Amazing system, FFXIV taking FPS hit. Why?

[origamikitsune]

88c is not too bad for an all-in-one system running 14 at that res. Its hot for sure, but not system breaking. Intel's website can tell you the recommended and/or maximum

[Archadius]

88c is not too bad for an all-in-one system running 14 at that res. Its hot for sure, but not system breaking. Intel's website can tell you the recommended and/or maximum

Yay! I spent some time looking for something that would give me an idea of recommended/max temps but didn't really get far... That should help, thank you!

[Capita]

ATI drivers were not the best in the past but AMD does their job quite well. The problem lies with Intel and Apple. Intel always had bad IGP drivers and Apple just has no clue how to handle the current highend hardware. The best hardware is useless without a working software system.

That's why I hate mac... if something doesn't work it's impossible to fix xD

Please try not to spread uneducated rabble like this. Macs handle current high-end hardware just as well as any PC, and they're a lot more customizable and upgrade-friendly than they used to be. OSX is what Microsoft tried to do with Windows 7, and came fairly close. You can't knock Apple for building upon their own excellent OS (and OSX is excellent). At least they give you the option to dual boot now for those days you want to play games. Bootcamp runs Windows flawlessly, and games just as well, so I don't see why you'd have any sort of complaint with it.

MacPros are basically PC's. MacBooks are like any other laptop (but better in terms of functionality). iMacs are like the older Macs, but you can still upgrade virtually everything on it.

FWIW, I only have a MacBook. The rest of my computers at home are custom PC's that I build. I just don't like it when people knock something they know little about.

[Coldfire]

There's a good reason I have this guy on my iggy
Not even gonna bother to read it.

[syntaxlies]

Please try not to spread uneducated rabble like this. Macs handle current high-end hardware just as well as any PC, and they're a lot more customizable and upgrade-friendly than they used to be. OSX is what Microsoft tried to do with Windows 7, and came fairly close. You can't knock Apple for building upon their own excellent OS (and OSX is excellent). At least they give you the option to dual boot now for those days you want to play games. Bootcamp runs Windows flawlessly, and games just as well, so I don't see why you'd have any sort of complaint with it.

MacPros are basically PC's. MacBooks are like any other laptop (but better in terms of functionality). iMacs are like the older Macs, but you can still upgrade virtually everything on it.

FWIW, I only have a MacBook. The rest of my computers at home are custom PC's that I build. I just don't like it when people knock something they know little about.

if its so awesome how come he cant play FFXIV

[Coldfire]

Don't bother starting an argument with him. He has no clue what he's talking about and is only here to flame instead of offering support. I'd rather like to keep this part of the forum clean as people are searching it for help. Maybe SE should make a sticky FAQ of all the solutions <.<

[Capita]

if its so awesome how come he cant play FFXIV

Could be a number of things. I highly doubt it's strictly Mac-specific. My MacBook plays the game just fine on regular settings, with 30-40 in town and 50-60 in fields. That's on a laptop. My brother's MacPro runs the game just as well as my PC with an i7 920 and GTX 480. 45-50 in town, 60 in the field.

My guess is the huge resolution. That's a lot of pixels for any single card to be pushing around in this game. His native resolution is almost like running 1920x1080 with General Drawing set to 9 permanently. I personally don't know anyone who can run FFXIV at 2560x1440 resolution, PC or not, and manage the same frames as someone running 1920x1080.

Don't bother starting an argument with him. He has no clue what he's talking about and is only here to flame instead of offering support.

Oh, I remember you now. You're the idiot who thought FFXIV only used 2 cores.

And I am helping. I'm helping this guy by showing him not to listen to clueless people such as yourself, who are only here to give him the wrong idea about his system because of some bias. A bias, might I add, you have no business being biased about due to your lack of knowledge of it.

[Archadius]

I see merit in what you guys are saying, but the odd question still stands about my native resolution.

Why is it that if I adjust the FFXIV resolution to ANYTHING other than my display's native (2560x1440) then the game immediately looks like crap, regardless of the other settings? ; ;

[Capita]

I see merit in what you guys are saying, but the odd question still stands about my native resolution.

Why is it that if I adjust the FFXIV resolution to ANYTHING other than my display's native (2560x1440) then the game immediately looks like crap, regardless of the other settings? ; ;

Because resolutions lower than your native resolution means larger pixels. Think about a tiny picture that you try to zoom into. It loses quality because the number of pixels in the image aren't increasing to fit the screen. They're just stretching.

[Coldfire]

Can you post a screenshot of "crap". Eh I mean of the game on a different resolution. And did you try 720p?