Final Fantasy XIV: Vs Reshade - A Comparison Reborn.

[MugenMugetsu]

Great thread! I look forward to more posts. I'm a huge fan of SweetFX. After installing Heavensward my SweetFX no longer worked for me, and 5 days after EA I began getting a lot of game freezes and crashes so I removed it. I have previously attempted to use Reshade but must've have an installed it wrong or did not make proper mods to .dll files and it did not work for me. After reading all of the helpful info here I will again attempt to install and use Reshade tonight after work!

Any way to get the gorgeous visuals you're getting, Oni, without having the stars in the night sky so heavily affected?

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

Personally, I keep my tweaks simple and low-key. A filmic color pass, some added bloom, film grain, lens dirt, chromatic aberration (yes, I'm a fan), and that's about it. Combined with some downsampling, and I daresay the game looks quite nice.

These are outstanding, care to share them please >o<?

[StrejdaTom]

This is really incredible, but how much it affects performance?

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

Depends on your system of course. But a reduction of 2 to 5 FPS might be the basic depending on the features you keep on your settings. Most demanding settings can chip 10 FPS from you. But those are settings that make the game look so cinematic that i becomes tiring and unplayable after a while, its, for "screenshots only".

[UltimateAoe2]

OP...c-can I has your settings? ;w;

[StrejdaTom]

Depends on your system of course. But a reduction of 2 to 5 FPS might be the basic depending on the features you keep on your settings. Most demanding settings can chip 10 FPS from you. But those are settings that make the game look so cinematic that i becomes tiring and unplayable after a while, its, for "screenshots only".

If 2 - 5 is really true, I might try this out. I was really thinking more about 10 - 20..

[Onikimaru]

Great thread! I look forward to more posts. I'm a huge fan of SweetFX. After installing Heavensward my SweetFX no longer worked for me, and 5 days after EA I began getting a lot of game freezes and crashes so I removed it. I have previously attempted to use Reshade but must've have an installed it wrong or did not make proper mods to .dll files and it did not work for me. After reading all of the helpful info here I will again attempt to install and use Reshade tonight after work!

Any way to get the gorgeous visuals you're getting, Oni, without having the stars in the night sky so heavily affected?

Easy . Just mess around the DoF blur intensity!. You can still have high quality DoF like i do and play just fine, i actually go out of my way to include the bokeh star porn so it's not an issue at all unless you're constantly looking up at the night sky!.

[Onikimaru]

Even HBAO+(Standard)?

I'm even running on an AMD card. While HBAO+(High Quality) is ridiculous, HBAO+(Standard) seem OK - I don't lose all that many frames.

Yes even standard..although i take less of a hit i still can't play with it on. My GPU is a GTX 680. It's not the best card i'm sure if i upgrade it won't be a problem.

OP...c-can I has your settings? ;w;

Soon my friend

[Bishop81]

Yes even standard..although i take less of a hit i still can't play with it on. My GPU is a GTX 680. It's not the best card i'm sure if i upgrade it won't be a problem.

I only have a R9 270 myself. It's effectively a last gen's card and lags the monsters like R9 290 (or newer; haven't been keeping track) by quite a lot. I get about 30-40 fps in typical situations, dropping to 30 in heavy situations or when my card overheats due to high ambient temp in my room (air conditioning is expensive ;_; ).

[Mwynn]

I only have a R9 270 myself. It's effectively a last gen's card and lags the monsters like R9 290 (or newer; haven't been keeping track) by quite a lot. I get about 30-40 fps in typical situations, dropping to 30 in heavy situations or when my card overheats due to high ambient temp in my room (air conditioning is expensive ;_; ).

I had a R9 280x and it went above 80° if not even higher when I did play before Heavensward hitted. It's common for the R9 Series and you shouldn't worry about Overheating at all. I reached 100° in Watch Dogs and it still perfomed nice (Even though I had some Micro Stutter back then)

When I turn on Heavy Effects such as HBAO+ or DoF (Bokeh) my GTX 770 goes on 80° instead of 70° with Reshade.