Amazing system, FFXIV taking FPS hit. Why?

[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.

[origamikitsune]

Because it is an odd aspect ratio? I can only guess, and honestly I'm stumped. Just how bad does it look? Can you put the game in 1920x1080, take a screenshot, and then repeat with your native resolution so I can see the difference?

[Archadius]

I'll take a couple screens @ 2560x1440 and @ 1920x1080 and post em when I get the chance tonight. It will just be the login screen, but even with that, HUGE difference.

[Archadius]

Ok so I think I discovered what the problem was with the resolution being wonky.

It was because I didn't set my DESKTOP resolution to 1920x1080 as well as my FFXIV setting resolution. So FFXIV was running at 1920x1080 and my computer at 2560x1440. Made everything fuzzy and ugly. Problem is... With my settings on 1920x1080 EVERYTHING is fuzzy, including FFXIV lol. It's not as bad as with the mixmatched rez's but still pretty rough on the eyes. I don't wanna have to run my entire computer at 1920x1080 looking crappy to accommodate a "reasonable" FFXIV haha

[Solace]

go 1920x1080 and standard quality or one above. AA off, not worth having at high res imo. AO off.
Depth of field off. Texture quality and texture filtering at max.

[Archadius]

Ok I'll try playing with those settings later and at the two resolutions above. Any solution to the issue of the whole screen being fuzzy at 1920x1080? (since it's supposed to be 2560x1440 I guess the comp doesn't like when you go too low?)

[Coldfire]

The problem is that the pixels on your monitor don't change. The image gets scaled and each pixel on the monitor shows like 0.75 pixels instead of 1 which ends in a blur/unclean effect.

[Zephir]

over HD resolution are a pain for a lot of game...

We are talking about Work like resolution, not gaming res.

Plus consider that 6970M is not the real 6970 VGA.

Add Bootcamp + Win that cut a little % or fps (and sometimes have a little problem with driver)

And you have your problem



ah if you play at 2560x1440...you don't need AA

With 1920x1080P with 4x-AA you don't have aliasing....then you can set at 4x or less without problem


PS i see 88C...mmmmmmmm..My friend ..gaming with FFXIV from MacBookPRO encounter shut down due to overheat...pay attention......GPU/VGA intensive game trigger a lot of heat in all in one PC...88 is TOO MUCH for sandybridge you have

Intel, and hardware upgrade guys say that the termal daily limit is under 80C....you are out this temperature...

after this limit lifespan of processor drastically drop down