FFXIV and HD 6990

[Ilean]

If nobody was able to max FFXIV's settings with good framerate then i am wondering what exactly was SE using when testing the game?

Likely the best available at the time.

Also it's pretty common for PC games not to be able to max out until one or two GPU gens later, the problem here is there are glaring signs that the engine is lacking even some of the most basic optimizations.