How can I increase my FPS?

Right now I am only getting 10-11 FPS which really sucks. Everything on my comp is on its default settings. Is there anything I can do on my catalyst control center to improve my FPS? Here's my system info.

Wndows 8.1 OS
AMD FX Quad Core 3.8 ghz
8 GB RAM
Radeon R7 200 series

I would appreciate it if someone who really knows their stuff could help.

Switch to PS4 ^_^ It's gorgeous.

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Originally Posted by Divine-Fist

Right now I am only getting 10-11 FPS which really sucks. Everything on my comp is on its default settings. Is there anything I can do on my catalyst control center to improve my FPS? Here's my system info.

Wndows 8.1 OS
AMD FX Quad Core 3.8 ghz
8 GB RAM
Radeon R7 200 series

I would appreciate it if someone who really knows their stuff could help.

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Knowing Which 200 series GPU you have and if this is a laptop or not, would help.

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Originally Posted by givemeraptors

Switch to PS4 ^_^ It's gorgeous.

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This is what I tell everyone complaining about constantly crashing, driver issues, FPS issues (although there are SOME on the PS4).

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Originally Posted by Divine-Fist

Right now I am only getting 10-11 FPS which really sucks. Everything on my comp is on its default settings. Is there anything I can do on my catalyst control center to improve my FPS? Here's my system info.

Wndows 8.1 OS
AMD FX Quad Core 3.8 ghz
8 GB RAM
Radeon R7 200 series

I would appreciate it if someone who really knows their stuff could help.

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The exact model number of your graphics card, and as Ispano said are you using a laptop or desktop.

I imagine it's a lower level 200 series with frame rates that low, you could check for a driver update, but beyond that you may even need a graphics card upgrade I don't see CCC giving you anywhere near 30 FPS (the least you should aim for).

Probably not. Though you didn't provide the specific video card, none of the cards in the R7 series are particularly powerful, since that's AMD's low end tier. Make sure you have the in-game settings set to the very lowest (which I believe is "Standard (Laptop)", but I can't remember), and consider reducing the resolution you're playing at. If you're at 1920x1080 (1080p) try bumping it down to 1600x900. You can try going even lower than that but it will look very, very ugly and you won't have much space to organize your user interface.

If you're playing in Windowed mode or Fullscreen (Windowed), try regular Fullscreen mode since windowed modes come with a (small) performance penalty.

Otherwise you'd need to upgrade your video card or play on a console.

AMD FX Quad Core?

There's your problem, that's really just a dual core CPU with AMD's poor attempt of hyperthreading.

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Originally Posted by ispano

Knowing Which 200 series GPU you have and if this is a laptop or not, would help.

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I believe it is a Radeon R7 240 2GB.

Yeah, that's really low end.

Upgade your graphics card as the R7 240 is not beefy enough. Processor wise you are allright, even though FFXIV is CPU biased the 3.8 Ghz should be sufficient AMD or not. As far as graphic card upgrades go what are you willing to spend? Heck almost anything will be an upgrade, but knowing a budget will help pinpoint a decent one.

If you don't wanna spend money, put eveything in the lowest setting catalyst (overclocking this card will be like giving a tutle a turbo) will not help, but honeslty that would be a diservice to your eyes as FFXIV may not be cutting edge, but it sure can look pretty at max setting.

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Originally Posted by Dhalmel

AMD FX Quad Core?

There's your problem, that's really just a dual core CPU with AMD's poor attempt of hyperthreading.

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^ This. Pretty much you're sitting on a dual-core processor with a semi-decent graphics card.

For context, hyper-threading is pretty much un-used outside of 3DS Max/Maya, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro or other high-demand rendering/processing programmes.

You're not going to be getting 30-60FPS with this set-up.



If you invest in a decent quad-core (intel i2500k(and or equivilant) or higher) would work to your advantage.
Any average video card (with an average 1GB of memory) should be fine, they're running fairly cheap noawadays, you can easily get a solid range of 40-60fps with the aformentioned.

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http://www.ebuyer.com/349029-intel-c...FefMtAodFlcAmw

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^ Bearing in mind you may need to purchase a motherboard compatible with a new processor, there may be an AMD equivilant of this.

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http://www.ebuyer.com/434552-gigabyt...-gv-n65toc-1gi

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^ Yet again, there may be an AMD equivilant of this.

(There are even cheaper parts than these, however this is a good example for an upgrade if you have a desktop capable of upgrading.)

Drop the money and pick up a radeon 7770. Though that processor is.... Well do thorny about that. Lol... You may want to worry about that... Someone correct me if I'm wrong but aren't the FX seriously out of date?... Just a bit.

Really the 240 is a $66 card. Not really for gaming.

Really upgrade to PS4 or a current gen Video card.
I don't know anything about amd/ATI video cards.

But nvidia basicly works like this X90 = best X80 = last gen x90 and so on. If AMD works the same way your 240 is a 5 gen old video card.


On an nvidia 770 I get 60 fps X 2560x1440 in all places but lost city.

r7 240
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gp...R7+240&id=2713

R7 260
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gp...7+260X&id=2701

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Originally Posted by Divine-Fist

Right now I am only getting 10-11 FPS which really sucks. Everything on my comp is on its default settings. Is there anything I can do on my catalyst control center to improve my FPS? Here's my system info.

Wndows 8.1 OS
AMD FX Quad Core 3.8 ghz
8 GB RAM
Radeon R7 200 series

I would appreciate it if someone who really knows their stuff could help.

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I can see 3 things wrong with your system. Windows 8.1 (but not much you can do there unless you go back to Win7 ;P). Can I say how mych I hate windows 8*? hehehe

AMD is really not a very good processor anymore, unfortunately. It has really gone downhill the last 10-15 years or so. To get good results from your processor, you really should have at least a 6mb cache if you are into gaming. Bottlenecking is pretty frequent with anything under a 6mb cache and improving your graphics card may still get hung up on the processor if it doesn't have a good cache.

ATI has *always* had various issues with games dating all the way back to the 1990's. That is why I stopped using ATI in the first place. But that does seem to be a lower end card.

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Originally Posted by Rhas

I can see 3 things wrong with your system. Windows 8.1 (but not much you can do there unless you go back to Win7 ;P). Can I say how mych I hate windows 8*? hehehe

AMD is really not a very good processor anymore, unfortunately. It has really gone downhill the last 10-15 years or so. To get good results from your processor, you really should have at least a 6mb cache if you are into gaming. Bottlenecking is pretty frequent with anything under a 6mb cache and improving your graphics card may still get hung up on the processor if it doesn't have a good cache.

ATI has *always* had various issues with games dating all the way back to the 1990's. That is why I stopped using ATI in the first place. But that does seem to be a lower end card.

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Well I agree with disliking windows 8 and 8.x It has lower over head and gives a better gaming performance then windows 7 same specs on hardware.

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Originally Posted by Dhalmel

AMD FX Quad Core?

There's your problem, that's really just a dual core CPU with AMD's poor attempt of hyperthreading.

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Nothing wrong with a dual core ;) I get around 25-30fps most of the time on my dual core 3.2 ghz because I have a decent enough video card and a 6mb cpu cache. Of course I don't run the game at max (high) but it gets the job done. I custom built my computer back in 2010 (for 1.0) so it could run on medium graphics heh

I honeslty think the best upgrade will be the graphics card. I have windows 8.1 and a quad core AMD processor and I hit close to 60FPS in most areas. The only major difference between myself and the OP is the graphics card which is why I think that is the best upgrade.

Yes your AMD processor is older (Intel is the way to go for raw gaming power), but the real killer is the graphics card IMO. Windows 8.1 while not the best in general should not be considered as a viable upgrade as it's performance to value is minimal.

I wonder though OP what are you willing (If anything) to spend on a upgrade?

OP didn't state what resolution he was playing at either, I mean that should be enough to play at 720p.

I tested The IGP in my 3770k during the beta, which can played ARR just fine at 720@standard setting (use the newest driver), mind you I am using an high end CPU that is also overclocked. This game is not that GPU demanding, it is much more CPU resource intensive.

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Originally Posted by Rhas

I can see 3 things wrong with your system. Windows 8.1 (but not much you can do there unless you go back to Win7 ;P). Can I say how mych I hate windows 8*? hehehe

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There is NOTHING wrong with Windows 8/8.1 when it comes to FFXIV and graphics driver performance.
IF anything Win8 would be better on that system as it has more optimizations for memory management and multi core threading.

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Originally Posted by Dhalmel

There is NOTHING wrong with Windows 8/8.1 when it comes to FFXIV and graphics driver performance.
IF anything Win8 would be better on that system as it has more optimizations for memory management and multi core threading.

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We can agree to disagree on that hehehe. I will never use 8*

To OP.
It's your Graphics card.
The FX Quad is ok for FFXIV. The shared resources of that CPU will still operate as a full Quad.

The R9 270 or 270x is pretty decent or nVidia GTX 750ti or 760

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Originally Posted by SavageWolf

This is what I tell everyone complaining about constantly crashing, driver issues, FPS issues (although there are SOME on the PS4).

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If you know that many people with issues on the PC, they have some pretty run down POS setups. PC and PS4 look almost identical as well, only difference being PC has anti aliasing.

OP, are you tech savvy at all? You could try an over clock on your CPU, might help a bit.

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i...vs-AMD-FX-4300 comparing your cpu to a "recommended" gaming cpu - not so much difference.
http://www.hwcompare.com/15159/radeo...radeon-r7-240/ but comparing your video to a decent video - there is a huge difference.
Antialiasing on pc (fxaa) is blurry and makes colors dull, it is better to play without it. PS4 uses amd cpu and video too. I hope ffxiv will get EQSSAA and Mantle support later.

I personally use an R7 270X and have no issues with FPS at all. Your R7 240 is a low-end graphics card that is not suited for gaming. You will see a significant FPS increase if you purchase a higher-end one.

i do not wish be a dick or start a disscussion about ps4 vs Pc... But

Here.... Look this video so you notice the Crappy and poor optimized this game run on ps4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n72MTWMPuCg

The Frame rate variation is insane. You can go 20 - 60......... Im really Sad even in the open world content the Ps4 cant keep 60 Solid FPS. =(

My Cousin play on ps4. Again my intention is not say hey ps4 ver sucks. But the people who say comentaries about Hey the ps4 Runs like pc, that do not have FPS issues is a BIG lie.........

in my Actual PC using Sweet FX.

In Open world areas i get 80 - 140 FPS..... playing on 1080p.

In the Towns or really Crowed areas, I get 35 - 90 Frames depending, where im example in Mor Dhona. But i never get bellow of 30 FPS... In the ps4 you can notice the FPS droping below of 22..........

The effects i use on my game via Sweet FX are

4X SMAA
4X FXAA
HDR
ETC.

My game looks a lotttt better than the ps4 version with this effects....

The minimum Frame Rate acceptable for to be considered playeable is "30", if your game falls below of this number. You will have several problems in "Raids" or "PvP".

if you are droping 20 FPS in CT on ps4, you will be unable compete in damage vs the other DPS or you will be unable dodge the enemies attacks............ Or if you are playing PVP and your FPS fails below of 22 FPS you will be unable be competitive.

So please, guys enjoy the ps4 version but Shhh.

Answering to the OP

The minimum Video card for play this game at 60 FPS is Radeon R9 270X.

240, 250, 260 the best for you is cap the FPS at 30 and reduce some graphic settings Sorry =(

R9 270X will give around 30-40 fps during combat and in heavy areas on the maxed settings. But playing at 30 fps is still very comfortable.

Is there a way to check fps on the ps4? The reason I ask is ever since the update I have been experiencing serious lag from copperbell hm to titan extreme. It was so bad that I saw titan do one stomp and then plumes.

Thank you for any assistance you can give me because before the update I had no problems.

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Originally Posted by Fluttersnipe

If you know that many people with issues on the PC, they have some pretty run down POS setups. PC and PS4 look almost identical as well, only difference being PC has anti aliasing.

OP, are you tech savvy at all? You could try an over clock on your CPU, might help a bit.

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Yeah I'm a little tech savvy and I actually did that. With a little work I pushed my FPS to about 20-23. Looks like I definitely have to upgrade to an R9.

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Originally Posted by CrAZYVIC

Here.... Look this video so you notice the Crappy and poor optimized this game run on ps4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n72MTWMPuCg

The Frame rate variation is insane. You can go 20 - 60......... Im really Sad even in the open world content the Ps4 cant keep 60 Solid FPS. =(

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Having not played with a PS4, I didn't think PS4 would be that bad in popular fates, however I'm not that surprised since it's only a 1.6 Ghz processor with 8 cores. PS3 must have been much worse.

Most PCs usually have the opposite issue, where the video card isn't powerful enough such as in the case of the OP.

R7 240 is about 1/4 the power of the PS4 GPU.

R7 260X and higher is more powerful than the PS4 GPU.

Chart here is a good comparison of GPU performance to other models: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ew,3107-7.html

One thing to keep in mind is a lot of PCs come with a low watt power supply. Make sure your PSU can handle the video card you upgrade to or you might need to upgrade PSU as well.

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Originally Posted by CrAZYVIC

in my Actual PC using Sweet FX.

In Open world areas i get 80 - 140 FPS..... playing on 1080p.

In the Towns or really Crowed areas, I get 35 - 90 Frames depending, where im example in Mor Dhona. But i never get bellow of 30 FPS... In the ps4 you can notice the FPS droping below of 22..........

The effects i use on my game via Sweet FX are

4X SMAA
4X FXAA
HDR
ETC.

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Is there any official response allowing SweetFX?

Get a 780ti ;)

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Originally Posted by lxSch

Is there any official response allowing SweetFX?

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There was, it's perfectly fine to use.

Seeing as it doesn't actually alter or interfere with any game-data, or provide an advantage to players over others.

It's simply a overlay filter, nothing more.

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Originally Posted by lxSch

Is there any official response allowing SweetFX?

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http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...28wip%29/page6

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Originally Posted by Hvinire

Utilizing such a tool would not violate any agreements customers have with Square Enix, and we don't plan on doing anything to restrict users from accessing it.

However, we advise that players use this at their own risk. Square Enix does not regulate the content of the aforementioned add-on and will not be responsible for any damage or losses resulting from its use.

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