which settings eat up fps?

[SeñorJeff]

I'm running the game and 1440 at max settings and im running around 90 fps. what settings do i turn down for an fps boost

[Hobo Misanthropus]

Play in 720 P that'll do it.

[LeftPaw]

I would like to know this as well. I have messed with a few settings but am not sure if they are having much effect. My goal is a solid 100 fps without the visuals taking to much of a hit.

[Kitsune]

The biggest loss is SSAO, I would argue. Screen Space Ambient Occlusion, it improves shadows to be more realistic.

[LeftPaw]

Shadows I found are pretty bad unless you have them on high. I would preflare to shut them down completely but don't see the option.
I think it's shadow cascade that makes everything flicker. It's not the best engine for graphics.

[Jin-]

- Reflections only at max
- Transparent lightning this one is a huge
- Nvidia shadows

Those ones are the biggest ones

[MOSLEY]

Resolution is the biggest killer. Are you trying to run 1440p/144hz?

If you can't run FFXIV at 1440p/144hz then I don't think the monitor was a wise investment.

[tankanidis]

anything to do with shadows and light bouncing off stuff in option will kill lesser GPU's in most MMO's due to high volume of stuff around you

Also make sure you change settings to not see non-party player animations, that one is a huge saver

party to simple

ALL for your own skills

[weiss]

did we reached the point where eyes start to bleed when the FPS is not 120? .... xD
i thought the magic number is 60

[Walkerk19]

Originally posted by tankanidis:

anything to do with shadows and light bouncing off stuff in option will kill lesser GPU's in most MMO's due to high volume of stuff around you

Also make sure you change settings to not see non-party player animations, that one is a huge saver

party to simple

ALL for your own skills

First time doing Alliance Raid
I was blinded due to many skill effects happening, I couldn't get to see bosses hitbox and AoE attack.

[weiss]

Originally posted by Walkerk19:

Originally posted by tankanidis:

anything to do with shadows and light bouncing off stuff in option will kill lesser GPU's in most MMO's due to high volume of stuff around you

Also make sure you change settings to not see non-party player animations, that one is a huge saver

party to simple

ALL for your own skills

First time doing Alliance Raid
I was blinded due to many skill effects happening, I couldn't get to see bosses hitbox and AoE attack.

thats why the game has a normal setting and a setting for when you go into dungeons/raids. just saying. no reason to complain about when the game gives you literarly the option to avoid it ^^.

[Kamen Gamer Retro]

Originally posted by SeñorJeff:

I'm running the game and 1440 at max settings and im running around 90 fps. what settings do i turn down for an fps boost

FFXIV is a bit more power hungry being an MMO then normal games, but I run at 1440p ultra wide, so I know your pain.

First off, if you have Free-Sync / G-Sync, turn that crap off, then set a cap for your FPS in your GPU settings for your max FPS of your monitor.

Now for FF, there are a few you can turn down, and you wont notice much of a difference, first set your preset from Max to High desktop

then check your FPS, if it is still "low" then change
"shadow resolution" to 1024p

if you still need more FPS, change
"screen space Ambient Occlusion" to Strong

Your video card also matter much here, you are running in 1440p, what is your GPU?