(09-10-2013, 07:56 PM)Jove Wrote:I see. Thanks anyway for the confirmation that it isn't my computer, because if it was, it would probably take ages to get fixed right now (the place where I send it for repairs/component installations is currently swamped since everyone got back from vacation and found their computers in varying states of disarray).(09-10-2013, 07:40 PM)Mysth Wrote:(09-10-2013, 09:54 AM)Moondoggie Wrote:(09-05-2013, 12:20 PM)Mysth Wrote: Is anyone else having a bunch of latency and graphic bugs after the maintenance? I have shimmering shadows/brightness and textures in all the window modes, and sometimes it appears as if a "sliver" of a texture randomly hovers in the air. Most recently, it was like a cone of bright Ul'dah building exterior texture through the bed when I logged out.
I don't get it, everything worked fine on the highest setting on a 60fps cap. Now it is all buggy at even the lowest settings/30fps cap.
My temps are 30-40 degrees Celsius and all my drivers are up to date, so it can't be that. Plus, it started today, and seemed to be fine yesterday (was there another maintenance? I didn't get any notification in that case). Antivirus is ordered to keep its mitts away from anything to do with FFXIV, and port forwarding didn't help. Nor does Game Booster.
My system benchmarks at 14833 (extremely high) when I have all the settings at the highest in full screen, so it should be able to handle everything.
Would need details about hardware your computer has. Also if you use any overclocking and boost programs for your graphics card.
For what it's worth i've noticed a couple of crashes related to certain elements. Might be that some stuff needs updating to work with the engine will do some research on that. It appears to be definitely more on their end though as far as a programming error. Maybe they'll solve it soon.
System details:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit (6.1, build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130318-1533)
Intel® Core™ i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz
16366.664MB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690(VRAM 4014 MB) 9.18.0013.2049
I use Noctua NF-A15 with an extra fan for cooling (from what I could gather, this was the best possible cooler for my system).Â
I use a Samsung SSD 140 PRO for my games, and it's pretty new, but used enough to know that it works like it should (Skyrim, even with cells upped to 7 instead of 5, and with a bunch of HD mods and heavy ENBs loads in a split second, and runs stable and with good temps).
Also, it was checked by some computer professionals after the fan installation (the latest one) and stress-tested a lot, and came out stable.
Only FFXIV causes any problems (and I have a lot of stuff that can cause problems if there's a hole in the system somewhere).
No overclocking since I don't want to risk any overheating or undue stress on the components (but if it fixes these issues, I could overclock CPU to 4GHz), maybe in the future, but right now, it can handle all the games on maximum settings, even with Extra Ultimate Extreme HD MODS ™.
I've heard that both Nvidia and AMD systems have problems, so it's probably a problem from S-E's side. Alternatively, I've heard that it might be fixed with Directx 11.
Also, I had a BSoD crash that indicated FFXIV yesterday (but none since then). And flickering seems to definitely appear if I let the log in screen be on for a while (like one or two times through the intro movie), while if I log in almost directly it constrains itself to shimmers of the in-game graphics (the slivers of random textures hovering in midair seems to be gone).
I hope the 12 September maintenance can fix some of these issues.
I wouldn't overclock, your system should be running at 60+ pretty much all of the time with those specs.
I've actually researched into this, because I feel like my game is also running quite poorly compared to other games I can run on high no problem, and it seems there's a few threads of people who have noticed a sudden performance drop on their clients. Unfortunately I didn't see any solutions for this problem.
The fact though that your game was working flawlessly is proof that your computer can handle it, and from what you described it sounds like there's a glitch that's severely impacting your performance (possibly a memory leak).
Also rereading your initial post, I've just realised that I get the same weird glitches too! My game has crashed a few times due to a system error now. I've had the same client since phase 4 and I've been meaning to do a reinstall to see if it fixes anything (although I'm tempted to just reinstall win7 for that ultra clean feeling).
So, sorry but I don't have a solution. Although you're definitely not the only one and it's not something that's wrong with your machine.
Ah well, fingers crossed for 12th Sept. maintenance.
