Lackluster Graphics in FFXIV

[DAOWAce]

My graphic configs are at max. and I never had lag or anything..

1) You don't play it at max settings.

2) Lag is not low FPS.

Tempted to say troll elsewhere.


I keep saying it: The games runs like trash despite not having environmental shadows. (there's some models which do cast textures, but those are few and far between)

Shadows make the game for me. I'd use Ambient Occlusion if it was implemented properly because it creatures the illusion that the game has some shadowing, but, of course, only those with dual 590's and a 5GHz 995x can run ambient occlusion at comfortable framerates. (maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit..)

[Dubont]

1) I'd use Ambient Occlusion if it was implemented properly because it creatures the illusion that the game has some shadowing, but, of course, only those with dual 590's and a 5GHz 995x can run ambient occlusion at comfortable framerates. (maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit..)

you aren't far off. I run at mid-high settings and the second that I turn on AO, I can press my "move forward" key...go grab a glass of kool-aid, come back and my dude MIGHT have moved...

[Black_Rose]

you aren't far off. I run at mid-high settings and the second that I turn on AO, I can press my "move forward" key...go grab a glass of kool-aid, come back and my dude MIGHT have moved...

did you try AO lately?
i dunno but i've tried it with my GTX460's in SLI and it was working fine.
with highest settings possible ( besides general drawing quality which shouldn't be above 8) i only lost 5-10 FPS outside towns, so i had a stable 50~55 FPS on the fields.

i know that months back AO would've cause extreme FPS lose, but ever since around may/june it was working normaly for me.
maybe due to new Nvidia driver, maybe SE did something.

either way, i still don't use it at all, the difference isn't that big.