• Official PC Benchmark Released for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn



    Square-Enix has just released the new official benchmark software for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Wonder how well FFXIV will play on your computer? Go to the benchmark website, download the software, and find out! The website also includes instructions on how to download and launch the benchmark software.

    The software uses actual maps and characters and assigns your computer a score based on how well it runs through the software’s contents. Under 1,000 means your computer cannot play FFXIV, whereas over 9,000 7,000 means that your computer can easily handle the highest settings of the game.

    Based on previous info from the development team, if your computer could handle FFXIV 1.0, it should also be able to run FFXIV: ARR. But I’m sure people will still rest easier knowing for certain!
    This article was originally published in forum thread: Official PC Benchmark Released for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn started by Raistlin View original post
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    1. Del Murder's Avatar
      Del Murder -
      Got 3,400 on the default setting, 2,400 when I increased the resolution a bit. Not bad for a HP laptop.
    1. Ouch!'s Avatar
      Ouch! -
      I scored 6,199 with all the settings turned up to max, so I'm feeling pretty good about that.
    1. Rostum's Avatar
      Rostum -
      Over 9000 with all settings at max, but on 1280x720 resolution. Once I bump that up to 1920x1080 resolution, it goes down to around 6,000. The benchmark just makes me want this so badly - my body is ready!
    1. Ouch!'s Avatar
      Ouch! -
      Yeah, for clarity my score of 6,199 was running at 1600 x 1024. If I bumped it up to 1920 x 1200, I fell drastically to mid 4,000s range with everything on max.
    1. The Summoner of Leviathan's Avatar
      The Summoner of Leviathan -
      Max Settings, Resolution @ 1280x720: 5768
      High Settings, Resolution @ 1920x1080: 4028

      I am happy with this though with my tax return might buy a new, better GPU.
    1. Loony BoB's Avatar
      Loony BoB -
      1600x1000 (my screen res is 1680x1050) at max settings gave me 4,400 or something, which it said is 'High' and should run everything at max settings. There were no problems with the benchmark, very fluid, so I'm pretty happy. Danielle with a similar PC to mine got it running at a higher resolution and it gave her 4,300 or so.
    1. Raistlin's Avatar
      Raistlin -
      I ran the benchmark with the default settings on a 3.5-year-old laptop and received a 1700 score. If even that's capable of running the game, I think most people here are ok.
    1. Lumos's Avatar
      Lumos -
      My screen res is max 1600x900 (*might* get a new monitor ) so my results are all with 1280x720.

      My Medium score - 8225
      My High score - 5483
      My Extreme score - 3604

      System: (3+ year old Dell Studio XPS which ran XI and 1.0 just fine)

      Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130104-1431)
      Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz
      8183.117MB
      NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240(VRAM 494 MB) 8.15.0011.8627

      I will be changing my power supply to 650 to accommodate switching my 240 card to a 560. Will this be a great improvement?
    1. nirojan's Avatar
      nirojan -
      Here's mine:

      Screen Size: 1280x720
      Medium
      Score:10787
      Average Framerate:94.722
      Performance:Extremely High

      High
      Score:7316
      Average Framerate:60.574
      Performance:Extremely High

      Maximum
      Score:5526
      Average Framerate:45.770
      Performance:Very High

      Screen Size: 1920x1080
      Medium
      Score:6299
      Average Framerate:51.337
      Performance:Very High

      High
      Score:3980
      Average Framerate:31.799
      Performance:High

      Maximum
      Score:3012
      Average Framerate:24.121
      Performance:Fairly High

      System:
      Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130104-1431)
      Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
      12248.945MB
      NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650(VRAM 4042 MB) 9.18.0013.0697

      And yes Lumos, you will notice a world of difference. I have a Dell computer myself that I upgraded, so I know your pain with the power supply (had to upgrade to a Corsair TX750), took me like 3 hours trying to cram it in the tower and hook everything up. On another note anyone else notice how the CPU doesn't really get used in this benchmark. Mine never spiked above 20% and for the most part stayed in the 11-15% range.
    1. Mirage's Avatar
      Mirage -
      3600 at max settings, 1920x1080. 4200 with medium shadows and medium ambient occlusion. I feel pretty all right about that as well.
    1. Dignified Pauper's Avatar
      Dignified Pauper -
      Ultimate Settings got me 3545 at 1900x1200 and I didn't actually notice any stuttering. I'll probably put it on High, just because I got 5000 with it.
    1. Rostum's Avatar
      Rostum -
      Quote Originally Posted by nirojan View Post
      Maximum
      Score:3012
      Average Framerate:24.121
      Performance:Fairly High

      System:
      Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130104-1431)
      Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
      12248.945MB
      NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650(VRAM 4042 MB) 9.18.0013.0697

      On another note anyone else notice how the CPU doesn't really get used in this benchmark. Mine never spiked above 20% and for the most part stayed in the 11-15% range.
      There's something wrong with this picture... You should be getting at least double the score with those specs, make sure you turn on occlusion culling (not sure why this isn't on by default, nor why you can even turn it off).

      You'll also find the i7's aren't really utilized by games as well as an i5, neither is the 12GB of RAM. But by no means should it make your performance any lower.
    1. Mirage's Avatar
      Mirage -
      yeah man. I got a higher score on a GTX460 1GB and C2Q at 3.2GHz. Honestly though, just turning down graphics a tiny bit, I become CPU-limited.

      Unless, of course, GTX650 is a mobile GPU with shared RAM.
    1. Loony BoB's Avatar
      Loony BoB -
      Waiting for nirojan to come in and say "Oh, I forgot to add a 1 at the start of all those numbers, silly me!"
    1. Rostum's Avatar
      Rostum -
      Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
      Unless, of course, GTX650 is a mobile GPU with shared RAM.
      That's true, if it's a mobile one then that would explain it. With my scores I'm running an i5 @ 3.0Ghz, 8GB DDR3 RAM and a GTX580.
    1. nirojan's Avatar
      nirojan -
      Quote Originally Posted by Rostum View Post

      make sure you turn on occlusion culling (not sure why this isn't on by default, nor why you can even turn it off).
      How exactly do I turn this on? Been looking online and all I see is Minecraft sites.

      EDIT: This is the card that I bought:http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-2...s=evga+GTX+650

      I don't know why the benchmark shows it as 4GB when it's advertised as 2. Btw, Battlefield 3 and Crysis run great on it.
    1. Rostum's Avatar
      Rostum -
      In the FFXIV benchmark's settings.
    1. nirojan's Avatar
      nirojan -
      No it's not a mobile card, but it turns out the 650's not that great. Will look into an upgrade down the road now that I know more about Nvidia cards (Anything with a x50 is considered an "entry level card", the 6 at the front merely shows what generation of GTX line it is). Probably should have looked this up before buying

      For now, I'll be playing at... a lower resolution
    1. Mirage's Avatar
      Mirage -
      GTX *60 are usually the appliciable generation's mid-level card. while *70 and *80 are the mid-high and high end cards.
    1. nirojan's Avatar
      nirojan -
      Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
      GTX *60 are usually the appliciable generation's mid-level card. while *70 and *80 are the mid-high and high end cards.
      Yeah. For example your 460 is still better than my 650, even though it's two generations behind and 1GB less:
      http://www.hwcompare.com/13824/gefor...tx-650-ti-2gb/

      Now I know
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