dx11

[Ryans]

I gained about 15 frames switching from maximum dx9 to max dx11. The reflective surfaces is the biggest thing I've noticed so far. I only got to play for 20 minutes since early access though.

[Freyt]

I noticed Ifrit Egi and Titan Egi look shinier.

Haven't paid attention to anything else.

[Catwho]

Pharos Sirius and Hullbreaker Isle both look breathtaking now. We had to stop and just admire the glittery water in a few places.

[Darkobra]

I tried DX11 but found that it significantly lagged out the game on my system. I run an i7 CPU at 3.2G and a Radeon HD 5800 Vid Card. I know that the Video Card was one of the first ones sold to support DX11.

What is the bottleneck? Would I get good DX11 performance with a new Video card or is my CPU holding me back?

It is definitely your card. It's outdated.

[Atoli]

The water, the lighting, the reflections, it all looks so pretty <3
Everything is smoother now, too, although the diffrence is not big in that area.

Something I do not understand is HBAO. With the maximum setting (HBAO+) it looks slightly better than HBAO, but I drop down 40(!), yes, FOURTY fps.
That's just messed up. With HBAO, I have no trouble staying at up to 80 fps unless it's something like S Hunts or the equivalent of HW, but when I switch to HBAO+, the highest I get is 40 fps, which, of course still is enough to play smoothly most contents, especially instanced ones, but I dislike not hitting 60 ._.