Additional Data Needed Regarding GPU Utilization Issues

[Einmimiria]

Thank you for the update linnyxito7, this information was very helpful.

If I'm understanding you correctly, the game stutters and the frame rate dips momentarily, then goes back to normal a moment later? This seems to drop 10-20 fps relative to the max FPS (so if you have 100 FPS, it will drop to 90-ish, if it's maxed at 60, it will drop to 40-50).

Open the Nvidia Control Panel, find FFXIV and in the V-Sync options, select "On" or "Override Application" (this should lock it to 60). Or select "Adaptive (half refresh rate)" to lock it at 30. Keep the in-game limiter off. I'd like to see how this affects the stuttering, since the game is not listening to the in-game frame rate limiter in a few of these cases.

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[linnyxito7]

If I'm understanding you correctly, the game stutters and the frame rate dips momentarily, then goes back to normal a moment later? This seems to drop 10-20 fps relative to the max FPS (so if you have 100 FPS, it will drop to 90-ish, if it's maxed at 60, it will drop to 40-50).

Yes, this is correct. And every time the FPS drops, there's a stutter, or something like a momentary freeze.

Open the Nvidia Control Panel, find FFXIV and in the V-Sync options, select "On" or "Override Application" (this should lock it to 60). Or select "Adaptive (half refresh rate)" to lock it at 30. Keep the in-game limiter off. I'd like to see how this affects the stuttering, since the game is not listening to the in-game frame rate limiter in a few of these cases.

Thanks for the tip: I tried it (and made sure I had the game selected), but it doesn't appear to have any effect on the in-game fps. When I set the in-game frame rate limit to None, and change the V-Sync options in the Nvidia Control Panel, the fps is still higher than 60. (Over 100 fps, actually, apart from when it drops.) I also tried the other V-Sync options that were available, but the in-game fps were still higher than 100. (The drops/mini freezes still occur.)

Perhaps I can search for other alternatives that will help me get the FPS to 60?