Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

[Wise Donkey]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

I've seen mention of game profiles but have not been able to find any to disable. I'll look some more.

[neighbortaru]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

WD, have you tried disabling the game optimization profiles?

[Wise Donkey]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

New Nvidia drivers for FFXI.

I appreciate the effort, but that thread is years old and I didn't see my card, or any of the new GTX cards, listed anywhere in it.

[DakAttack]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

New Nvidia drivers for FFXI.

[Kailea]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

mmmm that worries me, because I was getting ready to buy one of those cards for my gamer rig, but yeah, try shutting off anything "extra" that your video card might be doing. If no go on that, then try the driver downgrade.

[Wise Donkey]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 930 @ 2.80GHz, 2801 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 0404, 6/14/2010
Adapter Type GeForce GTX 460, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Adapter RAM 1.00 GB (1,073,741,824 bytes)
Driver Version 8.17.12.6658

I am having issues. Trying to return to the game, I am running FFXI through the Steam client. FFXI "runs" but there is random graphical weird stuff going on. Warped or disappearing backgrounds, color washouts, etc. Nothing crashes, but it becomes unplayable when I can't see where I am or where I am going. Any thoughts or recommendations? Driver downgrade? Thanks for any help.

[Forzando]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

Yeah maybe, but I'd prefer solving this matter without spending if possible ^^ Maybe it isn't even a vibration problem and it's just the whole USB port lagging the game or something for some weird reason. If it turns out I still get freezes without vibration (if I can ever manage to deactivate it) then it'll probably mean something.

Well I don't think I should post in this thread anymore seeing this is a different issue.

Thanks !

[TheGrandMom]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

I wonder if one of the Dualshocks from the PS3 that came without vibration would work?

[Forzando]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

Haha yeah ^^ the things from the event. I'm still a newb and don't know much about what's happening right now.

Also, I solved the problem. I completely deactivated the controller, and guess what. I'm not getting any more freezes. What the hell, yes ? Now I just need to resolve my controller issue I posted outside this thread and see if it really is the vibrations somehow affecting the whole thing <.<

[TheGrandMom]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

Ooooooh! Event mobs! lol

[Raydeus]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

Maybe he is talking about the event mobs. You know, yeeehaw! and stuff.

[TheGrandMom]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

Ok, I know this is off topic but are there new mobs outside of Bastok?? Cows and calves with a herd number? Anyone have a screenshot or something? lol (i.e. this is going to bug the hell out of me!)

[Forzando]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

Thanks for the replies.

I have a NVidia GeForce 9800 GT graphic card. I had the problem a few days ago so I upgraded to the latest drivers, but the problem still remained. I also tried running the game with the lowest settings (ew, really crappy I don't wanna) and it also gave that problem.

Mom, I don't think they're Yagudos, they're Cows and Calfs with a [herd] number. (that's why I called them cows XD)

I'm gonna try and downgrade my drivers if that's possible and see if it solves anything.

EDIT:

Well, I think I solved a part of the mystery. You know, those cows stomp the ground so hard it makes your screen shake. I deactivated the footstep effects (under the Misc.2 options from the config) and my freezes stopped. So did my controller vibrating for that matters. I'm going to have to keep testing later when I have more time on some caster monsters see if it still does freezes.

[Raydeus]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

If you are using Radeon anything above Catalyst driver 9.1 will give you that choppy gameplay. Like I said in another thread, other than that only version 10.3 has somewhat playable performance.

[TheGrandMom]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

Check your gpu drivers. FFXI doesn't play nice. You might need to upgrade or even downgrade drivers. I used a gamepad with my FFXI and never had an issue with vibration and graphical slowdown. You could also try adjusting your settings to see if that helps. Otherwise go into the menu and turn off animations, you won't see the effects of spells and such but it might help with the lag issue.

Are the "big monster cows" the Yagudo? To me they are more like huge turtles than cows...