Ok so I'm bad at computer stuff and....

[Bacent]

I was wondering if any could provide some tips for me getting my computer to run a bit better for Stormblood. I got about 8300 for my score when I did the benchmark, and I'm wondering about these things possibly helping my comp run better. I literally know nothing about computer stuff, so I'm wondering if people have feedback on the following, since I'm looking for my comp to run better without me having to pay with money I don't have to get performance increases.

Closing skype/Using only one mic chat program during the game.

Defragmenting - I think my comp says 2% fragmented, and I'm wondering if this has much to do with my score

Clearing cookies

Cleaning the dust out of my comp tower - Probably should do this, since I don't think I have in the 4-ish years I've had this (Got it 2 months before A Realm Reborn)

Possibly keeping the temp in my room a bit colder - Since I know comps can get hot, even with good cooling systems, and I'm wondering if the temp being lower in my room helps.

Also I don't know how to check the specs of my comp to actually say what I'm using, so help on that would be greatly appreciated. All I can say it that it's an alienware gaming comp I got as a birthday gift.

[Jeycht]

A score of 8300 is great.
You don't have to worry about 4.0. The max score is 7k+, you have way more than the max. (don't worry about scores in the benchmark topic if it's because of it)

[Tachyon]

Could you provide some more information on what your computer specs are?

Areas like towns and other instances with a lot of characters tend to be pretty cpu-heavy, where as graphical enhancements are usually gpu heavy...

What settings are you currently using? Adjusting your settings (HBAO, real time reflections and LOD etc) help too.

But in no way is 8300 a bad score (Though I definitely would recommend dusting it out, lol)

[savageink]

Bug spray...it gets the bugs out.

[Aethaeryn]

snip.

All of that will give you minimal to no increase in performance, but also certainly can't hurt. Lower ambient temperature and cleaning off dust would only make a significant difference if high heat is throttling performance of your gpu or cpu. However, if your computer was all highish end parts from right before ARR launched, then 8300 is about what you should expect on max settings at 1920x1080. If you find yourself having a lot of frame rate issues at max in Stormblood, just drop your settings down to High (Desktop) preset or something and you should be fine, but a score of 8300 means you likely won't notice any major drops outside of busy areas.

If you wanna provide specs, run dxdiag and tell us what it says your processor and memory are under the system tab, then go to the display tab for the name of your video card. (If you don't know how to 'run' something, you can just windows key + R or right click on the start button for windows 8/10, or just Start > Run if something older)

[Bacent]

Snippy snip

Ok I 'think' these are the things you mentioned?

OS: Windows 7
System Model: Aurora-R 4
Processor: Intel(R) core(TM) i7-3820 CPS @ 3.60 GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.6GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM

And as for the stuff from the display tab

Chip Type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x68180
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)

[Aethaeryn]

Ok I 'think' these are the things you mentioned?

OS: Windows 7
System Model: Aurora-R 4
Processor: Intel(R) core(TM) i7-3820 CPS @ 3.60 GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.6GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM

And as for the stuff from the display tab

Chip Type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x68180
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)

It should say the name of the GPU on the display tab above the Chip Type, but if not for whatever reason you can do what lyndwyrm suggested and check the benchmark. (or I forgot the game launcher also has a "System Information" button in the config)

[Kathryn]

It should say the name of the GPU on the display tab above the Chip Type, but if not for whatever reason you can do what lyndwyrm suggested and check the benchmark. (or I forgot the game launcher also has a "System Information" button in the config)

Sorry don't know much about computers myself but I just had to do "Titus Andromeda" <3

[Aylis]

Ok I 'think' these are the things you mentioned?

OS: Windows 7
System Model: Aurora-R 4
Processor: Intel(R) core(TM) i7-3820 CPS @ 3.60 GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.6GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM

And as for the stuff from the display tab

Chip Type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x68180
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)

So....I went and looked and found all your system specs here https://www.cnet.com/products/alienw...gb-2-tb/specs/ I'm assuming its all a in box stock build. The only thing I can think of hardware wise other then the already mentioned SSD is...what monitor type are you using? If you're using a basic monitor then upgrading to one that has Free Sync on it "might" give you a little more oomph due to your graphics card no longer being slowed down by your monitor while V-Sync is being used. Have a lookie at this video. It's the explanation of what Free Sync and G-Sync are and what they do.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ey-KObDABI

[Aethaeryn]

freesync monitor

I don't think his gpu supports freesync. o: But that'd be a great idea for him to get if he upgrades his gpu rather than going for a full new build.

Sorry don't know much about computers myself but I just had to do "Titus Andromeda" <3

He's my favorite. <3