08.07.2009, 06:46
A note on the FPS:
I did some more tests and this time I focused on increasing the VRAM usage. My video card has only 256Mb of VRAM, so by using hirez textures and increasing AA and AAA both to 6X I can max out my VRAM and make the game stutter. At that point, enabling my mod does cause a slight framerate drop because my water normal map textures are 16Mb in size, whereas the stock textures are only 4Mb, and from what I've read it seems that normal maps are not usually compressed in video games.
So if you're already very close to your VRAM limit then this mod can hurt your FPS a little. Otherwise, no FPS drop.
I did some more tests and this time I focused on increasing the VRAM usage. My video card has only 256Mb of VRAM, so by using hirez textures and increasing AA and AAA both to 6X I can max out my VRAM and make the game stutter. At that point, enabling my mod does cause a slight framerate drop because my water normal map textures are 16Mb in size, whereas the stock textures are only 4Mb, and from what I've read it seems that normal maps are not usually compressed in video games.
So if you're already very close to your VRAM limit then this mod can hurt your FPS a little. Otherwise, no FPS drop.