Low FPS on NEW PC

[ClearHorizOn]

Hello guys, I am new to FFXIV and am so far slightly disapointed at the performance my brand new pc has been showing. I am wondering if there is something I am doing wrong as to why I am not getting the Performance that I think I should be. Anyways here are the details:

I am running the game on Laptop (High) in Windowed mode.

FPS (not in city or anything): Ranges from 25-29. My brother who has an older PC and a worse Card has the same settings and is getting 50+fps.

Here are my computer specs:
AMD FX-Series FX-6100(3.3GHz)
16GB DDR3 1TB HDD Capacity
Windows 8 64-Bit
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2GB

Any thoughts? I Feel like my performance should be a lot better... Thanks guys! <3

[fistantalius]

what is your internet connection... DSL or Cable? I have DSL and I am getting around 22 to 25 fps.. I am not sure if that is a the normal fps or not.. but I thought I would share the info.

[ntall1]

Hello guys, I am new to FFXIV and am so far slightly disapointed at the performance my brand new pc has been showing. I am wondering if there is something I am doing wrong as to why I am not getting the Performance that I think I should be. Anyways here are the details:

I am running the game on Laptop (High) in Windowed mode.

FPS (not in city or anything): Ranges from 25-29. My brother who has an older PC and a worse Card has the same settings and is getting 50+fps.

Here are my computer specs:
AMD FX-Series FX-6100(3.3GHz)
16GB DDR3 1TB HDD Capacity
Windows 8 64-Bit
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2GB

Any thoughts? I Feel like my performance should be a lot better... Thanks guys! <3

You have a budget processor, AND a budget video card. What did you expect these to do for your games? Just because a PC is brand new does not mean it has good parts inside.

The AMD FX is not a good CPU for gaming, and will not help out your low end vid card on performance issues. Sometimes a good CPU can make up for a lesser vid card, and some times a super vid card can make up for a slow CPU. But when both parts are lacking... You cant really expect too much. Then put them all in a laptop and really watch performance drop due to heat issues.

what is your internet connection... DSL or Cable? I have DSL and I am getting around 22 to 25 fps.. I am not sure if that is a the normal fps or not.. but I thought I would share the info.

FPS has nothing to do with internet connection. If your FPS is low that is a user end performance issue.

[ClearHorizOn]

I knew the vid card wasn't amazing, any suggestions on a good card I can upgrade to?

[ntall1]

I highly recommend getting a desktop for gaming. Even gaming laptops suck at gaming.

As for the card. You have a GT. Anything with GTX will be a significant improvement. A good mid range card will cost you around $150 - $250 tho.

[ClearHorizOn]

I highly recommend getting a desktop for gaming. Even gaming laptops suck at gaming.

As for the card. You have a GT. Anything with GTX will be a significant improvement. A good mid range card will cost you around $150 - $250 tho.

The PC I bought was a desktop. But I will look into improving the Vcard soon. Its kind of disappointing though that Newegg.com advertises this computer as a Gaming PC.. It got really good reviews and everything.

[Hero188]

I'm going to say that is really isn't that great of a processor, however my computer does the exact same thing on a i5 dual core 64bit OS with 2 gigs of ram on a nvidia GT 540M with 8 gigs of ram. Your pc is slow but not that slow. The issue is with the servers. The servers have a lot of lag time, the average server though out final fantasy xiv have a average ping of 120 + meaning highly populated areas in game are prone to give you less FPS. I will also agree with the others on having a 'new' computer. Having a new computer doesn't mean much if whats in the computer isn't up to standards with the minimal running preferences. My computer runs this game on max settings on the bench mark test and finishes with 6k and above. The issue isnt with your pc the servers are just not stable.

[ntall1]

I'm going to say that is really isn't that great of a processor, however my computer does the exact same thing on a i5 dual core 64bit OS with 2 gigs of ram on a nvidia GT 540M with 8 gigs of ram. Your pc is slow but not that slow. The issue is with the servers. The servers have a lot of lag time, the average server though out final fantasy xiv have a average ping of 120 + meaning highly populated areas in game are prone to give you less FPS. I will also agree with the others on having a 'new' computer. Having a new computer doesn't mean much if whats in the computer isn't up to standards with the minimal running preferences. My computer runs this game on max settings on the bench mark test and finishes with 6k and above. The issue isnt with your pc the servers are just not stable.

Once again.. FPS, server lag, and latency are all completely different things.

FPS is releated to your personal computers specs. Has nothing to do with server lag, or latency.
Server lag has to do with the actual servers ability to perform. Nothing any user can do anything about.
Latency/Ping is everything in between you and the servers. This includes local routing, and the routing used by your ISP to get you to the server.

[Mavlok]

Once again.. FPS, server lag, and latency are all completely different things.

FPS is releated to your personal computers specs. Has nothing to do with server lag, or latency..

Server lag can very much so affect FPS.

[xSinful_Snake]

I built a PC for under $500.00 that runs this game at 45fps-50fps @ 720p and scores a 4100 or higher if I remember correctly on the Benchmark when running AMD Dual Graphics with the CPU's built-in GPU hooked up to an LG 37" LCD TV.


AMD-A8 @ 4.6GHz w/ Dual Cards 7750
ATI Radeon 6570 w/ 2GB Core Edition
F2A55-M Motherboard
8GB (2x4gb) PNY Memory

Anyways, with the DVD Drive, it came out to 476$. Now I could run the game at 1080p but then I notice a a slightly graphical stutter and I dislike that and I'm not a videophile so I don't need 1080p to enjoy a game as I used to be a PS3 player and running it on the PC now is 100x better.