Ever thought the new textures let the graphic card adjust the quality in a bigger scale then today?

The client we got today operates with textures and high-polygon stuff which kinda looks good regardless of the settings (if we look away form the abysmal settings which gives little to none performance boost and makes your game look like porrige smeard over your screen)

We don't know anything for certain, but the "standard" settings might look worse then the standard we have now, but high or ultra might look better then anything we can achieve today