Running the game

Hardware specifications

Windows

Minimum System Requirements
Component	DirectX® 9	DirectX® 11
OS	Windows Vista® 32/64 bit Windows® 7 32/64 bit Windows® 8 32/64 bit Windows® 8.1 32/64 bit Windows® 10 32/64 bit	Windows® 7 64 bit Windows® 8 64 bit Windows® 8.1 64 bit Windows® 10 64 bit
CPU	Intel® Core™2 Duo 3GHz	Intel® Core™2 Duo 3GHz
Memory	2GB (4GB recommended for 64-bit OS)	4GB
Available space on hard disk/SSD	30GB	30GB
Graphics Card	NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 ATI Radeon™ HD 4770	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 650 AMD Radeon™ HD 7790
Screen Resolution	1280x720	1280x720
Internet	Broadband Connection	Broadband Connection
Sound Card	DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)	DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)
DirectX®	DirectX® 9.0c	DirectX® 9.0c (Required for installation) and DirectX® 11

OS X

Component	Minimum System Requirements
Operating System	Mac OS®X 10.8.X
Processor	Intel® Core™ i5
Memory	4 GB RAM
Hard drive	35 GB available HDD space (actual install approx 27 GB)
Graphics card	NVIDIA GeForce 320M, ATI Radeon™ HD 6630M, Intel HD 3000
Internet connection	Broadband Internet Connection
Input	Keyboard and mouse/equivalent

Minimum Mac specs

The following examples were published by ArenaNet:

• iMac 21.5", 27" (Mid-2010 or Mid-2011)
• MacBook Pro 15", 17" (Mid-2010)
• MacBook Pro 13", 15", 17" (Early and Late-2011, Mid-2012)
• Mac Mini (Mid-2011)

Display

While perfectly playable on smaller displays, the "Small" Interface size appears to be designed for about 1400 pixels wide, and the "Normal" interface size for about 1550 pixels wide. On smaller displays than this, the Chat panel pops up out of alignment from the row with the skillbar and minimap. Resize it smaller from the upper right corner. However, at 1280 pixels wide, even with the interface size on small, the minimum width of the chat box does not fit in one row.

Installing the game

• Download the launcher from the official site.
• Place the launcher in the directory from where you want to store the game and run it.
• Start the launcher. It will perform any necessary downloads and patching before taking you to a log in screen.
• Log in with your Final Fantasy XIV account details. You can try the game as much as you want, but you're locked to level 35.