Official global alpha start date: November 28th.

[Jamison]

I want to know what the game is going to look like on max settings vs mid. Those were some huge specs they mentioned. Here they are again for those who missed Rocl's post.

Same. My setup, built for 1.0, is a little above their listed "mid" specs. I'll consider doing some upgrades next year, but I've very curious how big a bump the visuals will get.

[Dakin]

How do you think an AMD 1055t @3.0 and a gtx 480 will stack up?

[Lucavi]

I want to know what the game is going to look like on max settings vs mid. Those were some huge specs they mentioned. Here they are again for those who missed Rocl's post.

The only thing that really matters if they can optimize the game to actually run at the potential of those specs. They've never made a PC FF that has been optimized to use the full power of the specs they provide. It won't matter how beefy your rig is if the game isn't optimized well enough to run smoothly and without memory leaks.

[Sephiroth]

The only thing that really matters if they can optimize the game to actually run at the potential of those specs. They've never made a PC FF that has been optimized to use the full power of the specs they provide. It won't matter how beefy your rig is if the game isn't optimized well enough to run smoothly and without memory leaks.

Just sucks I built a system about six months ago around an i5 3570k yet that's barely more than mid specs for the game. Definitely not upgrading that but my GPU (which is also mid specs) could use an upgrade next year. I guess it's something we'll have to compare when the benchmark is released.

[Grey Jorildyn]

i have an i5 3570k and a GTX 680. I don't think the game will have any problems running on specs like that whatsoever. I can do the alpha on the highest settings already. I can't imagine it being THAT much better than it looks already.

[kisada]

just got some new stuff myself (i7 3.5ghz, radeon 7870) but have yet to build it.


anyone try the alpha out with specs similar to mine? curious as to how it runs.

[Prothescar]

Those requirements are confusing. Not sure why you'd need hyperthreading for a video game or windows professional. Should be fine with an i5 at the listed clock and obviously with whatever version of 7/8 you want. Will be interested to see how my PC does

[Gulkeeva]

Its possible their going all out on ffxiv, 64bit OS mentioning.. maybe they'll go 64bit like warcraft, did making use of alot more ram to load a lot more stuff on max settings.

How do you think an AMD 1055t @3.0 and a gtx 480 will stack up?

This is below mid, so running mid will probably be a struggle.

Then again, those "recommended" settings, are just recommended, probably for a 30FPS range (which seems to be recommended range for most games to be playable)
Also, beta hasen't even started yet, so those recommended's.. may change!

[Prothescar]

One would assume (and hope) that they'll be optimizing things up until launch, so yeah, definitely room for these things to change

[Lucavi]

This big girl can handle anything they can throw at her. All I care about is whether SE has learned to optimize non-console games.

[Egon]

Its possible their going all out on ffxiv, 64bit OS mentioning.. maybe they'll go 64bit like warcraft, did making use of alot more ram to load a lot more stuff on max settings.



This is below mid, so running mid will probably be a struggle.

Then again, those "recommended" settings, are just recommended, probably for a 30FPS range (which seems to be recommended range for most games to be playable)
Also, beta hasen't even started yet, so those recommended's.. may change!

Uh a 480 is way better than a 5750 and a 1055t is way better than a first gen i5

[Lokus]

I ran the alpha with an i7 980 and a gtx 480 at high settings the entire time. There was only one spot where I had some nasty FPS drop and it had alot of shadowing and lighting going on in the area. It wasn't 60 fps everywhere but never really dipped below 40 either.

[Gulkeeva]

Uh a 480 is way better than a 5750 and a 1055t is way better than a first gen i5

opps, I was thinking it was other way around, had to double check! so could run medium settings then fine and possibly high "playable" settings, but like mentioned, beta hasn't hit yet, those recommendations can change a lot.

[Prothescar]

480's still a very strong card, it just isn't an efficient one

[Dakin]

480's still a very strong card, it just isn't an efficient one

I love my space heater! For real, thing runs hot but beastly. I just bought a new mobo recently to install my SSD, and will probably look to upgrade my heatsink next to push my OC to mid/upper 3's range.

[Gokulo]

These specs might not exactly be the "recommended" ones. It's just the machines they used to show the three different modes.

[millionsknives]

I got annoyed once I saw the Drg AF with female and the hole in the middle. Trust me, I love mithra this time around, but I'm sick of armor being scantily-clad just because its a chick. If they offered two models, I'd be all over them, but I want my Drg AF to look like Drg AF.

Just personal preference.

You and me are apparently the minority opinion on BG!

[Lucavi]

You and me are apparently the minority opinion on BG!

Well we have Gulk and his army to stand against. I don't mind tits, but I'd like a choice. Its not like the armor doesn't already exist in game; why not have them both available?

[Prothescar]

I love my space heater! For real, thing runs hot but beastly. I just bought a new mobo recently to install my SSD, and will probably look to upgrade my heatsink next to push my OC to mid/upper 3's range.

I literally was able to use my PC as a heater last winter, before I replaced my 480.

[Gulkeeva]

Well we have Gulk and his army to stand against. I don't mind tits, but I'd like a choice. Its not like the armor doesn't already exist in game; why not have them both available?

I'm sure everyone knows by now... less on = more defense, it is.. the universal law to asian MMO's!