I just built a new computer last week and I've been having some issues with it running FFXIV. I'm assuming it's a problem with the new GTX 560 2gb VRAM that I have considering people have had a hard time in the past with new cards and XIV.
System Specs
AMD FX-8120 Eight Core
GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 2GB
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3
I'm able to run XIV at the least, but I'm getting very odd FPS drops. In town I realize it should be lower around 30 FPS, and outside I get 60 FPS. The problem is very randomly the FPS will spike down to 5-10 FPS for no reason from 30~60 FPS. There doesn't event need to be a lot of activity on the screen. It will just drop randomly.
The current setting I have which seem low for my system is....
Windowed
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Multisampling: No AA
General Drawing Quality: 8 ( standard )
Background Drawing Quality: 3 ( standard )
Shadows : Standard
No AO
No Depth of Field
Texture Quality: Standard
Texture Filtering: Standard
The few things I've tried which I've seen on BG is using updated Nvidia drivers, Game Window Relocator, playing in Full Screen, forcing 30 FPS, updating Realtek drivers, and turning down some of the nividia control panel settings.
Anything else I should try?