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Originally Posted by Thr0tt
Specs: Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P | AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE 3.2GHz | XFX RADEON HD 5850 (Latest Cats) CCC | Corsair XMS3 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel | Hanns-G HH281 28" LCD | X-Fi Ultimate Gamer (5.1) | LiteOn DH20A4P DVD-RW | Saitek Cyborg Evo Joystick | Win7 Ultimate
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Biggest hitters in terms of FPS: resolution, SSAO, epilepsy filter and
texture size.
If you're running the last one on "original" you're only setting yourself up for trouble
Try lowering that one a notch or two before you do anything else, i found out that the gain is so big i could actually raise a couple of other settings.
As for the rest, you can compromise on one feature to up another, depending on what you consider important. For example, i have turned down land detail to low because it actually governs how far out from the player the landscape is drawn in high detail (ie, even if you set it to low the land close to you still renders at an acceptable quality). Doing this i've gained a few FPS that i then spent to raise land shading to high because i consider it more important for flying and depth perception (gives better "relief" feel to the terrain thanks to the shadows).
In short, i made my landscape look better by increasing the shadow detail level and i made my PC run it by reducing the distance to which it will render.
There's lots of little tricks like that which can get you good performance without compromising much on visual quality, you just have to experiment with it a bit.