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FF14 benchmark tool tells you if your PC can handle update 7.0

Graphical updates are coming to Final Fantasy 14

Marco Wutz

Square Enix

Square Enix published a new benchmark tool that Final Fantasy 14 players can use to check if their PC will be able to run the game after its upcoming update 7.0, which will bring an improved set of visuals to the game. While this will make the graphics better, it’s to be expected that some systems will suffer performance hits after the update.

In order to avoid any bad surprises, players can download the benchmark tool from the official website and test their machines’ capabilities way ahead of the update’s release on July 2, 2024, alongside the Dawntrail expansion.

You’ll be able to create a new character – including the new female Hrothgar – and then watch this character star in the benchmark trailer.

As a reminder, find the minimum PC requirements for Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail below:

  • OS: Windows 10 64 bit, Windows 11 64 bit
  • CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 or higher
  • RAM: 8GB or higher
  • Storage: 140GB or more
  • GPU: NVIDIA Geforce GTX970 (4GB) or higher / AMD Radeon RX 480 or higher

Running the benchmark tool will give you a clear picture of where you stand, if you are currently running the game on an older machine somewhere along those lines.

To compare, here are the recommended PC requirements for Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail:

  • OS: Windows 10 64 bit, Windows 11 64 bit
  • CPU: Intel Core i7-9700 or higher
  • RAM: 16GB or higher
  • Storage: 140GB or more
  • GPU: NVIDIA Geforce RTX2060 (6GB) or higher / AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT or higher

Essentially, the new minimum requirements are on the level of the current recommended specs, so it’s not a massive jump in any way. The fresh recommended requirements are definitely a cut above the previous specifications, though.

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Marco Wutz

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg