Post your Rig and the settings you play on guys`

[Zettofaia]

I built this rig about a month after starting XIV, the temptation was too high since I was running on a 4870x2 (the experience was horrifying, thanks to CF support):

CPU: i7 950@4.00Ghz
CPU Cooling: Noctua NH-D14
Memory: x3 2GB 1600Mhz
VGA: GTX580 @850/1.088v, have Accelero Xtreme Plus installed.
OS/FFXIV SSD: OCZ Vertex II 60GB SSD
Case: Thermaltake Element G (mid tower, not so spacy, but it's fine, I had to remove the HDD cage to fit AXP though)

I have all settings at max (I play on 720p though, it's the most comfortable since I browse/vent a lot), except for AC and DoF. FPS is usually between 43-45 in crowded areas (Ul'dah, usually above 50 by crowded crystals), 60FPS otherwise.

It's funny that even after upgrading my GPU cooler the game still manage to hit 70/71c when GPU usage reach 99% (usually around 58c-65c, unless I zoom the camera to max and put focus above my char, then GPU usage drops and temps go down to 40s), while AC: Brotherhood on the other hand won't even break 51c... (like most other games)

[Point_Zero]

I built this rig about a month after starting XIV, the temptation was too high since I was running on a 4870x2 (the experience was horrifying, thanks to CF support):

CPU: i7 950@4.00Ghz
CPU Cooling: Noctua NH-D14
Memory: x3 2GB 1600Mhz
VGA: GTX580 @850/1.088v, have Accelero Xtreme Plus installed.
OS/FFXIV SSD: OCZ Vertex II 60GB SSD
Case: Thermaltake Element G (mid tower, not so spacy, but it's fine, I had to remove the HDD cage to fit AXP though)

I have all settings at max (I play on 720p though, it's the most comfortable since I browse/vent a lot), except for AC and DoF. FPS is usually between 43-45 in crowded areas (Ul'dah, usually above 50 by crowded crystals), 60FPS otherwise.

It's funny that even after upgrading my GPU cooler the game still manage to hit 70/71c when GPU usage reach 99% (usually around 58c-65c, unless I zoom the camera to max and put focus above my char, then GPU usage drops and temps go down to 40s), while AC: Brotherhood on the other hand won't even break 51c... (like most other games)

Finally someone who is honest about their results :P Yeah I usually just put my fan at 72% and leave it like that while I play lol. I love AC brotherhood for pc ^^

[Vix]

Finally someone who is honest about their results :P

Dont see how It can get much more honest than the Screen Shot of my bench results ^_^
thx again for the 800pt increase btw!

[Point_Zero]

Dont see how It can get much more honest than the Screen Shot of my bench results ^_^
thx again for the 800pt increase btw!

lol no prob I am glad I can help totally made this thread worthwhile to me ^^ only thing youll notice is on rare occasions there's a tiny bit of flashing like in the benchmark when that crap falls from the sky. It does not really happen at all but i think in cut scenes sometimes when it transitions between scenes. No only reason I mention that is because he tells us he has a GTX 580 and cant run the game on totally full even on 720p which actually is the case. A lot of people with a lot less powerful systems say they run it on full at 1080p at 60frames at all times.. just doesn't happen..

[Vix]

Also I think one mans version of "runs great" is different than another. I personally get 55-60 in the feild...and 35-40 in town average(sometimes it hits 50+ but it really does hang around the lower numbers).
It's definitely smooth, but smooth isn't enough. I want LIQUID SMOOTH.

I myself start losing my ability to keep pace at around 75-80fps...so to me thats the sweet spot I want to shoot for in my gaming experience. I know some folks can keep pace with as high as 90fps. But after that not too many humans can tell the difference. I just want them to raise the FPS limit to 90fps and I think that will be perfect.

[Jieddo]

CPU: AMD 1055T stock clock (6 native cores)
Mobo: ASUS A7N8XN-E DeLuxe SLI
PSU: INWIN Commander 1200w
GPU: Galaxy GTX 460 SLI
RAM: Corsair 2GB x2 1600MHz 1.65v
HDD1: Corsair SSD 120GB
HDD2: OCZ Vertex SSD 60GB (volume) RAID 0
HDD3: WD Raptor 150GB
HDD4: WD 1TB
Optical: BD-ROM
Display: ACER 24" 1920 x 1200
few other bells and whistles not worth mentioning

*And I still cant run Ambient Occlusion or Depth of Field <_<

[Vix]

*And I still cant run Ambient Occlusion or Depth of Field <_<

I don't think even Nasa can.

[Jieddo]

has anyone done any benchmarks with Unigen Heaven 2.0 or 3DMARK 2011. my system runs pretty well in Unigen, but 3DMARK 2011 just rips my system to shreds even on modest settings.

[Biti]

Case: Haf 922
Mobo: Asrock P43de3
CPU: Pentium E6500 @ 3.9
Mem: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline DDR3 1600 @ 8/9/8/24
VGA: Gigabyte GTX 560 Ti @ 1005/2010/2125
PSU: Seasonic X650 gold
HDD: WD Cav Black 640
Monitor: Vizio 32"

Run 1080p with all settings on highest except shadows on standard, 4x aa, no AO or DoF.
Fps is 50-60 out in the field, doesn't drop below 30 in town. Only lag I get is from my crappy HDD loading :/

[Point_Zero]

has anyone done any benchmarks with Unigen Heaven 2.0 or 3DMARK 2011. my system runs pretty well in Unigen, but 3DMARK 2011 just rips my system to shreds even on modest settings.

I just got P10637 on 3DMARK 11 and 2104 on unigine heaven 2.0 on high shaders 16af 4xAA normal tesselation
I did it with the beta NVidia drivers.. so not official and I OC my cards to 900mhz