FFXIV Temps on GTX460

[Equinoxi]

ah im getting a 2TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive).
I was thinking about the SSD but yeah maybe later when cost comes down for them.

[Coldfire]

2TB HDDs are usually pretty slow and the 6Gbit/s is only the inferface bandwidth and not the actual drive speed. Best get a small system HDD and a big HDD for less important files like movies and pictures. There's lots of tests around the web about HDD speeds.
And I would also wait for the new Bulldozers.

[Eunys]

You don't want a huge single drive all the 6GB/s 64MB etc... means nothing really. The hard drive still has to spin and find the pieces of info needed. The thing with standard HD's is how they write to disk. Since the drive has to spin the info gets tossed all around the drive and it's this putting the pieces back together that hurts. You can get much better results with two smaller drives then that one large 2T drive. Probably for much less then the 2T drive you can get 2x1T and raid 0 them.

[Equinoxi]

Yeah I shoulda got 2x1T drives but I dont know what hit me with just a 2TB, Ill probably just get a smaller drive and convert the 2Tb for movies, musics, and pictures like Coldire mentioned. If i go for a smaller drive should I even consider SSD or one with a higher RPM say 10000 over the 7200s. Like say the Western Digital VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX 600GB 10000 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s? 250$ though...

[origamikitsune]

I would suggest an SSD for your OS and for FF, and everything else on the 2TB.

[Coldfire]

Those 10k RPM models are usually not much faster than others but consume way more power and make alot of noise. Also pretty useless are those hybrid drives that are a mix of SSD and HDD. Just buy a fast SSD(Agility III or Intel 510 are pretty fast) or a normal small HDD(<500GB).

[Coldfire]

Thought Bulldozer comes out in october o.O

[Beeli]

If you have narrowed the issue down to HDD stuttering you can mitigate some of that (not all of it) by nuking your preferences. It works for all kinds of HDD related stuttering.

In your Documents / My Games folder there will be a Final Fantasy XIV folder. Inside that is a bunch of stuff. Create a folder on your desktop, and remove everything in the folder into the temp folder on your desktop. Once that is done, move only your user folder back in to the FF folder, and run the game. See if that helps.

Okay, so... I've been messing with my stupid files for a while, trying to do what origamikitsune suggested, and I just don't think I'm doing this right. Could someone tell me a more comprehensive way to do this? I have Windows 7, so file names are different, too. :/ Nng.

[Beeli]

I have made a wonderful discovery that might possibly solve my problems! Of course, a second opinion would be wonderful. My computer has two PCIe x16 slots. I was reading somewhere on the forums that two GTX460 cards on an SLI setup can make up for the stutters I'm having. It's more affordable at $130 (on Amazon) than going out and buying a higher-end graphics card. So, does anyone agree or see a downside to this setup?

[Coldfire]

I doubt it will help. Instead it will give you more stuttering in form of micro stuttering ^^
And your PSU probably won't be able to support two cards.