The OFFICIAL FFXIV Benchmark & Beta Performance Thread

[Shecky]

They worked fine for me. No performance change.

That would mean they are not working well .....lol

[Jak]

Spoilered for huge, I think.. this is as much information as I could post along with benchmark on high.

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http://i56.tinypic.com/244e447.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/2s0mnx0.jpg

And done. Reduced graphics OC to 775 and 1800.. since I got artifacts with 780 and 2000.

[Katlan]

Kat what are your high number and low numbers like w/2x 480's?

I havent tried the benchmark since i upgraded to SLI'd 480's,but Ill give it a go tonight and let you know. Keep in mind I use Crysis settings. I haven't installed the beta driver either, though I'm tempted to since Celeras reported such higher numbers

[Purrrfect]

Well I have some comparisons if anyone cares. I recently got a gigabyte 5850 oc (765 vs 725 core) which has replaced my 470 that is in RMA land. I have my 1055t running at 3.8ghz, can't match celeras' oc it seems, 4ghz takes a lot of voltage and not really stable for me. With the 470 I did manage to get a little over 4k, it really did not like overclocking, barely eeked out 800mhz to do that. With the 5850 I came in at 4200, and turning it up to 850 I got a little over 4500. However, with the 5850 I am afflicted with the horrible 2nd monitor flicker when watching youtube videos and such. From what I've read it comes from the throttling down, and the ccc profile trick didn't help it just keeps overriding my settings when playing youtube videos. They say changing the bios to not clock down fixes it, but I'm wondering if I should return it or RMA it... I really like the 5850 better, because even at max fan it's quieter than the 470 at 40% and is a good 25-30*C cooler...

[Celeras]

Spoilered for huge, I think.. this is as much information as I could post along with benchmark on high.

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http://i56.tinypic.com/244e447.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/2s0mnx0.jpg

And done. Reduced graphics OC to 775 and 1800.. since I got artifacts with 780 and 2000.

If you look at like... the 10th reply in this thread on page 1, you can see my original score with my 470 + [email protected]. Granted those are old drivers as well... but yes, the CPU will really bottleneck THAT much in benchmarks.

[shaddix]

Well I have some comparisons if anyone cares. I recently got a gigabyte 5850 oc (765 vs 725 core) which has replaced my 470 that is in RMA land. I have my 1055t running at 3.8ghz, can't match celeras' oc it seems, 4ghz takes a lot of voltage and not really stable for me. With the 470 I did manage to get a little over 4k, it really did not like overclocking, barely eeked out 800mhz to do that. With the 5850 I came in at 4200, and turning it up to 850 I got a little over 4500. However, with the 5850 I am afflicted with the horrible 2nd monitor flicker when watching youtube videos and such. From what I've read it comes from the throttling down, and the ccc profile trick didn't help it just keeps overriding my settings when playing youtube videos. They say changing the bios to not clock down fixes it, but I'm wondering if I should return it or RMA it... I really like the 5850 better, because even at max fan it's quieter than the 470 at 40% and is a good 25-30*C cooler...

800mhz is pretty good for the 470 IIRC. How much voltage do you need for 3.8ghz on your 1055t?

[Shecky]

Man I really hope that ATI or SE fix crossfire come final release. A 5970 performing worse with both GPU enabled is Bull***t.

[Appie]

Fresh from the building press, all stock still...
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...eDPC/Bench.jpg
5870 btw.

I'm pleased.

[Ashtray]

New drivers, 2x GTX 470


No Full Screen DLL, Stock GPUs

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...kGPU_NoDLL.jpg

No Full Screen DLL, Overclock @ 800 Mhz Core 1800 Memory

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...igh_No_DLL.jpg

Full Screen DLL, Overclock @ 800 Mhz Core 1800 Memory

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...C_High_DLL.jpg

[shaddix]

I'm gonna have to use evga stepup to get a 470 hehe

[Katlan]

Kat what are your high number and low numbers like w/2x 480's?

this is w/ the beta drivers. I havent really messed around w/custom SLI settings outside of tossing in Crysis's settings, but I'm sure I could get better results w/some tweaking since neither gpu hit 99%, both hovered around 80-95%+. That, and I can easily get to 4mhz on my CPU if i wasn't lazy to re-stress test it (doesn't break 61c under prime95 atm).

High
http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/v...Untitled-2.jpg

[shaddix]

That, and I can easily get to 4mhz on my CPU if i wasn't lazy to re-stress test it (doesn't break 61c under prime95 atm).

4mhz barrier always was a bitch.

But seriously, you should send me your 2nd 480 since it doesn't seem to be doing anything!

[Katlan]

4mhz barrier always was a bitch.

But seriously, you should send me your 2nd 480 since it doesn't seem to be doing anything!

Benchmark just sucks, w/one 480 I get 5000~ ish so I should be much higher w/2nd. But in game I can run max setting (no AO), double buffer and never drop under 40fps in town/ aetherites and 60 average in the field. Capped basically at 60 w/ window sized buffer. So I'm not rly concerned

[avelle]

I've posted about this before, either in this thread or another, but I have come equipped with screenshots this time. I wanted to see what people that may be more knowledgeable than me thought about this. Basically the game runs fantastic outside of any city. I step inside town and my FPS plummets. The thing is, my FPS isn't the only thing that drops, my GPU usage is also half as high in city as it is outside. Does that make sense? Is this an issue with my system or something to do with their optimizations? To me it seems like my GPU should be worked just as hard if not harder in town than it is outside.

Big screenshots under the spoiler:

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http://risen.loztblaz.com/avelle/ffx...rformance1.jpg
http://risen.loztblaz.com/avelle/ffx...rformance2.jpg

Should also note I've tried Catalyst 10.7 through 10.9. Running the game "windowed" at 1920x1200, no AA, buffer size at "resolution" shadow detail "highest" AO off, DoF on (this setting doesnt seem to make any difference) Texture Quality on "high" and Texture Filtering "highest" and I scored 5kish on the benchmark on high. Basically just wanting to know if people think this is an optimization thing or if it's going to stay this way forever.

[shaddix]

The game is cpu bottlenecked in town, bump up your cpu clock speed for performance improvement. Is it gonna stay that way? Hope not, but maybe in a few years we'll have CPUs that can hit 60fps in town even if they don't update the game to use the gpu more heavily.

[Katlan]

It's an issue w/default XIV SLI/CF settings afaik, from what others have reported. Game throttles usage in towns/aetherites

[avelle]

The game is cpu bottlenecked in town, bump up your cpu clock speed for performance improvement. If it's gonna stay that way? Hope not, but maybe in a few years we'll have CPUs that can hit 60fps in town even if they don't update the game to use the gpu more heavily.

Meh, not what I was wanting to hear. Is it safe to bump up the clock speed on stock cooling? Running a core i7 920.

It's an issue w/default XIV SLI/CF settings afaik, from what others have reported. Game throttles usage in towns/aetherites

Does this affect single gpu cards such as the 5870 somehow?

[Uzor]

Question; what temperature should an i7 930 run at while idle and while playing FFXIV? 'cause mine is at between 40-50 while idle, and I'm not sure whether that's good or bad. The temp program thingy says its still 50 degrees from the cap, but I have no idea if a 930 can actually run at 100 degrees, it sounds rather high.

I have 4 chassi fans, so if its high I suppose I should get a water cooler for it instead.

[Cooleko]

You should overclock your i7 as it is perfectly safe to do so. Make sure you get a better cooler first.

930 can not handle 100c Your idle temps are much to high as well. You want Idle to be ambient room temps which is 18-30c for most people.

[avelle]

You should overclock your i7 as it is perfectly safe to do so. Make sure you get a better cooler first.

930 can not handle 100c Your idle temps are much to high as well. You want Idle to be ambient room temps which is 18-30c for most people.

Assuming the 930 is anything like my 920 I dunno about this statement. My 920 is sitting at the desktop idle at 45* C. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I don't see how 18-30* C would be feasible unless you had a monster cooler sitting on your processor or were running watercooling.