[Dev] Overtaxation of PC Hardware

[MonsieurVerde]

Yeah i'm pretty sure they expanded the options at one point, i just know that when i set it to max i didn't see much difference apart from the game ran a lot slower.

Some people notice a difference, some don't. It's always been like that when it comes to graphics.

[Elkwood]

You really do make me lol, a custom cooler isn't the cure to all ills. Guess what, i can achieve 50c too if i set my gpu fan to 80%.

I never stated it was the cure to all ills, I just simply stated it dropped my temps by 50C in game. It is the solution I have on hand currently for my benefit so that I do not fry my card. Others that have a GTX 460/470 can attest when that fan ramps up it is loud as hell. It is an old fan design and should be replaced regardless of what XIV does to the card. The game is still far more taxing on hardware than any other game in history and I still believe it to be a design flaw in the game itself.

[Elkwood]

See, someone else mentioned the General/Background drawing were added in the time I was away, so it's possibly that, though I have them set to standard right now, and as for the resolution, I always had it at 1920x1080....pretty much all of my settings I set back the way they were when I played at launch, and it just chugs hardcore....unless it really is that General/Background drawing thing and standard is higher than it was before you could change it (you know, it was really set to like, 4 or something when it wasn't optional).

Please list your exact graphic settings, ATI driver version, card type, etc.

[MonsieurVerde]

I never stated it was the cure to all ills, I just simply stated it dropped my temps by 50C in game. It is the solution I have on hand currently for my benefit so that I do not fry my card. Others that have a GTX 460/470 can attest when that fan ramps up it is loud as hell. It is an old fan design and should be replaced regardless of what XIV does to the card. The game is still far more taxing on hardware than any other game in history and I still believe it to be a design flaw in the game itself.

Doubtful, since the GPU is being used so much the temps are fairly normal nor is it "More taxing than any game in history". >_>

[Elkwood]

Doubtful, since the GPU is being used so much the temps are fairly normal nor is it "More taxing than any game in history". >_>

Verde come on man you cant honestly sit here and tell me 85C is Normal on a stock GPU. No other game has even gotten my GPU remotely close to that. Now how can you say it is not taxing the system over abundantly but yet not say it is the most taxing game on the market today because of all the processing it apparently has to do. You are just contradicting yourself here, which to me right now is making no sense.

[Sinzfeldt]

Some people notice a difference, some don't. It's always been like that when it comes to graphics.

Not quite......sometimes differences are very subtle see AO.

[Bayohne]

Hey everyone,

What everyone's saying about FFXIV currently being a large burden on the PC is something we've been seeing on our end as well. We brought this up with the development team and hope to have a comment from them soon.

[Jovy]

I must agree with whats being said here. Its either the code is messy or not effecient. My 5970 even goes to full steam. If this game had crysis like grafix then i can see how it would utilize 99% of my video card. Hopefully the dev team will find a way to clean up the code vs just telling us to play at lower resolutions.

[Dreamer]

Hey everyone,

What everyone's saying about FFXIV currently being a large burden on the PC is something we've been seeing on our end as well. We brought this up with the development team and hope to have a comment from them soon.

Thank you for the update!

[Aeru]

Hey everyone,

What everyone's saying about FFXIV currently being a large burden on the PC is something we've been seeing on our end as well. We brought this up with the development team and hope to have a comment from them soon.

Awesome!! Thanks for the update.