FFXIV and HD 6990

[Judge_Xero]

They use this =)

Anyone else notice on this advertisement, the Processor they are using. Intel i7 980 Extreme? 6 Cores + Hyperthreading. (If FFXIV supports Hyperthreading) Paired with a Nvidia 480. That is a very decent score it gets. Guess that FFXIV is both a CPU and GPU monger, instead of being only GPU hungry. (I don't believe everything I see on the internet, but this flyer looks pretty official)

[Jynx]

EDIT:

I didn't want to wait till June so i went and purchased my 6990. A Sapphire 6990.... I put all the settings on MAX including AO and DOF..... the results?

11FPS at 1680X1050..... either my card is defective or this game is even more poorly designed then i thought....

I do have way lower FPS ~10fps in buletstorm also when using eyefinity... which seems to indicate something is wrong with the card but other games play fine so i dunno....

You turned on Ambient Oclusion, that setting is a MASSIVE resource hog even in games that are optimized well let alone a MMO. Turn that off and see what happens AO is such a minimal change compared to the massive sacrifice in frame-rate it gives.

[Onidemon]

You turned on Ambient Oclusion, that setting is a MASSIVE resource hog even in games that are optimized well let alone a MMO. Turn that off and see what happens AO is such a minimal change compared to the massive sacrifice in frame-rate it gives.

I'll try without AO.... sucks tho' because i though i would finally be able to use it properly...

[Onidemon]

You turned on Ambient Oclusion, that setting is a MASSIVE resource hog even in games that are optimized well let alone a MMO. Turn that off and see what happens AO is such a minimal change compared to the massive sacrifice in frame-rate it gives.

So i tried with AO off and reduced AA to 8X.... made a difference but not much.

[Kurokikaze]

Oni-demon;

Did you use Driver Cleaner to delete anything left behind from your old graphics card? I'd say do that and erase/uninstall everything - even what you installed for the new card. Then reinstall and try again.

Obviously you won't be getting 60FPS but you sure as hell should not be getting 10FPS even with AO on.

By the way, from most of the testing we've done with AO, it seems to literally halve your FPS. It's not worth it at all.

Edit: Not even the computer listed above could max out this game and run at 50+FPS. Thats how poorly this game is optimized.

When I raise my resolution for this game to span my 3 monitors I can't break 15FPS. It's the only game I have that is just not playable at that res. Fuckin SE. :/

[Onidemon]

What settings are you guys using and what kind of FPS does it give you? Post your CPU and video card.

[AlexiaKidd]

What settings are you guys using and what kind of FPS does it give you? Post your CPU and video card.

I am using an HD 6950 and Phenom II x6 1090T and I run on the following settings and get 60fps in the field 35-40fps in Ul'dah.

1920X1080 in windowed mode
x8 QMSAA
9 - General Drawing Quality
4 - Background Quality
Standard - Shadow Detail
High - Texture Quality
Highest - Texture Filtering
AO and DoF - Off

If I put DoF on I drop from 60fps to 35-40 and with AO as well if takes it to around 15fps so big performance hit. Also bumping General Drawing Quality and Background Quality up one to max causes a big hit to fps but leaving them one off max like I have makes a big difference in fps and looks no different really so it is worth it.

[Black_Rose]

u can't go higher on General Drawing Quality then 8 and still expect your system to run well.
i'm using 2 gtx460, i have all settings maxed out including AO & DoF, i lose about 5-15 FPS outside of towns, so 45-55, but that's fine.

i think someone has explained it somewhere before, but general drawing quality is like a multiplier of your resolution.
if you play on 1920x1080 with DGQ at 8 the quality is according to your game's res, at 9 it's x1,5 and at 10 2,0.
so 10 is like playing the game at double of your resolution.
in the beta it was called window buffer size, turn of your AA, and check the difference from 8 and 10, i think that's the best way to see the difference.

Ninja Edit:

here 2 examples.

1st, GDQ 10, DoF, AAx0
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1304789768.jpg

2nd, GDQ 8, DoF, AAx0
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1304789908.jpg

[AlexiaKidd]

u can't go higher on General Drawing Quality then 8 and still expect your system to run well.
i'm using 2 gtx460, i have all settings maxed out including AO & DoF, i lose about 5-15 FPS outside of towns, so 45-55, but that's fine.

i think someone has explained it somewhere before, but general drawing quality is like a multiplier of your resolution.
if you play on 1920x1080 with DGQ at 8 the quality is according to your game's res, at 9 it's x1,5 and at 10 2,0.
so 10 is like playing the game at double of your resolution.
in the beta it was called window buffer size, turn of your AA, and check the difference from 8 and 10, i think that's the best way to see the difference.

Ninja Edit:

here 2 examples.

1st, GDQ 10, DoF, AAx0
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1304789768.jpg

2nd, GDQ 8, DoF, AAx0
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...1304789908.jpg

I was wondering what happened to Window Buffer, if thats what it is then I shall knock it back down to 8 and that should help a lot, thanks for that.

[Hikozaemon]

where can i download a FPS tester for game.