Square Enix Have Opened Beta Sign Ups For Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, Beta Starts 25th February

Square Enix have announced that phase 1 of the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Beta starts on 25th February. they are now accepting sign up's for the beta. Phase 1 and Phase 2 will be PC only, with the PS3 beta starting with Phase 3. Phase 1 is only available at certain hours a day. this will increase each Phase of the Beta. each character created up until Phase 4 is not saved, meaning a new character is created each time.

Beta Test Minimum System Requirements
OS	Windows® XP 32bit, Windows® Vista 32/64bit, Windows® 7 32/64 bit
CPU	Intel® Core™2 Duo
Memory	2 GB
Available space on hard disk/SSD	20 GB
Graphics card	NVIDIA® Geforce® 8800 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 4770
Screen resolution	1280 x 720
Internet	Persistent broadband internet connection required

*	Please note that these requirements may change for the final release version.

Beta Test Recommended System Requirements
OS	Windows® 7 64 bit
CPU	Intel® Core™ i5
Memory	4 GB
Available space on hard disk/SSD	20 GB
Graphics Card	NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX 5xx Series, AMD Radeon™ HD 7970
Screen resolution	1920 x 1080
Internet	Persistent broadband internet connection required

Source: Lodestone And Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Beta Sign Up