Optimizing Graphics

My graphics automatically get set to - High (Laptop). I'm not sure if that's the auto setting for everyone or the game trying to recommend settings for me.

My system is as follows..
GPU: GeForce GTX 660
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K @3.40GHz
Memory: 8GB
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (60Hz)
OS: Windows 8

Can anyone suggest what settings I should run with?

Thanks

You should be able to max out the game with that setup provided you have a good PSU to run your card maxed out, I assume you do though. You will get poor FPS in places but people with much stronger cards have also reported this so I wouldn't be too concerned about that.

Sounds about right to me, are you actually playing on a laptop? if not then switch it to desktop and see what mileage you get, its its not to your liking then you can start scaling things back, I'de start with the HDR renderer, shadows, Occlusion, and shadow resolution, grass also seems to be a large resource hog usually setting that to low nets a pretty nice fps increase and there is still plenty of grass around on that setting if you like it.

go to the bottom right corner of windows go to the battery and make sure its on highest not low or balanced

I'm not sure he's running on a laptop since there is no M next to his gfx card, could be wrong though.

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Originally Posted by oldaric

Can anyone suggest what settings I should run with?
Thanks

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Best way is to play with the settings yourself and see what fps you get. I'd start off at maximum desktop then manually disable certain settings to get an acceptable fps. For me I disabled FXAA because it's not really needed at 1440p resolution. Also disabled the occlusion setting.

Go with Desktop(High) or Laptop(High) which ever one you are running. Should be fine, if it starts to sputter drop a few things to normal or low.

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Originally Posted by animapain

You should be able to max out the game with that setup provided you have a good PSU to run your card maxed out, I assume you do though. You will get poor FPS in places but people with much stronger cards have also reported this so I wouldn't be too concerned about that.

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Oh god no, I run with 2 650's in SLI and a i7 and I can't max the game out (while maintaining reasonable fps).

Shadows and lighting are killer. fps is shown in top right corner of graphics setting window - go to a high traffic area and tweak settings until you're happy. I think I went with FXAA, max textures but simple shadows/lighting (and sit at 55-60fps)

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Originally Posted by mjk

Oh god no, I run with 2 650's in SLI and a i7 and I can't max the game out (while maintaining reasonable fps).

Shadows and lighting are killer. fps is shown in top right corner of graphics setting window - go to a high traffic area and tweak settings until you're happy. I think I went with FXAA, max textures but simple shadows/lighting (and sit at 55-60fps)

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Really? that's odd. My GTX 460 1gb runs at max at 35-50 FPS depending on location which is very good for such an old card. There was also someone who posted earlier that they too have a gtx 660 and run at 60 FPS max with the obvious drop depending on location and people on screen. Also alot of people have said that SLI is not being utilised properly at all,apart from in dungeons.Maybe something you should look in to.

Easily run it on desktop standard. With a lower resolution. Not 1080p, running 1080p in MMO's is suicide.

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Originally Posted by animapain

Really? that's odd. My GTX 460 1gb runs at max at 35-50 FPS depending on location which is very good for such an old card. There was also someone who posted earlier that they too have a gtx 660 and run at 60 FPS max with the obvious drop depending on location and people on screen. Also alot of people have said that SLI is not being utilised properly at all,apart from in dungeons.Maybe something you should look in to.

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Yea, I get about 16-20 fps with 16x AA with max shadows + lighting @ 1900x1080 at the crystal in Gridania. I mean it's playable but anything below 40fps just doesn't feel fluid to me.

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Originally Posted by animapain

You should be able to max out the game with that setup provided you have a good PSU to run your card maxed out, I assume you do though. You will get poor FPS in places but people with much stronger cards have also reported this so I wouldn't be too concerned about that.

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According to the system menu, the fps ranges from 40 to 65 whilst I play on High (Laptop) and also the same when I run on High (Desktop).

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Originally Posted by animapain

I'm not sure he's running on a laptop since there is no M next to his gfx card, could be wrong though.

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Sorry, I did not not say. I am running on a desktop.

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Originally Posted by EmphaticGamer

Sounds about right to me, are you actually playing on a laptop? if not then switch it to desktop and see what mileage you get, its its not to your liking then you can start scaling things back, I'de start with the HDR renderer, shadows, Occlusion, and shadow resolution, grass also seems to be a large resource hog usually setting that to low nets a pretty nice fps increase and there is still plenty of grass around on that setting if you like it.

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Thanks for the tips.

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Originally Posted by animapain

Really? that's odd. My GTX 460 1gb runs at max at 35-50 FPS depending on location which is very good for such an old card. There was also someone who posted earlier that they too have a gtx 660 and run at 60 FPS max with the obvious drop depending on location and people on screen. Also alot of people have said that SLI is not being utilised properly at all,apart from in dungeons.Maybe something you should look in to.

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For me, anything below the refresh of my monitor is what I consider not reasonable (ie. 60fps). 40fps and below is absolutely unplayable for me, I just can't stand it. With a GTX680 at 1440p I can maintain 60fps with VSync about 95% of the time. FATEs tend to drop to the 50's.