Anyone know what might cause this? (Graphic issue - screenshots)

[DenzelTaru]

Y'know, that's a thought. Look at this as another example, and I could see your theory having some ground to stand on. Under the character there's colored ground not unlike the AoE, maybe a lighting issue the card can't resolve.

definately.. that is the base layer for the fire aoe, very clear in this pic.. i'd still submit it to bug report but i do think its a GFX problem..

as for stress on your laptop.. unless its a dedicated gaming laptop the game will cause alot of stress anyway.. i set FFXIV up on my laptop just to prove it could do it and just standing in ul'dah made it hot enough to cook an egg on..

a tip i have heard for cooling your laptop down is have it elevated at the back, standing on somthing like a box so there is alot of air circulation underneath and i am assuming so there is a place for the heat to go rather than just hovering around inside cos hot air rises (physics yo) also have you considered a cooling mat? those laptop stands with fans underneath that plug into the USB.. i would suggest getting one that has an angle on it though not a flat one..

again though i aint a laptop expert.. just a few common sense things there which you probably already know

[ZeahV]

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My laptop is already a little elevated but I do put it on a lapdesk to help with circulation. It still gets pretty dang hot though, especially in boss fights and in highly populated areas.

On top of this issue, my FPS is never above 35. SM Titan was a total fail in many ways because I had 1-2 seconds of latency, making escaping AoE in time very hard.

I wish they had ways to reduce character models on-screen and turn off weather effects like FFXI did - that really helped then.

I really want a desktop but money is tight in that regard.

[DenzelTaru]

My laptop is already a little elevated but I do put it on a lapdesk to help with circulation. It still gets pretty dang hot though, especially in boss fights and in highly populated areas.

On top of this issue, my FPS is never above 35. SM Titan was a total fail in many ways because I had 1-2 seconds of latency, making escaping AoE in time very hard.

I wish they had ways to reduce character models on-screen and turn off weather effects like FFXI did - that really helped then.

I really want a desktop but money is tight in that regard.

They are introducing something like this in 2.2:

New options are available in the System Configuration interface.
Display Settings
Default UI Size
Default Size
* The default size will apply to any interfaces that have not been unlocked prior toadjusting this setting.

Other Settings
Display Limits
Character and Object Quantity (Windows only)

and yes your latency will come from the GFX and it sucks that they would make a game so heavily reliant on dodging and then make it impossible to dodge for 50% of the sub base due to hardware limitations.. I had latency before i upgraded my GFX card which i thought was my connection, it was indeed the GFX though

Damn, I would Ctrl+Home your interface so much if I could. I for one wouldn't be able to play with UI elements taking up 80% of ny screen.

On topic though, probably an issue with graphic card drivers.

I did look at the UI and cringe lol i dunno how some people play without adjusting it xD