Anyone play the game that uses a GeForce GTX 550 Ti GPU?

[Gramul]

I got a 560 Ti.
Ambient Occlusion and Depth of Field still lag too much (seriously SE, what's this supposed to run on?) but everything else is fantastic.

[Allcars]

Ambient Occlusion is broken with this client it offers nothing, so don't even bother turning it on. Depth of Field I would turn on or off depending on personal preference. I leave mine off because I think the game looks nicer.

If anyone wants to know what I'm running, here it is:
Video Settings
Display Mode Full Screen
Window Size 1920x1080
Multisampling 4x MSAA
General Drawing Quality 9 (high)
Background Drawing Quality 5 (High)
Shadow Standard

Texture Quality High
Texture Filter Highest

My pc:
i7 950 @3.52ghz
12gb ram
120gb ssd
Amd 5870 1gb
Windows 7 home.

I currently run the game around high 40-60 fps mostly in the 50 range and sometimes a constant 60 depending on how many people in one area. Very smooth.

If you turn General Drawing Quality down to 8 the game should run even better and still look really good.

[Dibria]

seriously SE, what's this supposed to run on?

Never seen this?

Final Fantasy XIV Recommended PC

It was part of the line that included a recommended router, mouse, keyboard etc.

It includes a 3.33GHz i7 Quad core - hyper-threaded processor, 12Gb RAM, a GTX480 (Nvidias top of the line at the time) and had an 80Gb SSD. Kotaku claims it retailed around $4000.

[Zenaku]

3core amd 2.60ghz
4gb ddr2
window 7 64bit
450gts

Video Settings
Display Mode Full Screen
Window Size 1440x900
Multisampling 2x MSAA
General Drawing Quality 8 (Standard)
Background Drawing Quality 3 (Standard
Shadow Standard
Texture Quality high
Texture Filtering highest
Depth of field on
Ambient Occlusion off

i have all the setting on in the game also put my fps to 30 and get anything from 25-30fps outside little lower inside the city and for some dumb reason when there a holiday the tree in ul'dah if i get close my temp and fps lowers but i think we talk about that before on here.

My gf have a 3870 with the same setting the only diff is no DOF and she have shadows and everything turn off inside play a little better then mine sometime also she have a 4core but i don't think that make much of a big diff.

[NeonEva]

if your on a budget just get the GTX 460.

card vs card the 460 will be 15-20% better then the 550ti and is only $15-30 more.

I have GTX 460 with old Intel Q6600 getting 50fps in middle of Ul'Dah.

[Etheos]

Just curious if anyone has this card that plays FFXIV? Looking into replacing my 9800 GT with something that is a few steps up and at an affordable price. This fits my bill, just curious how it handles the game.

P.S. Please don't reply about that card unless you know first hand, though if you want to link me to a card on a site that is between $100-$125 feel free to do so. (after rebate)

I play with this exact card and I play with max settings with an occasional rubber band but other than that, best bargain out there and I def recommend that card.

[charlemagne]

My ati card fried the other week and I replaced it with the gtx550 Ti. Worst mistake I ever made. I'm getting terrible lag and character load times, up to a minute for players to load in uldah. Never had any problems before and the only thing to have changed in my system is the gpu. I'm going back to ati, ordered a 6870.

[Bluebun]

I actually did this exact update! 9800 to a EVGA gtx550. To be honest, the loading time isnt stellar, but I was used to loading times like this before with the 9800. You DO get a decent speed increase, and you can actually turn things on like shadows (No ambient Occlusion). Increase resolution as well!

[charlemagne]

Just replaced the gtx 550Ti I had stupidly put into my computer with an ATI 6870. Game runs very nicely now. I wouldnt recommend that nvidia piece of crap to my worst enemy.

[TatsuIkari]

For what it is worth OP you might want to upgrade your CPU as well if possible. I was running an Athlon X2 @3.0GHz with 4GB RAM and an nVidia GTX 470. The game was very playable (20-30 FPS most of the time) but I later upgraded to a Core i7 @3.3GHz and 6GB RAM. Using the exact same video card I'm getting anywhere from 45-60FPS depending on where I am and how many people are around. Seemed like my old CPU was a big bottleneck and holding the video card back (not just on this game, but others as well).

Settings I use are 4xMSAA, high settings for most everything, DoF and Hardware Mouse ON, AO off. Resolution is at 1920x1200 in windowed mode. Running on Windows 7 Home Premium x64.