Comments on: Dispel Confusion – HNMLS and FFXIV Beta

By: Pearlsea

Pearlsea — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:43:47 +0000

For those who think this will never happen. When I played WoW most of our guild along with a few other higher end PvE guilds on our server got invites to the WotLK beta in the same invite wave.

What SE and their great infinite wisdom does is far beyond me but don’t think something like this never happened before for an MMO beta.

By: Michael M

Michael M — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:41:41 +0000

I dont think that will be an issue. One of the questions asked on the app was whether you have played FFXI,participated in beta testing and if you play other mmorpgs. If they choose people that play other ffxi and other mmorpgs that require teamwork,then taking into account the extended beta testing time they say they will be doing,there will be cohesive groups soon enough.

By: Coldblade

Coldblade — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:21:18 +0000

I think it “might” happen but i would/should be LS that have discovered glitches before. Like ones with AV and what not.

By: Ryogo

Ryogo — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:27:35 +0000

We’re all customers. If SE wants people with extensive XI knowledge to beta XIV, that’s what a dev team is for.

By: celestius

celestius — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:39:22 +0000

this would make total sense, as there is a favoured class in game, just try to get a GM to come out to handle a rules violation in HNM areas.

By: Halcyon

Halcyon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:12:03 +0000

i think it would be a great idea actually, better to invite a groupd of dedicated FFXI players than a bunch of WoW-kids who just wanna play an MMO for free and have no interest in the final product.

hopefully there is no open beta, those things are horrible for MMOs imo.

By: andy

andy — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:04:56 +0000

Actually, this is quite plausible. The purpose of beta testing is for users reporting any bugs, glitches, areas that needs fixing. Who best fit the role to discover these things? Dedicated, knowledgeable, experienced FFXI players, and where can be find them? One area would be players involved in LS that requires experience…etc (HNM) so it is possible for SE to invite players from FFXI community as the beta testers. Of course in terms of promotional wise this is not the best, but maybe they will invite some ppl from existing FFXI players

By: Takalo

Takalo — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:53:14 +0000

I really wish it isn’t the case. The last thing I thought was they were promoting casual gaming. Giving codes to HNMLS for FFXIV Beta just didn’t make sense.

Also, from a business sense, they are the people who will most likely play anyway regardless of if they have beta keys or not.

Just my 2c.

By: Kimiko

Kimiko — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:04:44 +0000

Interesting to say the least. So the first hints of high-end system reqs?

By: Gokuboo

Gokuboo — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:37:47 +0000

Not sure where to put this but thought it might be an interesting tidbit. I contacted Nvidia and had some questions about an idea I had and if it was worth the money. Below is the original e-mail I sent followed by the answers.

I’m interested in doing a SLI + dedicated physx set up in my system. I have searched the forums but it is filled with opinions and preferences but I would like facts please.

1). I read an 8-9 series is good enough to run physx but is bigger better? Would I get better performance from a 200 series and up?

2). If I’m playing a game in DirectX 11 do I need my dedicated card running only physx to be DirectX 11 as well?

3). Would I benefit from a dedicated physx card if I’m using SLI with 200 series or higher? (This question may depend on the game and also refers back to question 1.)

4). If a game runs physics on the cpu can the gpu take over and run physx itself instead?

Bonus questions (Please ignore if you like)

*1).Will Nvidia be supporting the game Final Fantasy XIV? Physx, optimized for SLI etc?

*2). When can I get my hands on a Geforce Fermi so that I may bow before it?

Hello Gokuboo,

Thank you for contacting NVIDIA Customer care.

This is Shailendra, assisting you in this query.

I understand that you would like to have information regarding SLI configuration and PhysX card setup in a computer.

I will answer your questions.

1) I read an 8-9 series is good enough to run PhysX but is bigger better? Would I get better performance from a 200 series and up?

Yes, you can use GeForce 8 or 9 series but note that GeForce 200 series is best because you will get the dedicated PhysX processor in GeForce 200 series but you can use the dedicated PhysX card with GeForce 8 or 9 series.

2). If I’m playing a game in DirectX 11 do I need my dedicated card running only PhysX to be DirectX 11 as well?

We are not able to comment on Direct X 11.0 support because it is not released by Microsoft and we don’t have information about the future releases.

3) Would I benefit from a dedicated PhysX card if I’m using SLI with 200 series or higher? (This question may depend on the game and also refers back to question 1.)

GeForce 200 series of graphics card already support PhysX processor therefore, it will be not that much helpful using PhysX card with GeForce 200 series of graphics card in SLI.

4). If a game runs physics on the cpu can the gpu take over and run PhysX itself instead?

In this question I would like to inform you that this depends on the application or game you are using, if a application or game is CPU specific then it is from CPU and if it is GPU specific then PhysX from GPU.

*1).Will NVIDIA be supporting the game Final Fantasy XIV? PhysX, optimized for SLI etc?

Yes, it will work with PhysX and in SLI.

*2). When can I get my hands on a GeForce Fermi so that I may bow before it?

The next generation CUDA architecture, code named “Fermi”, is the most advanced GPU computing architecture ever built. With over three billion transistors and featuring up to 512 CUDA cores, Fermi delivers supercomputing features and performance at 1/10th the cost and 1/20th the power of traditional CPU-only servers.

For more information regarding Fermi please visit the website given below:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/fermi_architecture.html

Please let me know if you have any other query.

Regards,
Shailendra
NVIDIA Customer Care