FFXIV video settings TIPS!

[DeadlySwordz]

If you force vsync remember to enable triple buffering, it helps performance quite a bit.

awsome. thanks for the heads up, i just enabled it

[Kailea_Nagisa]

I turn off the Multisampling in the FF settings, my videocard seems to do a better job at it then the game. (Radeon 5850 btw)

[Crevox]

I turn off the Multisampling in the FF settings, my videocard seems to do a better job at it then the game. (Radeon 5850 btw)

The video card AA's everything, but the game specifically only AA's what it needs to (what matters). It's the same thing either way, you're just using more performance by using your video card driver instead of the game's settings, and it probably looks worse too.

It's also less optimized by using your driver instead of the game. There's really no reason to unless you're using an AA mode the game doesn't support for further quality, which you're not.

[Onidemon]

The video card AA's everything, but the game specifically only AA's what it needs to (what matters). It's the same thing either way, you're just using more performance by using your video card driver instead of the game's settings, and it probably looks worse too.

It's also less optimized by using your driver instead of the game. There's really no reason to unless you're using an AA mode the game doesn't support for further quality, which you're not.

I had a issue using AA through Catalyst instead of the game. When launching FFXIV, just before entering the game after the loading screen my PC would shut down on it's own... It wouldn't turn back on until i turned off the PSU switch and then back on.

I had drivers 11.4 back then and did not try since... too afraid to mess up my PC. I'll give VSYNC a try tho', it's kind of weird that there is VSYNC option in the game.

[viion]

I hate DoF, the trees go weird in it

[Xquiel]

i have an ATI HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 card. i forced vsync on my cards settings. but i still see some tearing playing on full screen but only in certain cutscenes. as the OP said, in windowed mode i dont see any tearing.

try to install ati tools and force vsync there making a profile

my specs :
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @2.4Ghz
6GB of Ram @800Mhz
ATI HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 Card
Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit

i am playing the game with 1920x1080 Res. In Multisampling i don't see anything higher than 8xQ MSAA.
General Drawing Quality - 8 (Standard)
Bacground Drawing Quality - 3 (Standard)
Shadow Detail - Standard

Abient Occlusion - unchecked (don't even really know what this does tbh)
Depth of Field - unchecked
Cutscene effects - on
hardware mouse - on
Texture Quality - High
Texture Filtering - High

my card is a bit old even though i just got it about a month ago now, and got it for not too much money. it was an upgrade from an nvidia 9600GT 512MB. i am really not sure if ill be able to max out everything, but with how my settings are atm, the game looks very good.

how much fps do you have in game? I have the same VGA, I think with these settings you might have 30 fps average

[Gidonoidon_Sur]

Just started the game with a new rig and would like some tips on getting best graphical output/performance. With goal of 50-60 fps what is the best settings I can handle?

Quick specs:
-Intel i5 2500k (not OC'd yet, goal is a stable 4.0ghz)
-Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 TI Maximum Graphics Edition 1gb (it is factory OC's to 900 - no plans to push that up)
-Currently 4gb 1300 ram but 4 more gigs being shipped for total of 8gb 1300
-24inch ASUS LCD monitor 2ms 1920x1080

PS. Not too computer savvy so might need dumb-person speak if I need to 'force' things or load this or that third party program to get a specific setting.

Thanks in advance!

[Neptune]

Hi Everyone,

I did some experimentation with FFXIV's video settings and these are the settings that i find worked best for me. I also found that there's really only 2 settings in there that are glitchy and seem to have a major impact on performance.

Here are my settings Which give me 60FPS outside.

Display Mode: Full Screen... It does create some screen tearing. It's quite annoying but playing in windowed mode resolves this.

Window Size: 1680X1050

Multisampling: 16xQ CSAA

General Drawing Quality: 8 (standard) I can set this to 9 no problem but i will drop to 45-50FPS... settings to 10 tho' will result in a 50% FPS drop and bring me to 25-30FPS. The last option is definitely not well optimised and it makes no sense to see such a big impact on performance simply by going from 9 to 10.

Background Drawing Quality: 5 (high)

Shadow Detail: Highest


Graphics TAB

Ambient Occlusion: Off, Turning it on will result in a 50% drop in FPS just like putting general drawing quality to 10. I don't see any visual difference other then this weird black line across the screen, splitting the screen in two. One side in a permanent shadow and the other side bright. It is quite annoying.... a glitch perhaps?

Depth of Field: On

Disable cutscene effect: off (unchecked)

Enable hardware mouse cursor: on

Texture Quality: High

Texture Filtering: Highest


These are my system specs:


CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @4.0GHZ
MEMORY: 8GB 1600MHZ 7-8-7-20 NB @ 3000
VIDEO: Sapphire 6990 880Mhz core. Ati drivers 11.5
HDD: 2X (2X500GB in RAID 0)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Hope this helps someone.

That's what I have but mine is on 1080p. Good to see your analysis of some of the bugged settings. lol.

[Brotech]

I don't even know what kind of video card that is lol. Sounds impressive though.

its a radeon 6990 sapphire is just one of the company that builds them

[Renshi]

My specs:

Apple iMac 27"

...

what, still no comments? =D

Intel Core i7 860 2.80GHz
8GB DDR3 RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD4850

For anybody who runs a 27" iMac like me, well... forget about running the game at full native screen, because it's So Much Resources Overload! You can't keep your 40FPS straight even if you're looking at the ground (wait, maybe for that yes)

So, copying the template from Swordz, I'll give you some good settings:


Resolution: 1920x1080 (try 2560x1440 and prepare to fry eggs on your computer)
General Drawing Quality - 8 (Standard)
Background Drawing Quality - 5 (High)
Shadow Detail - High (because I like it more like that.)

Abient Occlusion - off
Depth of Field - off
Cutscene effects - on (I set it off just for more FPS when I'm on 2560x1440 for screenshots purpose)
hardware mouse - on
Texture Quality - High
Texture Filtering - High

I've tested that when the rain comes, or when you encounter bushes, or when you encounter both and blow your head off, your performance will drop by 30-40%, and I'm still wondering why is that. I've also done things with Catalyst Control Center reducing some Anisotropic Filtering and enabling the Catalyst AI, but still nothing, so I guess it's the limitation of the Mobility Radeon.