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    FFXIV SLI GPU Usage Really Low... Why?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by RED-XIV, Oct 18, 2010.

  1. RED-XIV

    RED-XIV Notebook Consultant

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    Ok, I have two Nvidia GTX 260m cards running FFXIV in SLI. (yes I have the new 260.89 drivers that came out today that have the FFXIVGame.exe profile) When I am running FFXIV I can see (with Nvidia tools) that my GPU usage is around 55-65% and never over that (when in populated arias it goes down to 25-35% I guess that is my biggest concern). My CPU usage is 85-99% so... I was thinking is there a way to get 85-99% usage out of both my video cards, and why is the usage so low in the first place? Oh, and why in populated places dose it drop down even more?

    Video - Dual GTX 260m
    CPU - T9600 @3.00
    RAM - 8Gigs Dual
    OS - Win 7 Ult
     
    RED-XIV, Oct 18, 2010
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  2. Killiandros

    Killiandros Notebook Consultant

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    Crossfire utilisation for AMD cards also seems rather inconsistent.

    From my understanding it is a combination of a very poorly optimised game client in conjunction with less than adequate drivers.

    I can't comment on nVidia drivers specifically but fiddling with some of the settings in the ATI Catalyst Control Center, FFXIV Config and FFXIV in-game yielded greatly improved FPS for me. (20-30 in Limsa Loninsa, close to a constant 60 outside Limsa Lominsa which drops to 20-30 in camps).

    I made a post with my settings in one of the FFXIV threads however some users were not able to attain the performance increases that I did.
     
    Killiandros, Oct 19, 2010
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  3. reborn2003

    reborn2003 THE CHIEF!

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    Yup the game is very buggy and needs quite a bit of work and patches to be done. AMD and Nvidia drivers will also need quite a bit of work to start running the game properly. You could try renaming the FF exe to crysis and see if it picks up the game to utilise SLi better however other than that just gonna have to wait for patches and more driver updates.

    Cheers. :)
     
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  4. RED-XIV

    RED-XIV Notebook Consultant

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    The Nvidia 260.89 drivers (just came out today) run the game just a bit better than the "Crysis" fix, so that is out of the question. So... Damn, I got a game that was not ready to be released... Curse you SE for releasing the game before it was ready... "Cruse You...!"

    /cry
     
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  5. reborn2003

    reborn2003 THE CHIEF!

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    I know the PS3 version got delayed again. It was supposed to come out early next year but is seems its been pushed back till march or April now.

    So no idea what SE are doing. Need to lift their game oles.

    Cheers. :)
     
    reborn2003, Oct 19, 2010
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  6. mtness

    mtness loitering

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    but they have responded with adding an extra 1 month free period, so now its a free to play for 60 days before having to pay monthly fees :)
     
    mtness, Oct 19, 2010
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