Poor SLI support

Current specs:

I7-4770k @ 4.5ghz
2x Nvidia GTX 780 SLI
8GB RAM
1080p monitor 120HZ
Maximum graphics settings, Full screen mode
Latest beta drivers dated Sept 30th

Problem:

SLI utilization is extremely inconsistent and occasionally worse than single card performance. In major cities and FATES my FPS is 40 and my GPU utilization for both GPUs is 40-55%. When outside of town GPU utilization radically spikes from 45-95% usage, causing FPS to fluctuate between 60-180 FPS. In dungeons such as AK I never see above 75% utilization with dips into 50%.

This is extremely frustrating because I can maintain 120+ FPS at certain times and the game runs super smooth. When I see 45% utilization on both GPUs and stuttering in random unpopulated areas in the open it makes no sense either.

There is no throttling occurring on my end. CPU temps are 65*C and both GPUs are 75*C which is well below any components throttling point.

The game supports SLI but very poorly. RARELY do I see 95% utilization and it only happens in desolate areas. SE please address this massive problem. A PC with my specs can handle any AAA title on max at 1080p but more importantly with both GPUs at 98-100% utilization. This issue is on your end.

Thanks

any things wrong with you system
my system runs

2 Titans Sli
980x hexa extreme core
12gb ram

and have no problem

sli runs perfekt 20-25% GPU
CPU 30%

GPU Tem 41°
CPU 43°

fps over 160 in all terains
only in mass fate drops the fps to ~100

install not the beta driver

install the latest driver 4 testing

From what I heard the game doesn't even support SLI as of yet.

It doesn't officially support SLI yet. Anyone saying they run perfect on an SLI system is either lying, doesn't understand how to monitor FPS, or they're an idiot! Anytime I see someone claiming their SLI system runs flawlessly I ask them to go stand in front of any dungeon entrance...and they're always treated to some wonky performance drops.

Yea sli is really broken at the moment which it supported it but nope it doesn't they said it will be by release but nope another lie from se

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Originally Posted by Shayuri

any things wrong with you system
my system runs

2 Titans Sli
980x hexa extreme core
12gb ram

and have no problem

sli runs perfekt 20-25% GPU
CPU 30%

GPU Tem 41°
CPU 43°

fps over 160 in all terains
only in mass fate drops the fps to ~100

install not the beta driver

install the latest driver 4 testing

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Dude you have 2 Titan's. If anything ran like crap on that rig I would be surprised.

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Originally Posted by necrosis

Dude you have 2 Titan's. If anything ran like crap on that rig I would be surprised.

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Funny because I have 2 Titan Jr's and the only game that runs like crap is this one.


I can see that FFXIV has an SLI profile in Nvidia Control Panel, as noted by the "occasional" 95% GPU usage on both cards. But the implementation is absolutely awful. I'm averaging 40-60% usage anywhere in the world. SE needs to clean up their code. I mean, the game is only using DX9... in 2013.

Yes the game has awful SLI support but to be fair I haven't played a single MMORPG with good SLI support,

I ended up selling my Reference GTX 780 SLI setup and going for an aftermarket design that overclocks on the higher end. I'm just sick of games not properly supporting SLI. With the gaming era we're in today, most games are optimized for consoles only.

My performance with a single card is drastically better than SLI ever was. I get less frame inconsistencies now. I can still drop to lower 40s in very popultated aetherytes, but I don't get any 20-30fps anymore.

I also am running Titans in SLI as well as running in Nvidia Surround (5760x1080).

The SLI support is terrible, In small areas things run great (100+ FPS) and the cards are at 80%+ utilized but in crowded areas things run slow (30-40FPS) and my cards are pegged at only 40-50% utilized. It seems like a client / server problem where the server can't send out the information tot he client fast enough in crowded areas so the client is stuck waiting on screen render.

Hopefully it will get looked at by SE.

Unfortunately it's more of a driver issue than anything. This game has terrible CrossfireX support as well. GPU 2 randomly goes to 99% usage, and when it doesn't it jumps up and down and the stutter is headache-inducing when it happens. 1 GPU for me now..

try disabling the SLI then run the game, it should run better. not every game will be perfect with SLI, also each system is different coz people have their windows, driver software, etc config'd totally different too.

i have problems running the game in quad SLI but have no issues running dual SLI where other games i have no problems with quad. most MMO i have played cant really handle SLI/Xfire properly

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Originally Posted by darkvision

most MMO i have played cant really handle SLI/Xfire properly

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And this is not acceptable anymore in 2013

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Originally Posted by Arkh

And this is not acceptable anymore in 2013

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actually it is to be expected, is SLI/Xfire run on every single PC in the world? No, its not but game developers are slowly working on having SLI/Crossfire as a norm. things like this take time. while its becoming more common the fact is that more gamers are using 1 GPU compared to dual/triple/quad SLI/Xfire.

this, in my opinion, is due to certain limitations to DirectX 9.0c, which FFXIV currently uses. DX9 can utilize SLI/Xfire but has certain limitations. when DX11 is implemented i hope the SLI/Xfire support to be improved greatly, also i do hope on DX11 only version of the game which i would doubt will happen but is possible.

More and more games are coming out now as DX11 only due to Xbox One and PS4 both use DX11.1 i just hope games move to 64bit only too but wont happen any time soon

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Originally Posted by Bensmack

It doesn't officially support SLI yet. Anyone saying they run perfect on an SLI system is either lying, doesn't understand how to monitor FPS, or they're an idiot! Anytime I see someone claiming their SLI system runs flawlessly I ask them to go stand in front of any dungeon entrance...and they're always treated to some wonky performance drops.

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Beta 3 didn't support SLI at all (0% usage on GPU2) but the benchmark system did. When the game was released SE said that SLI/CFX would be working and it does. But of course it could be better optimised. I only have a 60Hz monitor and aim for 60fps Vsync enabled which I get most of the time. But there are some weird drops here and there.

SLI or no SLI looking at the crystal in sub towns show frame drop big time and this is when barely anyone around that seem to be a issue is the crystals causing me major issues.I can look the other way and be at a steady 60fps no problem.

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Originally Posted by Arkh

And this is not acceptable anymore in 2013

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Yes! Every game must support something that only a small percentage of the user base has!

You sound like the whiny people that bitch and moan XYZ game does not work right with their 47 monitor eyefinity setup.

I remember there was an official statement from SE that the game is not yet optimized for SLI gaming experience. I believe when Nvidia came out with the driver that had FFXI ARR profile built-in and people started raising the SLI question during beta testing. SE says they will announce it along with when DX11 will be supported at the time I read that post during beta.

I have yet to come across an official statement from SE after the beta to clarify whether it is in the works to support SLI community!

AMD also released driver update to include FFXIV ARR corssfire profile but no official word has been given by SE about SLI/Crossfire

It is not SLI guys, I have 2 760s and an i7 3770k. I get 30fps when in mor dhona looking at the aetheryte crystal. One Card or Two I get 30FPS so my video cards are not the bottleneck, the CPU is obviously not the bottleneck, it is therefor the game code on DX9 not using new hardware very well