The OFFICIAL FFXIV Benchmark & Beta Performance Thread

**Ferr** · 2010-09-02 15:40

tested it again, 15 fps in LL tavern in 720p, 18 fps in the same place at 1080p. not much of a difference but... the fuck is wrong with my pc doing better at high resolutions lol

edit: actually, running around La Noscea I have better fps than in beta 3, capping 60 fps everywhere in La Noscea unless theres people (before i was getting middle 40 to low 50s....). Is just in the city that I have shit perfomance leven with 0 people around, ike in b3. Guess i just have shitty minimum fps.

**Icarian** · 2010-09-02 16:41

Maybe I'm missing something but how are shadows on ATI cards messed up? I don't notice anything wrong on mine.

Spoiler: show

That's with a 5870 and 10.8 Drivers

**Takiwaki** · 2010-09-02 16:46

I have a 5870 also it looks great but with AO on there is a shadow effect on half of the screen running diagonal from top to bottom. Been that way since alpha.

**Izzy** · 2010-09-02 17:45

Originally Posted by Icarian

Maybe I'm missing something but how are shadows on ATI cards messed up? I don't notice anything wrong on mine.

Spoiler: show

That's with a 5870 and 10.8 Drivers

Originally Posted by Vuitton

I have to say that the shadows really suck (at least for ATI cards). Not the shadows on the ground. Those look great set to highest. However, the shading across the characters, especially my character, looks horrible. Its all blocky or striped. I think I'll be forced to play with shadows turned off completely because I can't stand it.

Using a 5870 with 10.8.

I returned my SSD. I am not sure if I should get another 5870 and xfire or replace the SSD (it was corrupt).

This is what he's talking about.

http://a.imageshack.us/img8/7452/81625779.jpg

Look at my face. I have the same card and drivers as you. Kinda weird.

**Takiwaki** · 2010-09-02 18:05

Originally Posted by Izzy

This is what he's talking about.

http://a.imageshack.us/img8/7452/81625779.jpg

Look at my face. I have the same card and drivers as you. Kinda weird.

What settings are you using in your ffxiv config?

**Icarian** · 2010-09-02 18:18

Oh wow, I'm not getting that at all, weird.

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/7...0903011452.jpg

**Izzy** · 2010-09-02 18:22

Originally Posted by Takiwaki

What settings are you using in your ffxiv config?

1920x1080
4xMSAA
Buffer Size = Resolution
Shadow Detail = Normal
Depth of Field = On
Texture Quality = High
Texture Filtering = Highest
AO = Off

**Takiwaki** · 2010-09-02 18:39

did you try shadows on high? or highest?

**Izzy** · 2010-09-02 18:51

Originally Posted by Takiwaki

did you try shadows on high? or highest?

It looks a little better, but it still looks bleh. Nowhere near as good as the nVidia cards I've seen.

http://a.imageshack.us/img190/8766/45288433.jpg

**Elites** · 2010-09-02 18:52

My shadows look like that as well, smudgy...and i'm running a gtx460 not even a radeon.

**Izzy** · 2010-09-02 19:09

I'm probably just being epic picky.

**Celeras** · 2010-09-02 20:20

Everything positive I said about performance earlier only seems to pertain to Ul'dah. Gridania rapes my shit just as hard as LL did in beta3, temps and all.

**Kylewhataru** · 2010-09-02 20:39

So does anyone else get funky looking shadows when they are reflected on characters?

**Jamison** · 2010-09-02 21:10

Like others have mentioned, I was seeing very bad shadowing on my ATI 5850. I was playing with settings, and set shadow detail to highest and multisampling to 8xQ MSAA -- now the shadows look much, much better. They are still a little harsh IMO (the line between shadow and not is very sharp) but all the jenky blocks and flickering is gone.

Edit: A few days ago I submitted a report to them. Hopefully everyone with these shadowing problems can do the same and maybe they'll take a look into it. The website is

http://www.amdsurveys.com/se.ashx?s=5A1E27D27E29B0E3

If anyone knows a better or more appropriate place to send them feedback, please post it.

**Kylewhataru** · 2010-09-02 21:29

That sounds like the same problem I'm having.. blocky shadowy textures on characters, the shadows look fine when they hit the ground or walls or whatever, it's just on characters that they look bad.

**jinkazama** · 2010-09-02 22:12

Originally Posted by jinkazama

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d4...ntitled-15.png

seems low compared to other comparable builds to mine.

lol had a little extra spending money and went out and bought just a cheapie 5770 and boosted my score to around 2200'ish. gonna OC and get my final reading. got 30 days to save up more money for my 5850

**shaddix** · 2010-09-03 01:06

Originally Posted by Celeras

Everything positive I said about performance earlier only seems to pertain to Ul'dah. Gridania rapes my shit just as hard as LL did in beta3, temps and all.

well shit. Glad I picked ul'dah I guess. That must be why I felt it was running smoother in OB.

**Kylewhataru** · 2010-09-03 02:02

Yep, I noticed much lower fps in general in Gridania, btw is depth of field supposed to have a big performance impact?

**Sithel** · 2010-09-03 02:26

Originally Posted by Elites

My shadows look like that as well, smudgy...and i'm running a gtx460 not even a radeon.

I have the same issues with a gtx 470, so it can't be a radeon only problem. I find it weird that the game ran its best in beta 2 for me.

**Ferr** · 2010-09-03 03:36

btw is depth of field supposed to have a big performance impact?

it does for me. I dont remember that huge impact in b3, but I almost always played with it off anyways..

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