New PC not strong enough for the game?

[Thanor]

The thing is that my GPU doesnt heat up at all when I'm in FFXIV, the game doesnt put ANY strain on the GPU. When I for example tried secret world (even worked on ultra graphics) the GPU temperature went 20C up from idle state. The power usage was up to 60-80% whereas during playing FFXIV it shows 10-20%, which is the same as during idle state like being on the desktop. PLEASE HELP ME!

[Thanor]

Even with all the answers I have got, the fact still remains that all games run better on this than my laptop with i7-3630Q and GTX 660M. ALL except final fantasy. Secret world even requires better rig than FFXIV and it wors fine on ultra graphics on this PC. Someone explain this to me. Secret world recommends and i5 proc with 3.00 GHz while FFXIV requires i5 with 2.66 GHz. THIS means that the problem isnt the processor. The problem is that FFXIV doesnt use the GPU at all.

[Nutz]

Even with all the answers I have got, the fact still remains that all games run better on this than my laptop with i7-3630Q and GTX 660M. ALL except final fantasy. Secret world even requires better rig than FFXIV and it wors fine on ultra graphics on this PC. Someone explain this to me. Secret world recommends and i5 proc with 3.00 GHz while FFXIV requires i5 with 2.66 GHz. THIS means that the problem isnt the processor. The problem is that FFXIV doesnt use the GPU at all.

While SE's recommendations/ requirements aren't as intensive, FFXIV (currently) uses the CPU a lot more relative to the GPU than most games. I have FFXIV set up on 2 different PCs. One using a 560Ti with an i7 2600k, and another using a 550Ti and i5 3330. Both systems run the game well enough, though the first is obviously much better. The system with the 550Ti has no framerate issues with a few effects toned down @1920x1080. It's just because the Intel chip doesn't bottleneck anything. The game is very easy on a graphics card, but your processor has to be pretty decent. This might change a bit when they release the dx11 client, but that won't be for a while still.

[lxSch]

AMD A4-5300 specs:
- 2 cores;
- 3.4 GHz;
- 1 MB cache.
That's an office grade APU that can barely play movies, not speaking of playing games. But ofc it's SE fault.

[Thanor]

AMD A4-5300 specs:
- 2 cores;
- 3.4 GHz;
- 1 MB cache.
That's an office grade APU that can barely play movies, not speaking of playing games. But ofc it's SE fault.

well this "office" pc runs secret world on ultra graphics.

[Judge_Xero]

1. Most up to date drivers for nVidia
2. Monitor plugged into vid card

Run the game in Windowed Mode so you can have the task manager up. Monitor your CPU usage while playing.

What is your CPU usage.

[Thanor]

1. Most up to date drivers for nVidia
2. Monitor plugged into vid card

Run the game in Windowed Mode so you can have the task manager up. Monitor your CPU usage while playing.

What is your CPU usage.

I use the same video output as with other games. My CPU usage in FFXIV is 60-85%, GPU power 5-20%, GPU load about the same. Other games force GPU power to 50-60% and load 60-80%

[Judge_Xero]

If you open the Catalyst Control Center for AMD it should allow you to see any usage on the iGPU inside the CPU. If its not using the iGPU at all, which it shouldn't, then compare what kind of CPU usage there us on those other games.

[Thanor]

If you open the Catalyst Control Center for AMD it should allow you to see any usage on the iGPU inside the CPU. If its not using the iGPU at all, which it shouldn't, then compare what kind of CPU usage there us on those other games.

AMD catalyst center is completely empty for me, also the dxdiag doesnt see the integrated gpu, so I think its not maybe plugged in or something, if that's possible. The CPU usage looks the same no matter what game I play, included FFXIV, around 60-85%