FPS Drops since 6.1 has made the game unplayable for me.

Hi, I'm new here and have just no idea what to try anymore. My FPS are capped at 72 and since 6.1, whenever I'm not in an instanced area like an inn, my FPS drops dramatically
to a minimum of 29 while constantly jumping back and forth from 29-72 the further I am away from other players. I have not tried dungeons, but I was trying Eureka, and it's unplayable due to this.

When it first started, it wasn't as consistent, and I could play PvP without issue, but now the FPS are never steady. I've since uninstalled and re-installed twice, changed from fullscreen to both borderless and windowed modes, which pretty much both lock my fps at 10-15! No turning down of any graphical or display settings seem to affect this issue. I went down in resolutions from 2560x1440 and that didn't change anything either.

I'd appreciate it if anyone could help me with this. It's really killing my experience...

Specs:

CPU: Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor

Motherboard: MSI B365M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Memory: OLOy 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

OS: Windows 10 64 Bit

Monitor 1: LG 22MK430H-B 21.5" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor

Monitor 2: GIGABYTE - 27" IPS LED QHD FreeSync Monitor with KVM (HDMI, DisplayPort, USB) - Black

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Thanks for responding, Dynratygus. This is what I get.

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We apologize for any inconvenience experienced when trying to play Final Fantasy XIV. For us to better assist you, please respond with the following information:

Error messages received:
Wired or WIFI connection?
When the issue occurs/How often?
Does this only happen to one character or all characters?
All steps taken to resolve the issue:
Under the graphics settings in-game is [NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti] selected?

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Originally Posted by Thukoolo

Good morning! Thank you for posting in the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

We apologize for any inconvenience experienced when trying to play Final Fantasy XIV. For us to better assist you, please respond with the following information:

Error messages received:
Wired or WIFI connection?
When the issue occurs/How often?
Does this only happen to one character or all characters?
All steps taken to resolve the issue:
Under the graphics settings in-game is [NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti] selected?

Lastly, please be sure to close out of any overlays (NVIDIA, Discord, Steam etc.) to help resolve this issue.

Thank you for visiting the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums!

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Thanks for responding, Thukoolo.

Wired or WIFI connection?
-WIFI

When the issue occurs/How often?
-It happens during the entirety of a gaming session. I have noticed that around more players, the worse the drops are.

Does this only happen to one character or all characters?
-I only have one character so far, so only one.

All steps taken to resolve the issue:
-I'm not sure if this one is a question or not, but I'll add the steps I took:
-Turning all display and graphical settings to their lowest has no effect
-Switching from Fullscreen to either of the two options actually made the FPS drop further and stay consistently around 10-11 with stutters and highs of 15.
-I deleted and reinstalled the game twice and have seen no change, though at first, for a few minutes upon starting from a fresh install, FPS seems stable, but the problem returns at the same level of inconsistent drops.

Under the graphics settings in-game is [NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti] selected?
-Unfortunately, I'm not sure if this is selected. My subscription ended since first posting this question. Is there any way to check settings without logging in?

Good afternoon BahamutAxiom and thank you for the updated reply.

I apologize for the ongoing issue you are experiencing. Just to confirm, have you attempted to try Final Fantasy XIV with a wired connection to see if this may help the situation? Do the connection drops occur more so if there are others on your network? Have you attempted to cap the FPS to see if this may help?

Additionally, could you try disabling background applications and do a clean boot by opening the task manager and selecting the “Start up” tab. Then, disable everything under this tab and restart the PC. Please be sure to have the Operating System and Internet Explorer most up to date as well. Lastly, to check which graphics card is selected for Final Fantasy XIV, you would need to be in-game to view these settings.

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