FFXIV and HD 6990

[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.

[Kurokikaze]

Judging by their posts in other threads - I'm calling stupidity.

[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.

[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.

[Elexia]

Ironically, AMD the same and sometimes pulls ahead for far cheaper than Intel processors.

People like to throw away money for marginal increases~

[Hikozaemon]

Ironically, AMD the same and sometimes pulls ahead for far cheaper than Intel processors.

People like to throw away money for marginal increases~

word! (wish i could autotranslate in forum lol) its so damn marginal now from the research i did a month ago that you'd be an idiot to waste money on the top of the line processor its just gonna be obsolete in 6mnths anyways lol. The one major upgrade processors need is the damn thermal paste already applied !!! dudes aint got experience painting objects w/ a brush like finger nails.

[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.

[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)

[Renshi]

Ah anyway, I use an iMac 27" with a Mobility Radeon 4850 at 1GB DDR5, Intel Core i7 quad 2.8GHz and 8GB RAM DDR3.
In the Bootcamp is installed a Win7 64bit, and I use MacFan to speed up fans in bootcamp.
Best game settings that I enjoy: 1920x1080, graphical 9 and background 5
DoF and AO off, texture highest and filtering standard.

Most common issues: Rain and bushes makes me stutter, and I also stutter when someone near teleports, sometimes.