Troubleshooting Final Fantasy XIV technical problems
Hardware has the tendency to break or to start misbehaving due to various reasons. Troubleshooting bad performance can take a while if you don't know what to look for. Lets go over what can go wrong and how to quickly check for said problems.
Final Fantasy XIV quality presets impact on performance
FF14 has few quality presets - from Max
to standard laptop
. For the most part with increasing quality setting you get bit more detailed shadows and physics on other characters. In terms of performance this can have a significant impact on FPS if you are GPU limited.
Final Fantasy XIV on integrated graphics
Some laptops or small PCs offer only integrated graphics cards without the option of installing a dedicated one. They offer quite low performance but some of them do allow for light gaming, including FF14.
Final Fantasy XIV benchmarks - dedicated GPU performance scaling
FF14 isn't a game that is demanding for the GPU, yet it does require some amount of GPU performance to offer good gaming experience. You won't have to use the latest and greatest graphics cards.
Final Fantasy XIV benchmarks - CPU performance scaling
The are two key aspects of CPU performance in games - single and multi core performance. FF14 and most other games will have a main
core on which all essential tasks will be run. Some other work, like related to managing frame rendering will be often sent to other CPU cores.
Wio Terminal - microcontroller and a LCD screen in a handy case
Wio Terminal is a microcontroller and a 2.4 "LCD screen contained in a handy casing. The device allows you to easily create projects and prototypes based on a microcontroller with a graphic interface and built-in buttons as controls.
Geiger counter for Arduino and smartphones versus uranium glass
Microcontrollers and even smartphones and their apps can use a wide array of sensors including those less obvious like Geiger counters. Simple Geiger counters can be used to showcase natural radioactivity of some objects like glass and ceramics doped with uranium compounds, old glowing in the dark clock dials and more.
Quick look at Omegon veTEC 432 M camera
Lets take a look on Omegon veTEC 432 M camera for deep space astrophotography - big mono pixel and a medium sized sensor.
World of Warcraft on handheld and UMPC devices
With the release of Steam Deck handheld console there was a rise in interest of playing WoW and other games on the go on a handheld device. Such form factor devices are already available on the market although they are a bit of a niche, lets look at what's available.
Performance and hardware comparison of Final Fantasy XIV and World of Warcraft
There is a lot of comparison between WoW and FF14 lately. You can compare Y'shtola to Y'shaarj and so on but today I've tried to compare the performance and hardware/software characteristics of both game. Let's do some benchmarks.
