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.
