I've been experiencing a lag after about 10 minutes after first starting the game, everything goes slow and controls lag about 5-10 secs behind, after about a minute it snaps back and plays fine for a bout 5 mins then goes slow-mo again, snaps back repeating the process. Happens in town, in the field (fighting, and just standing still in a secluded area with no mobs). I've tried turning all the settings down and got the character so distorted I had to turn that one back up to even stand playing it. I bought this computer for FFXI a little over a year ago and it was f'n awesome, I understand FFXIV is a lot harder but even so this is a gaming rig. Side and sore note i know people hate reading benchmark info but figured it might help idk: Scored in the standard performance range, its been awhile since I ran it so can't remember exact number besides the scale.
Any help would be appreciated,
Attempts to fix: In no particular order.
Took off covers and blew out dust, I do this regularly.
Updated my graphics card drivers.
Shutdown unnecessary programs.
Played right away after first booting up the computer, hours later.
I've tried wireless connections which is 300mb transfer, connected straight to the modem 1gb transfer.
Adjusted setting in graphics setting. Nada
Turned antivirus off, turned antivirus on gamer mode, left antivirus on (no difference between the 3)
My Games, FFXIV folder removed all but "Downloads", second time removed everything from folder.
Adjusted window size to lowest setting, windowed and fullscreen, no change
MSConfig stoped startup programs
Bypassed firewall
Ran as admin
Game settings:
Played full screen and windowed.
No AA
Drawing Qual: 3
Backround Qual: 1
Shadow: Lowest
AO: Off
DoF: Off
Disabled Cutscenes
Texture Qual Low
Texture Filter: Low
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