FFXIV Hardware Requirements

[Akiyama]

Shell Shocker Deal from NewEgg, normal price is $110. I did some research, it's a good PSU from all that I've read, aside for the ones that are DOA haha. Oh well!

Ahh. Mine's a Corsair 520HX 520W Modular PSU, and it was something like.. $110 on a special deal, Haha. That's a pretty good deal for yours, though I've never heard of the brand.

[shaddix]

I had an OCZ 750w PSU, when it died and I RMA'd it, they sent me back an 850w.

[SalehCoder]

Too bad FFXIV is DirectX 9c based. Would love DirectX11 support

[Seph13]

I am planning on getting it for ps3, but I may try pc since it comes out several months earlier but I'm not sure if it will work on my 4 year old pc, and I don't know a lot about computers.

My pc runs on Windows Vista (32bit?)
2 gb of ram
55.5 gb free on my hd
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 CPU T5300 @ 1.73ghz 1.73ghz processor (Idk what this means)
Direct x10

Do you believe this will support 14 at least for the several months it isn't on ps3?

[Cooleko]

I am planning on getting it for ps3, but I may try pc since it comes out several months earlier but I'm not sure if it will work on my 4 year old pc, and I don't know a lot about computers.

My pc runs on Windows Vista (32bit?)
2 gb of ram
55.5 gb free on my hd
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 CPU T5300 @ 1.73ghz 1.73ghz processor (Idk what this means)
Direct x10

Do you believe this will support 14 at least for the several months it isn't on ps3?

I doubt you will be able to run it. Seems to me you may be using integrated GPU which is a huge no, and no ram/speed on processor.

[Seph13]

I doubt you will be able to run it. Seems to me you may be using integrated GPU which is a huge no, and no ram/speed on processor.

Thanks for your input. I'm not sure what an integrated GPU is, but I checked my processing speed, and it was 1781 Mhz, which I'm guessing is pretty slow.

[Tonks]

I think the minimum requirements are at least a 2.0 ghz processor.

[Jianfre]

Its a 4 year old pc. My specs blow it away and it cannot run ffxiv. Then again... integrated chip set or GPU wouldn't matter with CPU being so terrible either. Just a peak at the low res benchmark thread cpus show that you need either a good 2 core cpu or better to run FFXIV decently.

[KoRnpedo]

I've been thinking a lot about upgrading my rig lately, but I think I might just leave it as it is till mid 2011 and get the best card out there by then.

my rig specs are:

Intel Core-i7 920 @ 2.66 GHz
6 GB of DDR3 @ 1300 MHz
ATI Radeon HD4870 1GB DDR5
TT PSU 750 WATT

I tried running the benchmark but it didn't work for some reason...
nyways, any recommendation? how good do u think my rig will run the game?

[alecrast]

I've been thinking a lot about upgrading my rig lately, but I think I might just leave it as it is till mid 2011 and get the best card out there by then.

my rig specs are:

Intel Core-i7 920 @ 2.66 GHz
6 GB of DDR3 @ 1300 MHz
ATI Radeon HD4870 1GB DDR5
TT PSU 750 WATT

I tried running the benchmark but it didn't work for some reason...
nyways, any recommendation? how good do u think my rig will run the game?

The 4870 is the weakest component in your rig. I don't really see any reason for you to upgrade anything but the video card. You'll probably get around 2100 on high and 4100 on low. Refreshes from both NVIDIA and ATI are rumored in Q4 this year and Q1 next year. If NVIDIA can do for the GTX480 what GT104 did for GT100, then that might be the card to get though I'll reserve judgement until I see numbers from both companies.

[KoRnpedo]

The 4870 is the weakest component in your rig. I don't really see any reason for you to upgrade anything but the video card. You'll probably get around 2100 on high and 4100 on low.

how about getting an extra one? would that help? since I can probably find a cheap one nowadays..

[alecrast]

how about getting an extra one? would that help? since I can probably find a cheap one nowadays..

I can't really say since the jury is still out on Crossfire performance for FFXIV. It will help, of course, but depending how much you're spending plus depending how much of a hassle Crossfire might be - don't really know yet - in FFXIV, even if you exactly double your score, you're still coming in right around what you'd get out of a single 5830 or GTX460. In that case, with the 460 only being around $200, I'd probaby get the 460 and ride that out until Q2/Q3 2011 cards start appearing.

[KoRnpedo]

I can't really say since the jury is still out on Crossfire performance for FFXIV. It will help, of course, but depending how much you're spending plus depending how much of a hassle Crossfire might be - don't really know yet - in FFXIV, even if you exactly double your score, you're still coming in right around what you'd get out of a single 5830 or GTX460. In that case, with the 460 only being around $200, I'd probaby get the 460 and ride that out until Q2/Q3 2011 cards start appearing.

guess im just gonna keep it as it is, since im planing on going all multi-monitors and probably a 3D capable ones by next year.. if i get some extra cash i might throw a 460 or higher in till then...

[shaddix]

xfire destroys sli in the benchmark currently
probably will change though

[Amele]

xfire destroys sli in the benchmark currently
probably will change though

people have gotten crossfire to run in the ffxiv bench? (or sli for that matter, which is different than multi-gpu AFR)


if you're talking a different bench, I'd like to see it - last I checked, SLI scaling was much larger than crossfire.

[Jojimbo]

Best I've done is 4.5 to 7k (HD 5770) on low using .dll hack. Not sure on results with SLI

I didn't get round to testing yesterday but I will test FPS in game with 1/2 cards running (If I max settings I only get ~15 fps with CF on)

[Lithiani]

Just wondering if anyone has experiences with a system similar to mine running FFXIV;

I have a Core 2 Duo 2.6 w/ 3gig RAM. My GFX card is obsolete (Nv7800) and being replaced next month. I'm unsure as to whether to upgrade to a single Nv9 series, or a pair of SLI'd Nv8s

I'm leaning towards the 9, and then getting a second later, as it's more future proof I think...

[shaddix]

people have gotten crossfire to run in the ffxiv bench? (or sli for that matter, which is different than multi-gpu AFR)


if you're talking a different bench, I'd like to see it - last I checked, SLI scaling was much larger than crossfire.

SLI scaling is much better than xfire usually
Here is a thread explaining how to enable xfire/sli on benchmark, I haven't tried it myself since my 2nd 8800 is sitting over there on a shelf in anticipation of replacement gtx 460.

http://www.psu.com/forums/showthread.php?t=235360 He gives credit to someone on alla.

This post on [H] with supposedly working GTX 480s in sli with a 4ghz i7 is giving a high score of 6333.

[Dolmen]

Well, I finally finished figuring out just what the hell I'm going to build, but I'm looking for critiques and such. My build will be:

Intel i7-930 CPU
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 X58 ATX Motherboard
6GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600 RAM
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
Cooler Master HAF932 High Air Flow Case
Thermaltake TR2 RX 750W Modular Power Supply

The questions that remain are regarding the heatsink, video card, and PSU:

1) Does anyone have a good recommendation for a heatsink/CPU cooling solution?
2) I'm still undecided on the graphics card. I'm looking at the GTX 460 or the GTX 470, specifically the EVGA GeForce GTX 470 SuperClocked 1280MB going for $325 after rebate. Is that 470 worth the extra $125 over a GTX 460?
3) How is that PSU? Recommendations regarding that would be great as well.

Thanks.

[Vuitton]

Well, I finally finished figuring out just what the hell I'm going to build, but I'm looking for critiques and such. My build will be:

Intel i7-930 CPU
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 X58 ATX Motherboard
6GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600 RAM
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
Cooler Master HAF932 High Air Flow Case
Thermaltake TR2 RX 750W Modular Power Supply

The questions that remain are regarding the heatsink, video card, and PSU:

1) Does anyone have a good recommendation for a heatsink/CPU cooling solution?
2) I'm still undecided on the graphics card. I'm looking at the GTX 460 or the GTX 470, specifically the EVGA GeForce GTX 470 SuperClocked 1280MB going for $325 after rebate. Is that 470 worth the extra $125 over a GTX 460?
3) How is that PSU? Recommendations regarding that would be great as well.

Thanks.

My build is similar to this. Same mobo/cpu, at least. The cpu heatsink I recommend (if you're overclocking) is the prolimatech megahalems with two yate loon 120mm fans.

As for the PSU, 750w should be enough for the 460/470, but not if you want to SLI. The fermi cards are power hungry and you'd need like a 1000w PSU to give you some leeway for an SLI build