New PC build

[Votraftur]

Good morning! Thank you for posting in the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

Unfortunately although the concerns you are describing are technical in nature, it does does not appear to be specifically a technical issue. I will go ahead and move this thread to “General Discussion" instead.

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[Xaruko_Nexume]

I apologize if im wrong but this OP feels like a humble brag. People who participate in social media about PC's such as reddit, youtube comments etc. are used to people asking if their ridiculously over priced PC will run Counter Strike or something silly.

"Hey guys, im buying a Lamborghini Diablo SV, do you think it will be good enough to go to the grocery store and back?"

[TaleraRistain]

I apologize if im wrong but this OP feels like a humble brag. People who participate in social media about PC's such as reddit, youtube comments etc. are used to people asking if their ridiculously over priced PC will run Counter Strike or something silly.

"Hey guys, im buying a Lamborghini Diablo SV, do you think it will be good enough to go to the grocery store and back?"

Not really. They're pushing the system requirements up quite a bit with Dawntrail so I think a lot of us are considering new builds and also want to future-proof a bit.

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

I apologize if im wrong but this OP feels like a humble brag. People who participate in social media about PC's such as reddit, youtube comments etc. are used to people asking if their ridiculously over priced PC will run Counter Strike or something silly.

"Hey guys, im buying a Lamborghini Diablo SV, do you think it will be good enough to go to the grocery store and back?"

Humble brag? What, someone with limited knowledge about PC components can't ask for advice if whatever overkill things they put together is even worth the investment since they dont know if its too much or not enough? Recently told someone they don't need to break bank buying a 4080 or 90 when a 4070ti will still hit solid numbers for them - building a good PC thats worth its investment is not THAT easy.

Talera also brought a good point with system requirements.

[Mr_Gyactus]

I apologize if im wrong but this OP feels like a humble brag. People who participate in social media about PC's such as reddit, youtube comments etc. are used to people asking if their ridiculously over priced PC will run Counter Strike or something silly.

"Hey guys, im buying a Lamborghini Diablo SV, do you think it will be good enough to go to the grocery store and back?"

Stttt, please don't ruin my afternoon discussion.

[Nebelheim]

I apologize if im wrong but this OP feels like a humble brag. People who participate in social media about PC's such as reddit, youtube comments etc. are used to people asking if their ridiculously over priced PC will run Counter Strike or something silly.

"Hey guys, im buying a Lamborghini Diablo SV, do you think it will be good enough to go to the grocery store and back?"

You seem to be weirdly insecure over someone asking for advice on a pc build by claiming there flexing or bragging. In no way were they bragging or acting like a pc elitist. It always seems to be console gamers coming into these threads claiming people are bragging because they saved enough money to buy a decent pc and asking for advice from knowledgeable people. How dare someone save up enough money for a pc and asking for advice and people are willing to help out.

[Amenara]

I am in the process of building a new PC. The processor I am planning is an Intel I5 12600k and a Nvidia 4090 16m graphics card. Would that be sufficient to get maximum performance from FFXIV. FFXIV is the only game I play, and I don't want to overkill on hardware. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I hope this is the right place to post this.

Without any additional information we can't really help you effectively. The 12600k and 4090 is a bit lopsided, but if you are playing on 4k resolution it will probably be fine. If you are on 1080p or 1440p you might run into a bit of bottlenecking, though at 1440p I don't see it being too much of an issue.

Do you have a budget in mind? What resolution of monitor are you playing on? Do you play games other than FF14? Do you play games with ray tracing or can take advantage of DLSS and frame generation? Lot's of questions to have answered before we can realistically give any real recommendations.

[Yeol]

I Would that be sufficient to get maximum performance from FFXIV. FFXIV is the only game I play, and I don't want to overkill on hardware.

My recommendation is to wait for Dawntrail benchmark. A lot of players will be posting their benchmark scores with their PC specs.

It will also give a better idea about how the current hardware preforms with the graphics update we're getting in 7.0.

[remiff]

Frankly, even though the recommended configuration may change, an RTX 2060 for 1080p/60fps is relatively weak.

The 2060 performs at a level similar to a GTX 1080, a graphics card that is now over 6 years old. It's not very useful to upgrade to a recent graphics card like the RTX 4070-4090,
unless your current graphics card is significantly outdated, especially considering that for FF14, the CPU plays a more crucial role.

Unless you intend to play at maximum settings in 4K, you'll need to invest in a robust setup,
however, a 4070 or higher is still excessive for FF14, unless you plan to play other recent games as well.

[Tankymctankface]

This pins it at 60fps with the 4k texture pack, max everything, with reshade...
PC used currently. i7-8700 3.2 GHz
PAlit 3070
32gb ram
Prime Z370-P mobo
Bunch of mixed NVME, SSD and platter drives.

Edit, just turned vsync off 170fps or so. So lots of room to add more more stuff to eat performance if you want. Or just go into big crowds. I'm alone out in the wild currently.