FFXIV poor performance outlier on new Radeon 9070 XT cards!?

[NzomiKujo]

In every other game 9070 XT is making 5070 Ti look like an absolute pathetic joke (in terms of cost per frame). It's just FF14 that's different. And potentially it could be fixed with drivers. Most people are still far, far better off buying 9070 XT rather than 5070Ti/5080, especially since the former is actually in stock at MSRP.

There's something wrong with the 9070XT in Valorant, Counter Strike and Elden Ring, maybe add Silent Hill 2 to the list too and who knows how many more that reviewers don't test.

Yes I know it wasn't 4k but I don't have a 4k display but even at 1440p (2K) with 22k score that seems reasonable that 17k on 4k max)

That's like 3080Ti performance.

[s32ialx]

There's something wrong with the 9070XT in Valorant, Counter Strike and Elden Ring, maybe add Silent Hill 2 to the list too and who knows how many more that reviewers don't test.


That's like 3080Ti performance.

what if this is something in the gameworks engine that nvidia added (since we all know they love their closed source stuff and lack of sharing) that is preventing new AMD cards from working.

Crazy conspiracies aside I really do hope this gets fixed my 3070ti was okay but it was clearly failing hard is some instances and it was a growing pain on me the lack of vram on a Ti series vs the lower regular 3070 really showed how bad of a card it was especially on games like Star Citizen.

[Etupa]

So I should wait ? However, as state above Nvidia still using some kind of black magic in some games, FFXIV seems to be in this list. Not really surprised, iirc in the early versions Nvidia logo was even displayed somewhere...

Anyway, 3060ti is a good card, but can't have a steady 120fps, so am still thinking about a RTX4070... Unless someone tells me that even with a 4070, I won't get thos 120 FPS... am mainly playing FFXIV and Fornite, in case anyone is wondering. <3

[Cubester]

Unless someone tells me that even with a 4070, I won't get thos 120 FPS... am mainly playing FFXIV and Fornite, in case anyone is wondering. <3

Have a look at the 5070 Ti review from gamers nexus. They specifically benchmark FFXIV, and have a bunch of cards listed in their benchmark data, including the 4070.

https://gamersnexus.net/gpus/do-not-...-ti-benchmarks

Also, if you don't mind some artifacting, you could give Lossless Scaling's frame generation a go.
I'm using it with my aging 2080 Ti to double my framerate from 75 to 150 and I think it works pretty well.

Lossless Scaling is available on Steam for about €7, I think.

[s32ialx]

So I should wait ? However, as state above Nvidia still using some kind of black magic in some games, FFXIV seems to be in this list. Not really surprised, iirc in the early versions Nvidia logo was even displayed somewhere...

Anyway, 3060ti is a good card, but can't have a steady 120fps, so am still thinking about a RTX4070... Unless someone tells me that even with a 4070, I won't get thos 120 FPS... am mainly playing FFXIV and Fornite, in case anyone is wondering. <3

It says Nvidia even on the benchmark tool for dawntrail


also if you want positive 100 FPS and you are a moon magic user well that might not be possible without a 90 series nvidia card, tho it should be possible with the 9070 xt's if AMD or SE fix the issue, i need 165 FPS to match my monitors 1440 refresh rate.

[KayVonTrarx]

Finally built my 1st PC, ran the benchmark and did some raiding over the last 2 days.

Satisfied with this especially since I got the 9070 XT at MSRP. My 2K monitor has a 165 hz max so I'm not sure I'm going to bother with further troubleshooting the drivers/directx/vulkan at this point.



Truncated report from the benchmark:

FINAL FANTASY XIV: Dawntrail Benchmark Ver. 1.1
Tested on: 3/9/2025 21:43:11
Score: 23109
Average Frame Rate: 158.7704
Minimum Frame Rate: 98
Performance: Extremely High

System
Microsoft Windows 11 Pro (ver.10.0.26100 Build 26100)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core Processor
31849.426MB
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

Screen Size: 2560x1440
Screen Mode: Borderless Windowed
DirectX Version: 11
Graphics Presets: Maximum

[Vintersol]

Never heard of an official benchmark tool, so i had to try out:



I usually play in 4k which cuts the score roughly in half:

Score: 15717 Extremely High
3840x2160 Custom DirectX11 FSR Borderless Windowed
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core Processor
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

[empyreanfox]

Ugh! This generation of GPU releases is so stressful and annoying, extra so if you're in Europe like me. From the low/non-existent stock to fake MSRP and BS marketing, it's such a sh*t show >.< At least it seems this conversation was productive in here

That said, I am now seriously considering grabbing a one of the 7900 XTXs on their way out seeing as 9070 XT prices in the UK are well over MSRP, some retailing at ludicrous prices as high as £900 GBP, i.e. $1165 USD ... what. the. F. ... cheapest 9070XT I could find in stock in UK is at £670 GBP, i.e. $867 USD. More than $250 OVER the MSRP ... what's even the point anymore >.<

I figure, at least if I'm gonna get shafted, I might as well go all the way and get the better performing 7900 XTX? I don't really care about Ray Tracing and I despise scaling and fake frames so all this new stuff is w.e. to me anyways. Decisions, decisions ...

But anyhows, hope this convo continues to stay productive and fingers crossed maybe SQeenix does fix the game on 9700XT >.<

P.S. Does anyone here have personal experience with the 7900XTX in FF? If so, what's it like?

[Etupa]

From a redditor on AMD subreddit, without using Vulkan. Am so lost

[empyreanfox]

From a redditor on AMD subreddit, without using Vulkan. Am so lost

Myea, it seems the 9070 XT is a bit all over the place on FF specifically >.< I still hope it's somehow fixed but between this and what turned out to be a fake MSRP (at least in Europe), I've gone ahead and jumped ship and ordered a 7900 XTX in the end at a mere £130 more than the "$600" 9070 XT xD