Can I Run Final Fantasy XIV PC?
Final Fantasy XIV PC is a massively multiplayer role playing game from Square Enix, released in 2014. Square Enix both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Its Metacritic score stands at 83. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Over 78 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. A pad covers most of the game, though parts of it still expect a 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 HDD |
| OS | Windows® 11 64 bit |
| DirectX | Version 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 HDD |
| OS | Windows® 11 64 bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a fantasy world, moving through one continuous open world. The view is from a third person view. 10 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Final Fantasy XIV PC can never assume the player will stop and let it load.
Why Final Fantasy XIV PC is demanding
The ask Final Fantasy XIV PC makes is moderate. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. Installation is large at roughly 140 GB. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Final Fantasy XIV PC at the floor and Final Fantasy XIV PC at the recommended tier are not the same experience.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Final Fantasy XIV PC?
Free up space before installing Final Fantasy XIV PC: it needs roughly 140 GB of HDD storage. 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 PC needs about 140 GB of HDD 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 PC'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 PC?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Final Fantasy XIV PC?
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 PC need?
Final Fantasy XIV PC needs about 140 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Final Fantasy XIV PC?
The RTX 3060 runs Final Fantasy XIV PC comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Final Fantasy XIV PC?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Final Fantasy XIV PC is the GPU.