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by Dr. Ian Cutress on November 5, 2020 9:01 AM ESTGaming Tests: Final Fantasy XIV
Despite being one number less than Final Fantasy 15, because FF14 is a massively-multiplayer online title, there are always yearly update packages which give the opportunity for graphical updates too. In 2019, FFXIV launched its Shadowbringers expansion, and an official standalone benchmark was released at the same time for users to understand what level of performance they could expect. Much like the FF15 benchmark we’ve been using for a while, this test is a long 7-minute scene of simulated gameplay within the title. There are a number of interesting graphical features, and it certainly looks more like a 2019 title than a 2010 release, which is when FF14 first came out.
With this being a standalone benchmark, we do not have to worry about updates, and the idea for these sort of tests for end-users is to keep the code base consistent. For our testing suite, we are using the following settings:
- 768p Minimum, 1440p Minimum, 4K Minimum, 1080p Maximum
As with the other benchmarks, we do as many runs until 10 minutes per resolution/setting combination has passed, and then take averages. Realistically, because of the length of this test, this equates to two runs per setting.
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All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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Qasar - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
or PEBCAK :-)Qasar - Sunday, November 8, 2020 - link
ug.... PEBKACSpunjji - Monday, November 9, 2020 - link
It works both ways! :DSlash3 - Saturday, November 7, 2020 - link
The only real snag is for Ryzen/TR users wanting to install on a RAID volume, as doing so requires loading three individual drivers not provided by the Windows boot media (RCBottom, RCRAID, RCCFG). Without these the drives won't be visible, where with Intel's RST they will be visible without additional steps.It's not a common configuration for regular users, but worth mentioning as it's not always obvious and nobody reads instructions these days.
Tomatotech - Monday, November 9, 2020 - link
Friends don’t let friends install boot OSes on RAID disks. Anything goes wrong, dead drive etc, you’re fucked.Often the specific repair tools required to repair the RAID are on the OS partition that you need to access before repairing the RAID, but you can’t access it until you’ve repaired the RAID... and round and round you go.
Seen it happen at a couple of businesses that hired shitty IT consultants.
Spunjji - Monday, November 9, 2020 - link
Yup. Only ever worth doing on servers that have a RAID-aware BIOS and, ideally, some sort of integrated lifecycle controller with the drivers available.On a consumer-grade desktop system (i.e. not workstation) there is less than no point.
dagobah123 - Friday, November 6, 2020 - link
These are not meant to be CPUs with on-board (integrated) GPUs. AMD has those, they are APUs e.g. 3400G, 3750G). The 5000 series APUs will come next year. Also, as other have stated above there's no difference in setting up an AMD vs. Intel system. Microsoft includes the drivers you need to get going, but of course with any build do update them once you're up and running. I've had both 10+ Intel and AMD systems over the years and certainly no stability issues ever related to the CPU, Intel or AMD.Kent T - Friday, November 6, 2020 - link
There seem to be something wrong in the GIMP app opening chart. Can it really be, that all the biggest and most expensive CPU's are the absolute slowest at more than half a minute? And besides that, I have a 3770 non-K, and on Linux Mint 20 it takes a little less than 3 seconds to open GIMP 2.10. Except the first time after installing, it took 8 seconds.supdawgwtfd - Friday, November 6, 2020 - link
Read the article. The answer is right thereKent T - Friday, November 6, 2020 - link
Yeah, just saw it, my bad