SDD instead of SSD. what do you think ?

[ColdWinter]

I am a mmo player my self and most of the people who play mmos can barely even reach the minimum requirements. The people playing WoW etc. are on 512mb to 3Gb of ram. Thats based on the players I've met online with the exception of the very few that has 4gb and quad core with high end gpus since mmos generally require a low end pc to play.

[Spenok]

Yay for having a strong rig. I'll be happily enjoying this on Full settings. xD