FINAL FANTASY XVI

FINAL FANTASY XVI

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Sora Sep 28, 2024 @ 2:17am
RTX 2060 SUPER PERFORMANCE
I have an RTX 2060 Super, 16 GB of RAM and an i5-9600K processor, and the game is a disaster. I can't get more than 30 FPS in game at any setting. high quality or lower settings my FPS never exceeds 25-30 For comparison I can run Warhammer Space Marine 2 perfectly with 80-100 FPS consistently in good quality I've tried. all possible settings for FFXVI........
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Pnume Sep 28, 2024 @ 2:34am 
Did you try to reduce the resolution?

This game is hungry for VRAM and the 2060 Super only has 8 GB which is not future proof to say the least.
fade2black001 Sep 28, 2024 @ 2:43am 
Originally posted by Pnume:
Did you try to reduce the resolution?

This game is hungry for VRAM and the 2060 Super only has 8 GB which is not future proof to say the least.
neither is 24GB honestly
Sora Sep 28, 2024 @ 3:01am 
Yes I tried everything, I have no problem with recent games everything runs perfectly
Sora Sep 28, 2024 @ 3:03am 
with any resolution, or graphics quality, this does not exceed 30 fps , high quality, low quality nothing changes
weiss Sep 28, 2024 @ 3:20am 
Originally posted by Akira:
I have an RTX 2060 Super, 16 GB of RAM and an i5-9600K processor, and the game is a disaster. I can't get more than 30 FPS in game at any setting. high quality or lower settings my FPS never exceeds 25-30 For comparison I can run Warhammer Space Marine 2 perfectly with 80-100 FPS consistently in good quality I've tried. all possible settings for FFXVI........
i have the same (different cpu though)
https://gyazo.com/c118d65538df655fd2a3a5b9a9973067
and the game runs without issues for me, weird.

am playing with all high graphics (except for shadows they are on low) and legacy setting and the game runs for me in stable 60fps 1080p.
the problem which you have is that you want to play this game in stable 120fps (because you´re probably one of those generation types which are FPS spoiled and any lower pops your eyes) a rtx 2060 super will not run this game in 120fps. not even a 30xx or 40xx is capable to do this stable.


Originally posted by Pnume:
Did you try to reduce the resolution?

This game is hungry for VRAM and the 2060 Super only has 8 GB which is not future proof to say the least.
and you have no idea about gpu´s.
a normal 2060 (without the super behind it) has 6GB of video ram.
the rtx 2060 super has 2GB more then the normal 2060, means 8GB of vram. enough for this game.

his problem might be that he has only 16gb of ram.
in my case can my gpu easily ask the ram for a little boost. like my task manager says normal vram 8gb, shared vram and ram 16gb (aka if the gpu needs a bit of support can she poke the ram) and if it goes really worse and 16 gb arent enough can it ask the SSD to help which would be the worst case which would be 24GB but would be bad cause normal ram+SSD/HDD support (expecially the last one) is super slow.
looks like this:
on the top right the normal vram
bellow it the shared vram
and under the 1% is the total if it goes downhill and asks even the SSD/HDD to help (which should never happen lol)
https://gyazo.com/b63b7e8eefe5834ed4d8bc2345642cfb

his gpu can probably not ask for much extra cause his OS with all his background stuff he has running takes already 1~6GB of ram so, he has effectively only 10GB of ram left.
the game never really asks for its full 16gb of ram but its recommended. so you should have atleast frigging 16gb of ram free incase the game ever asks for it+you should have some left incase the gpu asks for it.

when i play FF16 has it the full 8gb occupied and has about 2gb support from the shared ram.
Last edited by weiss; Sep 28, 2024 @ 3:28am
weiss Sep 28, 2024 @ 3:36am 
when i look at my ram while my PC is only doing youtube and nothing else
are about 2gb used from my windows 11 2gb from chrome because youtube and co. then several background tasks (aka windefender, steam, epic stor blablub) has aswell 2~3 gb and 3GB are reserved, which is normal incase ya start something or the system suddenly needs a bit more.
so, i am at a total of 9gb already in use.

so, if i would play with this FF16 with only 16gb of ram .... weeeeeeellllllllllll.
i recomment you to get more ram incase your ram looks similiar to mine. because in this case have you only like 6gb for FF16 which is for what it really wants a joke.
Last edited by weiss; Sep 28, 2024 @ 3:37am
Sora Sep 28, 2024 @ 3:42am 
Originally posted by weiss:
when i look at my ram while my PC is only doing youtube and nothing else
are about 2gb used from my windows 11 2gb from chrome because youtube and co. then several background tasks (aka windefender, steam, epic stor blablub) has aswell 2~3 gb and 3GB are reserved, which is normal incase ya start something or the system suddenly needs a bit more.
so, i am at a total of 9gb already in use.

so, if i would play with this FF16 with only 16gb of ram .... weeeeeeellllllllllll.
i recomment you to get more ram incase your ram looks similiar to mine. because in this case have you only like 6gb for FF16 which is for what it really wants a joke.


do you have a solution, or how much do you block the fps in games for it to work well? I'm really lost I don't know what to do anymore
weiss Sep 28, 2024 @ 4:00am 
Originally posted by Akira:
Originally posted by weiss:
when i look at my ram while my PC is only doing youtube and nothing else
are about 2gb used from my windows 11 2gb from chrome because youtube and co. then several background tasks (aka windefender, steam, epic stor blablub) has aswell 2~3 gb and 3GB are reserved, which is normal incase ya start something or the system suddenly needs a bit more.
so, i am at a total of 9gb already in use.

so, if i would play with this FF16 with only 16gb of ram .... weeeeeeellllllllllll.
i recomment you to get more ram incase your ram looks similiar to mine. because in this case have you only like 6gb for FF16 which is for what it really wants a joke.


do you have a solution, or how much do you block the fps in games for it to work well? I'm really lost I don't know what to do anymore
my game is locked to 60fps.
because i am well aware of the fact that my cpu and gpu would never be able to reach 120fps.

iunno whats different though.
the only thing which is between my and your rig different is:
i have an AMD 2600x and i have 32GB of ram, while you have only 16gb.

again, listen.
when you open your task manager can you already see how much ram is in use.
so, you may think you have 16GB of ram for FF16 but ... you really dont. alone windows takes 2GB away to operate properly.

you could kill all your background stuff but then you still have the problem that windows always reserves 2~3GB of ram for emergency situations. so, you will have always atleast 5GB in use. so, you have in the best case only 9GB of ram for FF16.

then you need to take into account that when you play FF16 is your gpu fully in use (aka all the 8gb of vram) BUT your OS takes already some vram aswell for the UI, windows overlay and blablub. so, your gpu will definitly ask support from your ram aswell.

in anycase, even if you get more ram can i tell you that a rtx 2060 super will not achieve what you want with this game. your wish of 120fps will simply not happen with this game.

just lock the game to 60fps so it does not try to stress your gpu with more then it can handle and use the legacy framerate generation. thats what i do. DO NOT USE FSR ONE or ya have ghosting of doom <_<.

a friend of mine has a similiar build like you but he has 24gb of ram but same speccs, he plays only on medium graphic settings tho o_o. but he has aswell 60fps not, stable tho.

btw cutscenes are in FF16 always 30fps unless you use the mod which removes that lock. so, dont flip if you have in a cutscene only 30fps xD.
weiss Sep 28, 2024 @ 4:14am 
like here
this is my taskmanager after i started the game
and being ingame
https://gyazo.com/087b79e543090d856d735623d94bc63f
like you can see gpu wise (and it will eventually max out as soon i am in battle) is the vram nearly full and has already nearly 1gb as support requested from the shared ram.
and i exceed already your 16gb of ram aswell.
i would just simply say, you need more ram but, i can tell you aswell that FF16 as PC port is not really good optimized.
so yea =(

some are just simply lucky like me and can play the gamr atleast at 60fps fine ... others (even with a 4090 gpu) have the same issues like you even tho their gpu´s are much more powerfull then mine/yours.
Last edited by weiss; Sep 28, 2024 @ 4:23am
Sora Sep 28, 2024 @ 4:27am 
thank you very much for taking your time to help me, I will see what I can do for myself

I hope they will make another patch soon....
C1REX Sep 28, 2024 @ 4:36am 
Make sure you have XMP on and your RAM is working at full speed in dual channel. Otherwise you can be CPU bottlenecked.

Multiple YT benchmarks proof it's possible to get stable 60fps with upscaling and framegeneration on 2060super.

However, the game seems to be nvme speed sensitive. Make sure no backgraund tasks are running and you have the latest GPU and motherboard drivers. RAM needs to work properly at full speed and hopefully above 3000Mt/s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTRdZg2cl-o
Last edited by C1REX; Sep 28, 2024 @ 4:41am
Chrost Sep 28, 2024 @ 5:24am 
Its strange, every time is see people complaining about performance, mostly with better gfx cards i have. maybe its more dependent on motherboard and PSU. I build my PC's myself and always get OC motherboards from ASUS and 80-plus gold PSU's which have better capacitors than the normal ones, and building PC's your own is way cheaper too. just requires a bit of research. My gfx card is just a RTX 2070 SUPER.
Last edited by Chrost; Sep 28, 2024 @ 5:26am
The Big Z Sep 28, 2024 @ 10:51am 
Not that it's the end all be all but according to the Store page you are below the recommended specs for 1080p 60fps for both your CPU and GPU. The store page recommends a 2080, you have a 2060S. Recommended CPU is a 10700, you have a 9600K, which can offer similar performance, but only when it comes to applications that don't benefit from the extra cores and hyper threading.
Shadowlet Sep 28, 2024 @ 11:30am 
According to MSI over 20GB of RAM is being used. Sooo.. yeah..
Shadowlet Sep 28, 2024 @ 11:34am 
Originally posted by C1REX:
Make sure you have XMP on and your RAM is working at full speed in dual channel. Otherwise you can be CPU bottlenecked.

Multiple YT benchmarks proof it's possible to get stable 60fps with upscaling and framegeneration on 2060super.

However, the game seems to be nvme speed sensitive. Make sure no backgraund tasks are running and you have the latest GPU and motherboard drivers. RAM needs to work properly at full speed and hopefully above 3000Mt/s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTRdZg2cl-o

This is just the demo though..
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Date Posted: Sep 28, 2024 @ 2:17am
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