Those settings are absolutely terrible across the board. They should all be at 4.0 except for Effects Detail at 3.8. You have a 1080, for Gaia’s sake, not Intel HD Graphics. Even my old 580 could pull that off at 1080p.
Comparatively, with everything on 4 or even 3.8, game play is not as smooth. Visually, I don’t see much of a difference, other than water and personal ability effects. Though my machine can handle Ultra settings, I find that my current changes play very smooth. Suggestions that I read on other sites, indicate that settings of 4 may be glitchy, regardless of the hardware.
This is mine lol
windows 7
AMD 3.9ghz
Nvidia GT 640
Just a regular 1TB Hard Disk
Display: 1920 x 1080
windowed borderless
no motion blur or ssao or anti alias
DX9
With Vsync on, I am usually at 60FPS. I use this setting, to keep my system cooler. Occasionally it will drop to 30-40 FPS while in Agartha. Without my current settings, I will usually see hitching. Had the same issue with TSW. Might be AMD related, not sure.
For reference, frame drops while just walking around the world has been an ongoing issue for a lot of people. https://tinyurl.com/y2umy95w
And what’s the problem with that? Maybe my expectations are lower and/or tolerances are higher. But anything above 30 feels fine to me for a game like this.
It could be several things. Windows version, drivers, a different video card might work better, heat. I know the fog/mist/lights in some of the smaller quest instances would drive my FPS and heat through the roof.
My 1060 seems to be handling near-max settings at 1080p just fine, too. But as I said, maybe I’m just not as sensitive. Anything above 30 is fine for me in a game like this. And I’m definitely not getting any tearing. That I’d notice.
