Benchmark is out

It is Here, it is Time

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/benchmark/index.html

one hour and 22 minute download time for my file...*siiiighh* I hate my net

1.6GB for a benchmark...

Thank you Kayokane! Two hours here, my net sucks as well, I'll just go do something else for awhile, and not watch the download bar >.<

My internet is so bad it's telling me it's gonna take 3-5 hours.

BRB CRYING.

:S I really didn't think it was gonna be this large a file.

7 minutes, 4 to go. In other news, the mogstation mogstore(?) was updated with new items.

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS....

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

such a large file! 3 mins left to go ;A; aaaah but i've waited this long i can tough out another few mins!

5 mins here o.o

30-40 minutes for me. T_T I'm so jealous of you guys... I dearly miss my 4mb/s internet right now.

5mbs, not bad

1 solid hour to download i don't mind means i can take my morning shower :D

4 minutes for me. I can wait that long.

extraction complete! RIP sleeping tonight

3 mins download. Yay. Luckily we don't have to download from a launcher. I always find it slower that way.

In now. The new male Au Ra hairstyles are all soo glorious. Just soo much beautiful big and long hair. Some even have horns protruding from them.

So I open it.. .and it loads the splash and closes instantly. Great. -.-

Mine isn't working either. I can load the launcher itself and modify settings, but when I try to open the creator or the benchmark, it simply closes and reopens the launcher...

No problems for me!

7883 as score \o/

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** This benchmark is not available on Mac OS. **

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Originally Posted by Suirieko

So I open it.. .and it loads the splash and closes instantly. Great. -.-

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Originally Posted by Kouren

Mine isn't working either. I can load the launcher itself and modify settings, but when I try to open the creator or the benchmark, it simply closes and reopens the launcher...

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Tried right-click/run as administrator on the executable? See if that works, or changing the OS on the compatability tab? If you are using Vista/Windows 7/8 then not sure why it's not working :/

Hahahahaha....ha... 3 hours of downloading. T_T I wonder if my ethernet cord got unplugged somehow; this is how slow things were when I was wireless.

Hnrg, some of those dx11 effects are very noticeable. I like... <3

Not really for the dx11, but:

http://i.imgur.com/K6uf5aY.png

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Originally Posted by NozomiKei

Hahahahaha....ha... 3 hours of downloading. T_T I wonder if my ethernet cord got unplugged somehow; this is how slow things were when I was wireless.

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Everyone's downloading it at once, and the server can only handle so much.

Running with my settings in-game on ARR, updated for DX11, 6804 (Ranked Very High) :D

On Max Settings 3719 (Ranked High) :3

Well Im using a gtx 460 and and amd phenom 955.

I set it to maximum and 1080p. my results

dx9=4707 high
dx11=3007 fairly high

so definitely didnt get improved performance from dx11. But this is on max setting which my old pc cant handle anyways. Now im going to run it at the setting i play at to see if theres a difference. (that dx11 water is sooooo nice.)

edit. Ran with the settings i play at.

dx9=7247 extremely high
dx11=5484 very high

Guess ill be sticking to dx9 until i upgrade my pc.

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Originally Posted by micropanther7

Tried right-click/run as administrator on the executable? See if that works, or changing the OS on the compatability tab? If you are using Vista/Windows 7/8 then not sure why it's not working :/

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Having the same problem as well. Using the latest version of Windows 8 and running as an administrator didn't seem to help. Don't have FFXIV running. Not sure what else to do.

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Originally Posted by Blueyes

Having the same problem as well. Using the latest version of Windows 8 and running as an administrator didn't seem to help. Don't have FFXIV running. Not sure what else to do.

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Sorry it didn't help :( Nor am I to be honest, let's hope someone with more tech know-how than myself can come up with something! :/

Well I got mine up and running but there is no option for the AuRa...so yeah not sure wuts going on it acts like the character creation is not updated becuz it still shows "a realm reborn"

All the available download llinks on that url all keep downloading the ARR benchmark..not sure why its doing this for me when all the info on the url is about heavensward..
[update] problem fixed you HAVE to clear cache if it keeps downloading ARR =.=

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Originally Posted by Kyandeisu

Well I got mine up and running but there is no option for the AuRa...so yeah not sure wuts going on it acts like the character creation is not updated becuz it still shows "a realm reborn"

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Clear your cache/cookies then visit the page again.

If you can't launch the bench, try to go to the option folder of the folder where you put the benchmark, then make sure the "read only" option is not check.
Wasn't able to launch the bench till I uncheck this options.

DX11 1920x1080, ultra everything
Score: 13898
Notes: Almost no stuttering whatsoever, meaning switch to DX11 boosts AMD card performance significantly
Notes 2: Dual card seems to be making a huge difference in DX11 ultra preset. I was getting about 50 fps at the beginning with one card, versus 120+ average with two cards in the same scene.

DX9 1920x1080, ultra everything
Score: 13393
Notes: Lots of stuttering like current game with AMD card, no multi-card support: 35 fps momentarily at big giant dragon fish thingy in sky


My hardware is:

CPU: i7 4771
RAM: 8GB
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro
GPU: R9 290X x2 (CROSSFIRE)

1920 x 1080 Maximum settings DX11

Using a GTX660ti

Score: 6299
Performance: Very High

Not too bad I guess. I was planning to upgrade anyway.

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Originally Posted by Blueyes

Having the same problem as well. Using the latest version of Windows 8 and running as an administrator didn't seem to help. Don't have FFXIV running. Not sure what else to do.

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try going to your Download folder and finding the zip file "ffxiv-heavensward-bench.zip" right click it and check the properties make sure that the program is unblocked windows doesn't like downloaded zips

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Originally Posted by micropanther7

Sorry it didn't help :( Nor am I to be honest, let's hope someone with more tech know-how than myself can come up with something! :/

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Maybe there's some luck to it. I restart my computer twice and this latest time it was finally able to launch the character creator. Definitely not a very tech savvy solution, but I guess it worked for me. >.>

Does anyone know how to add the character we made in the character creation section into the benchmark for testing?

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Originally Posted by hairpinlegs

Clear your cache/cookies then visit the page again.

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yeah i did that before i saw your response xD just wasnt able to edit in time cuz yeah clear cache forgot i had to relog in here

Excuse my ignorance but what is this?

Only took a couple minutes to download, though slower than I would have expected for only 1.6 GB.

2560x1600 Borderless Windowed
i7-2600k @ 4.1Ghz
GTX 780

Max settings, scored 7407 with DX9, and 5044 with DX11

Edit: 1920x1080 Windowed DX11 max settings scored 8785.