Nvidia Performance Tweaks 24% Boost in Performance.

[Ladon]

Note that this only really works with X79 Sandy Bridge-Es. This is because Nvidia decided to only support 5GT/s bus mode by default on these platforms for compatibility reasons. Native PCI 3.0 platforms like Ivy Bridge already run in this mode via driver, and won't see a performance increase by doing this.

[Wermacht]

Note that this only really works with X79 Sandy Bridge-Es. This is because Nvidia decided to only support 5GT/s bus mode by default on these platforms for compatibility reasons. Native PCI 3.0 platforms like Ivy Bridge already run in this mode via driver, and won't see a performance increase by doing this.

Correct on the force PCI-E GEN3, I shared the info for users that may be in that boat. Original post updated, thank you!

The Multithreaded Driver adjustment is not relegated to X79 Sandy Bridge-Es, and should benefit a wider range of Nvidia user.

[Hyunckel]

Note that this only really works with X79 Sandy Bridge-Es. This is because Nvidia decided to only support 5GT/s bus mode by default on these platforms for compatibility reasons. Native PCI 3.0 platforms like Ivy Bridge already run in this mode via driver, and won't see a performance increase by doing this.

You should get a result like so:

My 850M GTX does show Bus Interface PCI-E 3.0 x 16 3.0 next to the "?" and also when I run the render test in full screen. It seems you don't need to run the test, it's already written next to the "?"



But being an Haswell architecture CPU I guess I'm SOL on this fix? Since that technology came after Sandy Bridge and Ivy ( couldn't find a specific .exe file for my case)

( I got an i7 4700HQ @2.4 GHZ (effectively 3.2 GHZ with turbo boost / hyperthreading) )

The second tweak involves adjusting the multithreaded driver setting for FFXIV's driver profile.

Run Nvidia Inspector, and click on the tool icon:

I changed the string in Nvidia Inspector and noticed +4 FPS gain (from 55-85 to 59-89 FPS)

Thanks for the tweak OP

[Wermacht]

My 850M GTX does show Bus Interface PCI-E 3.0 x 16 3.0 next to the "?" and also when I run the render test in full screen. It seems you don't need to run the test, it's already written next to the "?"

More than likely you're set, and don't require the fix! Users with CPU's after Sandy Bridge-E, and Nvidia GPU's should already benefit from PCI-E 3.0. The test is nice to confirm you are in fact running in PCI-E 3.0. If you weren't, you might have a different problem.

I changed the string in Nvidia Inspector and noticed +4 FPS gain (from 55-85 to 59-89 FPS)

Thanks for the tweak OP

You're welcome! 59-89 FPS is a great range to be in!

[Canadane]

While the PCI-E tweak doesn't apply to my mobo, the profile tweak added a nice 10 fps.
Still only about 50ish fps in a zone with a handful of other players, such as a city early in the morning like my current testing.
But better than 40ish. I kept myself locked down to 30fps just for consistencies sake because of that. Felt really smooth going uncapped and running around my house, haha.