ARR Recommended Requirements?

I know in FFXIV 1.0 Nvidia and Intel were SE's partners. Notice that AMD CPUs are not even listed at all. I seriously doubt SE didn't much testing with AMD GPUs yet. SE probably needs to figure out the equivalent AMD GPU to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti for their new engine.

Remember to read this line:
"* Please note that these requirements may change for the final release version"

Looks like these requirements were thrown together quickly so I'm positive they will change.

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Originally Posted by Pseudopsia

I know in FFXIV 1.0 Nvidia and Intel were SE's partners. Notice that AMD CPUs are not even listed at all. I seriously doubt SE didn't much testing with AMD GPUs yet. SE probably needs to figure out the equivalent AMD GPU to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti for their new engine.

Remember to read this line:
* Please note that these requirements may change for the final release version

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Even after what I said I would imagine they would have at least some test boxed running AMD, I would like clarification on this, it would help any AMD users with giving feedback during the beta test.

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Originally Posted by Delsus

Even after what I said I would imagine they would have at least some test boxed running AMD, I would like clarification on this, it would help any AMD users with giving feedback during the beta test.

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id clarify it for u but i cant :/

I think figuring out the specific video card that meets the recommended requirements is the least of SE's priorities right now.

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Originally Posted by Pseudopsia

I think figuring out the specific video card that meets the recommended requirements is the least of SE's priorities right now.

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Not really because people who want to play on max settings with no lag need this information, seeing a top of the range card under recommended (and I mean absolutely top of the range) could put people off, especially people who swear by AMD.

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Originally Posted by Delsus

Not really because people who want to play on max settings with no lag need this information, seeing a top of the range card under recommended (and I mean absolutely top of the range) could put people off, especially people who swear by AMD.

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For beta I don't think so. These are rough beta requirements, not official release requirements.
"[Windows PC Beta Test Requirements]"
"* Please note that these requirements may change for the final release version"


If you want to go back to Alpha test they didn't even list any AMD GPUs:
http://entry.ffxiv.com/alpha/index_na.html

This thread is seriously making a big deal out of nothing. It would be serious if this was official release requirements.

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Originally Posted by Pseudopsia

For beta I don't think so. These are rough beta requirements, not official release requirements.
"[Windows PC Beta Test Requirements]"
"* Please note that these requirements may change for the final release version"

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I know this, I'm just saying if these do turn out to be the release requirements, it could turn people off, as people have already stated the Radeon HD 7979 and GTX 5xx series are lightyears apart in performance, whilst yes it could be that they have no AMD test box so have that there to get feedback, but with a company as large as SE it seems unlikely this is the case.

SE might want to reference the following:Tom's Hardware graphics cards hierarchy chart

GTX5xx covers ALOT of ground.

FFXI for years didn't list AMD GPUs on their website. SE is a fan of Nvidia, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they didn't have any test boxes running AMD cards.

AMD sucks. Yay for 670 SLI.