The OFFICIAL FFXIV Benchmark & Beta Performance Thread

[shaddix]

It's really a two-fold thing between the 460/470. First off, the 460 has a higher stock clock. To get the same percentage increase from stock, you have to raise your clocks farther than I would on my 470. 10% for me would require +60, whereas you would require +67.5. And because the 470 is faster to begin with, you may be fooled just by the numbers themselves. You have a stock score of 2000 and overclock by 10%, +200. If you have a stock score of 3000 and overclock by 10%, +300. Technically the same jump.. but the scores may be deceiving. And this isn't to imply that a 10% overclock would make for a flat 10% performance increase in every bench(vantage is really all I would trust for this kind of pinpoint accuracy), but you get what I'm trying to explain I hope.

You're obviously trying to squeeze every last inch out of what you got though, so did you happen to notice this?

That is a good explanation, damn math trickery.
I currently have an MSI model, the EVGA is arriving tomorrow. I ordered the factory OC version in case evga cherry picks those, so I would just get fan unlock to 100% from that bios. I heard it's already loud at 70% though and I don't mind them running hot as long as it's stable.

I will settle for 850mhz core on the evga one, I fully plan to use their step-up thing to get a full gf104 if those come to pass; or if ff14 retail struggles with the 460 I will still step up to a 470 even if the full gf104s don't come out.

[shaddix]

Can you also post the results from the same test for 675 core/1350 shader/3600 mem and for 763 core/1526 shader/3800 mem?

675/1350/3600=12232
763/1526/3800=13706

[Celeras]

!!

I am almost POSITIVE that the login screen cap was not 120FPS before this latest patch. It is now. Maybe the 30FPS cap in-game is gone as well?

There are also new options in config. AA goes higher, addition of xQ, Texture Quality/Filtering, more buffer resolutions. Lookin good!

[shaddix]

!!

I am almost POSITIVE that the login screen cap was not 120FPS before this latest patch. It is now. Maybe the 30FPS cap in-game is gone as well?

There are also new options in config. AA goes higher, addition of xQ, Texture Quality/Filtering, more buffer resolutions. Lookin good!

OH MY GOD YES

[mundie]

!!

I am almost POSITIVE that the login screen cap was not 120FPS before this latest patch. It is now. Maybe the 30FPS cap in-game is gone as well?

There are also new options in config. AA goes higher, addition of xQ, Texture Quality/Filtering, more buffer resolutions. Lookin good!

I'm fairly certain it jumped to 60 previously as soon as you got a fullscreen window, from 30 at the version updater.

That's very exciting news ^^

[sruon]

!!

I am almost POSITIVE that the login screen cap was not 120FPS before this latest patch. It is now. Maybe the 30FPS cap in-game is gone as well?

There are also new options in config. AA goes higher, addition of xQ, Texture Quality/Filtering, more buffer resolutions. Lookin good!

It indeed capped at 60 before.

We shall pray.

[Hyan]

You all getting your hopes up only to be potentially even more disappointed in the end... ;(

[Isla]

Maybe they even added support for multi-gpu's :D Any word on that?

[Celeras]

You all getting your hopes up only to be potentially even more disappointed in the end... ;(

WHY WOULD THEY CHANGE THE CAP OF THE MENU SCREEN ONLY.

WHY.

WHY.

I'm excited :D Updated OP to the reflect the settings I intend to test now that we have more options.

[Hyan]

spaghetti code!

They actually changed the in-game fps cap to 15, and this is the unfortunate side-effect.

[mundie]

You all getting your hopes up only to be potentially even more disappointed in the end... ;(

I know but it'll give us 30-odd hours of giddyness and excitement, haha. I can live with the cap though if we're indeed up for a disappointment.

[Jojimbo]

Maybe they even added support for multi-gpu's :D Any word on that?

Crossfire is still working for me, as it has been throughout the beta.

[Isla]

Crossfire is still working for me, as it has been throughout the beta.

Just by playing in full screen?

[Jojimbo]

Yes (worked on both 10.4 and 10.7 profile/drivers, didn't try others)

[Kyrra]

So, with FFXIV still over a month away, it would probalby be smart to wait to see if Nvidia releases a 475 and see how it does? I'm still torn between a ATI 5850 and Nvidia 460 or 470. I'm basically just looking for a card that I could play at 1920x1200 resolution with high settings without issue.

[Questionable]

I just hope something gets released before Sept 30, so I can buy another 5870 for cheaper lol

[TaruDunesfolk]

Updated my benches with stock speeds and OC'd speeds: OC'd scores are from a day ago and stocked scores are from just now and only one test of high and low. Not completely accurate but score difference should be around 600's for low and 700's for high on my setup.

Stocked Low settings:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2..._Stock_Low.jpg

Stocked high:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...Stock_high.jpg

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OC'd Low:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...rk_Low_2-1.jpg

OC'd high:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...k_High_2-1.jpg

[shaddix]

So, with FFXIV still over a month away, it would probalby be smart to wait to see if Nvidia releases a 475 and see how it does? I'm still torn between a ATI 5850 and Nvidia 460 or 470. I'm basically just looking for a card that I could play at 1920x1200 resolution with high settings without issue.

Wait as long as possible, if you can't, buy an evga card so you can step-up if the 460 isn't enough. That's what I'm doing. But ati cards seem to do a lot better in the benchmark than nvidia cards right now. When beta 3 starts I'll be posting some FPS numbers in here.

[Kurokikaze]

The login screen was capped at 30FPS unless you were kicked out of the Character Selection lobby, then it ran at 60FPS.

You guys saying once you start the game it shows 120FPS?

I came.

[Purrrfect]

Updated my benches with stock speeds and OC'd speeds: OC'd scores are from a day ago and stocked scores are from just now and only one test of high and low. Not completely accurate but score difference should be around 600's for low and 700's for high on my setup.

Do you have some water cooling on your 470? Mine seems to be on the lower end of OC ability, but 100mhz is a far stretch on the stock stuff I think.