Quote Originally Posted by einzele View Post
does ram affect fps in some way?
It can. If you have too much going on so that your ram is being filled up then you could see a drop in fps. Still, if your friend doesn't have issues with the same amount of ram, then that's probably not it unless you have a lot more running in the background of your computer that they do....

In direct relation to FFXIV though, my input is purely speculation based on my general computer knowledge, as I'm a PS4 player myself......