FFXIV video settings TIPS!

[Renshi]

Thats not a fair statement... You have an Imac with a mobility 4850 (which gives lower performance than a discrete 5770) and you are running the game on 1920x1080....
You're pushing the limits as it is...
I know Crystal tools has it's flaws.... but yea... the ATI mobility cards are actually great... but everything has it's limit...

My Discrete 5870 does 1920x1080 flawlessly... Max settings and AA, no AO, and resolution frame buffer (GDQ=8)

The CPU is only a Phenom II 965 at 3.8
But I take good care of her and she always performs for daddy....
I just bought a 990FX AM3+ Mobo from Gigabyte and I am waiting on the Bulldozer CPUs before I upgrade her brain....

Native resolution of a 27" is 2560x1440. So if you get 30-40FPS in 1080p you'll get around 20FPS in 1440p.
Playing games like League of Legends, Eden Eternal, Beat Hazard and those little things at 1440p is no problem (Even Minecraft. YOU SEE PIXELZ!), but when you play things like Crysis, Duke Nukem Forever or any of the "new-gen" games, then you're gonna get a drop in FPS.

That's why I've considered buying a 21-24" monitor, so I could play games at its native resolution with full FPS. Anyway, working on a 27" is f*cking great!

Ninja-EDIT: Anyway, I remember they've released a new generation of iMac with an HD5770, so if you get the new iMac maybe there's no problem in native resolutions.