[Dev] Overtaxation of PC Hardware

[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)