Some performance observations + graphics settings that have an effect

[Kittra]

I find this all very interesting. I myself have a very nice computer for playing the game and am extremely pleased with the results. Even in extremely crowded areas I'm always at 60fps (Although there is this one wall in Ul'dah that will grind me down to 10fps if I look at it...)

I'm honestly surprised by some of the comments from people with PCs that would eat mine alive, and to find out they actually have problems o_o

My choice in PC setups is:
i7 3770k (Overclocked to 4.6ghz)
24gb of Kingston HyperX Blu Memory @ 1600mhz
Samsung 830 SSD 250gb
ASUS GTX 670 4GB (at stock speeds)

I found just the opposite of the OP really. Running the game at Max settings my GPU is always reporting 99-100% usage, while my CPU is reporting 15-27% usage.
I can also run FRAPS at max resolution and still maintain 60fps in game.

For people having FPS problems but still wanting to run at "mostly" Max settings, I found on my older PCs that turning off other people's shadows and disabling the rendering of objects outside my line of sight gave me a pretty big boost to fps (about 15-20).

*EDIT*

I forgot to mention I'm running the latest beta drivers which seem to have had a HUGE impact on my performance.