Final Fantasy XIV was announced as a PlayStation 3 and Windows exclusive title, however Square Enix are in talks to attempt to bring the game to the XBox 360. The XBox 360 version is currently on hold as they have not reached an agreement yet on how to bring the game to the system.
The Windows version will utilise DirectX 9 and have support for Windows 7, 64 bit operating systems and multi-core processors. The game is designed with current high-end PCs in mind as the developers want the game to still look good in five years time. So players should be able to switch from using their PC's to learn about playing poker on a site like
pokerblog.com, and then switch to playing this game. The graphics will be designed for the PC and then altered to fit the console versions, suggesting the PC version will look better in certain areas. One difference is that the console version will only be 720p whereas the PC version will have a variety of resolutions including 1080p. The game will have support for multiple screens.
Minimum System Requirements
On June 30th 2010, the minimum system requirements were released for the retail version of the game. You will need a PC capable of the following:
Operating System: Windows XP/Vista/7.
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz or AMD Athlon X2 2GHz.
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 512MB or ATI Radeon HD 2900 512MB and DirectX 9.
Memory: 2GB of RAM.
Disk Space: 15GB.
Final Fantasy XIV will run on these, but it may not run smoothly in demanding gameplay scenarios such as when a large amount of players are around you with lots of special effects going off. You will have to turn the settings down.
Recommended System Requirements
On July 21st 2010, the recommended system requirements were released. These requirements are for you to run the game smoothly with the following settings:
| Window Size and Display Mode |
1280x720 (720p) (Windowed) |
| Ambient Occlusion |
OFF |
| Depth of Field |
ON |
| Shadow Detail |
Standard |
| Multisampling |
4x MSAA |
| Buffer Size |
Window Size |
| Texture Quality |
High |
| Texture Filtering |
High |
The hardware that Square Enix recommends for you to use with these settings and run the game smoothly are as follows:
Operating System: Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit.
Processor: Intel Core i7 2.66GHz or higher. *
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better with VRAM 768MB or more and DirectX 9. **
Memory: 4GB of RAM.
Disk Space: 15GB.
* We'd like to add that the AMD equivalent is a Phenom II X6 1055T
** We'd like to add that the ATI equivalent is a Radeon HD 5830 card with 1GB VRAM.
We don't think you should interpret this as Windows 7 being a requirement for running the game smoothly, more than likely it's just the optimal operating system for the game. There won't be a huge difference between running Vista or 7 on that hardware for example.
What these recommended system requirements are good for is if you are intending to build or upgrade a PC to run the game. You now have a better idea of what to aim for to run the game well at 720p. It should be noted that even higher settings than those listed exist, which will require even better hardware.
At E3 in 2010 Square Enix released an official benchmark tool which will allow you to see if your machine is capable of running Final Fantasy XIV and give you a score based on how well it performs. With your benchmark score you can see whether your machine will need an upgrade or not. The benchmark tool can be found at the
official website and you get to select a race, screen resolution and watch a cutscene while running it. 2500 seems to be the lowest score that would comfortably run the game on default settings. All of the possible results are listed below.
[8000 and over] Extremely High Performance
Easily capable of running the game on the highest settings.
[5500–7999] Very High Performance
Easily capable of running the game. Should perform exceptionally well, even at higher resolutions.
[4500-5499] High Performance
Easily capable of running the game. Should perform well, even at higher resolutions.
[3000-4499] Fairly High Performance
Capable of running the game on default settings. Consider switching to a higher resolution depending on performance.
[2500-2999] Standard Performance
Capable of running the game on default settings.
[2000-2499] Slightly Low Performance
Capable of running the game, but may experience some slowdown. Adjust settings to improve performance.
[1500-1999] Low Performance
Capable of running the game, but will experience considerable slowdown. Adjusting settings is unlikely to improve performance.
[Under 1500] Insufficient Performance
Does not meet specifications for running the game.
If you're wondering how different kinds of systems perform with the benchmark, we've found
this Japanese website with over 1000 different benchmark scores. The table lists the scores in ascending numerical order by high settings.
Alchemist
but i hope it doesnt really make a difference in visual look on my screen
