Just figured out what Tree Tessellation does

[Freakshow]

So, I'd tried turning the "Tree Tessellation" option on and off a few times before and didn't notice any real difference. Maybe a few times I thought it did something to the branches from a distance but... then I thought it was just me noticing something I hadn't noticed before.

I had looked it up a few times and found a few threads talking about it and no one seemed to have an answer to what exactly it did.

Well, walk right up to a tree and look at the bark. Turn it on. Now look at the bark. Ya can't miss it lol. It gives it way more detail and, well, tessellation. You can see it pretty good while facing the tree and looking at it head on or you can walk right up to it, plant your face in it and look up to really get a look at what the tessellation adds to it.

Neat. Turned it back off because muh RX480 8GB has enough probs with this game :-P

[Harag]

I have it turned off on mine as a guide I followed said it was pointless, how often do you stand right next to a tree...

If your next a large wooded area and you turn it on, does it give you a massive frame drop? I've personally not tested this as I play on a 1080 GPU so prefer better graphics in other areas (terrain, lod etc.)

[Freakshow]

Yeah, I seem to get the same performance hit whether I'm right next to a tree or back off a bit from them. While I do like it now that I know what to look for, the performance hit is just too much considering how hard it is to see (you have to be close to the trees). So I left it off.

It may look better from a distance for people running 4k resolution with TAA off, but for me?... 1920x1080 with TAA on? Well, everything is blurry from a distance lol.

Edit: But, yeah, if you were like me and couldn't quite figure out exactly what it was doing, go stand next to a tree and turn it on just to see the difference. It's minor.. yet huge lol. It adds hundreds of extra polygons or whatever they'd be called in this situation. All the ridges and rows that bark naturally has pop out with it on.. and it is neat. But, again, the performance hit on my rig with the RX480 8GB just isn't worth it for me, personally.

[Sharkon]

it's a nice feature for screenshots but the performance impact is way to huge for daily use.