6950 Performance

[AlexiaKidd]

I have a 6950 and get 60FPS in the field and around 40FPS in Ul'dah. Got my setting on high apart from Drawing Quality 8, DoF and AO off.

oh and it's running 840/1350 on the card.

[SAMINUS]

I run two 5970's in crossfire, of course nothing beats this setup so ya 60FPS everything max.

[indira]

you NEED you processor past 3.4ghz or have a SSD with ffxiv on it cuz it loads a tons of crap video card helps alittle but its mainly how fast you system can load to your ram. SSD you will get beyond 60fps

[Capita]

you NEED you processor past 3.4ghz or have a SSD with ffxiv on it cuz it loads a tons of crap video card helps alittle but its mainly how fast you system can load to your ram. SSD you will get beyond 60fps

My Q6600 @ stock 2.4GHz runs this game just as well as my i7 920 @ 4.0GHz, both under GTX 480's and SSD (never drops below 60 FPS outside of town, and never drops below 50 FPS in town). Overclocking my Q6600 to 3.2GHz makes maybe a 3-5 FPS difference. Not even worth the extra CPU temps as it doesn't even go past 60% usage stock.

So no, you don't NEED to run your CPU past 3.4GHz. You do NEED at least a Quad Core if you're using a GTX 460 or better GPU. You also do need an SSD if you don't want to stutter around town, so I'll agree with that. That was actually probably my biggest upgrade. From a 7200 RPM HDD to an SSD is like day and night in terms of game performance, and gave the absolute largest performance gain by far.

-- First system --

Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz
4GB G.Skill DDR2
GTX 480
1TB 7200 RPM HDD

FPS min-max: 40-60, with periodic stutter to around 15 FPS in Ul'dah.
With SSD: 51-60, no stutter.

-- Second system --

i7 920 @ 4.0 GHz
8GB G.Skill DDR3
GTX 480
1TB 7200 RPM HDD

FPS min-max: 45-60, with periodic stutters to around 15 FPS in Ul'dah.
With SSD: 53-60, no stutter.

[Xquiel]

My Q6600 @ stock 2.4GHz runs this game just as well as my i7 920 @ 4.0GHz, both under GTX 480's and SSD (never drops below 60 FPS outside of town, and never drops below 50 FPS in town). Overclocking my Q6600 to 3.2GHz makes maybe a 3-5 FPS difference. Not even worth the extra CPU temps as it doesn't even go past 60% usage stock.

So no, you don't NEED to run your CPU past 3.4GHz. You do NEED at least a Quad Core if you're using a GTX 460 or better GPU. You also do need an SSD if you don't want to stutter around town, so I'll agree with that. That was actually probably my biggest upgrade. From a 7200 RPM HDD to an SSD is like day and night in terms of game performance, and gave the absolute largest performance gain by far.

-- First system --

Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz
4GB G.Skill DDR2
GTX 480
1TB 7200 RPM HDD

FPS min-max: 40-60, with periodic stutter to around 15 FPS in Ul'dah.
With SSD: 51-60, no stutter.

-- Second system --

i7 920 @ 4.0 GHz
8GB G.Skill DDR3
GTX 480
1TB 7200 RPM HDD

FPS min-max: 45-60, with periodic stutters to around 15 FPS in Ul'dah.
With SSD: 53-60, no stutter.

that's very helpful!! thank you ^^

[Heoki]

I don't know if this has been posted, but I did this to two of my 6950s and it was pretty awesome.

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/...ng/vidcard/159

[Coldfire]

I don't know if this has been posted, but I did this to two of my 6950s and it was pretty awesome.

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/...ng/vidcard/159

Don't you lose the warranty if you flash your video bios? <.<

[Coldfire]

Don't think it's just a problem with the framebuffer size. SE really needs to optimize this stuff xD

[Masturshake]

Hey guys while i still have this thread on front page..
Let me get everything out the way lol..
So my FPS is great now.. but i get little jitters here and there as well as a little screen tearing.. Solutions? i hear v-sync fixes this? will it demand more from my card.. also i read that jittering is from HD for what its worth im running on a OCZ vertex II 120GB

[Rydin]

Hey guys while i still have this thread on front page..
Let me get everything out the way lol..
So my FPS is great now.. but i get little jitters here and there as well as a little screen tearing.. Solutions? i hear v-sync fixes this? will it demand more from my card.. also i read that jittering is from HD for what its worth im running on a OCZ vertex II 120GB

Well now that you have fixed the GDQ problem.. Now you can run windowed... at least I would... that could fix your issues...
And yea Premium V, The game is so unoptimized...