With the latest announcement of Final Fantasy XIV's release date this September on PC (and collector's edition detailing) many people may be interested in the official system requirements listed for the beta beginning on PC in July. If you are hoping that a system below these requirements will still play the full version title (even if it is below these beta requirements) you will be able to use this as an indicator from Square Enix of what they will consider minimum at this time. Hit the break for the full details!

Operating System

Windows XP SP3 **

Windows Vista 32bit / 64bit SP2 ***

Windows 7 32bit / 64bit ***

CPU

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo (2.0GHz)

AMD Athlon™ X2 (2.0GHz)

Memory

Windows XP: 1.5GB or higher

Windows Vista / Windows® 7: 2GB or higher

HDD/SSD Space

Install: 15GB or more

Download: Space on the hard drive where My Documents is located should be 6GB or more ****

Graphics Card

NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600 series or higher with VRAM 512MB or more

ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 series or higher with VRAM 512MB or more

Sound Card

DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)

Internet Connections

Broadband Internet connection or higher

Resolution

1280 x 720 or higher; 32bit or higher

DirectX®

DirectX® 9.0c

Others

Mouse, Keyboard, Gamepad *****

** If using Windows XP, the executable files, installation and version updates should be set to Administrator settings.

*** 64bit OS will run in WOW64 (Windows on Windows 64) mode.

**** The file system in the drive containing the My Documents folder will need to be set to NTFS formatting.

***** A gamepad is not required.

These are not the final system requirements for the full game release and may be adjusted after the beta. You can also check out the Official Final Fantasy XIV Benchmark Tool which may assist in getting an optimal setup prepared for this highly anticipated MMO-RPG release.