Do you have what it takes for Final Fantasy XIV on the PC ?

While Square-Enix blames the small amount of RAM for the delay of the PS3 version, the japanese retailer Frontier is now proposing a Final Fantasy XIV recommended machine that might blow your head off...

[Newtype]

That's just being lazy.

"Keyboard Microsoft SideWinder Mouse X3 & X4"
What a piece of shit mouse and keyboard. My Logitech set kills this.

"Intel 3.33GHz Core i7-980X
Seven Windows Ultimate 64 bit
12 GB of RAM DDR3 triple channel
nVidia GeForce GTX480 with 1536 MB onboard
SSD 80 GB
Hard Disk 2 TB
Blu-ray Disc
Keyboard Microsoft SideWinder Mouse X3 & X4
Power 1000 Watts
Screen choice
Multi Card Reader"

I can build a system cheaper than what they offer. SSD is not even in RAID configuration. Got a 160 GB SSD on mine right now.

[Bobbykotickrulesz]

12 GB of ram? What in the fuck... That is outrageously huge.

[Substance101]

12GB is an overkill. I been on 6gb since the last 2 years, hasnt been an application yet which demands more ram.

[BannedForNineYears]

~_~
Gimme.

[TheIneffableBob]

Professional software like 3D modeling apps and video editing make use of the RAM.

But 12GB for a game?! I'm having a hard time believing that this is true.

EDIT: Ohhhh, I see now. These specs, according to Square-Enix, are for the best possible experience with the game. I still don't see how 12GB of RAM would be beneficial to the game, though.

[a08andan]

The only time you would really need above 4-6Gb of RAM is if you do a lot of rendering in like Unreal Development Kit, mainly thinking of Lightning rendering here, or for videos etc. Didn't work very well at the university with their 4Gb of ram and ATI Radeon 3800 series graphicscard :P Not saying that more than 4Gb is useless in other areas though. RAM warranty normally last for a long time so its something that is easily upgraded :)

[Abriael]

Funny part, this sensationalistic article was inspired... guess by who? Kotaku. Here's the original article by the oh so professional journalist Brian Ashcraft (why am i not surprised?)
http://kotaku.com/5625280/w...

Notice how he tried his hardest to make it saound like that's the recommended specs for the game?

Too bad that they're not :D That's just the advertisement of a PC made by a Japanese manufacturer with which SE has an advertising partnership. No more and no less like many western games have the "play best on Alienware" advertsement.

But it gets better. There are actually SEVERAL of such ads around the JApanese web, all with different configurations. Here are some:
http://www.dospara.co.jp/in...
http://www.g-tune.jp/gaming...
http://www.pc-koubou.jp/pc/...

As you can see there are several prices going around, starting from about 100000 yen, which is about 1100 dollars (with a configuration that would cost no more than 900 on newegg). MUCH cheaper than the one shown in this article or in the Kotaku one.
And ALL of them are "recommended" for Final Fantasy XIV :D

Wonder why Mr. Ashcraft chose, between them all, the most costly and powerful one?

Because he wanted a sensationalistic headline that has nothing to do with reality (as usual), to assist in the process of throwing the little credibility he (and Kotaku) had left into the toilet and flush it.

Reality is actually pretty simple. All those computers have nothing to do with the minimum or recommended specs to run FFXIV.
Since the game is expected to sell a lot of PCs in Japan, every PC manufacturer out there stroke a deal with SE in order to use FFXIV name and imagery to promote their PCs. Nothing more, nothing less. Article debunked.
Thanks Kotaku (and follower french site) for having shown once more that you don't hold a crumb of credibility and that you are the true scum of gaming journalism.
Kotaku and Sankaku Complex could pretty much be sister sites. The quality of reporting is the same.

Edit: lol at the disagrees. Sorry mates, whoever you are, I provided all the proof and links needed, so I rest my case, you must be trolls. I'm sure it infuriates you that the game is actually good and will be successful, so you rejoice at every article that tries to put a negative spin on it. But in the end your disagrees are inconsequential.

[Xfanboy]

That's just being limited

[Dark_Energy]

6 hours a week? No so fuck off.

[Abriael]

There's no hard cap to how much you can play the game or even to how much you can level up. There's just a soft cap that can easily be avoided.

Here's how it works.
http://thisismyjoystick.com...

Now go and troll no more.

[guzman]

Thanks Abriael for clarifying your info is much appreciated. Don't let these lobotomized trolls get to you.

[Ludakriss]

PLease...PLEAAAAAASE! Tell me, what in the fuck is TROLLING? I keep hearing this and it just sounds like a bad trend created by some World Of Wrcraft players or somethin.

[Abriael]

@guzman: Oh, it's no problem, I'm very much used to it. Some people just WANT this game to fail, because probably they see it as a threat to some favourite game of theirs, or maybe just becayse it's not on 360, who knows :D

Luckily it's a good game (not perfect, for the moment, but most certanly good), so it's going to perform quite well, despite the naysayers.

Ludakriss: that use of the word is actually much more ancient than wow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

[blasian]

Beta tomorrow with all cities cant wait!

[Myst]

Sadly no D:

wait a minute 12 GB ram?! Jesus...

[Kamikaze135]

That's part of the minimum requirement to run this game.

[OneSneakyMofo]

I bet you 11GB of the RAM goes into your MMO character's hair.

*Woosh*

[a08andan]

But.. But.. But.. Its all in the hair :( That's the most important feature of a game. It must have realistic hair or the game = crap.

[Abriael]

Those have NOTHING to do with the requirements for the game. Read above.

[Myst]

@Kamikaze - I hope that was sarcasm :p I can slightly detect it but not sure.

@Onesnake - LOL

@Abriael - Don't see why you got disagree when it's the truth. More than likely I'm assuming that's settings to run the game flawlessly?

[CrzyFooL]

Are you asking if I have a vagina? If so, then no.

[earbus]

But it has brue way.

[jack_burt0n]

I can run dow 2 maxxed yet got something like 2000 on the system test lol no interest in upgrading anytime soon either.

[ultramoot]

I think this is a joke article. It can't be true.

[Chris_TC]

Pretty much.
The fastest desktop-class processor in the world, 12 GB of RAM and 2 TB of hard drive space? Really? No, not really.

[MadMan00]

No way in hell you need 12 GB RAM I mean seriously, NO WAY IN HELL.

[jaosobno]

If this is true then I say: Fuck you square enix.

LOL, they blame PS3 for not having enough RAM. I have never seen anyone build a PC with 12 GB.

But I doubt it's true. Why the hell would you need a blu ray player for a DVD game? Besides, FF mmorpg? No thanks. Guild wars 2 seems way better.

[Abriael]

In fact it isn't true. Read my post above. For the record, I have a 900 dollars PC with AMD Phenom 2 X4 965, 4 Gigs of ram, geforce GTX 460 (sure, it's not a crap computer, but it isn't even a 40000 dollars one), and I ran the last iteration of the beta easily between 35 and 55 fps at 1080p. Lower specs will have no problems to run at 720p.

But you don't even need to believe me, the open beta starts tonight, and is open to all. Give it a spin.

[guzman]

Cool story Darkfibe....er Jaosobno. Too bad FFXIV is going to stomp GW2 into bloody giblets.

[jaosobno]

Hardly.

Let's compare peak number of their predecessors:

Guild wars - 6 million subscribers
Final Fantasy XI - about 500 000 subscribers

I think it's obvious who will stomp whom. You are also forgetting that GW2 will have no subscription fees.

[Darkfiber]

Guild Wars 2 wont have subscription fess so it wont really matter how many subscribers it has :P If anything that's a detriment to the company because of the server costs. Both games are trying to do things differently with MMOs, except one is doing it right and one is doing it so very wrong.

Final Fantasy XIV is out of the equation at this point. It'll be between Guild Wars 2 and The Old Republic to battle for the new throne for the North American MMO market.

[koehler83]

Just barely. Enough to get me by until PS3 if I'm having any performance issues.

[Xfanboy]

GW2 will be awsome for PC!!

[Darkfiber]

Oh, I can run it, I just don't want to after that beta. And having an open beta before the release is actually a big mistake on their part if they want to have a lot of sales. I foresee many cancelled pre-orders and changed minds after a good chunk of the "fans" have actually played it. It is soooo far from the trailers they show it's not even funny.