Many thanks for the DX11 client.

[Kietsu]

I was running Haukke Manor yesterday and happened to glance down at the flooring in one area, only to say, in voice chat, "Did the floor here always look that good?"

The statement was met with a resounding "What?", of course, but I'll be damned if that's not some fine shader work.

[Saerydoth]

I was running Haukke Manor yesterday and happened to glance down at the flooring in one area, only to say, in voice chat, "Did the floor here always look that good?"

The statement was met with a resounding "What?", of course, but I'll be damned if that's not some fine shader work.

That's tesselation. FFXIV did not do hardware tesselation until 3.0. I got not only a noticeable FPS increase with the patch (while keeping max settings), but also MUCH improved visuals. The improved water and hardware tesselation are amazing and make the game look 5 years newer than it did the other day. I'm glad I'm finally getting to actually make use of my 780ti for something. I'm up to averaging 60% GPU usage rather than 30 previously.