After Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, FFXIV Client (In Windowed Borderless only, does not apply to Fullscreen or Windowed) at one random period of time will frame limit to 39-40 FPS until restarted. If the Frame Limiting when tabbed out is unchecked, FPS will go immediately back to 60 FPS. If switched to Fullscreen, issue does not apply in Full Screen, but will reapply if brought back to Windowed Borderless mode.
Here is an album showing what I mean: https://imgur.com/a/gjuuY
Clean drivers have been installed, and a clean FFXIV install has occurred.
Date & Time: 10/19/2017 10:46 AM EST
Frequency: Randomly After 20 minutes to an hour
World name: Excalibur
Character name: Nephilis Celestia
Retainer name: N/A
NPC name: N/A
Monster name: N/A
Class/Level: WARRIOR 58
Party or solo: Solo
In-game time: Unknown
Area and coordinates: Old Gridania (X: 10.5, Y: 8.6)
Housing: N/A
Steps:
1. Log In
2. Do Things (Random length of time)
3. FPS will Framelimit to 40 fps
Connection Specs
- Type of internet connection/provider: Spectrum Time Warner
- Modem maker/model number: Motorola Surfboard 6580
■ PC Specs
To obtain the system information, open the FFXIV launcher and select Config → System Information → Display.
-=-=-=-=- System Information -=-=-=-=-
-=-=-=-=-=-=- FFXIV Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-
MyDocument C:\Users\Silicon Dioxide\Documents
FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix
FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn Language 1 Region 2
ProxyEnable 0
ProxyServer unspecified
ProxyOverride *.local
-=-=-=-=-=-=- System Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-
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SYSTEM_CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
SYSTEM_CORE_NUM SYSTEM_CORE_LOGIC 8 SYSTEM_CORE_PHYSICS 4
SYSTEM_BIOS BIOS Date: 11/09/12 13:09:45 Ver: 36.03
SYSTEM_LANGUAGE English (Regional Setting: English)
SYSTEM_MEMORY 16281.133MB
SYSTEM_VIRTUAL_MEMORY 134217727.875MB
SYSTEM_PAGE_FILE 16281.133MB
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SYSTEM_STORAGE Z:\ SYSTEM_HARDDISK_DRIVE SYSTEM_TOTALDISC_SPACE 931.387GB SYSTEM_FREEDISC_SPACE 178.424GB
SYSTEM_DIRECTX_VERSION DirectX 12
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DEVICE \\.\DISPLAY1
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SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_MAKER NVIDIA
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_VRAM 4058.375 MB
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_SHARED_VRAM 8140.566 MB
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DAC Integrated RAMDAC
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DISPLAY_MODE 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_d0a31ff5946203b6\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_d0a31ff5946203b6\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_d0a31ff5946203b6\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_d0a31ff5946203b6\nvldumdx.dll
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SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_DATE 10/5/2017 20:00:00
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
3.0
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_PIXEL_SHADER 3.0
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_VERTEX_TEXTURE SYSTEM_SUPPORT
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DEVICE Unknown
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_CHIP Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_MAKER Intel Corporation
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SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_SHARED_VRAM SYSTEM_UNKNOWN
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DAC Internal
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DISPLAY_MODE Unknown
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SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_DATE 5/18/2016 20:00:00
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_PIXEL_SHADER
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_VERTEX_TEXTURE
SYSTEM_SOUND Headset Earphone (Corsair VOID Wireless Gaming Dongle)
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SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_NAME USBAUDIO.sys
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SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_DATE 9/28/2017 00:00:00
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SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_DATE 6/16/2015 00:00:00
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SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_DATE 9/14/2017 00:00:00
SYSTEM_SOUND Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
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SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_DATE 6/16/2015 00:00:00
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SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_DATE 9/28/2017 00:00:00
SYSTEM_SOUND Speakers (Elgato Sound Capture)
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_ID {DC7F2761-5812-48D8-8953-8BE6D3CC8AF8}
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-=-=-=-=-=-=- Application Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-
FFXIVLauncher
In-Game Bugs - Post New Thread - Mozilla Firefox
DxDiag - Notepad
Task Manager
DirectX Diagnostic Tool
-=-=-=-=-=-=- Proccess Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-
C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Dropbox.exe 00002D34
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe 000004D0
C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\boot\ffxivlauncher.exe 00000FF0
C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\boot\ffxivsysinfo64.exe 000011CC
C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\HDA\RAVBg64.exe 00002AA0
C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\HDA\RtkNGUI64.exe 00002A20
C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCuiL.exe 000029E8
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SkypeApp_11.19.856.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c\SkypeHost.exe 00002164
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE 0000088C
C:\WINDOWS\System32\Taskmgr.exe 00000BEC
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ApplicationFrameHost.exe 00001C70
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DllHost.exe 00002CC4
C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE 00002CD8
C:\WINDOWS\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe 000026A4
C:\WINDOWS\system32\SettingSyncHost.exe 00001D3C
C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 00002F78
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe 00001B9C
C:\Windows\System32\DataExchangeHost.exe 00003230
C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe 00001924
C:\Windows\System32\SystemSettingsBroker.exe 00000E54
C:\Windows\System32\dxdiag.exe 00000B5C
C:\Windows\System32\igfxpers.exe 0000073C
C:\Windows\System32\smartscreen.exe 0000205C
C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchUI.exe 00001920
C:\Windows\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\ShellExperienceHost.exe 00002010
X:\Oculus\Support\oculus-runtime\OVRServer_x64.exe 00002D94
c:\windows\system32\sihost.exe 00001A0C
c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe 000022EC
c:\windows\system32\taskhostw.exe 00001AE8