[Dev] Overtaxation of PC Hardware

[Elkwood]

Ok i just went out and dropped another 70 USD on a better cooler for my GPU, I can confirm a 40C drop in temp across the board on my GPU while playing XIV so far. Will check it in some Behests and during leves tonight, I can say the Zalman cooler so far appears to be worth it.

Also seems when OC my Card to 750/1500/1701 mhz with the new cooler and setting AA to 8xQ MSAA my card is actually now running at 43C which is even better then the 46C I got Stock with out doing any OC and leaving my game at 2x AA...

[Sinzfeldt]

Ok i just went out and dropped another 70 USD on a better cooler for my GPU, I can confirm a 40C drop in temp across the board on my GPU while playing XIV so far.

You really do make me lol, a custom cooler isn't the cure to all ills. Guess what, i can achieve 50c too if i set my gpu fan to 80%.

[Kazahashi]

Maybe someone here can help me, considering people are talking about how taxing the game is....

When the game first launched, I bought the CE, and had the game maxed in everything except for Ambient Occlusion and Depth of Field....and then I turned Depth of Field on and it still ran just fine....I quit in November to give the game time to get fixed and went and played WoW with my Dad (long story, but in short, it helped me find him again after not talking for a long time....and it was the only way I knew I could get in contact with him)....anyways, so I came back last week, I reformatted my hard-drive, did a clean Win7 install, which is what I was running before....updated the game AND all my drivers fully and got all the up to date stuff....and the game runs WAY worse then it did before....to the point that I can only run it acceptably on Standard now across the board....

It's weird as hell, and has me terribly confused because I had bought this computer (built it myself, not pre-built) specifically FOR this game.....did something happen with the patches that I'm not aware of, or should I roll back my ATI drivers for the older ones? I know my way around computers....a lot, but this has me incredibly confused, and slightly more than irritated. Thanks in advance for the replies and/or tips.

I posted this in the Tech Support forums too, but you all seem fairly active in this thread, so I figured I'd give it a shot here as well.

[Sinzfeldt]

Game performance shouldn't have degraded THAT much, you can try a different driver but it shouldn't make too much difference. What is your setup?

[Kazahashi]

AMD Phenom II x4 965 (with an Arctic Cooler 7 Pro)
6 GB DDR3
ATI RADEON 5850
1 TB WD 7200 RPM HDD

That's really all that matters when it comes to the game....it's really freakin' weird though, and makes me think I should try wiping the computer again....I dunno.

[Sinzfeldt]

Try dropping the resolution a notch and making sure General/Background drawing aren't on max. If that doesn't work drop it some more and if that doesn't work you have a problem

[Elkwood]

You really do make me lol, a custom cooler isn't the cure to all ills. Guess what, i can achieve 50c too if i set my gpu fan to 80%.

I never stated it was the cure to all ills, I just simply stated it dropped my temps by 50C in game. It is the solution I have on hand currently for my benefit so that I do not fry my card. Others that have a GTX 460/470 can attest when that fan ramps up it is loud as hell. It is an old fan design and should be replaced regardless of what XIV does to the card. The game is still far more taxing on hardware than any other game in history and I still believe it to be a design flaw in the game itself.

[MonsieurVerde]

I never stated it was the cure to all ills, I just simply stated it dropped my temps by 50C in game. It is the solution I have on hand currently for my benefit so that I do not fry my card. Others that have a GTX 460/470 can attest when that fan ramps up it is loud as hell. It is an old fan design and should be replaced regardless of what XIV does to the card. The game is still far more taxing on hardware than any other game in history and I still believe it to be a design flaw in the game itself.

Doubtful, since the GPU is being used so much the temps are fairly normal nor is it "More taxing than any game in history". >_>

[Elkwood]

Doubtful, since the GPU is being used so much the temps are fairly normal nor is it "More taxing than any game in history". >_>

Verde come on man you cant honestly sit here and tell me 85C is Normal on a stock GPU. No other game has even gotten my GPU remotely close to that. Now how can you say it is not taxing the system over abundantly but yet not say it is the most taxing game on the market today because of all the processing it apparently has to do. You are just contradicting yourself here, which to me right now is making no sense.

[MonsieurVerde]

Verde come on man you cant honestly sit here and tell me 85C is Normal on a stock GPU. No other game has even gotten my GPU remotely close to that. Now how can you say it is not taxing the system over abundantly but yet not say it is the most taxing game on the market today because of all the processing it apparently has to do. You are just contradicting yourself here, which to me right now is making no sense.

Key Word STOCK. Everyone knows referance cards have really bad coolers. It is creating so much heat because it is being used fully. What's not to understand?

I merely said it wasn't the most taxing game "In History". There are far less optimised games, like Crysis. >_>