Final Fantasy XIV releases new Gridania assets

All of the above XD

well if you havent been in OB then you have not seen the massive improvements that it has made no the game wont run on a low computer but come on if you havent upgraded then its time too cuz alot of games coming out will need a high to med end comp. The game has come along way since closed beta, the UI is running alot smoother along with crafting etc. and all of the stuff SE mention that will be on in release date is goin to be awesome ! also NM's are back hell yea, UI will be waay better improved upon release ! Also for you to hope for a 14 day free trail that wont happen for a loooong time all that does is make it ALOT easier for RMT's to join the game and help with the transfer's of there dirty money skeem's to make them rich and to sell to all the dirty players that choose to buy their gil instead of actually working for it. Also the game actually makes you feel like you actually worked for something when making gear, almost like FFXI now to hope it feels the same when completing a quest like FFXI did only way to find that out is on release !. Also SE stated that they only release 10% of the game in OB they just wanted to test stuff and keep all the good stuff for release soo its still fresh, the game is goin to be fantastic I cant freaking wait !! next week is the 22nd and I of coarse got CE.

I read this over on IGN, not too sure what kind of results it will yeild, but maybe worth reposting here.

Disable DEPTH OF FIELD and AMBIENT OCCLUSION for a significant performance boost.

But see, your comp's graphics "muscles" are considerably bigger than mine, and its discouraging to think that the point of entry is so high. Even if everyone interested would be willing to upgrade, the number of ppl who can is less, and even less for the undecideds, high sys reqs i fear will stop alot of people from trying.

Is your Buffer set to "Double", or really, higher then just "Resolution"? That was my problem.

The buffer setting isn't what you think. Do a search for what it does on google. Anyways, if you want v-sync, use your ait or nvidia control panel to force it on. Leave buffer at 'resolution'.

Also, on my system, when I switched the back buffer from "double" to "resolution" the speed of the UI quadrupled.

The graphics code in the Beta isn't optimized at all. For one, it doesn't utilize SLI by default; you need to set that manually in the Nvidea control panel. After I figured out to do that my FPS literally doubled. A lot of people even with higher end systems are having trouble, and after much tweaking and experimentation it appears that the problems lie with the game code and the video drivers. Here's hoping all these issues will be ironed out before release. Also, keep in mind the game is capped at 60 fps for the moment.

I have almost the same machine.

Video Settings Tab
window size: 1900x1200
display mode: full screen
multisampling: 4x MSAA
buffer size: resolution
shadow detail: low

Graphics Tab
ambient occlusion: off
depth of field: on
texture quality: high
texture filtering: highest

Extra In-Game Settings
character shadows: on
dust effects: on
extended drawing: off
physics: on

The game looks stunning and runs smoothly for me. I used this guide to help me choose what settings to use.

http://www.ffxivcore.com/tutorials/article/6-ffxiv-graphical-settings-guide/

I had to play with the setting for an hour logging in and out to see what effect each of the changes I made had on the game. Squeenix is really bent on driving away everyone except those who really really want to play their game. Any other game it takes maybe 5 minutes, if that, to optimize graphics. But it is pretty.