Multiple Core Processors - how many, if any, does FFXiV use?

[TristanX]

Thanks. Based on your data on mem speed, I'll probably go with DDR5 instead of DDR4.

DDR5 doesn't give much performance boost due to high latency. Pricing is high as well.
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/d...mance-scaling/

I would think it needs at least DDR5-6400 CL32 to get there. There is DDR5-8400 coming as well.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/15699/sk-hynix-ddr5-8400

[Larirawiel]

It seems, that Final Fantasy 14 performs extremly good with the AMD Ryzen 5800 X3D:
https://www.club386.com/amd-ryzen-7-5800x3d-review/

But unfortunately, it is also an indication, that the game is not optimized very well. Good optimized engines will try to put all or most of their "hot code" into the CPU cache. Either the "hot code" of the FF14 engine is really huge, so it does not fit into the cache of most CPUs. Or they did not implement such optimizations.


Cheers

[TristanX]

Best CPU for FFXIV seems to be the AMD Ryzen 5800X3D - game loves the extra L3 cache

It seems, that Final Fantasy 14 performs extremly good with the AMD Ryzen 5800 X3D:
https://www.club386.com/amd-ryzen-7-5800x3d-review/

But unfortunately, it is also an indication, that the game is not optimized very well. Good optimized engines will try to put all or most of their "hot code" into the CPU cache. Either the "hot code" of the FF14 engine is really huge, so it does not fit into the cache of most CPUs. Or they did not implement such optimizations.


Cheers

CPU becomes less dependant when monitor resolution is higher. People with high end rigs most likely will have 1440p or 4k. The bottleneck shifts to the graphic card more.