

Proper mouse mechanics would be ideal in such a title, so let’s hope that Square Enix will release a patch to address this issue. Mouse is not supported, something that really disappointed us. Unfortunately, the game suffers from some porting issues.

AMD users have not reported any performance issues, so it’s almost safe to say that this third part of the Final Fantasy XIII series runs great on the PC. This means that the game will run with 60fps on a lot of PC configurations. Regarding its GPU requirements, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII ran like a dream on our GTX690 (that performed like a GTX680 since there is no SLI profile for this game as of yet), and the game did not stress it at all (GPU usage was around 40-50%). We’ve also experienced stuttering – to a lesser degree however – with our hexa-core, meaning that this game will benefit from an SSD, so make sure to install it in your solid-state drive (in case you own one). While most of the scenes run with constant 60fps at 1080p and with max settings on our simulated dual-core system, there were some noticeable stutters (especially when the game was loading new areas). Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII can be almost fully enjoyed with a modern-day dual-core Intel CPU. In order to find out how this game performed on older CPUs, we simulated a dual-core CPU. NVIDIA has not included any SLI profile for this title, however we are pretty sure that most of you won’t need one as the game does not require a high-end GPU in order to be enjoyed. However, after all the performance issues surrounding Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2, we decided to give Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII a spin.Īs always, we used an Intel i7 4930K (turbo boosted at 4.0Ghz) with 8GB RAM, NVIDIA’s GTX690, Windows 8.1 64-bit and the latest WHQL version of the GeForce drivers. Truth be told, we’d never planned writing a Performance Analysis for any of the Final Fantasy games that were recently released on Steam.
