HELP! :)

i recently built a $3,000 PC and im getting lots of lag in FFXIV, i KNOW my pc can handle this game with no questions, can anyone help

Specs of PC are (no overclock at all)

AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor

MSI (890FXA-GD70 (MS-7640))

Vengeance Series 8GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9 Dual Channel Desktop Memory

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s RAID 0 2TB Total

AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB

Realtek High Definition Audio

Windows 7 Home Premium (7601)

ASUS VE228H 21.5" LED backlit Widescreen LCD Monitor

Corsair HX Series 850 Watt ATX 12 V Modular Power Supply

this setup cost alot and i know can handle this game, someone PLZ HELP!

First thing, turn off Ambient Occlusion if it is on, and then turn your General Draw Quality to 8 (if it is above 8). Those two settings cause 90% of the FPS issues in high-end systems.

With AO off, and draw quality at 8, I was able to max out -every- other setting with NO problems on a i5 quad/GTX460. There is no significant difference between General Draw Quality 8 and 10, and even less difference with 16x AA

trying it now, will report back in like 5 mins

that helped alil, but i get this lag/pause every few steps, and can you post exactly how you have your current settings?

okay i fixed the lag issue, but now i got massive screen tearing, im running ATI Radeon HD 6950 2GB (sapphire tech brand)
how can i fix this?

As I know, this game doesn't perform very well with AMD and ATI comparing to Intel and GT.
Try to update your driver and lower your game configuration.

well i got rid of the lag, now i cant get rid of screen tearing

Yes, forcing vsync is the solution, at the expense of 1-2 fps.

0. close FFXIV and go to your nvidia control panel

1. click on manage 3D settings

2. add ffxivgame.exe to the list

3. scroll down untill you see the vsync option and set it to "force on"

4. click apply, restart your FFXIV client

The tearing should be gone now. It works fine for me.

This is what I found on FFXIVcore site, it may help, search on google, you may find some other advise.

i dont have nvidia geforce card i have ati radeon card

Then open your catalyst control panel.