In-game texture screwed up?

I noticed a discrepancy when I was looking at the chocobo banners on both my desktop and my alt on the laptop. What struck me as odd was that it looked much worse on my desktop, which had the settings on the highest, instead of just standard on the laptop.

I took some screenshots for comparison:


High:

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2199/highv.png

Standard:

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3153/standard.png


Only difference between the two was the Texture quality setting, everything else is the same:

1920x1200, 8x CSAA, General/Background draw @ 8/5, Shadow @ high, and Texture filtering on Highest.


edit:

other people in my LS was able to replicate the issue, so it's not just my system. As the menu icons and things like water in river/lakes still looks better under the High texture quality setting, I'd venture to guess that the problem is likely limited to the chocobo and the banners, maybe someone accidentally mixed up the texture file for it?

Greetings Aenarion!

I can see why you would be reporting the different texture quality as a bug, and we do appreciate it. We'll be happy to forward the concern to be looked into but first we'll need some more information. Could you please fill out the following details?

Platform:
ISP:
Type of Internet Connection:
Internet Connection Speed:
Date & Time:
Frequency:
Character Name:
Race:
World:
Class/Skill Rank:
Physical Level:
Area and Coordinates:
Party or Solo:
NPC Name:
Monster Name:
In-Game Time:
Steps:
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Thanks!

Platform: PC - Windows 7 64bit Professional
ISP: Wide Open West
Type of Internet Connection: Cable
Internet Connection Speed: 8Mbit
Date & Time: Oct. 11th, 12:30AM
Frequency: Always
Character Name: Aenarion Estelvir
Race: Hyur
World: Lindblum
Class/Skill Rank: Lancer R50
Area and Coordinates: Black Shroud, outside Gridania.
Party or Solo: Both
NPC Name: N/A
Monster Name: N/A
In-Game Time: 14:04
Steps:
1. Set Texture Quality to High
2. Log in game, call chocobo, see low quality chocobo model and banner.
3. Set Texture Quality to Standard
4. Log in game, call chocobo, see higher quality chocobo model and banner, but lower quality water animations and icons in gear menu.

Greetings, Aenarion!
Thank you for taking the time to provide the information that Xophious requested. I have made sure to submit all of your information to the development team, and they will thoroughly investigate this matter, based on your report. Unfortunately, I cannot guarantee that a direct response will be posted on this thread, but I do recommend checking here or here for any details regarding the development team's investigation. Also, since this matter is related to the graphics display, I recommend contacting the the SQUARE ENIX Support Center to see if they may be able to help you find a resolution to this situation. Thanks again for your report!