Nvidia New Driver today, Support DX 11 SLI FFXIV

[Xoriam]

So today Nividia released a new driver for their cards.
In the description there is noted SLI support for DX 11 FFXIV.
I'm guessing the Benchmark is coming out soon!!
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/...-download.html

GeForce 347.25 WHQL Driver: Game Ready For Dying Light

Dying Light is a new I.P. from Techland, creators of Dead Island, an extremely popular first-person zombie action game. Like Dead Island, Dying Light includes zombies galore, mutated monsters, weapon crafting, player progression, and many other elements that made Dead Island so popular. For Dying Light, Techland ups the ante with free-running traversal mechanics, a day-night cycle that sees zombie become more lethal as night falls, and human antagonists who actively compete for the same resources you so desperately require for survival.

MFAA

We're extending MFAA support to almost all DX10 and DX11 games.


SLI Profiles


Black Desert – Added SLI profile
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – Added DirectX 11 SLI profile
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris – Added SLI profile
Nosgoth – Added SLI profile
The Talos Principle – DirectX 11 Added SLI profile
Zhu Xian Shi Jie – Added SLI profile
Supported Products

[reiichi]

Please please please let the DX11 client have AMD Corssfire support that works too.

Biggest mistake I ever made for an upgrade was picking Crossfired cards instead of a nice Nvidia.

[MageBlack]

New Benchmark! When can we haz it SE?!?

[Xoriam]

My main hope for the DX11 client is them fixing transparent lighting issues with Nvidia cards and CPU overhead.

[MageBlack]

My main hope for the DX11 client is them fixing transparent lighting issues with Nvidia cards and CPU overhead.

From the live letter at the Tokyo FanFest. Check out the Source for more information.

In addition, players will find that DirectX 11 will be less resource-intensive for GPUs that support it. In some cases this will also result in an improved frame rate.
Furthermore, with the DirectX 11 version, characters will be rendered with uncompressed textures, making them look even more impressive. The visual quality of objects in the background has also improved, and even the texture of characters’ skin will look more realistic.

The DirectX 11 client will be released at the same time as Heavensward. After the release, players will be able to choose between the DirectX 9 version and the DirectX 11 version. There’s no need to purchase the package again—if the DirectX11 client is downloaded and installed, players will be able to play in DirectX 11 with the UI settings and such exactly as they are now. We plan to add even more features that make use of DirectX 11 in the future.

[Xoriam]

From the live letter at the Tokyo FanFest. Check out the Source for more information.

That is not related to what I'm worried about but I really appreciate that news, uncompressed texures is something I'm really interested in since I'm playing at 4k resolution on a 40" screen!

[MageBlack]

That is not related to what I'm worried about but I really appreciate that news, uncompressed texures is something I'm really interested in since I'm playing at 4k resolution on a 40" screen!

Ok, I wasnt quite sure what you were asking in the quote I used. I read "Overheat" on second read it was "Overhead"

[Xoriam]

Ok, I wasnt quite sure what you were asking in the quote I used. I read "Overheat" on second read it was "Overhead"

Yeah :P

Overhead meaning DX11 is more optmized that DX9 for CPU usage. you know how when you go to Mor Dohna at peak time and no matter what cpu you have even if it's an i7 5960x @ 5ghz you'll still be at 40ish fps instead of 60+
In the DX11 client we shouldn't encounter that problem AT ALL anymore, if they did it correctly.

even in ACU which is horriblly optimized I get 0 fps drop even what there are like 200npcs on the screen.

[MageBlack]

Yeah :P

Overhead meaning DX11 is more optmized that DX9 for CPU usage. you know how when you go to Mor Dohna at peak time and no matter what cpu you have even if it's an i7 5960x @ 5ghz you'll still be at 40ish fps instead of 60+
In the DX11 client we shouldn't encounter that problem AT ALL anymore, if they did it correctly.

even in ACU which is horriblly optimized I get 0 fps drop even what there are like 200npcs on the screen.

That makes sense, and i agree. Still, what we got now is 1000X Better than the 1.0 client. Sure it was pretty but the client was shit...

[Xoriam]

That makes sense, and i agree. Still, what we got now is 1000X Better than the 1.0 client. Sure it was pretty but the client was shit...

Yeah... Ughh don't remind me. Running even 7970 in Xfire back then wasn't enough
and those shadows, looked more like mesh.