FFXIV and HD 6990

[Ilean]

where can i download a FPS tester for game.

fraps.com

/1char

[Judge_Xero]

Quoting myself from my Previous Post

the 6970 will run FFXIV better even though the 6990 is two 6970 GPU's. The reason is because FFXIV will only use 1 GPU from the 6990, causing it to be overworked on that single GPU.

I agree though Oni, that you should have better FPS than you are stating, unless you have a gimped card. Try using AMD Overdrive to set your Graphical Settings for AA etc. Click the box so it doesn't use aplication settings. If you have an older MOBO, check to see if you have the latest BIOS for it. I believe the most current AMD drivers for the HD cards is 11.4 too. What is your score running the Benchmark? It'd be nice to know if your CPU or Data Corruption is bottlenecking the 6990/6970

My Rig: Phenom x4 965 O.C. @ 3.8, Formula IV Mobo, Radeon 5770 Stock, Corsair Dominator CL9 1333Mhz 4 Gig Ram

Settings: 1080p Resolution on 22.5" Monitor (Windowed)
General Drawing Highest (10), Background Standard(3). Shadows Standard.
Texture Quality High
Texture Filtering High
No DOF, NO AO

All my other Graphical Settings are set through AMD Overdrive.
Gaming Performance
Standard 3D Settings (Custom)
Mipmapping (Quality)

Image Quality
Anti-Aliasing - Morphological Filtering 8X Wide-Tent Samples 16X
Anti-Aliasing Mode - Super-Sample AA
Anisotropic Filtering 16X

With this I have smooth Gameplay 45-50 FPS

[Elkwood]

anyone playing FFXIV with an ATI 6990? I'm about to purchase one and would like to know how well this card performs with FFXIV. If anyone is using it, can you tell me if you can max out all the graphic settings, including AO and DF and what kind of FPS are you getting?

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....

Its the game not your card

As posted in this post here are the reasons why

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...of-PC-Hardware

[indira]

ATI are gods of shitty drivers thats probly your problem

[Ilean]

ATI are gods of shitty drivers thats probly your problem

GTFO fanboy.

[Kurokikaze]

ATI are gods of shitty drivers thats probly your problem

Really? Just stop posting now.

[Elexia]

Really? Just stop posting now.

I detected sarcasm but it is the net, since the only other major gpu developer is nvidia and he definitely can't be saying they're better.

[Elkwood]

ATI are gods of shitty drivers thats probly your problem

Actually he is correct there are numerous known issues with ATI drivers. the 6990 will be no exception however until the game is properly developed it will not make a difference.

[Ilean]

Actually he is correct there are numerous known issues with ATI drivers. the 6990 will be no exception however until the game is properly developed it will not make a difference.

Switched to ATI a year ago, never had a single problem with either card or drivers so far. And since I own both nvidia and ati cards I can tell you that both companies keep a pretty similar in size "known issues" list for each driver release.

[Hikozaemon]

ATI are gods of shitty drivers thats probly your problem

thats a matter of opinion and a myth. The fact is developers cant/dont test every single card to check performances/ driver issues. people use the same argument for AMD/Intel processors and its been proven wrong/viceversa before. Ive had many ATI cards in past and never had a single problem and when i say many i mean more than a dozen all dif models.