Quote Originally Posted by Ava View Post
SSD doesn't fix choppiness. Using a 50 GB OCZ Vertex II with only OS and FFXIV installed and I still have choppiness, all the time, with graphics set to "Standard" across the board. Especially during weather effects. Rest of my PC is of similar quality (Radeon 5850, 3.2 Q9550, 8 GB RAM). I can run anything perfectly except FFXIV.
Your choppiness is due to the weak HD5850. It just can't handle this many polygons in crowded areas. With my HD5870 I get 60 fps most of the time. If I play fullscreen and use Crossfire I always get 60 fps.
You can set everything to highest except general drawing (8) and AO. There isn't much difference since the polygon count is the same.