FFXI Settings For New PC

A few weeks ago I created a thread asking for help in choosing a new PC that I'd use only to run FFXI and nothing else (under the premise that I'm a total PC dummy). I bought said pc and it arrived yesterday (yay!). Anyhow I install FFXI last night while sleeping and wake up this morning and am trying to get my settings right but it seems that whatever I choose my FFXI comes out looking like a SNES game, all grainy and pixely (on a positive note I just ran through Port Jeuno and maintained my 29fps, Yay!). Anyhow... my screen is 21.5" LCD, 16:9, and 1920x1080. Windows 7 is set at 1920x1080 (which in display properties has "recommended" next to it). I start up windower in 1920x1080 and my game timewarps back to 1990 graphics wise. The menus look great, just the character looks awful. I tried a few other settings and get the same results. Any advice on how to get my game looking awesome like some of the screenshots I see on this sight?

you can only try with oversampling, doubling the background resolution in the registry or using windower gui.

http://ffxi.gamerescape.com/wiki/Graphics

How much oversampling is recommended? I tried X2 and still looked bad. Then tried X3 and I look like this :/



edit: fyi I'm using windower GUI

I don't think you're doing it right :x

Stay away from the windower settings first. Open the FFXI Config (in your start menu with POL/FFXI,etc) and change/save those,and THEN mess around with the windower ones

And once in game dont forget to change your aspect ratio

I know q.q

i always just did the regedit and changed 0003 to 3840 and 0004 to 2160 and it was set.

This did the trick and I'm looking pretty good right now ^.^ After work tonight I'll play around with it a bit more and do some fine tweaks. Anyhow thanks all for the advise, it is super appreciated.

Np!