Can I Run Final Fantasy IX?
Final Fantasy IX is a role playing game from Square Enix, released in 2016. Square Enix both developed and published it. The game supports a single player campaign. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Critics scored it 84 on Metacritic. 5 languages are covered by the store listing. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller. It carries 85 achievements. With more than 12 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz or higher |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS or ATI Radeon HD4650 or higher |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 7 GB |
| OS | Windows Vista /7/8/8.1/10 |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Core i5 2520 2.5GHz or better |
|---|---|
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (32bit / 64bit) |
| DirectX | 9 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a fantasy world. Play is structured around one continuous open world. The publisher supplies 7 storefront screenshots of these environments. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Final Fantasy IX can never assume the player will stop and let it load.
Why Final Fantasy IX is demanding
Final Fantasy IX needs only 4 GB of RAM. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. The DirectX requirement is undemanding, at version 9. Final Fantasy IX takes about 20 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Final Fantasy IX?
Final Fantasy IX targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS or ATI Radeon HD4650 or higher and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Final Fantasy IX?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz or higher; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS or ATI Radeon HD4650 or higher; 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows Vista /7/8/8.1/10.
How much storage does Final Fantasy IX need?
Final Fantasy IX needs about 7 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Final Fantasy IX?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Final Fantasy IX is the CPU.