Quote Originally Posted by Reinhardt_Azureheim View Post
A few general tips:

1.) Make sure you did a clean install of NVidia drivers by cleanly uninstalling them with the DDU tool (Display Driver Uninstaller, look it up on Google) and getting a clean driver install from NVidia's driver download centre.

2.) Make sure you aren't bottlenecking your PC - a good GPU is only as good as the CPU and power supply supporting it. Feel free to drop your PC specs here (Motherboard, CPU, GPU, RAM, Power Supply) so we can check for bottlenecks or incompatibilities. CPU in particular matters for FFXIV.

3.) Goes without saying, make sure your PC in general is up to date.

4.) Make sure that your PC's energy options are not set to anything related to Silent mode or Saving Power mode. In Windows its under Energy Options and the GPU may also have a profule if you have a dedicated software installed.

5.) If all else fails, might wanna run a benchmark tool to check if your PC is struggling with Power delivery or thermal throttling.

1.) Done. No noticeable changes

2.) Here's my PC specs
Motherboard: H310M PRO-VDH PLUS (MS-7C09)
CPU: Intel i5-9400F 2.90GHz
GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3060 ti 8GB
RAM: 16GB
Power supply: 750w
Operation system: Windows 11

3.) I have checked both the Windows update & Geforce experience. Everything is up to date

4.) It's a Desktop PC, and I haven't found any energy options that might limit my PC

5.) How to do said benchmark?


It's worth noting again that I tried from Maximum graphics settings to Standard (Laptop) and the increase was only 5 fps, in an empty area no less. Something is definitely wrong and it appears to be happening in FFXIV only so far (I'll try playing other demanding games and check my benchmark along with other users of the GPU, but I don't think this is optimal method)