I scored in the 3000s, and also have a monitor that runs 1920x1080 native. With settings maxed, i can still play, though visiting a town will make you want to turn it down. I was running beta on lowest setting just to have the best frame rate possible. To be honest, this game looks amazing even on low settings. I will probably get an i7 and have no issues whatsoever after that, but it is also a 200$ investment. I've already spent about 600 on this game, to make my girl a computer, and buy the CE + a 20$ ultimate game card

SQUENIX posted the recommended in game settings. I'm just wondering about the
1280 X 720 (window mode) display settings. Would graphics still look good at this setting? I'm confuzzled

FINAL FANTASY XIV® for Windows® - Recommended In-Game Settings The following in-game settings are recommended to run the game smoothly.

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

I scored a 300 on the benchmark but the beta ran smooth for me on medium settings.

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300? holy crap thats low

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yea, thats why i think the benchmark is broken. the beta ran just fine.

Windows mode will make cpu work harder so I think its best to run full screen.

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