DX 11 : D

[Axidrain]

I hate to think that so many people are deluded when it comes this sort of stuff. Any and all revisions of DirectX are garbage in comparison to OpenGL.

aren't they pretty much the same?

[Captaindownsyndrome]

aren't they pretty much the same?

no opengl is more powerful and is used on everything from phones, consoles, and pc and it can run on any OS as DirectX works only on windows

[Purplenum]

aren't they pretty much the same?

Essentially, but DirectX isn't supported by all platforms like OpenGL is. People have also found that OpenGL is much faster, plus it's open source and constantly being improved upon.

[Gramul]

No texture resolution improvements? That's disappointing. In comparison with 1.0, there's a lot of pixilation in the details. Normal map and shader improvements would still be nice though. In the end, I just want more clarity in the details.

[M4Fade]

No texture resolution improvements? That's disappointing. In comparison with 1.0, there's a lot of pixilation in the details. Normal map and shader improvements would still be nice though. In the end, I just want more clarity in the details.

The other improvements should be pretty nifty. I might even log in just to check 'em out... eh, probably not.

But yeah, I've always been disappointed with the downgrade in textures from 1.0 to ARR. I supported multiple posts in Alpha and Beta pointing this out and the only responses were to "wait for DX11". Well, we're finally getting it and it's not improving textures. Sad day. :/

I am not fond of my Warrior AF's fluffy mashed-potatoes look among other things...

[Billzey]

I can't believe Yoshi is saying we can't tell that things use very low texture resolutions. Are you kidding me? You can literally see the pixels in almost every piece of armor... They look absolutely horrible.

[Skyl1n3]

I can't believe Yoshi is saying we can't tell that things use very low texture resolutions. Are you kidding me? You can literally see the pixels in almost every piece of armor... They look absolutely horrible.

Exactly this.

My initial hope of DX11 was improving the overall texture quality among other improvements and getting rid of the many many many many many jaggies in objects like Armour and Weapons e.t.c

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There's no way this should stand in what todays games are capable of, hell I'm not expecting Crysis 3 level of graphics but these kind of visuals were suitable for a low-end PS3 game... oh what am I saying, FFXIV is being limited to what the PS3 is capable of...

[Laraul]

There's no way this should stand in what todays games are capable of, hell I'm not expecting Crysis 3 level of graphics but these kind of visuals were suitable for a low-end PS3 game... oh what am I saying, FFXIV is being limited to what the PS3 is capable of...

You regularly play the game from this view point or are you nit picking?

By the way I think the texture in the background looks uglier than your armor in that picture. Gray and dull. Though I assume that was the intention artistically. Lot of things in the world just look ugly.

[Sygmaelle]

Exactly this.

My initial hope of DX11 was improving the overall texture quality among other improvements and getting rid of the many many many many many jaggies in objects like Armour and Weapons e.t.c

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There's no way this should stand in what todays games are capable of, hell I'm not expecting Crysis 3 level of graphics but these kind of visuals were suitable for a low-end PS3 game... oh what am I saying, FFXIV is being limited to what the PS3 is capable of...

Alright, playin your game.





Difference is SweetFX.

[Skyl1n3]

Alright, playin your game.

Difference is SweetFX.

FYI, I've been using SweetFX since about a week after public release of ARR but it doesn't come out using the in-game Screenshot function, The only thing SweetFX does is change the colour tones and makes it more vibrant, nothing much else.