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{{TOCright}}== Hardware specifications ==
=== Windows ===

{| {{STDT}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Minimum System Requirements<!-- <ref name="official-site-reqs">[http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/start_ffxiv/win/ Official Website], Official system requirements at na.finalfantasyxiv.com</ref> -->
|- class="line"
! Component
! DirectX® 9
! DirectX® 11
|-
! Operating System
| Windows Vista® 32/64 bit <br>Windows® 7 32/64 bit <br>Windows® 8 32/64 bit <br>Windows® 8.1 32/64 bit <br>Windows® 10 32/64 bit || Windows® 7 64 bit <br>Windows® 8 64 bit <br>Windows® 8.1 64 bit <br>Windows® 10 64 bit
|-
! Processor
| Intel® Core™2 Duo 3GHz || Intel® Core™2 Duo 3GHz
|-
! Memory 
| 2GB (4GB recommended for 64-bit OS) || 4GB
|-
! Hard drive
| 30GB available space || 30GB available space
|-
! Graphics card 
| NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 <br>ATI Radeon™ HD 4770 || NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 650 <br>AMD Radeon™ HD 7790
|-
! Screen resolution 
| 1280x720 || 1280x720
|-
! Internet 
| Broadband Connection || Broadband Connection
|-
! Sound card 
| DirectSound® compatible sound card <br>(DirectX® 9.0c or higher) || DirectSound® compatible sound card <br>(DirectX® 9.0c or higher)
|-
! DirectX® 
| DirectX® 9.0c || DirectX® 9.0c (required for installation) <br>and DirectX® 11
|-
! colspan="3" | Recommended System Requirements<!-- <ref name="official-site-reqs">[http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/start_ffxiv/win/ Official Website], Official system requirements at na.finalfantasyxiv.com</ref> -->
|- class="line"
! Component
! DirectX® 9
! DirectX® 11
|-
! Operating System
| Windows® 7 64 bit || Windows® 7 64 bit
|-
! Processor
| Intel® Core™ i5 2.66GHz || Intel® Core™ i5 2.66GHz
|-
! Memory 
| 4GB || 8GB
|-
! Hard drive
| 30GB available space || 30GB available space
|-
! Graphics card 
| NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 <br>AMD Radeon™ HD 7950 || NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 <br>AMD Radeon™ HD 7950
|-
! Screen resolution 
| 1920x1080 || 1920x1080
|-
! Internet 
| Broadband Connection || Broadband Connection
|-
! Sound card 
| DirectSound® compatible sound card <br>(DirectX® 9.0c or higher) || DirectSound® compatible sound card <br>(DirectX® 9.0c or higher)
|-
! DirectX®
| DirectX® 9.0c || DirectX® 9.0c (required for installation) <br>and DirectX® 11
|}

=== OS X ===
{| {{STDT}}
|- 
! colspan="4" | Minimum System Requirements<!-- <ref name="official-site-reqs">[http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/start_ffxiv/win/ Official Website], Official system requirements at na.finalfantasyxiv.com</ref> -->
|-
! | Operating System 
| colspan="3" | Mac OS X 10.11/10.11.1/10.11.2/10.11.3 *
|-
! rowspan="9" | Applicable models
! class="line" | Model
! class="line" | Graphics card 
! class="line" | Recommended preset
|-
| iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) || AMD Radeon R9 M395 || 1600x900 High (Mac)
|-
| iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) || AMD Radeon R9 M390 || 1600x900 High (Mac)
|-
| iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) || AMD Radeon R9 M290 || 1600x900 High (Mac)
|-
| iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) || AMD Radeon R9 M295X || 1600x900 High (Mac)
|-
| iMac (27-inch, Late 2013) || NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M || 1600x900 Middle (Mac)
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| iMac (27-inch, Late 2013) || NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M || 1600x900 Middle (Mac)
|-
| iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013) || NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M || 1600x900 Middle (Mac)
|-
| iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013) || Intel Iris Pro || 1600x900 Standard (Mac)
|-
! Recommended screen resolution
| colspan="3" | 1600x900 **
|-
! Free disk space
| colspan="3" | 30GB
|-
! Internet
| colspan="3" | Persistent broadband internet connection
|}

'''<nowiki>*</nowiki>''' We have confirmed operation on Mac OS X 10.10.2 and beyond, but there have been reports of OS issues on 10.10.4/10.10.5 which causes the program to not boot when it is first launched. Due to this, we recommend running the program on 10.11 (El Capitan).<br>
'''<nowiki>**</nowiki>''' Running at a resolution above 1920 x 1080/1920 x 1200 will result in negative framerate performance.

;Notes
* On systems with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M, GeForce GT 755M or GeForce GT 750M graphics chips, a display issue may have occurred when continuously changing the screen resolution settings, which was due to an issue with NVIDIA graphics drivers. This issue has been fixed in the newest NVIDIA graphics driver provided with Mac OS X 10.11.3 for systems with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M and GeForce GT 750M graphic chips. Please note that if you happen to encounter this issue, simply restart the game to resolve the problem.
* Specs are subject to change in the future.
* While we have confirmed operation of the game is possible on the MacBook Pro, due to extraordinary heat generated during gameplay, we have taken the precautionary measure of not adding the machine to the list of applicable models.
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== Installing the game ==
* Create a [https://secure.square-enix.com/oauth/oa/registligt?response_type=code&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.square-enix.com%2Faccount%2Fapp%2Fsvc%2Finfo&client_id=account_manage Square Enix Account] (it's used as main account to log into the game).
* Follow the Official Website instructions according to your platform:
** [http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/start_ffxiv/win Windows/Mac]
** [http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/start_ffxiv/ps3 PS3/PS4]

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