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Final Fantasy XIV: And So It Begins - Open Beta TODAY

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  • StrayfeStrayfe Member UncommonPosts: 199

    I run it decent on a Quad Core Q6600 @ 2.8ghz, 4GB of RAM and a Geforce GTX 260.

    40ish FPS on medium settings or 15-20 on max.

  • RandomCasualtyRandomCasualty Member UncommonPosts: 331

    Ok so I'm confused. It states you can apply for a code, but don't see anywhere to do that on the link. The Europeans say the 2nd, NA says the 1st

  • dar_es_balatdar_es_balat Member Posts: 438

    Good God.  A 9600 with 512 mb ram cant play this game?  Thats criminal.  The cards may not be new, but theyre not exactly a trident 9550.   These cards are still on the market and run most modern games without difficultiy.  Thats pretty absurd to say that a major marketshare card would be incapable of running this software.  Crysis can run on full medium settings on a 9600 without much difficulty.  I hardly think these graphics are Crysis quality.

    Im sporting a 5770 1GB card.   Im satisfied with it -- the hardware should last a good 2 years.  This game is too ambitious, and wants to dip too far into its players wallets to get started.   No thanks.

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  • xenon1337xenon1337 Member Posts: 3

    Originally posted by Wrender



    Originally posted by xenon1337

    @Wrender:

     

    I've got a Core-i5 760 running at 3.6GHz and a NVidia GTX460 gfx card.

     

    Game runs perfect.

     Good god man!

    I bet you can communicate with aliens as they zip close to earth at lightspeed with that rig can't ya?

    The lights dim when you fire that puppy up in the entire city don't they?


     

    Nah, I'm living in a big city ;-)

  • TorxTorx Member UncommonPosts: 205

    Originally posted by dar_es_balat

    Good God.  A 9600 with 512 mb ram cant play this game?  Thats criminal.  The cards may not be new, but theyre not exactly a trident 9550.   These cards are still on the market and run most modern games without difficultiy.  Thats pretty absurd to say that a major marketshare card would be incapable of running this software.  Crysis can run on full medium settings on a 9600 without much difficulty.  I hardly think these graphics are Crysis quality.

    Im sporting a 5770 1GB card.   Im satisfied with it -- the hardware should last a good 2 years.  This game is too ambitious, and wants to dip too far into its players wallets to get started.   No thanks.

     

     

    A 9600 should play it at low settings...whats killing you is the 512 ram....thats super low for todays standards.  If you are mad that your pc is too old or out dated then you should play a game a little less graphic intense...or buy a new machine...its not that they have jumped up so fast in requirements that people havn't had time to upgrade.

     

    Better graphics = better computers to run them....its always been that way.

     

    The requirements are not high at all.

     

    Dual Core @ 2.0ghz

    2gb of ram

    9600 nvidia or a Radeon HD2900 or better

    15gb HD space

     

     

    Thats low in my eyees.  

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  • RaxeonRaxeon Member UncommonPosts: 2,288

    the dual core is hurting it alot 2

  • dar_es_balatdar_es_balat Member Posts: 438

    Originally posted by Torx

    Originally posted by dar_es_balat

    Good God.  A 9600 with 512 mb ram cant play this game?  Thats criminal.  The cards may not be new, but theyre not exactly a trident 9550.   These cards are still on the market and run most modern games without difficultiy.  Thats pretty absurd to say that a major marketshare card would be incapable of running this software.  Crysis can run on full medium settings on a 9600 without much difficulty.  I hardly think these graphics are Crysis quality.

    Im sporting a 5770 1GB card.   Im satisfied with it -- the hardware should last a good 2 years.  This game is too ambitious, and wants to dip too far into its players wallets to get started.   No thanks.

    A 9600 should play it at low settings...whats killing you is the 512 ram....thats super low for todays standards.  If you are mad that your pc is too old or out dated then you should play a game a little less graphic intense...or buy a new machine...its not that they have jumped up so fast in requirements that people havn't had time to upgrade.

    Way to skim the post there!  Im not mad at all.  My rig would have zero problem running this game.  5770 with phenom quad core running at 2.83ghz, 8GB RAM, and a few TB free.   This isnt about me.    This is about developers wanting you to upgrade your hardware for every major new release that pops out.   Fans are going to end up shelling out hundreds, possibly even thousands per household to try to play this game when its needs could have been accomplished on a system with far less horsepower if the code were properly optimized.

    In my eyes thats called fleecing the public.

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  • LeociferLeocifer Member Posts: 86

    It's coming out for PS3.

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  • EricDanieEricDanie Member UncommonPosts: 2,238

    Originally posted by juxion



    I can't seem to figure out to apply for the beta.i went to the site,but it doesnt offer a link,just a close window link.any able to tell me how to DL this and signup?


     

    Same here.

  • DancerDancer Member Posts: 102

    Originally posted by Taranx

    Ok so I'm confused. It states you can apply for a code, but don't see anywhere to do that on the link. The Europeans say the 2nd, NA says the 1st

    You can sign up for the code later tonight.  http://entry.ffxiv.com/na/index.html 

    Starting on Sep. 1, 2010 at 19:00 (PDT), acquisition of registration code required for FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test will be available. 

    The time stated is Pacific time, 1900 is 7PM .. 10 eastern.. figure your time zone as needed. 

     

    That link is for North America but there is a link to other regions too. 

  • DancerDancer Member Posts: 102

    And the reason for the date difference is the time zones. in EU it's 2 GMT.. 0200 or 2 AM.  

  • Professor78Professor78 Member UncommonPosts: 611

    Well up at 2am for me then!, get a couple of hours in before work hopefully :)

    If I can't run this game at high/max (see pc in sig) it will force me to upgrade again damn it!!!! lol

     

    I downloaded an old closed beta torrent i found a couple weeks ago, it patches quite often, but obviously can't log in.

    Hope the version I have works still. Square Enix folder is 8.9gb , does that sound about right?

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  • jvxmtgjvxmtg Member Posts: 371

    Originally posted by dar_es_balat

    Good God.  A 9600 with 512 mb ram cant play this game?  Thats criminal.  The cards may not be new, but theyre not exactly a trident 9550.   These cards are still on the market and run most modern games without difficultiy.  Thats pretty absurd to say that a major marketshare card would be incapable of running this software.  Crysis can run on full medium settings on a 9600 without much difficulty.  I hardly think these graphics are Crysis quality.

    Im sporting a 5770 1GB card.   Im satisfied with it -- the hardware should last a good 2 years.  This game is too ambitious, and wants to dip too far into its players wallets to get started.   No thanks.

     The area is alredy pre-render in a single player games like Crysis. In an MMORPG, your graphic card is constantly rendering new things like your environments and other players you come across. Thus it's understandable that you need to meet the minimum system req. Normally running in low settings is not a fun game to play. I remember when I played FFXI at low settings, it feel like I'm alpha testing the game. :/

     

    Also as one other had already mentioned, 512Mb RAM is way too low. The typical minimum RAM requirements is 1Gb atleast and 2Gb when you're running Vista or Win7 OS. Typically when I see a minimum req., I usually double the numbers and see if my system can handle it. If it requires a Dual Core, I make sure I'm running in Quad, if it requires 1Gb RAM, I make sure I have 2Gb, and so on.


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  • natuxatunatuxatu Member UncommonPosts: 1,364

    okay lets go out on a limb and pretend for one second that i'm not very bright >.>

    where do I go on their website to register for beta? it says to log into your account (which I did) to request a beta key... ?

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  • raylone13raylone13 Member Posts: 27

    Originally posted by Dancer

    Originally posted by Taranx

    Ok so I'm confused. It states you can apply for a code, but don't see anywhere to do that on the link. The Europeans say the 2nd, NA says the 1st

    You can sign up for the code later tonight.  http://entry.ffxiv.com/na/index.html 

    Starting on Sep. 1, 2010 at 19:00 (PDT), acquisition of registration code required for FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test will be available. 

    The time stated is Pacific time, 1900 is 7PM .. 10 eastern.. figure your time zone as needed. 

     

    That link is for North America but there is a link to other regions too. 

    thanks for posting times zones i am bad at figureing that stuff out an your post help me a lot

  • adam_noxadam_nox Member UncommonPosts: 2,148

    Originally posted by jvxmtg

    Originally posted by dar_es_balat

    Good God.  A 9600 with 512 mb ram cant play this game?  Thats criminal.  The cards may not be new, but theyre not exactly a trident 9550.   These cards are still on the market and run most modern games without difficultiy.  Thats pretty absurd to say that a major marketshare card would be incapable of running this software.  Crysis can run on full medium settings on a 9600 without much difficulty.  I hardly think these graphics are Crysis quality.

    Im sporting a 5770 1GB card.   Im satisfied with it -- the hardware should last a good 2 years.  This game is too ambitious, and wants to dip too far into its players wallets to get started.   No thanks.

     Also as one other had already mentioned, 512Mb RAM is way too low.

    512 ram in a vid card is plenty, this is separate from system ram.  Know what you are talking about before posting.

  • Professor78Professor78 Member UncommonPosts: 611

    Originally posted by Terikan3

    Originally posted by jvxmtg


    Originally posted by dar_es_balat

    Good God.  A 9600 with 512 mb ram cant play this game?  Thats criminal.  The cards may not be new, but theyre not exactly a trident 9550.   These cards are still on the market and run most modern games without difficultiy.  Thats pretty absurd to say that a major marketshare card would be incapable of running this software.  Crysis can run on full medium settings on a 9600 without much difficulty.  I hardly think these graphics are Crysis quality.

    Im sporting a 5770 1GB card.   Im satisfied with it -- the hardware should last a good 2 years.  This game is too ambitious, and wants to dip too far into its players wallets to get started.   No thanks.

     Also as one other had already mentioned, 512Mb RAM is way too low.

    512 ram in a vid card is plenty, this is separate from system ram.  Know what you are talking about before posting.

    I would only say 512mb on card i ok if you play 1600x1200(just about) and lower, anything above could do with the extra. 2gb is overkill unless you play with multiple displays.

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  • DancerDancer Member Posts: 102

    Originally posted by natuxatu

    okay lets go out on a limb and pretend for one second that i'm not very bright >.>

    where do I go on their website to register for beta? it says to log into your account (which I did) to request a beta key... ?

    It is confusing. 

    http://entry.ffxiv.com/na/index.html

    This is the actual sign up page to register for the beta. Right now it just gives information but tonight or early morning tomorrow (if you are in EU) the page will be changed and you will be able to fill in your information that SE asks and it will give you your registration key.

     

    What is confusing is the sign up page just has info right now. It's all good. We have all day to get it figured out.

     

    :edited spelling

  • DancerDancer Member Posts: 102

    Originally posted by raylone13

    Originally posted by Dancer


    Originally posted by Taranx

    Ok so I'm confused. It states you can apply for a code, but don't see anywhere to do that on the link. The Europeans say the 2nd, NA says the 1st

    You can sign up for the code later tonight.  http://entry.ffxiv.com/na/index.html 

    Starting on Sep. 1, 2010 at 19:00 (PDT), acquisition of registration code required for FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test will be available. 

    The time stated is Pacific time, 1900 is 7PM .. 10 eastern.. figure your time zone as needed. 

     

    That link is for North America but there is a link to other regions too. 

    thanks for posting times zones i am bad at figureing that stuff out an your post help me a lot

    You are very welcome.

  • PhelimReaghPhelimReagh Member UncommonPosts: 682

    I think the technological point being made is that this game is only going to be run on top-end gaming desktops at this point. That's all well and good, but I'm pretty sure you're giong to exclude 80-90% of MMO gamers out there right now in doing so.

     

    Feel free to denigrate those who don't really see a reason to shell out another $2,000 just to play a particular video game , but that's not going to convince anyone to try the game considering they're probably already playing at least one or two that currently run just fine on their non-hard-core setup.

  • MundusMundus Member UncommonPosts: 237

    You could spend $300 ($1300 if you need an HD TV) and play it on the PS3 later.

  • OzivoisOzivois Member UncommonPosts: 598

    Originally posted by PhelimReagh

    I think the technological point being made is that this game is only going to be run on top-end gaming desktops at this point. That's all well and good, but I'm pretty sure you're giong to exclude 80-90% of MMO gamers out there right now in doing so.

     

    Feel free to denigrate those who don't really see a reason to shell out another $2,000 just to play a particular video game , but that's not going to convince anyone to try the game considering they're probably already playing at least one or two that currently run just fine on their non-hard-core setup.

     I spent $1150 on a new computer build that included an i7-930, 6 GB memory and an nVidia gtx 465 1GB video card.  So it won't cost $2,000.  And really the graphics card is the biggest issue you might have so a simple upgrade is all you need:  you can get a decent one these days for $100 or a better midrange one (like a gtx 460/465) for around $200.

  • DancerDancer Member Posts: 102

    I know some friends who did the betas. They all said same thing, the benchmark is way off. One friend has a 3 year old PC, only duel core, running at 2.3,  RAM is 2g and his video card has 512 on board. Now I am not sure of the the actual brands of his hardware. His benchmark was in the 1200's. He said the game ran fine. Some studders in city with lots of peeps hanging out but when he was out and about questing, farming, etc.. it was smooth. 

    Don't go breaking the bank to play the game, with adjustments I am sure we'll all be ok.

  • lethyslethys Member UncommonPosts: 585

    This is basically going to be the same exact game as everything else with some updated graphics.  MMO's are really pissing me off recently.  No unique ideas at all.

  • GenreNinjaGenreNinja Member CommonPosts: 159

    Originally posted by lethys

    This is basically going to be the same exact game as everything else with some updated graphics.  MMO's are really pissing me off recently.  No unique ideas at all.

    have you.. even researched this game?

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