Thu, Jul 22, 2010 | 15:16 BST

FFXIV: Class artwork released, PC specs announced

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Square Enix has released artwork for the 18 different classes to choose from in Final Fantasy XIV, along with the recommended system specifications in order to run the game on your PC.

Get all of it after the break.

In the shots below, you will notice classes are divided into four different categories: Crafter, Fighter, Gatherer, and Sorcerer.

More classes are to be added after the game launches in September.

PC requirements and recommendations pulled from the game’s official website (via BigDowload) are as follows:

Required settings to run the game smoothly with stipulated in-game settings:

Window Size and Display Mode: 1280×720 (Windowed)
Ambient Occlusion: OFF
Depth of Field: ON
Shadow Detail: Standard
Multisampling: 4x MSAA
Buffer Size: Window Size
Texture Quality: High
Texture Filtering: High

Recommended System Requirements

OS: Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit (On a 64-bit OS, the software will run via WOW64 ( Windows 32-bit On Windows 64-bit )
CPU: Intel Core i7 2.66GHz or higher
RAM: 4GB or more
HDD/SDD Installation: 15GB of free space
Download: 6GB of free space on the drive containing “My Documents”
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better with VRAM 768MB or more
Sound Card: DirectSound compatible sound card (DirectX 9.0c or higher)
Internet Connection: Broadband or better (always-on)
Resolution: 1280×720 (32-bit) or higher
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c
Others: Mouse, Keyboard, Gamepad

FFXIV will be released on September 30 for PC, with the PS3 version delayed into March due to technical issues.

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9 comments

Hunam
22/07/10, 3:20 pm

Worth a note than the standard settings on 720p, the benchmark ran fine on a core 2 duo 2.4ghz, 2gb ram, windows xp 32, nvidia 8800GT

Erthazus
22/07/10, 4:50 pm

This is some real shit. I mean they are already asking for the shitty graphics next generation videocard.

Something is wrong here. I understand that with raids you need this type of hardware, but 460 GTX and i7 2.66 GHZ? Really?

Hunam
22/07/10, 4:51 pm

460 is only £150.

Erthazus
22/07/10, 4:53 pm

and what if it is 150 gbp? They are already asking VRAM 768MB for the shitty graphics.

Guild Wars 2 or AoC looks better by a mile and don’t ask this.

LockeTribal
22/07/10, 4:55 pm

Hang on! That elf midget is wearing a monocle! Any game where you can outfit your character with a monocle (hopefully top hat, tails and cane too) sounds like my kind of game!

EDIT: here’s hoping for an aristocrat class too, just sit around while your servants do all the work for you.