The OFFICIAL FFXIV Benchmark & Beta Performance Thread

[Rowe]

Considering I built this PC 4 years ago this coming july and only added a new video card last week and Had gotten a new CPU for XMass I am pretty content with the score.

[archibaldcrane]

Just got a new laptop, ran the benchmark on low - should I be concerned with this score?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...wBenchmark.png
I ran it on high but my resolution isn't high enough to see the score, any way to trick the computer into showing it?

[Katlan]

yes. its a bad game and you can barely play it. the benchmark means nothing, but the game is so poorly optimized that ppl who score very well on the benchmark have issues w/ performance.

[archibaldcrane]

My main concern is that it appears to be significantly lower than other laptop people with slower processors and older GFX cards.

Some people with worse specs (as far as I can tell) are in the 3500 range from the OP's chart.

Like this:

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http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t...ictaru-low.png

[Katlan]

People who originally had very high scores (who were supposed to be able to run the game max settings and beyond), have issues running the game under certain conditions and not w/ max settings. If you haven't bought the game yet, I would wait a bit tbh. Regardless of the games current level of content and fun factor (I know this isn't the thread for that and you can find all that info elsewhere), they are supposed to be enhancing optimization. It's rumored some optimization may be seen in 1.18 (next month), but it is something they will be addressing in one of the patches [hopefully] soon.

I don't know how the game will run on low settings, but, looking past your score, your latency is very high and that's something I would look into before you worry about how well you can run the game.

Also, I don't know much about Radeon cards to comment on that, but your cpu is outdated. If you are computer parts savvy I would consider buying a new cpu that can push 3 GHz. They shouldn't be that expensive and if you are confident installing it yourself and buying some good thermal paste it isn't that hard to do (and you can lookup youtube video's running you down on the basics and stuff).


You can also try to OC your CPU a bit if you have a good coolant

[archibaldcrane]

(it's a laptop - there aren't many quad-core processors available faster than 2.0 GHZ - fastest Intel makes is 2.5 GHZ)

[Katlan]

Oh, sorry.. I completely blanked on the fact it was a laptop

[archibaldcrane]

Returned that other laptop, got the exact same specs on a new one but with the 6770M gfx card (and actually saved $50 in the process)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...vbenchmark.png

Much better.

[avelle]

My Alienware M17x with a 2630 and 460 only managed a 1700 on high. I wonder if that's a driver issue. I thought the 460 would do better than that, especially with a sandy bridge cpu.

[Tokae]

managed 8566 on high...

nice!

[Katoke]

Just bought a HD6950, upgraded from a 5750.

Sometimes I'll get shit FPS and my GPU will be 99%, othertimes, I load the game and I run 60 FPS constantly, no matter where I am.

Is this the memory leak shit I hear about or what? I'm almost on the verge of returning the card.

[Sign]

Just bought a HD6950, upgraded from a 5750.

Sometimes I'll get shit FPS and my GPU will be 99%, othertimes, I load the game and I run 60 FPS constantly, no matter where I am.

Is this the memory leak shit I hear about or what? I'm almost on the verge of returning the card.

It isn't a memory leak, this game just has very minimal optimization. It is something they are supposedly working on so sit tight. Also make sure you have current drivers and Application Profiles from AMD. (Currently 11.7 Drivers and 11.7 CAP2 for the Application Profiles)