[Eorzea]

Square Enix has posted the recommended system requirements for Final Fantasy XIV: [link].
Unfortunately, these requirements are a huge jump from the previously announced minimum requirements.

• OS: Windows® 7 32-bit/64-bit*
  
• CPU: Intel® Core™ i7 2.66GHz or higher
  
• RAM: 4GB or more
  
• HDD/SDD: Installation: 15GB of free space; Download: 6GB of free space on the drive containing "My Documents"
  
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460 or better with VRAM 768MB or more
  
• Sound Card: DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)
  
• Internet Connection: Broadband or better (always-on)
  
• Resolution: 1280x720 (32-bit) or higher
  
• DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c
  
• Others: Mouse, Keyboard, Gamepad

* On a 64-bit OS, the software will run via WOW64 ( Windows 32-bit On Windows 64-bit ).



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[xZepHx]

Suddenly I feel the urge to suicide...

GTX 460... I thougth i was riding high with my humble 260... so so wrong. Didnt even make the recomended spec. oh well guess it gotta do the job. Arent those kinda high? Thats by far the game with the highest graphic requirements ive ever seen. Its a FF alrigth but daaaaaamn.

[Girseo]

So that's the spec they recommend, to play with all settings on max i presume lol.
The "Minimum System Requirements for the Beta" have been changed on the official site into "Minimum System Requirements", so you can still play without the recomended specc.
Lol i never thought they would come with a recomended requirement so high as the "i7 or higher"... what is higher than i7?

[Hydaelyn]

I would kill to have a computer that powerful. Ugh...

[Cid]

WTH?!

You need an i7, 4Gigs of RAM, and a GTX 460?


Where am I going to find the money for a new build?!??!

That's pretty much top of the line... They even mention a SSD....

On the bright side, I guess FFXIV's graphics wont be "outdated" for years.

[Rief]

I almost died inside when i saw this...............But then i saw the min requirements and was like oh well guess i will be running on very low settings

[Inaaca]

I'm suddenly tempted to upgrade now... Grr...

[Hugbees]

I think Kurisu said it best in the shout box: I'm glad I'm getting this for PS3. They are crazy to expect these kind of specs, whew.

[nanahara]

yeah im hoping by the time i actually get my comp <probably late august or right before the game comes out> that the price of some of those components go down. Heres for hoping.

[Ayn]

Rief, on Jul 21, 2010 - 8:18 AM, said:

I almost died inside when i saw this...............But then i saw the min requirements and was like oh well guess i will be running on very low settings

This lol! I'll play on my PC which is somewhere between the minimum and recommended specs then switch to PS3 later lol.

[Myst]

4 GBs!? Well I'm out to the PS3 version for me then. Hey I can run it on minimum but... really don't want to. Guess I'll upgrade the laptop next year and just buy the PC version then.

[Val]

I'm with Kurisu's status message, I am so glad that I'll be getting this game on my PS3 (if I do actually get it that is) but I'm hopeing that the game will still look as great on the console. I may have to splash out on a bigger tv (or atleast a widescreen) when I can mannage to get another job so it looks the best it when I am playing. I just hope my internet connecti is good enough now~

But anyway~~~ A 6 month wait isn't looking to bad now is it! It's no wonder they can't fit this beast of a game onto the PS3 just yet.

[Siali]

The recommended settings are what you need to run the game on high. It does not surprise me that it is so high as it was the same thing for FFXI. My PC for that game could not even run it when it launched it was so poor.
For most people you'll need to be looking at the minimum specs, if you can run the game with that you're going to be fine.
Sure you won't be dazzled to the max, but that's what happens when a game is made for the future. Same thing happened with EQ2, the game even had a warning on it that some PCs would not be able to run it. It only took 2 years for the world to catch up to the game, technology just moves so fast. I ran EQ2 in the first year with many graphical settings turned off but I ran it just fine and got prettier over time. : P

I meet the minimum specs and I am not worried. Take that as you will.

[Gloon]

System: Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20 GHz 3.2GHz
Installed Memory (RAM): 6.00 GB
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Fx Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 - 1.5GB




I think I might be in the clear!! Maybe...lol

[Quigleyman73]

Gloon, on Jul 21, 2010 - 4:44 PM, said:

System: Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20 GHz 3.2GHz
Installed Memory (RAM): 6.00 GB
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Fx Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 - 1.5GB




I think I might be in the clear!! Maybe...lol

Yeah, methinks you'll be ok