[Dev] Overtaxation of PC Hardware

[Kaizlu]

You'd be surprised how many HD5870's (or better) or GTX 470's (or better) are out here that can handle the game just fine on 1920x1080 and tons of cards that can do it on lower resolutions...
The game could be more optimized... but most people still run the game fine.. the main gripe being that it could run better...
and you wouldn't need a GTX 460 or better to even play the game

5870? Madness!!!

I'm actually running the game on 1920x1080 with a HD 5770 and I really have no problems at all. Running with 4x MSAAA, but with AO off (I didn't really noticed a difference). Even so, for some reason I do believe the game can run better and as others have stated, the game does heat up my GPU faster than the other games I run (the most recent one would be The Witcher 2).

[Zephir]

Probably a lot of card can woek well with FFXIV....with a little setting work..but.

For me real problem is with HI-END card and higher settings.

I have now a Gtx 590 and without AA (at 1920x1080 i don't need AA) and without AO....if i max all other setting i encounter a lot of problem like slowing down....

And it's not acceptable that a multi GPU card can't blow this game...

A little more optimization can definitively be welcomed

[Tiraelina]

Probably a lot of card can woek well with FFXIV....with a little setting work..but.

For me real problem is with HI-END card and higher settings.

I have now a Gtx 590 and without AA (at 1920x1080 i don't need AA) and without AO....if i max all other setting i encounter a lot of problem like slowing down....

And it's not acceptable that a multi GPU card can't blow this game...

A little more optimization can definitively be welcomed

Increasing General Drawing Quality past 8 is pretty much the same if not worse performance hit as SSAA. It makes the game render at 1.5x or 2x your resolution at 9-10 respectively IIRC which really isn't needed.

[Ilean]

Increasing General Drawing Quality past 8 is pretty much the same if not worse performance hit as SSAA. It makes the game render at 1.5x or 2x your resolution at 9-10 respectively IIRC which really isn't needed.

Definitely worse as antialiasing doesn't increase resolution for textures and shaders like Draw Quality does 9-10.

[Coldfire]

You sure anything changed? The graphics seem to be the same for me xD

[Zephir]

You sure anything changed? The graphics seem to be the same for me xD

yeah...light effect change a little...and a little less charge on newer VGA occurs

[Rydin]

Probably a lot of card can woek well with FFXIV....with a little setting work..but.

For me real problem is with HI-END card and higher settings.

I have now a Gtx 590 and without AA (at 1920x1080 i don't need AA) and without AO....if i max all other setting i encounter a lot of problem like slowing down....

And it's not acceptable that a multi GPU card can't blow this game...

A little more optimization can definitively be welcomed

Set the GDQ (General drawing quality) to 8 (Standard)
That is setting your frame buffer to resolution....
If your 590 (Great great card BTW) is dropping frame rates with no AA or AO, then its got to be that....
Its silly for that to be a numbered slider.... having it set at ten is a double resolution frame buffer... which would hit any card pretty hard....
Also, I get 60 frames most times with my 5870
Is it all the way optimized? no
Is it playable... absolutely....
Without SLI, Crossfire or a dual GPU card you wont see 60 frames on Metro 2033 with full AA and all settings maxed....
and *gasp* that game is DX11
And this game is pretty demanding.... Graphically, the only things I'd improve (About the environment in general) would be lighting (and not even improve it, just make a bigger contrast between light and dark, removing the unnatural lighting all over the game) and shadows (adding shadows to structures like buildings, rock walls and trees)
This game looks great... loads tons of textures... the MOB detail is ridiculous (Better than any MOB detail I've EVER seen) and so in turn... hits cards hard

[Zephir]

Ok..with General drawing at 8 I can max all other settings (no AO and AA 8x) and i have a stable framerate