FFXIV Hardware Requirements

[Satyr]

Intel Q6600 OC @ 2.55GHz
4GB DDR800 ram

[Shenrien]

Thinking of building a new soon, planning on;

2,048MB ATI FirePro V8800
A-DATA Gaming Series 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3
Western Digital Caviar Black 1.5TB 7200 RPM
AMD Phenom II X4 945

unsure as to what motherboard to get.

misc;
ASUS MS246H Glossy Black Widescreen LCD Monitor


I've got a 550Watt Powersupply I'm currently using, going to see if I can get away with that, if not I'll probably see what I can get at the time.

[Freelancer]

Thinking of building a new soon, planning on;

2,048MB ATI FirePro V8800
A-DATA Gaming Series 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3
Western Digital Caviar Black 1.5TB 7200 RPM
AMD Phenom II X4 945

unsure as to what motherboard to get.

misc;
ASUS MS246H Glossy Black Widescreen LCD Monitor


I've got a 550Watt Powersupply I'm currently using, going to see if I can get away with that, if not I'll probably see what I can get at the time.

That's a workstation GPU, do you plan on using the system for "work"? because you can make a decent gaming PC for the price of 1 of those cards.

[yzn]

Thinking of building a new soon, planning on;

2,048MB ATI FirePro V8800
A-DATA Gaming Series 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3
Western Digital Caviar Black 1.5TB 7200 RPM
AMD Phenom II X4 945

unsure as to what motherboard to get.

misc;
ASUS MS246H Glossy Black Widescreen LCD Monitor


I've got a 550Watt Powersupply I'm currently using, going to see if I can get away with that, if not I'll probably see what I can get at the time.

550W is more than enough power for this system but you will need a better grafics card.

[bluefan]

550W is more than enough power for this system but you will need a better grafics card.

Unless he needs it for work.

I have a friend with V8650 and he plays Dragon Age just fine. Not meant for gaming enthusiasts, but it'll get the job done. Plus, the V8800 uses the same core as the 5870, which is plenty enough for most people.

[Celeras]

It's like a $1200 workstation GPU to boot, lol. It'll run it fine.

[sruon]

Well for $1500 he better need it for work. :<

[Shenrien]

Well for $1500 he better need it for work. :<

majority of my work gets either started/finished at home either way, but I can handle that on my current card no problem, any suggestions for something cheaper then? going to have shit load of cash to blow in the up coming month

http://worldoffantasy.free.fr/seph.png

Ouch gl with the fan boys, btw I like that text

[Sworrub]

I know there are other posts about this, but I'm going to put my stats here to see what opinions are.

I can run Crysis 64-bit with "Very High" everything at 25-30FPS at 1440x900 with 8x AA... and 30-35 on 2x AA... and with any other game I'm pushing 40-80FPS at max settings. I'm using an Alienware M17x built around December 5th, 2009 (just before they started putting i7s in).

All that matters:

-Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
-3.2GHz (overclocked from 2.8) Intel Core 2 Duo T9600
-2x 1GB nVidia GTX 260Ms SLI
-8GB 1333MHz DDR3 RAM
-Plenty of harddrive space

FFXIV - PC System Requirements (Alpha Stage - 3/20/10)
*note: The following information is subject to change, and what changes have been made official or have been updated as from here on out, will be respectfully reflected here.

I'm sure many people who are looking to play this on their PC have all thought the same thing "Can my PC handle this game? will it be like Aion's system specifications?"

Fortunately and sadly, the system requirements are a bit "beefier" then most even thought, and the game is still in alpha testing, so two things could happen in the near future, the following specifications could increases (yikes), or decrease (phew).

Operating System
Windows XP SP3
Windows Vista: 32-bit /
64-bit SP2
Windows 7: 32-bit / 64-bit

CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo (2.4 GHz)
AMD Athlon X2 (2.4 GHz)

RAM
Windows XP: 1.5GB
Windows Vista / Windows 7: 2GB

Hard Disk Space
10 GB for installing
10 GB on drive containing the My Documents folder for downloading

GPU
NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or higher VRAM 512 MB
Radeon HD 2900 or higher VRAM 512 MB
(Will most likely get tuned down to 256)

Audio
DirectSound compatible (DirectX 9.0)

Internet
broadband connection

Monitor Resolution
1280 x 720 (32 bit color)

DirectX
DirectX 9.0c

Ooohh, my laptop would eat this game alive

[Diabolos]

If square wants to steal some of the WOW success then sys reqs will have to be very generous. I shouldn't have to build a new pc to be able to play this on day 1

[Pikarya]

If square wants to steal some of the WOW success then sys reqs will have to be very generous. I shouldn't have to build a new pc to be able to play this on day 1

This is the general idea, unless you're still using a Celeron.

[bluefan]

If square wants to steal some of the WOW success then sys reqs will have to be very generous. I shouldn't have to build a new pc to be able to play this on day 1

Not being snobbish, but SE has given a very good alternative then spending butt loads for a new PC. Across the several XIV boards I frequent, a good majority of people will go the PS3 route for this reason specifically.

We'll have to remain and see how SE handles the Settings option though. I'm sure if everything is set to low/mid-low, most gaming PCs built in the last couple of years should run it fine.

[Purrrfect]

If square wants to steal some of the WOW success then sys reqs will have to be very generous. I shouldn't have to build a new pc to be able to play this on day 1

True enough, but there is a HUEG difference in quality between WoW and even the alpha test.

[Freelancer]

majority of my work gets either started/finished at home either way, but I can handle that on my current card no problem, any suggestions for something cheaper then? going to have shit load of cash to blow in the up coming month



Ouch gl with the fan boys, btw I like that text

Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz LGA 1366 cpu -285$
ASUS P6X58D Premium LGA 1366 Intel X58 - 290$
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory - 150$
ATI Radeon 5870 GPU by any company you prefer - 400$
Corsair HX 750w PSU -120$
Cooler Master HAF 922 mid tower case - 90$
WD 500GB/1TB w/e size you want 80-110$
Whole thing for 1335$ Make that around1450$ after adding HDDs

[yzn]

Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz LGA 1366 cpu -285$
ASUS P6X58D Premium LGA 1366 Intel X58 - 290$
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory - 150$
ATI Radeon 5870 GPU by any company you prefer - 400$
Corsair HX 750w PSU -120$
Cooler Master HAF 922 mid tower case - 90$

Whole thing for 1335$

550W is enough power for that system. unless you dont want to switch from 5870 to a 5970.

[Freelancer]

550W is enough power for that system. unless you dont want to switch from 5870 to a 5970.

Modular PSU for cable management and its always good to have some head room in case he changes components or go CFX (Though I'm not sure 750 can support 2 5780s...)

[Darkyrm]

majority of my work gets either started/finished at home either way, but I can handle that on my current card no problem, any suggestions for something cheaper then? going to have shit load of cash to blow in the up coming month

ATI FirePro V8800 is a waste of money if you are not going to use it for specific 3D work [3Dstudio Max/Maya/etc], V8800 is like a Radeon 5870 2GB iirc and thats about 500$ and for about 200$ more you have the current gaming behemoth 5970. [I got a humble passive 5750 but just because I want a silent PC, think I will be able to get away with it for FFXIV]

I would use the extra money to get a really good motherboard, more ram, a good monitor, a good case, a really good PSU or a SDD for SO/Programs.

Best choice if you are not in a hurry is to wait as close to the realease date to get a new system.

[Shenrien]

Best choice if you are not in a hurry is to wait as close to the realease date to get a new system.

That was my intentions, but my system I'm currently running is 2-3 years old but the specs on the system are nothing amazing because I built it when I didn't exactly have a ton of money to spend, and my previewus setup had just taken a shit on me because my GF thought that you could pull the cords off of the cards and what not with the system on.

End Result, I got to save 50$ on a 550Watt power supply, that's it.

Oh and I got a chance to smack a bitch that day. :D

[LinktheDeme]

I just recently bought a graphics card for this game and the card was the
GeForce 9400 GT

the minimum for the game was

GPU
NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or higher VRAM 512 MB
Radeon HD 2900 or higher VRAM 512 MB
(Will most likely get tuned down to 256)

however when I was doing the alpha yesterday it was REALLY choppy. Even with auto run I was still running slower than other people.

Processor is 3.0 Ghz Dual core pentium 4
3 GB of DDRRAM
Windows XP 32 bit
150 GB Hard drive

Not sure what else should be posted

[Freelancer]

I just recently bought a graphics card for this game and the card was the
GeForce 9400 GT

the minimum for the game was

GPU
NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or higher VRAM 512 MB
Radeon HD 2900 or higher VRAM 512 MB
(Will most likely get tuned down to 256)

however when I was doing the alpha yesterday it was REALLY choppy. Even with auto run I was still running slower than other people.

Processor is 3.0 Ghz Dual core pentium 4
3 GB of DDRRAM
Windows XP 32 bit
150 GB Hard drive

Not sure what else should be posted

9000 series is mostly re branded 8000s. you can get a better card and use your current one for PhsyX. an ATI 5770 will work for now with a patch to activate PhsyX on it.