how can i improve my ps4?

whenever I'm in a zone thats very active like md or during a s rank i start to slow down/ lag its not my internet speed i really think it has to do with my ps4 system. is their something i can do to improve my ps4 i have not changed the hard drive its the same one that came with the ps4

that only ever happened to me when played on ps3.. when upgraded to ps4 i never lag in crowded areas like hunt fights etc

Anywhere there are large amounts of people it will slow the game down. Not much you can do with the PS4 to improve it. You can turn off effects from other people, sometimes helps with the hunts, but thats really about it.

Nope. It is the same for everybody. It's area congestion. There are probably 100-200 people at least doing S ranks, it causes heavy area load for everybody. I remember seeing an S rank in north shroud that had like 500 or more people and the whole server 90k'ed.

Are you using the standard/default PS4 HDD? If so you can upgrade it to a Solid Sate as far as I know, their giant flash memory hard drives so 4x faster access speed XD
I did it to my PS3 a year and odd ago and the difference is amazing so I can only imagine what a SSD does in a PS4 :p

genuinely surprised none came in and went "hurr durr get PC" o3o,

What milmoko said :3 get a solid state drive, it tends to cut a couple seconds off your loading time and when out of FFXIV it makes a lot of other games (like say GTAV) much faster since thats loading off the drive rather then awaiting information from a server,
the only other way is to go onto a server with the lowest PING to you, the lower your ping the faster your loading times would be.

yeah I'm using the standard where do i go to purchase this improved hdd for cheap?

so i need a new hard drive where would i go to purchase one?

The hard drive will not fix the issue you stated, its only for load times. Between the standard hard drive and an ssd for the PS4, probably won't even notice a difference.

Solid State drives can be purchased most places that sell PC accessories and video cards and such. They are expensive. They do improve the speed at which the PS4 loads and there is a simple tutorial on Youtube that will walk you through the process of installation of both the hardware and the PS4 operating system.

To improve performance, there is an in-game option in system settings -> display to change your graphics to Standard HD instead of Full HD.

It will reduce your resolution to 720p instead of 1080p, giving a slight boost.

also switch graphics off for other players.I have a decent pc and only show my own effects due to screen clutter and well they can be anoying but it helps with lag

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Originally Posted by silverhope

also switch graphics off for other players.I have a decent pc and only show my own effects due to screen clutter and well they can be anoying but it helps with lag

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You can't adjust the graphical settings on the ps4 like you can on the PC. Basically the only thing you have control over is 1080p or 720p.

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Originally Posted by Averax

You can't adjust the graphical settings on the ps4 like you can on the PC. Basically the only thing you have control over is 1080p or 720p.

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Talking about turning off the ability effects (visuals) from other players. Especially at a hunt, it helps with the lag.

amazon.co.uk if you an eu/uk player (or amazon in general, other retailers are available haha) sell decent Samsung SSD's for about £150 thats for 500GB drive, I'm considering getting one soon after HW hits as i'm running outta space on my 220GB and I'm expecting that and MGSV to take up large chunk of space :/

Oh the load time on PS3 with an SSD is more then a few seconds shorter, I've found densely populated zones like cities and Rev Toll to load like 30secs/1min quicker to be honest, and boot times too - from PS3 dashboard to XIV Start Screen it went from 2mins to 30secs :p

Just get a PC.

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Originally Posted by Milmoko_Gemoko

Oh the load time on PS3 with an SSD is more then a few seconds

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Thats because that thing is a dinosaur. Way different on a PS4.

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Originally Posted by Eye_Gore

Talking about turning off the ability effects (visuals) from other players. Especially at a hunt, it helps with the lag.

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I was looking around forever in the settings, and i just now found it. I didn't know we had that option

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Originally Posted by Kore_Hyperion

Just get a PC.

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A decent PC that can run this game at max/high settings, while a good investment, is really expensive.

PS4 is like $400

PS3 to PS4 is night and day. Hell, it's moon and earth.

Either way, PS4 runs the game at pretty much max, but it during things like S-ranks, i dont think it makes any attempt to scale, and with all the effects on sometimes it lags worse than the PS3 does.

Simple fix though, just turn off full VFX, or just keep party VFX on during S-rank hunts. There's really nothing else that should significantly impact ps4.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...36&N=100008120 600136716 600158884 600082508 600038493&IsNodeId=1&IsPowerSearch=1&cm_sp=CAT-SSD_11-_-VisNav-_-UpTo1TB

I don't know that the PS4 will support any of these, but they should fit in the 2.5" Serial ATA that is called for per https://support.us.playstation.com/a...UDUzYm1pb20%3D

1 TB SSD ... That's got me tempted, actually.

I had this problem on PS3 but after I switched to PS4 I'm having no more problems and I keep everything to max anomy connection isn't even that good. Anyway the easiest things to do are changing to ethernet instead of WiFi, reduce or remove the other players graphic effects, it's in the character or system customisation, I don't remember now. If it is still not enough you can reduce/remove the graphic effect of your party members and last you can change from Full HD (1080) to HD (720) but I wouldn't like this idea.

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Originally Posted by papichulo123

yeah I'm using the standard where do i go to purchase this improved hdd for cheap?

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well SSD is never cheap depends the space you need.
I mean 500 gib sounds alot on ps4 "witch is standard " but its not. But depends how many games you have on ps4

ok so a new hard drive will fix load times will it decrease the amount of time it takes me to transfer between zones? like teleporting from md to limsa? i feel that teleporting takes to long on ps4

Ditch the PS and join the PC Master Race. Lol jk jk

Do you have a HDD or a SSD? If you upgrade to a SSD it'll speed up load times greatly.
This includes loading of characters, NPCs, mobs and loading times when teleporting into a zone.

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ok so a new hard drive will fix load times will it decrease the amount of time it takes me to transfer between zones? like teleporting from md to limsa? i feel that teleporting takes to long on ps4

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Yup. It'll also decrease the time it'll take to load assets, such as character models in a crowded area, but it won't reduce lag and server latency.
I use one on my computer and don't think I could go back. My HDDs are just bulk storage now.

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ok so a new hard drive will fix load times will it decrease the amount of time it takes me to transfer between zones? like teleporting from md to limsa? i feel that teleporting takes to long on ps4

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yes it will help.

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ok so a new hard drive will fix load times will it decrease the amount of time it takes me to transfer between zones? like teleporting from md to limsa? i feel that teleporting takes to long on ps4

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The longest load time I have ever had on the PS4 was to Mor Dhona during peak and its about 12 seconds. Any other area its never more than 5. Thats with a standard PS4, I guess on larger populated servers it may take longer, but the load times are really fast,for me it seems. I can't imagine a new ssd will decrease it that much to be worth the cost. I guess if you need more space then sure.

While SSD's are not cheap, they are starting to get closer to HDD sizes, one of the biggest issues I had with getting one in the past. I'm sure that you can probably find cheaper alternatives than the neweg.com stuff I linked earlier.

you want a pure SSD, NOT a hybrid drive (their mostly a standard hard drive but with 8GB of Solid State memory) - so yeah make sure its a pure solid state drive with no moving disk platelets/parts.

The SSD as people (and myself on many threads) have said will shorten zone load times, NPC loads, asset/texture/monster model load times and best of all big dungeons/raids/cutscenes also load in a few seconds too. Seriously you'll see the difference the second you load in FFXIV on it XD

Due to popular demand, here we go:

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

I just bought a Samsung EVO 850 500GB SSD last week off Newegg for $179 and it came with a $30 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive FREE. Changing out the HDD to an SSD on the PS4 is super simple and DOES significantly increase your load in times. Do it if you have the spare scrilla and want better overall perform out of your system.

Upgrade to PC master race, but go all out, Titan X and 4ghz i7.
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Really.
500 GB SSD are really coming down in price. That would be the signal best change you could change. That being said. Spending ~$200 on a SSD to upgrade a $350 PS4 seem kind of a waste to me.

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Originally Posted by CrystalRainbow

Spending ~$200 on a SSD to upgrade a $350 PS4 seem kind of a waste to me.

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Some just can't handle those 5-8 second load times. I need less. Teleport to a new zone, take a drink of my favorite beverage, look back at the TV and we're there dude. I need ssd, no taking drinks, get a move on.
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Is there a way to do this and clone the drive?

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Is there a way to do this and clone the drive?

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If you can find a flash drive large enough to copy whatever you want to transfer over plus the ps4 start up software, it's actually quite easy to do. Check Youtube for videos on how to do it. Installing/removing the drives is also extremely easy as the system was designed with doing this in mind. I used the 128GB one that I got free with my SSD from New Egg.

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Upgrade to PC master race, but go all out, Titan X and 4ghz i7.

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I would really like to spend some money to buy high end PC master race, but sadly there won't be Final Fantasy XV and Star Ocean 5 on PC :/

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Originally Posted by Eye_Gore

Some just can't handle those 5-8 second load times. I need less. Teleport to a new zone, take a drink of my favorite beverage, look back at the TV and we're there dude. I need ssd, no taking drinks, get a move on.
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Yeah but at that point, you might as well just get a PC, even a $400 PC outperforms a PS4 when it comes to just specific mmo performance.
Then if you choose to spend over $1000 on it, then whooooo it's a good life :D

P.S. Not trying to hijack the thread, but really $200 SSD.. it's a lot cheaper than what it used to be but still :(

All I can think of is keeping it dust free, well ventilated, turn off some effects and upgrade to a larger SSHD. The only other things to improve performance involves a router than can handle very heavy loads and upgrading your internet connections speed and/or bandwidth. At some point (everyone get's it) there's going to be a ton of data being sent back and forth, and the bottle neck will be at it's slowest point. So if there's more people in one general area or spot, doing something to the same target, or full server. Then it wont matter. If everything is at max performance gameplay will slow down and lag slightly for the sake of processing all that data. Now if you are always getting performance issues with everything else. Check your HD/system, Router, and ISP. Usually it'll be one of those three.