Square Enix continues to keep its Final Fantasy 16 PC launch plans close to its chest, as players cry out for more information about when the RPG will escape its console confines. With Gamescom looming, Nvidia may have provided a sign of solace. If recent driver profiles are any indication, the port may arrive imminently.
The jury’s still out on whether GeForce or Radeon will boast the best graphics card for Final Fantasy 16. While we won’t know for sure until benchmarks of the port emerge, Nvidia is already preparing its pixel pushers. It’s through this move, though, that the company’s stoked hope of an incoming release date announcement.
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Reddit user m_w_h highlights that a Final Fantasy 16 profile is hiding away in GeForce Game Ready Driver 560.81. There’s one for the game’s demo, too. Neither of these feature in the official release notes from Nvidia.
With Gamescom 2024 scheduled to start in just under three weeks time, all signs seemingly point towards a launch in the near future. Nvidia is certainly no stranger to accidentally pre-empting the release of games, if you’ll recall the infamous GeForce Experience leak from a few years back.
Hopeful as we are, nothing is certain until Square Enix gives the word, so be sure to season your excitement with a dash of scepticism. In the meantime, it’d be wise to prepare your rig for a port that will have high requirements according to its developer.
With this in mind, give our Radeon RX 7800 XT and GeForce RTX 4070 Super reviews a read. Both should be more than enough to get Final Fantasy 16 up and running, as they’re each far more powerful than a PlayStation 5.
Personally, I’m curious to see how the extra grunt of PC hardware can transform Final Fantasy 16. For instance, the console version of the game features a non-negotiable aggressive dynamic resolution scaler. I’ve little doubt that Nvidia DLSS would net better image quality, not forgetting the potential performance gains of Frame Generation.
Oh, and don’t forget to update your drivers, GeForce or otherwise, amidst all this excitement!