[Dev] Overtaxation of PC Hardware

[MonsieurVerde]

Nvidia always runs hotter then ATi that's just the way it is, I always assume 3-4C is environment based, Nvidia runs 7-10C hotter then ATI always as the threshold is 110C so basically my GPU is running similar to yours, but once again that makes it a Client issue.

How is it a client issue? Do you know how often the frame buffer is accessed in an MMO? Something or other is constantly being loaded to and from memory and textures are constantly being drawn...Further modified by high AA and high level drawing options.

Few other games need to tax a GPU as much. Except Crysis...but that's far more poorly optimised than FFXIV. >_>

[Elkwood]

How is it a client issue? Do you know how often the frame buffer is accessed in an MMO? Something or other is constantly being loaded to and from memory and textures are constantly being drawn...Further modified by high AA and high level drawing options.

Few other games need to tax a GPU as much. Except Crysis...but that's far more poorly optimised than FFXIV. >_>

No I have no idea how the framebuffer is being accessed in this particular MMO. But that also depends once again on how SE coded the game. The constant load on the system would most likely be Player Characters as that is the one constant that is always changing which the system cannot accommodate automatically for.

But once again that still does not account for a 20C temp discrepancy between Starcraft II, Civ 5, and other games which came out roughly about the same time.

[Cairdeas]

No I have no idea how the framebuffer is being accessed in this particular MMO. But that also depends once again on how SE coded the game. The constant load on the system would most likely be Player Characters as that is the one constant that is always changing which the system cannot accommodate automatically for.

But once again that still does not account for a 20C temp discrepancy between Starcraft II, Civ 5, and other games which came out roughly about the same time.

You can't really compare games based on release dates.

[MonsieurVerde]

No I have no idea how the framebuffer is being accessed in this particular MMO. But that also depends once again on how SE coded the game. The constant load on the system would most likely be Player Characters as that is the one constant that is always changing which the system cannot accommodate automatically for.

But once again that still does not account for a 20C temp discrepancy between Starcraft II, Civ 5, and other games which came out roughly about the same time.

In Starcraft II the map is pre-loaded and the character sprites are not nearly as large as in XIV. O_o I don't magically see sprites rendered as they enter my sight range in SC2 and that's because it's a much lesser load. Likewise the textures for the maps are not that large either.

In XIV the map must be drawn and rendered every time you move the camera, every time you physically move and everytime something else must draw an emote/move. Every time a PC or NPC appears in your range it must be loaded, drawn and stored. So, no, this game isn't really putting an unrealistic load on your GPU compared to other games.

[Sinzfeldt]

In XIV the map must be drawn and rendered every time you move the camera, every time you physically move and everytime something else must draw an emote/move. Every time a PC or NPC appears in your range it must be loaded, drawn and stored. So, no, this game isn't really putting an unrealistic load on your GPU compared to other games.

Judging by how little the game engine does, some high poly characters and a smack load of bloom i'd say it is overtaxing. Even WoWs engine probably has more special effects and shaders than XIV.

[MonsieurVerde]

Judging by how little the game engine does, some high poly characters and a smack load of bloom i'd say it is overtaxing. Even WoWs engine probably has more special effects and shaders than XIV.

And WoW is offset by Low Draw Distance, Low Res Textures, etc. Bloom itself isn't that taxing. >_> It's Also not just the characters that are complex.

[Sinzfeldt]

And WoW is offset by Low Draw Distance, Low Res Textures, etc. Bloom itself isn't that taxing. >_>

It may be slightly lower but i dont remember the pop-in/blurry texture distance being as bad as XI. Hell i dont think it was even noticeable in XI. One step forwards 2 steps back.

[MonsieurVerde]

It may be slightly lower but i dont remember the pop-in/blurry texture distance being as bad as XI. Hell i dont think it was even noticeable in XI. One step forwards 2 steps back.

pop-in? Blurry Texture? Are you referring to when you get closer to certain landscapes?