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

[Silverbane]

I'm running 2560x1440 Full Screen at Maximum. My Core i9-12900K also got OCTVB +2 enabled from my Asus ROG Strix Z690-A D4.

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

[Larirawiel]

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

DDR5 will be very expensive in the beginning. And CPUs with huge caches can propably mitigate a little bit slower memory. The Ryzen 5800 X3D is such a CPU. But i do not know how well FF14 performs on that CPU.

And seriously, when the game runs with 100 fps minimum framerate, it is surely fast enough.


Cheers

[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

[Dagget]

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

[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.

[Dagget]

Either way, the 5800X3D appears to be the best CPU for the game, whether its contribution is lessened or not by the load shifting to the GPU. No Intel or other AMD processor appears able to match it.

[Doc_Seraph]

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