Can I Run Final Fantasy XIV Online?
Released in 2014, Final Fantasy XIV Online is a massively multiplayer role playing game built by Square Enix. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Its Steam review count passes 78 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Metacritic places it at 83. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™i5-8400 or higher |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or higher, AMD Radeon RX 480 or higher |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 140 GB |
| OS | Windows® 11 64 bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™i7-9700 or higher |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or higher, AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT or higher |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 140 GB |
| OS | Windows® 11 64 bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a fantasy world. Play is structured around one continuous open world. Play is presented from a third person view. There are 10 official screenshots to judge the look from. That openness is what costs performance. Final Fantasy XIV Online has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves.
Why Final Fantasy XIV Online is demanding
Final Fantasy XIV Online sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Final Fantasy XIV Online at the floor and Final Fantasy XIV Online at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Final Fantasy XIV Online needs 64 bit Windows. Budget around 140 GB of storage for Final Fantasy XIV Online.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Final Fantasy XIV Online?
Free up space before installing Final Fantasy XIV Online: it needs roughly 140 GB. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or higher, AMD Radeon RX 480 or higher and 8 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Final Fantasy XIV Online needs about 140 GB of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.26x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.71x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.31x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Final Fantasy XIV Online's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Final Fantasy XIV Online?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Final Fantasy XIV Online?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™i5-8400 or higher; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or higher, AMD Radeon RX 480 or higher; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 11 64 bit.
How much storage does Final Fantasy XIV Online need?
Final Fantasy XIV Online needs about 140 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Final Fantasy XIV Online?
The RTX 3060 runs Final Fantasy XIV Online comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Final Fantasy XIV Online?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Final Fantasy XIV Online is the GPU.