So I'm loving playing FF14, and I'm lucky that my computer is able to keep up with the graphics, however, I'm wondering if I can push it a bit further, or if I'm at the maximum it can perform.

Currently I have EVERYTHING on maximum settings, except General Drawing settings which is on 8. If I even put it up to 9 the gameplay gets really laggy and unplayable. I'm not even sure if I'm missing much with having the settings on 8, but I'd certainly like to know if this is due to the graphics card, or if it is the HD that is doing the work for the general drawing, and if there's anything I can do to help it along.

Heres my set up :


Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Service Pack 1 64bit (build 7601)
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz
Number of Processors Logical Core Count 8 Physical Core Count 4
BIOS BIOS Date: 09/23/10 21:00:01 Ver: 08.00.15
Language English (Regional Setting: English)
Physical Memory 16375.113MB
Virtual Memory 2047.875MB
Page File 32748.422MB
Storage C:\ Hard Disk Drive Total Disk Space 1862.917GB Free Disk Space 1288.522GB
Storage Z:\ Network Drive Total Disk Space 1862.917GB Free Disk Space 1288.522GB
DirectX Version DirectX 11
Graphic Device(s) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
+Device \\.\DISPLAY1
+Chip GeForce GTX 470
+Maker NVIDIA
+Video Memory 1248.438 MB
+Shared Video Memory 2815.852 MB
+DAC Type Integrated RAMDAC
+Display Mode 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
+Driver nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
+Driver Version 8.17.0012.5896
+Driver Date 10/07/2010 06:38:00
+Driver Language English
+Vertex Shader 3.0
+Pixel Shader 3.0
+Vertex Texture Supported
Graphic Device(s) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
+Device \\.\DISPLAY2
+Chip GeForce GTX 470
+Maker NVIDIA
+Video Memory 1248.438 MB
+Shared Video Memory 2815.852 MB
+DAC Type Integrated RAMDAC
+Display Mode 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
+Driver nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
+Driver Version 8.17.0012.5896
+Driver Date 10/07/2010 06:38:00
+Driver Language English
+Vertex Shader 3.0
+Pixel Shader 3.0
+Vertex Texture Supported