Quote Originally Posted by Richiealvian View Post
Hey guys,

I just upgraded from a radeon hd 5670 to a 7970, my question is why am I still getting very poor fps in crowded areas, especially aetherytes?(even if it's not crowded). My GPU usage shows only 30%, and CPU also 30%. Does anyone know how to make these work harder? (I admit 30 fps in towns is a lot better because my previous card only got 6)
i reckon its a software cap on performance thats in the game, same here my gpu and cpu are no where near 100% during these areas and the fps goes to crap, yet when im not in a crowded area it can run at 100% it may well be a limitation of direct x 9, even unparking all the cores on the cpu doesnt really do anything.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...unt-of-players