New NVIDIA driver 11/27, better performance!

[Pseudopsia]

I see almost no difference between previous driver and new beta driver in Benchmark. There was a performance increase awhile back, maybe this is what other people are seeing.

[Naunet]

I see almost no difference between previous driver and new beta driver in Benchmark. There was a performance increase awhile back, maybe this is what other people are seeing.

It's possible that's because your performance is already pretty top notch. Might be more noticeable the lower on the totem pole you are?

[Naraku_Diabolos]

It's possible that's because your performance is already pretty top notch. Might be more noticeable the lower on the totem pole you are?

I'm also running Windows 8.1, and I have heard that DirectX 11 gets boosted to 11.2 with the installation.

[Pseudopsia]

It's possible that's because your performance is already pretty top notch. Might be more noticeable the lower on the totem pole you are?

My GPU performance isn't bottleneck by the CPU so there's room for improvement. When I overclock my GPU I can get a score of 16000; multi GPU setups can get much higher.

I'm also running Windows 8.1, and I have heard that DirectX 11 gets boosted to 11.2 with the installation.

You're right when you upgrade to 8.1 you get directx 11.2:
Windows 8.1: Directx 11.2
Windows 8: Directx 11.1
Windows 7: Directx 11

Current FFXIV client is directx 9 so it doesn't utilize any from Directx 11 so higher directx version isn't going to increase performance. If you want to see directx 11.2 features you have to have a video card that supports it and a game that supports it. Nvidia's newest graphic cards support up to directx 11.1.

Support for new directx version is slow because MS reserves it for it's new OS and only newer videocards support it. So it's extra work for developers to support it for a small audience. It's rare to find a game that supports direct 11.1 even though it's been out for over a year. BF4 will support it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ctX_11_support

Directx 11 client for FFXIV suppose to be 6 months after PS4 client. I have no idea if they will support features from 11.1 or 11.2.

I think support for DX 11.1 will increase rapidly for newer games because XBone supports it.

[Kittra]

I decided to try out the 331.93 beta drivers today and noticed no improvement over 331.82.

In fact, I noticed a performance decrease in high motion scenes where the frames would occasionally skip, and stuttering out the wazoo when in slow panning scenes that require a smooth transition.

That might not be a problem for some people but I'm a frame smoothness (or frame rating) junkie, so I'll be switching back to either 314.22 (best performance I've seen for the game "still" with the occasional crash) or maybe taking a step back to 331.82 which is the same performance (as far as I've noticed) but without the stuttering of 331.93.

I wish they'd release a driver specifically tailored to FFXIV already!

System Specs:

i7 3770k @ 4.5ghz
ASUS P8Z77v-Pro Motherboard
ASUS GTX 670 4gb clocked to 1035mhz
Samsung 830 256gb SSD
24gb DDR3 1600 Kingston HyperX Memory
Windows 7 Ultimate

Before this driver the only time I experience similar problems in game (with at ton more crashing...) was with the 320.00-327.23 drivers.

[Ravij]

Can you give a link to this new driver? All I'm able to download off Nvidia website is the R331.82.

[Kittra]

Can you give a link to this new driver? All I'm able to download off Nvidia website is the R331.82.

Here you go: http://www.nvidia.com/download/drive...px/70737/en-us

It's a beta driver so it wouldn't be under the normal driver page.

I've been using the Dualshock 4. It's wireless, rechargeable, and the controller layout itself feels much better in my hands than X-box or some Madcatz/Logitech controller. Downside is, it has a different charging cable than Dualshock 3, but it doesn't use some weird charger like iPod/Phone to make it exclusive to it. I've just been using my Android charger on it just fine, and to be safe picked up the DS4 charging kit that I saw next to the controller. Plugs in to an outlet, set your controller on it, voila. Now to get a friggin PS4 to go with this thing ._.

Is the Dualshock 4 Bluetooth like the Dualshock 3?

If it is, that would require a compatible motherboard or an adapter to go with it.

*EDIT*

Just looked up the Dualshock 4 specs, apparently you can hook it up to a PC via micro USB cable and use it like that without the Bluetooth. However, it does require some custom Xbox 360 drivers to make it compatible with some games.

[SanjiroLionheart]

I have a Bluetooth Adapter slotted into one of the USB's on my Keyboard yeah. The controls were a bit jumbled to start, but there's been a workaround posted here, and when searching on Google I found one on Reddit also. Forgot about it needing Bluetooth to connect, but yeah if you just plug it into the PC it'll run just fine also

[Leandras]

If you don't care why are you replying to the thread?

He craves the attention?

[Leon_Stormrage]

He craves the attention?

Yep, but he won a report :'(