PS3 vs PC

[Nez]

What size is your monitor?

[Pseudopsia]

What size is your monitor?

27", I'm using Samsung S27A950D, which is a 1080p 120hz monitor. Note: This monitor isn't optimal for 3D with NVIDIA cards.

[Nez]

27", I'm using Samsung S27A950D, which is a 1080p 120hz monitor. Note: This monitor isn't optimal for 3D with NVIDIA cards.

Nice! I don't care for 3D thats overrated

[ispano]

I changed my wording a bit to diminishing returns instead of pointless. I did purposely went for a hex core CPU since I know FFXIV 1.0 does somewhat take advantage of Multi Core CPUs, and like I said I'm made of money. However it's not great, it's like 15% more performance with %30 more cores. However, AMD piledriver CPUs don't seem to get the same benefit because of the low IPC(Instructions per cycle) combined with the poor threading of FFXIV.

Below is a screen shot that demonstrates the poor threading with old benchmark. Notice one logical core is maxed out. CPU is running at 4.5 Ghz with 2400 Mhz ram XMP profile.

Yeah most types of games are hard to multi thread well. They will usually max out a single core easily, but not so much on any others, although they do help to a limited degree. From what i've seen Quad is usually plenty, you just want the fastest single core speed you can get if at all possible. Unless of course you do other things with the PC.

Ugh, reminds me I need to upgrade my system to an SR-3

[Pseudopsia]

Ugh, reminds me I need to upgrade my system to an SR-3

LOL, that's insane

I think you mean this:

[ispano]

LOL, that's insane

Currently Using an SR-2

Hope this still works, might load slow though.

[Pseudopsia]

That's a beast. My little Micro-ATX computer cowers before it. I'm curious what score you can get with old benchmark, you need to force benchmark to full screen to get accurate score because of multiple GPUs.

[ispano]

Not that much, at least from what I remember. Currently one of the cards is disabled so only 2 GPUs right now. But iirc, when I did it and forced it full screen each GPU was only at 25%, where with one it was 100% pretty much. So it didn't really get better.

[Celi]

PC, so I can play XIV and and still use my other TV to play consol games or watch TV

[Reika]

PC, because I spent too much money on it not to.