Heavensward benchmark next month; no DX11?

[Naraku_Diabolos]

Devs,

Will the DirectX 11 benchmark be a separate release when Heavensward comes around, or will that be included with the April benchmark? I mean, since Heavensward got delayed until June for extra polishing, why not also release the DirectX 11 version earlier than June? It would give us something to play with until the expansion releases. Right now the developmental team is just fine-tuning the DX11 version, but isn't it already done by now?

[Camate]

During the Letter from the Producer LIVE that was held in Fukuoka, Yoshida mentioned that it would be great if they could prepare both a DX9 and DX11 version of the benchmark. The team is still working on the benchmark, so stay tuned for more details!

[Recaldy]

During the Letter from the Producer LIVE that was held in Fukuoka, Yoshida mentioned that it would be great if they could prepare both a DX9 and DX11 version of the benchmark. The team is still working on the benchmark, so stay tuned for more details!

Love the forum avatar. lol

[Riardon]

Benchmark without the DX11 client is totally pointless. Benchmarks are supposed to be graphic testing programs and not only cool cutscenes. If the benchmark does not features the DX11 graphics then simply push it further in the future. I'm waiting for this benchmarks mainly to test how the DX11 client will perform on my system.

[Viridiana]

Benchmark without the DX11 client is totally pointless. Benchmarks are supposed to be graphic testing programs and not only cool cutscenes. If the benchmark does not features the DX11 graphics then simply push it further in the future. I'm waiting for this benchmarks mainly to test how the DX11 client will perform on my system.

Or give us the DX9 one to play with a while and then update it as the DX11 one is finished.

[Tiggy]

Benchmark without the DX11 client is totally pointless.

Except for seeing all those new areas and art pieces and the character creator to play with the Au Ra. It's not completely useless for those of us hyping up for the expansion in general.

[Vurtney]

Except for seeing all those new areas and art pieces and the character creator to play with the Au Ra. It's not completely useless for those of us hyping up for the expansion in general.

As an actual benchmark it's still pointless without DX11 and just a fun tool to mess around before the expansion.

[niwaar]

Benchmark without the DX11 client is totally pointless. Benchmarks are supposed to be graphic testing programs and not only cool cutscenes. If the benchmark does not features the DX11 graphics then simply push it further in the future. I'm waiting for this benchmarks mainly to test how the DX11 client will perform on my system.

If only we could vote this down. We know 100% that our PCs can handle the game at at least the current levels on DX9. I want the Benchmark for the Character Creator and not actually the DX11 stuff. I won't speak for others, neither should you.

Bring on the Au Ra Char Creator and the "fun cutscene".

[Wildsprite]

If only we could vote this down. We know 100% that our PCs can handle the game at at least the current levels on DX9. I want the Benchmark for the Character Creator and not actually the DX11 stuff. I won't speak for others, neither should you.

Bring on the Au Ra Char Creator and the "fun cutscene".

the existing benchmark is pretty big(over 2GB), the newer ones will be no different. I too want to be able to play with the Au Ra Char creation but like Riardon I'm more interested in the benchmark to test DX11 with this game to see how well it will run on my desktop so I know if downloading the DX11 client will be worth it or not because I know that will be considerably bigger than the benchmark.

[Nekodar]

Maybe it's DX11 that's basically finished and DX9 benchmark they need more work on...