Additional Data Needed Regarding GPU Utilization Issues

[dark494]

This started since 4.2. No idea why but they've refused to acknowledge it.

[AtrumStarstryder]

I have also being having a similar problem since 4.2 as well - using a GTX 980, when I enter certain cutscenes (and also noticed it happen with RDM LB3 animation) the game suddenly becomes very choppy for the duration of whatever animation or scene is playing out - I thought it might just be a problem with FF itself since 4.2 after trying a number of things and hoped it would be fixed by 4.3 but no joy.

Notes for the problem:

• I have no problems on any other game - only FFXIV
• I originally thought it might be due to some recent graphical updates, I put all the settings from Maximum down to minimum as a test - no difference
• Tried in windowed/full screen etc - no difference
• Saw a couple of similar threads where an Uninstall/reinstall of FFXIV was recommended so I did this - no difference
• Checked that I had latest WIN10 64-Bit graphics driver for a GTX 980, already had the latest driver and have no options to roll back, so as an extra precaution I uninstalled all Nvidia drivers and software then reinstalled just to make sure - no difference

The GTX980 blows FFXIV's graphics out of the water on Max settings and always has done even with the improvements they added in 4.0, but as the test above suggests where I reduced all graphics to minimum and it still didn't work (not to mention I am using other games with much higher graphical requirements with no problem), I can only conclude something has gone wrong in the background that is affecting perhaps some Nvdia graphics card users??