[Dev] Overtaxation of PC Hardware

[Blurred]

how long should I wait? it's been 9 months since I bought it, and it still runs exactly the same, AND I've upgraded.

you say i need a reality check..lol.

[Ilean]

how long should I wait? it's been 9 months since I bought it, and it still runs exactly the same, AND I've upgraded.

you say i need a reality check..lol.

You know the answer but you rather QQ... I'll tell you for how long I am waiting:

Until SE fixes the engine.
Until the game dies because they never fixed their crap.
Until I decide waiting isn't worth it.

Whatever happens first.


But if you can't handle reality just keep on whining about it on the boards. It's the free therapy.

[Darkshade]

I just feel that it's odd that XIV is the only game I can't near max out. I can't even run XIV with AA. Can run Crysis/Crysis 2 and similar high specification PC titles at 1920x1080 with 4x+ FSAA with all settings on ultra/high at 50-60 FPS and I have to run XIV at like 3/4 resolution with no AA and still get visual lag spikes and wildly inconsistent frame rates especially in city states. Average FPS in XIV is like 25-45.

Something tells me it just isn't optimized. I mean it's a really pretty game but I don't think it's realistically pushing that many more polygons than some of these other high specification PC titles.

For reference my machine is a Phenom II @ 4.1GHz, 1GB 5850, 8GB DDR3, Win7 x64.

I'm assuming the 5850 is my bottleneck for XIV, but it destroys just about everything else. I'll try and upgrade someday if XIV ever makes it's recovery. Really hope it does.

[Rydin]

I just feel that it's odd that XIV is the only game I can't near max out. I can't even run XIV with AA. Can run Crysis/Crysis 2 and similar high specification PC titles at 1920x1080 with 4x+ FSAA with all settings on ultra/high at 50-60 FPS and I have to run XIV at like 3/4 resolution with no AA and still get visual lag spikes and wildly inconsistent frame rates especially in city states. Average FPS in XIV is like 25-45.

Something tells me it just isn't optimized. I mean it's a really pretty game but I don't think it's realistically pushing that many more polygons than some of these other high specification PC titles.

For reference my machine is a Phenom II @ 4.1GHz, 1GB 5850, 8GB DDR3, Win7 x64.

I'm assuming the 5850 is my bottleneck for XIV, but it destroys just about everything else. I'll try and upgrade someday if XIV ever makes it's recovery. Really hope it does.

You can't really compare an FPS with an MMO...
FFXIV is poorly optimized though...
The best comparisons would be Oblivion (Groundbreaking when it was new), Witcher 2 (Great looking outdoor Environments), Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (Excellent use of lighting and shadows)

[Ilean]

Yup, I don't think AO is worth it either, just it seemed to me that this guy who was complaining wants everything maxed.

[Rydin]

Yup, I don't think AO is worth it either, just it seemed to me that this guy who was complaining wants everything maxed.

Yea, so getting 50-60fps without it... the game would still be playable and fine with it...

[Darkshade]

I'm not using AO. In the future I'd like to if I can get more than a consistent 30FPS.

[DAOWAce]

Pushed back, like always..

[Alexis_Arteme]

This is worth another mention. I have a GTX 570 and I can play pretty much anything on Max.

I play FFXIV on "average" settings and my room is an oven in around an hour. This really needs to get fixed.

[Zephir]

after 1.18 4-6 degree less on VGA (with same temp in my room)