graphical lag?

what the hell happened to the game?
every since the patch as soon as i logged in, the game is just complete lag and is completely unplayable now on the settings i was playing on perfectly before. now in order to play i have to have my settings set to a standard laptop settings and mine is by no means a standard laptop.
something changed since the update that made the same settings unplayable on my laptop. is anyone else experiencing this?
i feel like im going crazy here. maybe it just that i dont know a whole lot about computers like i thought but all i know is that i was able to play this game on near max settings before the patch and after its pure lag, even going through the menu on the start screen before selecting my character

Yeah, I just upgraded my desktop and now i am getting random screen freezes and the whole thing where the world stops then fast forwards to catch back up. really irritating hope its not my PC going screwy

thats interesting, though it sounds like your issue is different then mine. mine isnt a lag spike, it doesnt run good and then random lag. it just 100% lag. if i move from one icon to another it starts moving instantly but it moves between them slow. everything is just horribly slow, but when i turn down my settings it runs at a faster pace. but these were the settings i was using before. i refuse to use the settings as a standard laptop when i specifically bought i good gaming laptop so i can play this game on it.

if anyone has any info on why this might be happening please let me know.
i have a razer blade pro gaming laptop
GPU: GeForce GTX 765M
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700HQ CPU @ 2.40GHZ
RAM: 8GBs
windows 8.1 64 bit operating system



the only things i can think of is that i recently updated a display driver and i updated from windows 8 to windows 8.1
but i hear people are playing ffxiv on this version.

Idk, I've actually started getting better performance ever since 2.1

Mainly just the rate/how PC's in crowded places like Mor Dhona has improved, and that was the only thing that wasnt 100% before hand and everything else was flawless. Havent had/heard of either of you guys problems :(

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i7 2600k OC @ 4.4ghz
32GB ram pc2133
Quad SLI GTX690's
Windows 7 64bit Ultimate
5760x1080

All drivers and firmware up to date

I've heard people needing to reinstall FFXIV or reformat it since drivers weren't up to date.

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Originally Posted by IveraIvalice

if anyone has any info on why this might be happening please let me know.
i have a razer blade pro gaming laptop
GPU: GeForce GTX 765M
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700HQ CPU @ 2.40GHZ
RAM: 8GBs
windows 8.1 64 bit operating system



the only things i can think of is that i recently updated a display driver and i updated from windows 8 to windows 8.1
but i hear people are playing ffxiv on this version.

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most latop tops are basicly running 50% of your hardware is capable of and most you cant OC.
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700HQ CPU @ 2.40GHZ this is your problem most games theses days require over 3.0ghz you aint pushing data fast enough. OC your CPU if not your SOL.
im running a i7 860 over 100FPS because its @3.4ghz

Its probably that alot of people are online now, and your Laptop cant handle it.
It used to happen to me on my old PC, until I upgraded to a new one, am not having any issues. If the issues still exist, I'd advice you to update your graphics drivers to latest, If it didn't help, format your laptop.

Make sure you're running FF14 with the correct graphics adapter. Horrible performance after a patch is mostlikely the cause of trying the run the game on your Intel integrated graphics instead of your Nvidia card.

i dont think its an issue with people being online such as internet latency or bandwidth issues. i had this issue on an old laptop that defiently couldnt handle 1.0 at all. i also dont think its an issue with my computers hardware even the GHZ simply because i hadnt changed any settings since the update and i was running this game fine on near max settings before the update.
if it wasnt for that fact i would have to say that its possible. though now i cant even test out different solutions to fix the game since the game is on maintenance right now.
the odd thing is that i was playing on my desktop this morning after the patch, on near max settings as usual and that was running fine, no problems at all. and although i dont remember all the specs on my desktop off the top of my head, i know that it was slightly worse then my laptop thats having the issue.

i appreciate the help, i have just updated my graphics card driver in an attempt to fix the problem but i cant test it until maintenance is over

Perhaps it's a Nvidia issue? Have you tried updating your drivers?
I'm not having any issues on my 7870.

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Originally Posted by Valina

Make sure you're running FF14 with the correct graphics adapter. Horrible performance after a patch is mostlikely the cause of trying the run the game on your Intel integrated graphics instead of your Nvidia card.

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this is interesting though i have not run into this personally but have heard of that happening. and since i havent run into this myself i wouldnt know how to go about checking that. would you be able to provide more info on where i can find out if my game is running with my Nvidia card and not the intel graphics?

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Originally Posted by Bazgrim

Perhaps it's a Nvidia issue? Have you tried updating your drivers?
I'm not having any issues on my 7870.

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I'm on a 7950, I have noticed a slight downgrade in performance, with most of what I've been doing. Also noticed more 90k DCs, three in AK yesterday!

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Originally Posted by Bazgrim

Perhaps it's a Nvidia issue? Have you tried updating your drivers?
I'm not having any issues on my 7870.

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i have tried updating my driver but sadly i cant check if it worked until maintenance is over. though i somehow dont think that will fix it
probly just because it seems too easy and im not used to these things being fixed easily

So this is what i noticed, if someone can have proof of this, it be awesome. What I noticed is the game is showing more on-screen now, you can see further into the distance and processing more details. For some reason my GPU at certain location say for example The Camp Bronze Lake area with the hotsprings? well that area really works my gpu, I get it with 80-90% and that is a lot since im pretty sure before patch that area only gives me 60-75% gpu usage. I do notice I could see further away and more details in objects. But I dont for sure, could be just the placebo effect but idk what is wrong, for sure its working mu gpu harder and need more processing. Oh i am using a GTX 770 Superclocked, I shouldnt be having trouble with this.

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Originally Posted by IveraIvalice

the only things i can think of is that i recently updated a display driver and i updated from windows 8 to windows 8.1
but i hear people are playing ffxiv on this version.

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that's probably your problem. some people are playing, some others are getting lag and crashes.

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Originally Posted by Seezur_Undies

Yeah, I just upgraded my desktop and now i am getting random screen freezes and the whole thing where the world stops then fast forwards to catch back up. really irritating hope its not my PC going screwy

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Same thing started with me on the day of the patch.
I have a 75/50 Mbps connection and < 50 ms ping to the server.
Intel I7-4770K @ 4.5Ghz, 32MB RAM, NVidia 660Ti OC 3GB.

Anytime SE has mentioned "upgrading" the servers this seems to happen.
Such as the time they "upgraded" the servers for AK.

so after last nights patch the game seems to be running fine again. same settings that i used to play (near max) and the same settings that were ungodly lag yesterday that made me start this thread. the only thing i can think of that i did was update my graphics card driver. im glad its working now just like it used to. however one thing i noticed is that in my graphics settings in game, it is saying that its using my intel graphics and not my geforce graphics card, but when i click on the drop down, my geforce graphics card isnt an option to select. anyone know how to get that to show up? im sure it will run better if i can use my actual graphics card instead of my intel based graphics

if i'm not wrong, in the nvidia panel there is an option to pick a processor or let the driver/application choose. set it to nvidia.

It's not just PC.

The PS3 version is having the exact same lag. It's almost unplayable in Instances. It comes and goes. It'll be fine then suddenly nothing for 10seconds straight.

I'm having no issues

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Originally Posted by ZohnoReecho

if i'm not wrong, in the nvidia panel there is an option to pick a processor or let the driver/application choose. set it to nvidia.

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i have found what you said in the nvidia control panel and selected it to be my gtx card, but its still reading intel(R)_HD_GRAPHICS_4600(\\.\DISPLAY10)
though it would really be nice to get it to read from my nvidia graphics card in game since im sure that would improve performance, the game seems to be running fine just like it did before though so thanks to everyone for their help
i really appreciate it