DX11 Performance

I just saw the comparison pictures for DX9 and DX11 version http://jp.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/

My question is, how do you think this will affect a slightly older graphics card?

I'm getting my bros old PC (i5 3570k, HD7950 and SSD), and as for what I know, if I over clock both of those (GPU can be overclocked a lot), I should be able to run the game smoothly.

I don't have any clue what will change in the DX11 client, all I've heard is that it is more efficient... But is that added efficiency, enough for me to increase the graphic settings, so that I get those shiny good looking effects?

There is a benchmark coming very soon, I know, but I can't wait :p

I can't see past the terrible, messed up lines on the floor tiles to the left, nearest the viewer. ><

If your card supports DX11, which yours would, the impact on performance should be negligible, if they do it proper. It's not like they're adding an HD texture pack that actually puts more load onto your card.

The floor shines O_O!!!
I can use the floor to peek on things O____O!!!

In all seriousness, I have nothing serious to say, nvm useful.

Hrm, I'm just hoping that with DX11, crossfire will finally be supported. I have 2 gfx cards yet only one gets abused when playing this game. Lately it's been getting pretty hot (so far it has managed to get up to 89 degrees celsius) and I have to alt-tab out of FFXIV to get it to cool down before alt tabbing back in. This is with the on board fan at 100% plus a huge rotating fan blowing directly into my case (ghetto rigged), even though my case already has 4 fans built into it.

The second graphics card stays at a constant 30-32 degrees C which is pretty much the idling temp (and normal since it's not being used). I checked other games, and my main card would normally get into the 50s which is fine and normal imo, but for some reason FFXIV makes it go nuts.

My hope is that if crossfire compatability comes with the DX11 update that the game puts less stress on just one card and both become able to share the load like they are suppose to.

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Originally Posted by Ecks007

Hrm, I'm just hoping that with DX11, crossfire will finally be supported.

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Its known for a fact that SLI will be supported which "SHOULD" mean that crossfire should be as well. But they haven't used the words crossfire as far as I'm aware.

afaik, AMD has to put out drivers that enable crossfire for FFXIV, nVidia did when the game was launched.

I'm sure they said this will increase performance cause it streamlines the processing or some technical jargon. I'll find the quote. Until I can find it, here is the reveal video from the Tokyo FanFest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRqW3qlYYfE

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DirectX 11 will arrive with the Heavensward expansion later this year, where they plan to add even more DirectX 11 features after its launch.

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Awesome to know they will continue to add to it. Hopefully some texture packs to satiate the 1.0 crowd.

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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.

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Source

The info is about two thrids the way down the page.

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Originally Posted by Ecks007

Lately it's been getting pretty hot (so far it has managed to get up to 89 degrees celsius) and I have to alt-tab out of FFXIV to get it to cool down before alt tabbing back in.

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It may be painful to do, but enable the FPS limiter and you'll likely see a reduction in stress. My 760 goes wild if I keep the limiter off.

What? Is that an in-game graphical setting or something I do in the graphics card controls?

Edit: I found it in the Display Settings but I'm not sure what option does what tbh. 1/1? 1/2? 1/4?

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Originally Posted by Ecks007

What? Is that an in-game graphical setting or something I do in the graphics card controls?

Edit: I found it in the Display Settings but I'm not sure what option does what tbh. 1/1? 1/2? 1/4?

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They're the fractions of your refresh rate.
So if you use a 60htz monitor, 1/1 would be 60FPS, while 1/2 would be 30FPS, and 1/4 would be 15FPS.
Since one of the 2.55 updates, it's never been able to calculate my monitors refresh rate (it's 30) so they all say 0FPS for me, lol. But you can enable each one and see the FPS at the top of the display settings window change.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

They're the fractions of your refresh rate.
So if you use a 60htz monitor, 1/1 would be 60FPS, while 1/2 would be 30FPS, and 1/4 would be 15FPS.
Since one of the 2.55 updates, it's never been able to calculate my monitors refresh rate (it's 30) so they all say 0FPS for me, lol. But you can enable each one and see the FPS at the top of the display settings window change.

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Ah. Yeah it says 0FPS on mine as well. I went with 1/1 but don't really notice a difference and my card seems to behave the same as not having the limit on. I might just deal with it, tbh it's not too bad to just alt-tab to cool my card off. Far from ideal, but oh well.

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Originally Posted by Ecks007

Ah. Yeah it says 0FPS on mine as well. I went with 1/1 but don't really notice a difference and my card seems to behave the same as not having the limit on. I might just deal with it, tbh it's not too bad to just alt-tab to cool my card off. Far from ideal, but oh well.

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Be extremely careful. If the card is reaching high temps, it could damage the card.

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Originally Posted by Craiger

I just saw the comparison pictures for DX9 and DX11 version http://jp.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/

My question is, how do you think this will affect a slightly older graphics card?

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It'll be better.
You'll more likely have some new graphical options to disable intensive effects like ambiant occlusion and reflections... So, in the end, you'll still be able to experience the game like it is on DX9, but with improved performances.

Just disable GPU intensive effects and you'll be good.

DX11 should be ok for your card, it make your card run the game more smoothly, dx11 ran perfect on my old gtx580 back in 1.0's dx 11

I do not recall 1.0 ever supporting dx11.

http://i.imgur.com/LLwFTzb.gifv

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Originally Posted by TriksteR

http://i.imgur.com/LLwFTzb.gifv

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Originally I didnt notice much of a difference between the two shots other than shiny floors.. Until I saw this!!
I cannot wait for DX 11.
I just hope that the weird haze that seemed to plague DX9 games, is fixed with DX11 :O

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Originally Posted by TriksteR

http://i.imgur.com/LLwFTzb.gifv

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Thanks for this, I could barely see the difference lol.
I wish the Benchmark was out, I can play on MAX with usually no problems unless
some Grid places without a lot of shrubbery...the Benchmark needs me be out so people can start getting upgrade replacements if needed.

Sorry if I missed this piece of information, but have they said anything about when they would release the DX11 client?
They keep saying with Heavensward, but if thats the case, who wants to sit 2-4hrs patching the whole 2.0 client up to 3.0 again and miss out on EA time.
I hope that they release it like a couple of days before hand to give us time to upgrade for when the big 3.0 patch hit.

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Originally Posted by YakushiHinata

Sorry if I missed this piece of information, but have they said anything about when they would release the DX11 client?
They keep saying with Heavensward, but if thats the case, who wants to sit 2-4hrs patching the whole 2.0 client up to 3.0 again and miss out on EA time.
I hope that they release it like a couple of days before hand to give us time to upgrade for when the big 3.0 patch hit.

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As far as Ive heard during Live Letter's and Interviews it will be out with the launch of Heavensward. The new client may take time to download but dont worry, I doubt the servers will be up for some time during the maintenance. If you have a decent connection speed you should have time enough to download it all.
Also, if I'm reading the JP blog correctly (where these screenshots were posted) the upcoming benchmark will have DX11 support as well to test it out.

(Would be great if someone whose Japanese is better than mine could confirm that for me)
Source JP Blog: "4月下旬に公開するベンチマークでは、DirectX 11版も試す事ができますので、お楽しみに～。"