General Game Performance - Anyone Else Feel The Way I Do?

[CK11]

So i have a question, and this thread seemed to be the best place to post, i dont have a big problem running this game, my fans seem to to kick on high when i do ,so here is my specs, do they seem ok?
...and i was wondering, could i update my i5 to a i7 second gen?



-=-=-=-=-=-=- System Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-

Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 64bit (build 7601)
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 760 @ 2.80GHz
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BIOS Default System BIOS
Language English (Regional Setting: English)
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DirectX Version DirectX 11
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Thanks for your help

[Rydin]

So i have a question, and this thread seemed to be the best place to post, i dont have a big problem running this game, my fans seem to to kick on high when i do ,so here is my specs, do they seem ok?
...and i was wondering, could i update my i5 to a i7 second gen?

You wouldn't see too much of a difference between the 760 and anything else
Even the "monster" 2600k, although it benchmarks well, will show very little to no improvement in game.....
Honestly... your graphics card is the only part of your rig that is considered mid range....
the 460 is I believe the recommended minimum GPU according to square enix... at least you have the one with more VRAM though....
You could pick up a used Radeon 5870 and increase your performance quite a bit... and by that I mean play with all settings maxed (No AO and GDQ 8)

when you are on tight budget like me what will you upgrade 1st?
- CPU: C2D E4500
-VGa: ATI 5670
-HDD: 250GB 7200RPM
-RAM: 2 x 1GB RAM

thanks

well consider your CPU and RAM linked....
because if you upgrade CPU, you'll have to get a new Motherboard and RAM....
which isn't bad... but it would cost more than upgrading your video card... both of which would give you a big performance boost
They are actually at about the same level of needing to be updated...
So if you have the cash.... upgrade the motherboard, CPU and RAM...
If you're limited on funds... just pop in a new video card and save up for the big upgrade... let the hard drive be the last thing you upgrade....

[ShayAmora]

I run a I7 laptop 8gb win7 64bit, with only a Nvidia GTS 360m and 7200RPM hd.

The 360m is having a hard time with FF14, especially since I run it full HD through a hdmi cable on a big tele. But I manage to get it smooth enough adjusting the settings to mid and on full HD still looks fine.

The HDD is in use quite often and I seemed to get stuttering out of that everywhere too. I couldn't even play music from Spotify properly in the background because of it.

The I7 isn't doing much with only 20%/30% usage I believe and the mem is never capped out.

So my 360m problems are managed with settings. The rest is good. But I still had to fix my HDD problems. Now I tried a USB stick with readyboost, which kinda helps, but was no holy cure. Then I finally found the fix while tweaking my laptop for audio. And it was a rare find!

My Laptop is also used for recording audio from an external high end sound card & ad/da converter through Firewire. If you want to record audio in high settings like 192khz/32bit and record that to HDD, depending on your system, you will get stutter and these so called drop outs, which you don't want. Scanning professional audio forums I was pointed towards this nice tool:
http://download.cnet.com/LatencyMon/...-75300293.html

Running this tool while doing nothing, or while trying to record audio, or playing some music, all gave some interresting insights in what was causing latency and made my audio stutter and drop out. I noticed this was mostly caused by software/drivers related to my onboard lan port, which was causing huge latency spikes that then caused latency on my 360m and hdd access. This may be a fault in the LAN drivers or hardware. Luck may have it I am on the wireless support of my Laptop, so I simply disabled the LAN port and this fixed my audio recording problems.

Now going back to FF14, my Uld stutter is gone too and I can play audio in the background, alt tab is smooth, generally having a good time. In fact I'm better off in Uld and Grid and surrounding areas now than I am in unpopulated Limsa Lominsa or Bloodshore areas, which are stressing my 360m more, probably because of bigger distances / more details to render by the 360m.

So long story short: Give the latencymon tool a try if you have problems with stuttering. You may find something in your system that is delaying all your other hardware. And seems the FF14 client is the among the more demanding applications to choke on those latency issues if you have them. You may be able to find something and update drivers, remove an app or update specific hardware to get something out of this, but it's worth the look.

To opt : Yes I have felt the general game performance isn't the best and still am aware FF14 is quite heavy on today's hardware. However, with a little research/work I was able to overcome the issues and am able to play quite OK on hardware that isn't that perfectly suited for the game (The 360m graphics).

Still I hate all that tweaking. Hope they do a good job on PS3 or eventually bring it to Xbox360. I'm tired of dealing with PC hardware for games lol