Quote Originally Posted by Fwee View Post
you need to read my post.. downscaling = making your resolution 40% bigger then supported natively
I did read your post. You are having trouble finding the resolution settings, and didn't appear to understand how the settings work. Perhaps you should review my post again... even though I didn't have access to the game at the time, I was trying to give you an general idea of where the settings are in the first paragraph, and trying to clarify how it may behave depending on what resolution you use in the second. The last sentence goes directly to trying to force FSAA with your resolution:

If you select something larger than your monitor's native resolution it can have odd results. Best case scenario, it will just window it for you and the edges will be left off-screen.
I understand the concept behind what you are trying to do. We forced FSAA in FFXI for nearly a decade by setting background to 2x or higher than the foreground resolution. This game however is a different animal, and may behave differently depending on varying elements involved. It is not unusual to experience undesirable results when setting non-standard/unsupported resolutions.

In your case it seems the combination of XIV's rendering engine/methods combined with your drivers/hardware is doing just that--when you try to force FSAA by using a higher resolution, either FFXIV or your system (or both) are not giving the desired result. You may be better off setting a supported resolution and using the available FSAA/MSAA settings instead.