Major FPS drop/screen stuttering after upgrading video card to GTX 770.

[Squa11_Leonhart]

Appreciate all the feedback I'm getting here. Just thought I'd give everyone an update and response to a few of the suggestions.

I called the MB manufacturer, it's an ASRock Intel x79 Extreme 4, and they said I have the most recent BIOS for Sandy Bridge processors. It's worth noting that my processor is a Sandy Bridge, NOT an Ivy Bridge as I originally thought, Intel i7 Quad Core 3820 (3.6 GHz).

I did try out older drivers, I believe 320.49, but to no avail. I have also tried putting the card into a different PCI slot, but also no luck on that.

Infact, its a Sandy bridge E.

Give the 327 or 331.40 beta drivers a go, lots of issues have been fixed since 320.49.

Installing a more updated BIOS won't affect how your motherboard behave, it just includes support to newer CPUs and components, without dropping support to previous ones.

These words would be dangerous,.... if op had a gigabyte board. in some cases, newer is not better and can be much worse.

[Andrewzz]

These words would be dangerous,.... if op had a gigabyte board. in some cases, newer is not better and can be much worse.

I do have a Gigabyte, always updated to latest BIOS and haven't had issues with it.
GA-X58A-UD3R
Intel i7 950
MSI 660ti OC PE.

[Squa11_Leonhart]

a motherboard from 4 years ago (which btw, DID have on and off issues in its provided bios's) doesn't really represent the issues present in current hardware.

[Andrewzz]

I wasn't aware of any issue with my motherboard's BIOS, and I just made the example with mine that updating BIOS isn't bringing any issue to me.

[Darken]

I am wondering if there is somehow a conflict between your system graphic settings and FFXIV. I haven't used Nvidia cards in a while, but with the AMD cards you can control settings in the Catalyst control panel. Have you tried creating a profile for FFXIV and making sure that all the settings are application controlled?

I have been able to solve some performance issues by doing this with other games.

[Zand]

I definitely want to try a few of the more recent suggestions. I'm wondering if I'd be able to install a new copy of windows on my old HDD, which was previously wiped, and install the new NVIDIA drivers without having to worry about my AMD drivers on the SSD. This way I can swap cards without the hassle of having to uninstall/reinstall new drivers. Anyone know if this is possible?

[Andrewzz]

So, any progress?

[montecchia]

have you tried to fresh install your FFXIV:ARR client since a lot of these hardware related troubleshoot?

[Mylla_Ashdale]

I'am in the boat. I just recently bought a Desktop PC again to switch from PS3 Version to PC.

My Rig:
I7 4770K @4.3Ghz
16GB Kingston HyperX 2133Mhz Ram (4x4GB)
2x MSI Lightning GTX 770 SLI
MSI Z87-GD65 Motherboard
Corsair HX 1050W PSU
Windows 7 64 Bit Ultimate on an 120GB Samsung 840 Evo SSD (fresh installation after assembled the pc, with every driver+bios updated and fresh installed FF XIV ARR)
Games are installed on an 3TB HDD from WD
Game Settings: Max. Resolutions 1920x1080(my usual gaming resolution), 2880x1620 and 3200x1800 (both Downsampling to 1920x1080 with FXAA turned off in the Gamesettings)
My temps are under heavy load ~60°C ish for CPU and 45/48°C on the GFX cards.
Tried both nVidia drivers already, beta and whql, no difference.

When i run benchmarks like the one from FF XIV ARR or something like 3D Mark / 2011 i get superb Performance. I score around 18k Points on the FF XIV Benchmark which is not that bad i believe. Playing other Games like the new Tomb Raider/Bioshock Infinite with 4x SSAA runs smooth at fixed 60 FPS (limited with Adaptive Vsync, not Microstuttering at all).

But playing Final Fantasy XIV ARR gives some heavy FPS Drops at times, where i'm really wondering if SLI is working properly with the game. But then again i have around 40FPS left when i join an Odin FATE with alot of ppl and its really nice to play this event that smooth - so i really have no idea whats the issue with that specific game. Literally theres no difference in running the game with SLI enabled or without. But in the benchmark there is..

[Squa11_Leonhart]

I'am in the boat. I just recently bought a Desktop PC again to switch from PS3 Version to PC.

My Rig:
I7 4770K @4.3Ghz
16GB Kingston HyperX 2133Mhz Ram (4x4GB)
2x MSI Lightning GTX 770 SLI
MSI Z87-GD65 Motherboard
Corsair HX 1050W PSU
Windows 7 64 Bit Ultimate on an 120GB Samsung 840 Evo SSD (fresh installation after assembled the pc, with every driver+bios updated and fresh installed FF XIV ARR)
Games are installed on an 3TB HDD from WD
Game Settings: Max. Resolutions 1920x1080(my usual gaming resolution), 2880x1620 and 3200x1800 (both Downsampling to 1920x1080 with FXAA turned off in the Gamesettings)
My temps are under heavy load ~60°C ish for CPU and 45/48°C on the GFX cards.
Tried both nVidia drivers already, beta and whql, no difference.

When i run benchmarks like the one from FF XIV ARR or something like 3D Mark / 2011 i get superb Performance. I score around 18k Points on the FF XIV Benchmark which is not that bad i believe. Playing other Games like the new Tomb Raider/Bioshock Infinite with 4x SSAA runs smooth at fixed 60 FPS (limited with Adaptive Vsync, not Microstuttering at all).

But playing Final Fantasy XIV ARR gives some heavy FPS Drops at times, where i'm really wondering if SLI is working properly with the game. But then again i have around 40FPS left when i join an Odin FATE with alot of ppl and its really nice to play this event that smooth - so i really have no idea whats the issue with that specific game. Literally theres no difference in running the game with SLI enabled or without. But in the benchmark there is..

turn occlusion culling back on.