I guess i should have listed my specs first

AMD 8150 8 Core 4.0 ghz
120GB SSD
2 GTX 770's SLI
Verizon FIOS 75/35


the more i mess around with the more i think its a software thing on my end. many of my games are showing the SLI visual indicator and perfoming just like I would like them to. Once is load FFXIV I loose the visual indicator and notice the performance hit