GPU Question: Attn. -nVidia 570- & -ATi HD 6970- owners

[Hikozaemon]

ati 6850 is more than enough to handle this game at max settings and is cheaper than 6870 by quite a bit can get a XFX one under 200$s only problem is they are HUGE gotta make sure u got room to fit it in tower i have 2 which i had to bang into place w/ a rubber mallet rofl.the second card isnt even being used > >; 40-60 fps usually 50+fps resolution is set to max but i play w/ hdmi cable thru my 47inch LCD tv looks great... 6850 has HDMI/DVI connections for TV.




BTW ATI cards always seem to perfom better on games that are VERY graphic intensive. Almost every comparison shows it and hardly ever any Driver issues that use to cause problems for ATI cards.

[Misha]

ati 6850 is more than enough to handle this game at max settings and is cheaper than 6870 by quite a bit can get a XFX one under 200$s only problem is they are HUGE gotta make sure u got room to fit it in tower i have 2 which i had to bang into place w/ a rubber mallet rofl.the second card isnt even being used > >; 40-60 fps usually 50+fps resolution is set to max but i play w/ hdmi cable thru my 47inch LCD tv looks great... 6850 has HDMI/DVI connections for TV.




BTW ATI cards always seem to perfom better on games that are VERY graphic intensive. Almost every comparison shows it and hardly ever any Driver issues that use to cause problems for ATI cards.

Glad someone said this and right away... its only $150 bucks, runs everything but ambient max with usually a steady 60 fps... oaying more then the $150 for a FF graphics card is overkill on pc and your wallet. Runs all my other games inc witcher 2 and crysis 2 extremely smooth as well! GTX 500's are overpriced and you'll be paying more per performance you get... and seeing as you don't need higher then a 6850 like I said... ya total waste xD if you have unlimited budget and don't care about price though go for w/e is most powerful. In conjunction with a ssd its extrememly smooth and loads are exremely fast! Especially all character models, they'll all pop as soon as they are within distance... this game benefits HUGELY from good read times and low response times from storage (hdd or ssd)!

All normal settings set to highest + no ambient

- ATI 6850 HD
- AA is set to 2
- 1920 x 1080
- 8
- full screen
- 60 fps even in towns ... dips a tad in windowed while in towns

Oh and I maintain 40 fps + with depth of field on!
Can't beat that performance for such a cheap card lol

[Arondight]

BTW ATI cards always seem to perfom better on games that are VERY graphic intensive. Almost every comparison shows it and hardly ever any Driver issues that use to cause problems for ATI cards.

Nope. Check Crysis 2 reviews for example. It's probably one of the most intensive game out there.
And no, it's not even the only game where nVidia performs better.

(I had a 6950, it died, I took a GTX 570, best decision of the year ^^)

Everything maxed with FSAAx16 EXCEPT ambient occlusion turned off, 50-60 FPS, falls down to 40-30 when loading characters when I tp to Ul'dah for example.

-Current GPU: GTX 570

-Anti Aliasing: FSAAx16

-Resolution: 1920x1080

-General Drawing Quality: 10

-Windowed or Fullscreen: fullscreen

-Average FPS: let's say 55

[Konachibi]

Everything maxed with FSAAx16 EXCEPT ambient occlusion turned off

To be fair ambient occlusion doesn't really do anything and is a total resource vampire. The only real reason for turning it on is to see what the game looks like when the frame-rate nosedives into the pits of hades

[SilvertearRen]

Nope. Check Crysis 2 reviews for example. It's probably one of the most intensive game out there.
And no, it's not even the only game where nVidia performs better.

(I had a 6950, it died, I took a GTX 570, best decision of the year ^^)

Everything maxed with FSAAx16 EXCEPT ambient occlusion turned off, 50-60 FPS, falls down to 40-30 when loading characters when I tp to Ul'dah for example.

-Current GPU: GTX 570

-Anti Aliasing: FSAAx16

-Resolution: 1920x1080

-General Drawing Quality: 10

-Windowed or Fullscreen: fullscreen

-Average FPS: let's say 55

I have just one thing to say about the video card/game benchmarking argument:

All games are not created equal. It is not a realistic benchmark to use. If you want something to really benchmark against, use FutureMark.

My personal opinion is strongly in favor of ATI, I am still using a 5870 and FFXIV sings nicely on it, although it is quite a power hog on my 750W Corsair.