ive just halfed all the scenery based texture. and theres definetly some difference ! loading time has been cut to about 1/4 of the original time and ingame the stutter is reduced for me so far(but not eliminated). i think if i reduce the normal map details to half too and well nobody could actually argue against the performance increase v visual loss. i dont appear to be getting any FPS increase however. another aspect im seeing is a smoother scenery visually.

conclusion so far is that there is severe strain going on somwhere .possibly an issue with how these textures are being streamed in and out of the memory and not so much the amount of texture calls for massive files.

i was fine with medium before, now when i set high with the reduced texture pack, i get that similar improvment in performance with medium, but it definetly looks nicer. this will be an optional mod for sure guys benneficial for some, controvertial for others.