EU Graphical Update Feedback - Hands and Feet

[Larirawiel]

Is there source somewhere that says that FF14 models are CPU heavy?

I just thought that GPU would mainly handle the rendering, with CPU simply telling what to draw.

It is CPU- and memory performance heavy because it scales very well with the CPU performance. Only in UHD/4K the GPU will likely become the bottleneck. And the models are very CPU heavy. If you do not believe it then go into a bigger night club and see how fast your FPS will go down.


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[Anzaman]

And the models are very CPU heavy. If you do not believe it then go into a bigger night club and see how fast your FPS will go down.

Went from empty zone to middle of Limsa, and CPU utilization barely changed. And that's with 10 year old CPU.

I'd imagine draw calls being heavier for CPU than the models themselves. I've feeling that we could increase the polygon count with proper fingers and toes, and I doubt you'd even notice the impact.
Modern GPU's are so powerful that handling couple extra triangles won't really do much.

[CidHeiral]

Less worried about the textures as I am the model itself, it's quite poorly made/rigged (not to mention some Miqo'te tails being just flat planes, though I'm not sure how they could address that specific issue)

If they're updating the horn models I would assume they're updating the tail model as well since those are the defining features of Au Ra, but I guess we'll find out whenever the benchmark comes out.

[MitsukiKimura]

What we'll be able to do with the new textured grass

[Sebazy]

I’m pretty sure there’s plenty of headroom for more detailed models yeah. Case in point, my reshade wireframes show that a lot of newer outfits have significantly higher poly counts than stuff that came back in 2.x-3.x.

Although this game scales particularly well with CPU performance, it’s not really problematic until you start slamming against the player character render limits in very specific situations like a peak Bozja entrance or busy world boss fates.

[Ath192]

I’m pretty sure there’s plenty of headroom for more detailed models yeah. Case in point, my reshade wireframes show that a lot of newer outfits have significantly higher poly counts than stuff that came back in 2.x-3.x.

Although this game scales particularly well with CPU performance, it’s not really problematic until you start slamming against the player character render limits in very specific situations like a peak Bozja entrance or busy world boss fates.

There absolutely is. This game was redesigned 11 years ago to run on average computers from that time. Again, over a decade ago now. To think we can't up the graphics due to people's systems is not accurate. They just have to put in the work. And I'll be praying they do until they disappoint me.
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