How can I boost my computer's graphics even more?

[Reeno]

Well I used FFXICalculator to make FFXI look nice but it doesnt look as nice as other peoples screenshots, so i'm just looking for a way to boost my PC performance even more lol.

Build:

MoBo: GIGABYTE GA-790FXTA-UD5 AM3 AMD 790FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

GFX: POWERCOLOR AX5870 1GBD5-MDHG Radeon HD 5870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor

Harddrives: Intel X25-V SSDSA2MP040G2R5 2.5" 40GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) / Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Memory: OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G2000LV6GK

CPU Fan: ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler

also my case has a lot of fans and is pretty cool.

here are my temps idk if they are good or not tbh lol.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e62/R3nO11/temps.png

any help is appreciated =))

[nitsuj]

Try running windower's Launcher_Gui and set your resolution to something like:

1024x768 (if you want to play windowered)

Set your BG resolution to 2048 x 2048

Set Mips to 0

See if that improves your visuals at all? It may have nothing to do with your computer.

[Reeno]

Made it look better, i think i'm at the best its going to get haha =))

is there any to switch ambient light off automatically, instead of pressing F11 everytime i log on. (i like when the characters are darker)

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http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e6...11/ffxigfx.png

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e6...1/ffxigfx1.png

(spoiler for big pictures)

I found game_ambientlight 255 120 120 120 in the windower script but dont know what to do witht hat lol

also how would I make it so when I take a screenshot it is bigger instead so tiny lol

[Blackwidow]

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Graphics


I used this guide, but I put the max settings to 2000+ x 2000+. This was with a crappy old PC and an even more crappy video card.

[Olo401]

I found game_ambientlight 255 120 120 120 in the windower script but dont know what to do witht hat lol

Right above that line it says "game_forceambientlight 1" and change it to 0 to turn off ambient light by default. I'm not sure what those variables are.

also how would I make it so when I take a screenshot it is bigger instead so tiny lol

I -think- the problem here is Photobucket. It's auto-resizing your uploads. You need to tell it not to do that.

[Krandor]

If those are the temps you're getting while in game that's basically telling you that all that hardware you have in there is basically sitting on it's ass doing nothing because FFXI is a pretty damn old game at this point and you probably couldn't even push that level of hardware with it if you tried.

[Ghostsix.Midgard]

go into your videocard settings (Catalyst program I believe for radeon?) And look for an option to saturate colors if FF is looking washed out
Also raising/lowering Gamma in those same settings helps

I use Nvidia so I can't guide you exactly

[byte]

Made it look better, i think i'm at the best its going to get haha =))

is there any to switch ambient light off automatically, instead of pressing F11 everytime i log on.

In your Windower/scripts folder, open your "init" file in notepad:

//Set game variables
game_forceambientlight 1

to

//Set game variables
game_forceambientlight 0

You can also unbind the F11 bit completely if you change

bind f11 game_forceambientlight

to

//bind f11 game_forceambientlight

Press Ctrl+F if you have trouble finding any of these in the init file.

[Drex]

Bear in mind also that some of the better looking shots are usually touched up in photoshop too

[byte]

Bear in mind also that some of the better looking shots are usually touched up in photoshop too

Duplicate the layer

With the top layer:
Gaussian Blur
Set Blending Mode to Overlay
Apply "Sharpen" if it looks better

Does wonders

[Reeno]

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Graphics


I used this guide, but I put the max settings to 2000+ x 2000+. This was with a crappy old PC and an even more crappy video card.

i'm not certain but I think FFXICalculator does this for me, I just checked the highest one.

I -think- the problem here is Photobucket. It's auto-resizing your uploads. You need to tell it not to do that.

Ya that was the problem, thank you =)) im currently looking how to turn that off.

go into your videocard settings (Catalyst program I believe for radeon?) And look for an option to saturate colors if FF is looking washed out
Also raising/lowering Gamma in those same settings helps

I use Nvidia so I can't guide you exactly

Ya I guess I can't "saturate colors" with Catalyst from what the AMD support guy :/

[JigglyJam]

Sorry to hijack but somewhat related.

I'm running 1680x1050 front with 3360x2100 3D background. I've noticed that people suggested running 2048x2048 3d settings; is that the max and I won't see any benefit running it the way I am?

[Olo401]

Sorry to hijack but somewhat related.

I'm running 1680x1050 front with 3360x2100 3D background. I've noticed that people suggested running 2048x2048 3d settings; is that the max and I won't see any benefit running it the way I am?

Correct - 2048x2048 is the max background res supported by the game. It would be higher had the game been designed around a newer version of DirectX buuuuut.....

[Reeno]

Here is how I have it right now, with all the tweakign i could think of lol. spoiler for big image

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http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2...311105634w.png

[Olo401]

Lookin' good! And damn that's a big pic

[Reeno]

Lookin' good! And damn that's a big pic

lmao ya its 1920x1080 and background res. is 2048x2048 or whatever the max is for ffxi haha