Memory Leak/Preformance Issue

[Riepah]

Same problem every few hours.

[Aftersight]

I am getting the same odd FPS drops. Running on a 7970 Ghz and i'm experiencing drops from 50+ to 1-2 fps. Really starting to be annoying. It seems to occur randomly all over the game, but most noticeably in Mor Dhona. When monitoring GPU usage it seems to throttle itself whenever this occurs. It only happens in FFXIV.

[S26]

This issue really needs to be fixed. Like R'ani said, this issue has been around since launch.

Seemingly randomly FFXIV will, after a few hours, grind to a halt for several seconds while it tries, yet fails, to load some kind of model. Most of the time it's a mount model that fails to load (so you'll see someone floating in the air moving at the same speed as a mount). Sometimes it's mobs that don't show up, sometimes it's parts of mobs, sometimes Moogles, sometimes players. When this happens, there's a very high chance that your client will crash very soon afterwards. When it does crash, chat, the UI, and camera movements are sometimes still usable until you close the dialog box that tells you FFXIV crashed.

More examples:


It's most likely an invalid pointer that tries to load model data from a location in memory that doesn't contain model data but what do I know.

[nakomaru]

I used to use a GTX 460 and never got this. Instead, I would get NVidia display driver crashes and recoveries (also called TDR crashes).

As soon as I switched to an R9 270x, I never got display driver resets, but I instead started getting the 1-2 FPS for several seconds, then either a client crash or a client freeze.

After observing the problem for months, I believe the underlying cause is the same problem in the FFXIV client. On NVidia, display reset. On AMD, client freeze/crash.

[Adol]

Getting the exact same thing as OP. It only ever happens in non instanced areas, especially when I go to teleport. HD7870. Trying to do hunts with this going on is an absolute nightmare. It was never this bad before 2.3.

[Drako]

HD6970 here with the same issues. It seems way more severe when at an overcrowded hunt, and when transporting in and out of places that are getting high traffic due to hunts. I also have another computer with a older HD5770 that also is experiencing this. I never really seen this problem until 2.3.

[Raist]

sounds like you guys need to submit proper bug reports with detailed system specs either through the support portal or the forums bug section. Been playing since beta4 and never experienced these issues on my PC. My laptop either up until a few weeks ago (screen died on it... waiting to hear from Asus about repairing it). Granted, it is older hardware, but with reduced settings I am able to run upwards of 40FPS just about anywhere in the game (can break 100 at times, but I lock framerate to 60).

PC:
Win 8.0, 4GB DDR2-8800 RAM Intel E8400, Sapphire 5870 Vapor-X (forget if it was 1 or 2GB, but it is DDR5 I think). CPU and RAM are overclocked (430 FSB, reduced slightly because it's so @#$@#$ hot here atm), and the card had to be downclocked a bit too because of the increased ambient temps (air cooled)--but still slightly above stock speeds. Older Catalyst drivers installed... early 2013 if I remember right. They work, so never upgraded them. Basic rule of thumb with SE--when I find drivers that work, I don't change unless they stop working. They are infamous for not always working well with the latest and greatest because the games are bound to outdated DirectX methods that the new hardware/drivers/OS sometimes don't support very well.

Laptop:
Asus G75VX ROG model, Win 8.0, Intel I7-3630 (Quad), 8GB DDR3-1600, Nvidia GTX 670 MX with 3GB dedicated DDR5 RAM. Drivers are last ones I got from Asus to resolve some issues, version 311. Stupid LVDS cable got crimped internally and shorted--new cable didn't resolve it, so waiting on Asus to let me RMA it--may ned to replace the mainboard if it screwed up the port (everything works fine by HDMI out, but sucks to tether your laptop to a monitor to be able to use it--just been on the PC since this happened).

Both systems run full screen 1080p FPS capped to 60 to avoid the yo-yo between 40 to 100+) with at least 2.1 audio (laptop has a subwoofer built in, PC runs 4CH surround through an Asus XonarDX with GX extensions active--main speakers split off to a sub as a 2.1 setup)

Have played loooong hours on these systems with none of these problems (barring the PC throwing up on itself when the room gets too hot and I had to downclock things to make it stable again). Not talking 3 or 4 hours here either... I have kept my toon in game for over 12 hours straight (breaking off to tool around the house and such, but left character in game and all). It may not be a coding issue with the game per se, but more an issue with the OS's API's or the drivers. Perhaps a specific setting doesn't behave properly (like cascading shadows, or in game AA vs. driver level AA or something odd like that). So, you may want to provide a dump of your game settings and core driver settings as well to that end. SE may be able to better narrow it down if the proper details are provided.

[Fuby]

I play on two different systems.
The one with the AMD Radeon HD 7800 crashes in high population areas after long session of playing in same manner described already. Often triggered by leaving zone by zone line or teleporting.

The one with the Nvidia card doesn't have this problem.

[Sujaki_Nhakal]

I have that issue also now for several months. My Old GFX was a Radeon HD 5870 v2 with 1 GC DDR5 G-RAM and i have now since a week a R9 280x with 3GB DDR5 G-RAM. And still i get random crashes when i port out of crowded areas after about 4h or so and FPS drops and then sudden invisible Monsters.

First i tought is was my old Grafic Card but now where i have a brand new one and still the same issue i know it is not my PC.

Speccs are:

Windows 7 Ulitame 64bit
ADM Phaenom 2 x6 with 3.2Ghz per core
4GB DDR3 RAM
ADM ATI Radeon R9 280x with Catalyst Version 14.4 Drivers

[Kalinas]

Also having this issue. Will teleport to Limsa, Mor Dhona, or Coerthas...and the game client will drop to under 10 fps, my cpu will go up to 50%...then crashes to desktop. FFXIV is usually at 59-60fps except when this happens. Also experiencing a random slow down or stutter in some instances, like Ultima Hard and CT 1, which leads to the monster not appearing (invisible) yet still being able to target them at least.

Running windows 7 pro 64 bit fully updated, intel i7-4770 3.5GHz, 16gb ram, Radeon 7750 HD with current drivers.