Recommended System Specs

[Mhurron]

Re: Recommended System Specs

It looks like they're just picking the most expensive parts available right now. Looks like bullshit to me, or possibly covering their asses so when someone complains about performance they can just point out that while you might be above minimum specs, you aren't at recommended and so what do you expect.

[Kafeen]

FINAL FANTASY XIV Recommended System Requirements

OS Windows® 7 32-bit/64-bit*
CPU Intel® Core™ i7 2.66GHz or higher
RAM 4GB or more
HDD/SDD Installation: 15GB of free space
Download: 6GB of free space on the drive containing "My Documents"
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460 or better with VRAM 768MB or more
Sound Card DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)
Internet Connection Broadband or better (always-on)
Resolution 1280x720 (32-bit) or higher
DirectX® DirectX® 9.0c
Others Mouse, Keyboard, Gamepad

Looks about in line with what I was planning on building.

But...an i7 recommended? As far as I'm aware there's not a whole lot of difference between the i7 920 and the i5 750, both 2.66GHz quad core processors, the only difference is hyper threading.

What do you guys make of these recommendations?