Nvidia New Driver today, Support DX 11 SLI FFXIV

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01-23-2015, 04:07 AM
Xoriam

Nvidia New Driver today, Support DX 11 SLI FFXIV

So today Nividia released a new driver for their cards.
In the description there is noted SLI support for DX 11 FFXIV.
I'm guessing the Benchmark is coming out soon!!
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/...-download.html

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GeForce 347.25 WHQL Driver: Game Ready For Dying Light Dying Light is a new I.P. from Techland, creators of Dead Island, an extremely popular first-person zombie action game. Like Dead Island, Dying Light includes zombies galore, mutated monsters, weapon crafting, player progression, and many other elements that made Dead Island so popular. For Dying Light, Techland ups the ante with free-running traversal mechanics, a day-night cycle that sees zombie become more lethal as night falls, and human antagonists who actively compete for the same resources you so desperately require for survival. MFAA We're extending MFAA support to almost all DX10 and DX11 games. SLI Profiles Black Desert – Added SLI profile Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – Added DirectX 11 SLI profile Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris – Added SLI profile Nosgoth – Added SLI profile The Talos Principle – DirectX 11 Added SLI profile Zhu Xian Shi Jie – Added SLI profile Supported Products
01-23-2015, 04:30 AM
reiichi

Please please please let the DX11 client have AMD Corssfire support that works too.

Biggest mistake I ever made for an upgrade was picking Crossfired cards instead of a nice Nvidia.
01-23-2015, 04:30 AM
MageBlack

New Benchmark! When can we haz it SE?!?
01-23-2015, 06:44 AM
Xoriam

My main hope for the DX11 client is them fixing transparent lighting issues with Nvidia cards and CPU overhead.
01-23-2015, 07:52 AM
MageBlack

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Originally Posted by Xoriam

My main hope for the DX11 client is them fixing transparent lighting issues with Nvidia cards and CPU overhead.

From the live letter at the Tokyo FanFest. Check out the Source for more information.

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In addition, players will find that DirectX 11 will be less resource-intensive for GPUs that support it. In some cases this will also result in an improved frame rate.
Furthermore, with the DirectX 11 version, characters will be rendered with uncompressed textures, making them look even more impressive. The visual quality of objects in the background has also improved, and even the texture of characters’ skin will look more realistic.

The DirectX 11 client will be released at the same time as Heavensward. After the release, players will be able to choose between the DirectX 9 version and the DirectX 11 version. There’s no need to purchase the package again—if the DirectX11 client is downloaded and installed, players will be able to play in DirectX 11 with the UI settings and such exactly as they are now. We plan to add even more features that make use of DirectX 11 in the future.
01-23-2015, 07:55 AM
Xoriam

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Originally Posted by MageBlack

From the live letter at the Tokyo FanFest. Check out the Source for more information.

That is not related to what I'm worried about but I really appreciate that news, uncompressed texures is something I'm really interested in since I'm playing at 4k resolution on a 40" screen!
01-23-2015, 07:58 AM
MageBlack

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Originally Posted by Xoriam

That is not related to what I'm worried about but I really appreciate that news, uncompressed texures is something I'm really interested in since I'm playing at 4k resolution on a 40" screen!

Ok, I wasnt quite sure what you were asking in the quote I used. I read "Overheat" on second read it was "Overhead"
01-23-2015, 08:05 AM
Xoriam

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Originally Posted by MageBlack

Ok, I wasnt quite sure what you were asking in the quote I used. I read "Overheat" on second read it was "Overhead"

Yeah :P

Overhead meaning DX11 is more optmized that DX9 for CPU usage. you know how when you go to Mor Dohna at peak time and no matter what cpu you have even if it's an i7 5960x @ 5ghz you'll still be at 40ish fps instead of 60+
In the DX11 client we shouldn't encounter that problem AT ALL anymore, if they did it correctly.

even in ACU which is horriblly optimized I get 0 fps drop even what there are like 200npcs on the screen.
01-23-2015, 09:59 AM
MageBlack

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Originally Posted by Xoriam

Yeah :P

Overhead meaning DX11 is more optmized that DX9 for CPU usage. you know how when you go to Mor Dohna at peak time and no matter what cpu you have even if it's an i7 5960x @ 5ghz you'll still be at 40ish fps instead of 60+
In the DX11 client we shouldn't encounter that problem AT ALL anymore, if they did it correctly.

even in ACU which is horriblly optimized I get 0 fps drop even what there are like 200npcs on the screen.

That makes sense, and i agree. Still, what we got now is 1000X Better than the 1.0 client. Sure it was pretty but the client was shit...
01-24-2015, 04:44 AM
Xoriam

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Originally Posted by MageBlack

That makes sense, and i agree. Still, what we got now is 1000X Better than the 1.0 client. Sure it was pretty but the client was shit...

Yeah... Ughh don't remind me. Running even 7970 in Xfire back then wasn't enough
and those shadows, looked more like mesh.
01-24-2015, 04:56 AM
Nekodar

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Originally Posted by reiichi

Please please please let the DX11 client have AMD Corssfire support that works too.

Biggest mistake I ever made for an upgrade was picking Crossfired cards instead of a nice Nvidia.

Not sure what problems you have with AMD Crossfire, but always try the latest drivers and if you have issues, try AMD support forums as well.
As for DX11 Crossfire support... only SE and/or AMD can answer if that's on the way.
I don't use AMD myself so haven't checked their drivers at all for any mention of it.
01-24-2015, 05:23 AM
Kona4me

I really hope they would fix pixels being visible (grass trees gear ears~etc) ~ DX11 will make things better but not sure about pixels x) , will run ffxiv with nvidia surround & i'm happy to hear that frame rates will be much better!
01-24-2015, 09:15 AM
Blissa

Anyone get to test FFXIV in SLI? It already ran 60 fps on my pc with a gtx 760.
01-24-2015, 10:28 AM
Stumpedify

SLI is really overkill for this game. I'm getting 80-100fps with a single 7970 ghz edition -- which is a pretty old card now. 60~ fps during hunts. Fast cpu and ram (mine is: i7 4790k/2400mhz DDR3) make more of a difference than the graphics card -- which is usually the case for all MMOs.

Of course, we need to wait and see how the dx11 client really performs before knowing for sure whether sli really is needed or not.
01-25-2015, 02:53 AM
Xoriam

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Originally Posted by Kona4me

I really hope they would fix pixels being visible (grass trees gear ears~etc) ~ DX11 will make things better but not sure about pixels x) , will run ffxiv with nvidia surround & i'm happy to hear that frame rates will be much better!

Play at a higher resolution, you won't see the pixels

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Originally Posted by Blissa

Anyone get to test FFXIV in SLI? It already ran 60 fps on my pc with a gtx 760.

Yeah I'm playing with SLI 970 @ 3840x2160
@1080 i get up to 300fps in some situations
@1440 I get up to 200fps in some situations
@4k i get around 80-100
Thats when the transparent lighting bug doesn't kick you in the face. (i'm currently in contact with a Nvidia Employee who is trying to fix the issue)

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Originally Posted by Stumpedify

SLI is really overkill for this game. I'm getting 80-100fps with a single 7970 ghz edition -- which is a pretty old card now. 60~ fps during hunts. Fast cpu and ram (mine is: i7 4790k/2400mhz DDR3) make more of a difference than the graphics card -- which is usually the case for all MMOs.

Of course, we need to wait and see how the dx11 client really performs before knowing for sure whether sli really is needed or not.

Alot of people don't play at 1080 anymore, so it's not overkill.
01-25-2015, 03:27 AM
raelgun

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Originally Posted by Stumpedify

SLI is really overkill for this game. I'm getting 80-100fps with a single 7970 ghz edition -- which is a pretty old card now. 60~ fps during hunts. Fast cpu and ram (mine is: i7 4790k/2400mhz DDR3) make more of a difference than the graphics card -- which is usually the case for all MMOs.

Of course, we need to wait and see how the dx11 client really performs before knowing for sure whether sli really is needed or not.

If people can afford to acquire more powerful hardware, there is no overkill, you pay for the performance, especially since both AMD and Nvidia now support downsampling from the drivers, native 1080 p screen, well up that to 1440p or 4K, this is the reason why you pay for such hardware in the first place.
01-25-2015, 05:35 AM
Kona4me

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Originally Posted by Xoriam

Play at a higher resolution, you won't see the pixels

I'm playing @1440p AH-IPS monitor ~

x2 GTX970 SLI

You still see pixels ~ w ~; not always sure but sometimes which kills immersion in game, hope DX11 might help.
01-25-2015, 06:06 AM
Xoriam

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Originally Posted by Kona4me

I'm playing @1440p AH-IPS monitor ~

x2 GTX970 SLI

You still see pixels ~ w ~; not always sure but sometimes which kills immersion in game, hope DX11 might help.

With 970 SLI I'd reccomend you to DSR to 4k. ^_^
01-27-2015, 04:07 AM
Xoriam

I recieved an update from Nvidia about the transparent lighting bug.

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Thanks for the update, I'll make sure to add these to the bug. To update, our lab was able to replicate the issue and the bug has been escalated to development to begin their investigation. Hopefully we can root cause the problem and get this resolved in a future driver update.