AW Final Fantasy 14 Benchmark Results?

I just re-registered my XI account, yay for 11hours worth of updates and 30day free trial which makes me inelegiable for the discount! lol....

 

The discount on FFXI monthly fee? I think you signed up for the wrong game lol

 

Transferring The name only is what they imply. Also yeavi reactivated my Ffxi account for the shoes! There's just too much area to cover without them lol

 

I don't think you get the shoes if you just re-activate and play for the trial....

 

no, you do not. Which is why I activated *now*. I also wanted to play a little bit to get amped up for 14. It's not like XI will suddenly die within 3months after 14s release either, they even have an expansion or something otw soon, so I may try to find a good EST pop server and play a bit anyway. $8/month to play an old favorite sounds good too.

 

2 months WoW free. Currently playing the EVE trial account and will definitely give FF XIV a whirl from the get go.

 

Yeah. I totally agree it's worth it. For me FFXI was the game that gave me a longtime experience i won't forget. Definatly my favorite game i played so far.

 

i played eve for 3months...




just thought id mention that.

 

Hmjm, never tried EvE. People always said it was too hard to get into/ganking was consistant and yea..... Ha.

 

you do get ganked, but really you can stick to high-sec zones fairly easily, not really a whole lot worse than a PVP wow server. Just don't go into a sub .3 zone and not expect to run into say, a 20 player sized fleet camping the warpgate or something. The sheer mass of micromanagement is fairly big too, after my 3 month period I had basically done everything incorrectly and once I found out I really had to start over if I wanted to shave off 12months of leveling I gave up.

 

I'm not that much into PvP, i'm more casual normally and like the PvE setting much more. Of course i can't say no to a duell if someone asks me

 

honestly I didn't like the idea either, but after I found out there's not some 5 man gank party roaming around in every area it was pretty fun. There's always going to be moments where some butt-head is going to stalk people 15 levels lower than him, but those moments are more rare than you would imagine. I got *tons* more gear in my PVE relm, but always regretted moving from my PVP server because of not being able to just jump on someone if I really wanted to.

 

Yeah, the knock is the micro management. It's pretty, but I'm not really into it yet. Let's see after week two.....if a game hasn't snagged me in 14 days, it never will. WoW had me from day 3. EQII from week two. Here's hoping FF XIV can be my next addiction because unless something radically changes, it's not going to be EVE.

 

I sincerely hope FFXIV is BEYOND successful. If not..... Well... I really don't want CoD: Black Ops to be my safty game

 

I'm a big fan on micromanagement, but it *really* reaches a whole new level with EvE, it's not something you will snag completly within 2 weeks,just because it's not possible to understand all the aspects of the game that quickly. It took me 3 months just to figure out that I had used all my bonus leveling points in the incorrect way and that the consequences would be disasterous. Nevermind the pirating/salvage/minining/hyper-advanced economy/hyper-advanced weapon and defense side of the game. It's a game with no rules, except the ones that govern what's physically possible in the game. Here's a character and a starting ship, now go do stuff with the other 40,000 people in the same relm with hundreds of hours worth of jump gates and areas to explore. That's EvE.

I hope so too, but we should be realistic, XI in it's prime had what, 1.5-1.8 *maybe* 2million characters? We can chop that to an even 1million acutal players probally, maybe a bit less. XI was essentially a giant leap forward in MMO mechanics, and XIV is basicly just a refresh in a WoW dominated world, with a lot more competition from nich games like eve, Guild wars, War hammer online, aion and the other dozen smaller MMO's that carve up another 15-20% of the market. Add that to the fact that's it's shipping on a slowly decaying platform in the middle of a global recession? XIV has rough times ahead, we should fill the inital servers pretty quickly because of all the fanboys like us that jump on it from playing other FF games, but I don't see it growing all that quickly.

 

We need a really solid server with semi-full dedicated people. I know many people from YouTube are gathering on Kefka... So this is where I hope to end up. However my final server decision depends on what server my IRL friend (who still plays FFXI from release on PC) chooses.

I was thinking of a RP server simply because its almost like a serious social network... Both in players requirements and frequently populated areas, due to "social interaction".

 

I didn't get a chance to play a XI RP server.. are we talking about people who fully immerse themselves in their character or is it just like any other server and a few apples are 'different'? I was always concerned that being an RP would distract from being able to just play the game..

 

There were RP servers on FFXI? For real? I never saw them labeled at all. You must have to be an insider to know if people on the servers are playing at those rules... Thought it was something random/open ---> PvPvE i think or even PvPvE-RP? lol bit too much maybe hahaha

 

I didn't know there were either, I was just following brian ;>_>

 

In FFXI it was more restricted to Linkshells for being the source of RP. I've never role played before (the thought of guys acting like girls and hitting on me was far to mentally shocking). However as you mentioned about it "limiting gameplay". As far as I know all you need is a character backstory... Which is what I somewhat plan on doing.. and continuing to add to that story as I adventure... I'm going to document this in the CE's book thingy that they give you. Should be fun.

Update: Siren was somewhat known for RP. I was on Quetzalcoatl though

 

u dont go that far into a game but hell ive played every final fantasy to come...im not stoping now =) btw tatics was terrible FF game

 

so anyone know when open beta will start??

 

downloading client right now. Damn this is going to take a while.

 

its been delayed until further notice. who knows now.

 

so i tryed to register for open bete...but its been suspended..anyone else having this problem

 

it was open for a very short time between 10:30 and noonish today. When I logged in finnaly, nearly all the servers were in high-pop status. I can't imagine they would release more than a few keys a day by now. you're probally going to need to get real lucky and check every 2 hours or so if you want one.

 

Hey Breaking Brian, how the hell are you guy getting 3k+ on the benchmark?
I just recieve my new Alienware M15x today and decide to run the benchmark and I got around 1300 on low setting. I already install ati 10.8 and directx9.
My laptop spec: intel i7 740QM, ati 8580, and 4gb ram.

After watching you open your laptop on youtube. I decide to buy me one just to play FFXIV. I beening following Rocs Lock on youtube hoping to play with them in FFXIV also. How do you get the m15x to run turbo mode?

 

disable stealth mode. Its the speedometer thingy. Make sure its less lit

 

I don't see how he can get 3K+ either. Max I can get mine is 2518. Unless I test it on low setting then I get like around 4K+ .

 

Same here. I think he must have meant low resolution scores, not high.

 

i got 2000 on high and over 3500 on low...downloading game now though ill see how it runs and i will post back =) ING EXCITED

 

ugh damn update has been like 16 hours now i dont want to leave my alienware on for so loong!

EDIT: ok so i found a better way to get the beta to download faster for everyone that it is taking forever for.. here it is

go to
C:/Users/YOURNAMEHERE/Documents/My Games/FINAL FANTASY XIV Beta Version/downloads/ffxiv-beta/

You'll see some folders there, the one I was on was named "d96437e6" and when you open it up, there'll be some torrent files. Open those and use a regular torrent and voila. Good to go.
then after your done downloading put the downloaded files back into that directory and delet the metainfo.
do that for bothe files in that directory and itll go a SH** ton faster HOPE THIS HELPS.. (btw i didnt find that way i just seen it on a forum

 

So i played FF14 today... it runs well on 1080 settings on high no MSAA and ambient occlusion...runs pretty solid.. =) no lag at all on my end im really happy with my choice
edit: ok may be a bit of lag but it still runs pretty damn solid

 

Yeah, if you're outside of the city, and you normally can move around the camera well, the only lag that is inducted is from server performance and maybe of the gpu's not fully scaling the load. Not much we can do about it.

 

thats what i figured but damn im a noob to this game IDK WHAT TO DO AFTER I GET OFF THE BOAT!!!

 

go into the tavern,
find the battle or guildlevels
???
profit.

 

i thought there was a story to it??

 

I've been playing the OPEN BETA for the last week with all settings on high, 2-4x AA and I've been getting 30-60 FPS.

Yay.

 

yea...its amzing odd my cpu doesnt perform much better than yours yet...it 300 mor

 

I can't imagine the full game is playable, or that all the trigger NPC's are in place. That's why it's called a beta. If it were a full game it would be a Demo. This is an interface and game mechanics preview and to test server loading and workout login kinks, nothing else.

 

hey whats your guys temps whil playing FF14 mine is like 75...is that good i would like to drop it

 

Hey guys, has anyone been monitoring their CPU's resource consumption whilst playing the FF BETA by any chance? I'm interested because one of the main reasons I'm purchasing my M15x is so I can play this game on-the-go as well as at home on the desktop.

The thing is I've decided to go for the dual core 620m for the raw speed, however, I'm wondering if the extra cores might be needed to run this game 'well'. That is, if its a highly CPU dependent MMO in the first place? (like how WoW is for example).

 

i would go for the 740m atleast breaking brian said he plays at high settings 2 msaa with around 30-60 fps i play at the highest setttings with the 840qm with no msaa and i get about the same...only time mine really lags is when im moving my camera in the city but then again it is the beta so im not sure if beta really takes ahold of what i7 can do i know it doesnt cover CF or SLI so i would atleast for for the 720m i think its the same price if im remember correctly..

 

so i tested ff14 out with my 5850 OC to 700/1000 and it performs very well on high not sure how to check the FPS but it does well and my temps after a few minutes were 71 im not sure what you guys can use from that but it performs very well

EDIT: ok so i think im crazy i used fraps to see what my framerate was...and apparently im only getting 20....brian are you getting that too by any chance??? i dont know what the hell is wrong with mine

 

Ok so after awhile I've simply deemed that this is one poorly optimized game. Like realllllly poorly optimized.

Changing graphical settings doesnt improve FPS, OCing does improve FPS, like .org.

*sigh*.

 

I get ~20fps when I play FF14 too

I play at 1280x720 windowed mode, low graphics settings

 

Ahh sounds like I'm gonna have to give this one a miss - Poorly optimized, and apparently not that great a game to boot.... shame, I'm a huge FF fan too. Oh well guess I just have to wait for FF Versus XIII and play it on the PS3

 

Im wanting to get myself a laptop pretty much for playing this game. Do you guys think an M15x will cut it with this spec?

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 840QM (1.86 Ghz, 8MB, 4C)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit- English

GRAPHICS CARD 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX260M graphics card
OR
1BT ATI Radeon HD 5850

MEMORY 8192MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x4096]

HARD DRIVE 250GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive

LCD 40cm (15.6") Wide Full HD Display (1920x1080)

OPTICAL DRIVE DVD+/-RW (DVD, CD read and write) Slot Load Drive


Also, which graphics card would be better. Ive heard the 260M struggles somewhat.

 

Howdy, welcome to the forums!

For gaming you should definitely pick up the 5850m card it is a more powerful card compared to the 260m and can be OC'ed easily to maximise its performance further. The 5850 also supports DX11, whereas the 260 does not.

The 260m is reported to struggle a little with some later games at max settings and it has suffered from throttling in the past particularly with the i7 combination. This has however, been reconciled with the latest BIOS release (A08). I am unsure if there have been any reported cases of that particular GPU throttling since the release, but someone may confirm otherwise.

I would simply advise to pick up the 5850m for gaming purposes, it's a cheaper option aswell (on the UK site at least).

On a side note: Why so much RAM? Is it needed for a reason other than gaming? If not you could save a wee bundle by dropping to 4GB aswell.

Finally... FF14 is a very poor game, it has been reviewed as 'unfinished', 'poorly optimized' and 'unacceptable' - People I know who have purchased the retail version have said to stay well clear of the game too. (I am a bit of a Squeenix fanboy btw)

Here is the review from Gametrailers, my favourite game review site (not to taken as gospel)

Final Fantasy XIV Video Game | Reviews, Trailers & Interviews | GameTrailers.com

 

Hi, thanks for the reply. I just maxed out the ram because i always have done in the past on my Desktops. Its not for anything extra so if you think just 4 or 6 would do then every little saving helps!

I know theres a lot of bad feeling hanging over 14. Ive been playing it since the Alpha and i see see the problems. Saying i want this laptop specifically for this game was perhaps an exaggeration. It will be used for a lot of games hopefully for a while to come. I just know that many laptops really struggle with ff14 so it must be able to play that to. (Actually playable, not just lag city).

Finally i know ASUS have started using the 1.5GB GeForce GTX in their G53 & G73 machines. How would that compair to the 5850? I dont want to be shelling out money on a Laptop that wont last me a few years.

Thanks for the advice.