Quote Originally Posted by Ilean View Post
Oh I apologize.

It's just that some dumbass chose "overtaxation" as this thread's topic, not "poor performance" or "low framerate" and now every ignorant teen and his dog come here to whine that the game is heating their computer too much.

BTW if you are going to whine about PC hardware being run at 100% do yourself a favor and stay on the console camp, you don't have what it takes.
Thats true... All things being relative... A games efficient use of resources is only comparable to how similar games tax your hardware....
With that being said, FFXIV is unique in a few ways... It is a new(er) engine, so there is no true "Control Group"
You can't compare it to, say, a Metro 2033, F.E.A.R., Call of duty: Black Ops, comparing it to those games, the data can be hard to interpret, RPG to FPS is apples and oranges
FFXI, Guild wars, Rift, Wow, AoC really don't compare either... thay are indeed MMO's, but lack the graphic quality to be a fair comparison
So PC RPGs are probably the best comparison, Witcher II, Arcana: Gothic 4, even Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Dragon Age II, Fallout's latest, Bioshocks latest (PC Versions only)
Then you have so many variables that could be stressed (CPU, GPU, RAM, VRAM, Internet connection speed, wireless interface, HDD read/write speeds), each with its own symptoms of being the bottleneck, but several being pretty similar

But you should also know I've seen HUNDREDS of capacitors pop due to heat... It happens... A LOT... So any thing causing unnecessary heat is bad....

For instance, using Direct3d 10 (the 3D API of DirectX10) as opposed to DX9, using geometry within a shader, instancing, swapping textures at the GPU as opposed to the CPU would all cause less heat in your PC...
I can't possibly stress enough the fact that heat is the #1 enemy of your PC.... Heat governs how fast and stable our processors can run, and also factors heavily into the lifespan of every component

Yes "overtaxation" is not the best name for what's happening, but it's in the thread title... deal with it... its not that big an issue.... we could call it Shabooboojibbery and it doesn't change what is going on inside your PC and the name is hardly worth arguing over