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Tuesday, June 15, 2010 – Square Enix today releases an official benchmark tool, available via download, for the hugely anticipated massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) FINAL FANTASY XIV.

Title: FINAL FANTASY XIV Official Benchmark
Download Available: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Price: Free
File Size: 335MB
URL: http://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/media/be ... index.html

What: The FINAL FANTASY® XIV Official Benchmark uses actual scenes and characters from the game to evaluate the user’s system and rate its ability to run FINAL FANTASY XIV.

Details: The FINAL FANTASY XIV Official Benchmark boasts several exciting features.

■ Character Selection
Users can choose from a selection of available characters to appear in the benchmark, representing five of the races appearing in FINAL FANTASY XIV. (Characters can also be selected randomly.)

■ Detailed High Definition Support
In addition to 1280×720 resolution, a high definition display of 1920×1080 is also supported. Enjoy the realm of Eorzea in exquisite clarity.

■ 5.1 Channel Surround Sound/Fully Voiced Dialogue
The benchmark software will run through an event featuring fully voiced dialogue in 5.1 channel surround sound.

■ Multilingual Support
Japanese, English, German and French are supported.

Download Site: http://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/media/be ... index.html

*Benchmark score details are available at the above URL.

About FINAL FANTASY XIV
Developer: Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Publisher: Square Enix, Inc.
Platform: PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC
Genre: MMORPG
ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)

The Benchmark Score and Data
Starting the benchmark will cause a cut scene to play. Once the cut scene has completed, a score will be displayed. The score represents how well FINAL FANTASY XIV is estimated to run on your PC. Please use the explanations of the scores outlined below for reference.
Please note that the score does not guarantee that your system will run FINAL FANTASY XIV. Please use it for reference only.

A cut scene will play during the benchmarking.
The score and frame rate will be displayed in the bottom left corner of the screen.

After the benchmark has completed, your PC’s specs and score will be displayed on the right side of the screen.


[8000 and over] Extremely High Performance
Easily capable of running the game on the highest settings.
[5500–7999] Very High Performance
Easily capable of running the game. Should perform exceptionally well, even at higher resolutions.
[4500-5499] High Performance
Easily capable of running the game. Should perform well, even at higher resolutions.
[3000-4499] Fairly High Performance
Capable of running the game on default settings. Consider switching to a higher resolution depending on performance.
[2500-2999] Standard Performance
Capable of running the game on default settings.
[2000-2499] Slightly Low Performance
Capable of running the game, but may experience some slowdown. Adjust settings to improve performance.
[1500-1999] Low Performance
Capable of running the game, but will experience considerable slowdown. Adjusting settings is unlikely to improve performance.
[Under 1500] Insufficient Performance
Does not meet specifications for running the game.

InspectahACE wrote:Yea this shouldn't even be call a benchmark IMO. SLI can work if a game is run in a window right? Sure didnt seem like it on this. Even if I did get a score over 6000. still needs to be refined in my eyes