Direct X 10/11 Question - Answer (Translated)

[Elkwood]

Define "decent pc", as I don't have this issue. I only get bad lag with AO on.

Jennesta you are so full of crap.

I have a 1090t
8GB of RAM
GTX 470
SSD HDD

XIV Still lags on it when it writes files to the HDD, I am sorry there is something wrong with the coding in this game.

[Elexia]

Jennesta you are so full of crap.

I have a 1090t
8GB of RAM
GTX 470
SSD HDD

XIV Still lags on it when it writes files to the HDD, I am sorry there is something wrong with the coding in this game.

Here's my specs on my media PC I play XIV on:

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1877781

XIV may be badly coded, but it's well documented that AO and certain Draw distance settings are the culprits on poor performance. Given your responses to her in general because you went off on a tangent to say ATI is a failure of a card she said otherwise and said that she had problems with Nvidia, I don't find your response to her surprising.

The main bit of lag I get is the server delay, which is quite different from machine lag.

[Suirieko]

Jennesta you are so full of crap.

I have a 1090t
8GB of RAM
GTX 470
SSD HDD

XIV Still lags on it when it writes files to the HDD, I am sorry there is something wrong with the coding in this game.

I have 1090t
8GB of Ram
and ATI Radeon 5880

and I never have any lag issues as well. I only had problem when I had AO on, but when I turned it off, FFXIV ran damn nearly problem free, and most definitely lag free.

I am sorry there may be something wrong with the computer for you to have lag issues, especially considering you have an SSD hard drive.

[Rydin]

and ATI Radeon 5880

You mean 5850 or 5870... there is no 5880...
I actually have a similar setup....
I have the Radeon HD 5870
A high end card, yes, but not the most expensive thing in the world

See there are multiple issues that people are raising, which is why arguments go on forever on this forum... people are usually arguing 2 completely different things....
For instance:
I use a gamepad. If you go to move the camera.... and there is a delay between moving the right analog and the camera actually moving, that is control lag... that could be attributed to the graphics setting being too high, Latency introduced by your internet connection, latency from the game server or poor game optimization...
I don't experience any control lag... when I move, my character moves, when I rotate the camera, the speed at which the camera responds is instant
Control lag is usually coupled with very low frame rates
I have not gone below 40fps on 1920x1080 resolution with everything on high (Except AO off) and the frame buffer (Draw quality) set to resolution (8 out of 10)

there IS latency in the game though... it is very noticeable...
And although I am in favor of the move to DX10, It absolutely will not fix this latency....
the sluggish UI... Which has gotten better.. I remember when I would dread selling something
Buffs and debuffs last a second past the timer hitting 0:00
Switching back and forth between passive and active mode is noticeably slow... not just the animation, or that you have to stop to do it.... But it takes a second before the animation even starts

These things will not be fixed by DX10.... These are either due to the server or the Networking API of the middleware...
If you are experiencing control lag, turn your graphics settings down... especially the draw quality, possibly even the Anti-aliasing
Every game gets laggy and can crash if your system is not up to the task.... (Albeit that was never really an issue in the 2D gaming era)
What DX10 will do with compatible DX10 GPU's (Everything since the 8800GTX and Radeon HD 2400, both in Q4 of 2006 if I remember correctly) is make them run more efficiently, so your frame rates should go up.... the most improvement would be from people currently getting less than 30fps as the change could make the game feel a lot smoother
But DX10/11 wont make the game look better inherently

DX10 uses instancing, Shader model 4 and geometry. Then as a developer you'd still have to go into your game and make use of these features