HD Graphics on High VS Ultra ?

[Deano]

I run the game with around 80fps with everything on ultra maxed out, with out the HD graphics addon.

But with the HD graphics ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ thing. I get around 40fps maxed out. So would it basically even it out if I ran the game on high settings with the HD addon? Or is one "better" than the other?

TLDR- HD addon on Highish settings VS No HD addon Maxed out

Just curious
Thanks.

[ejandelange]

I think the HD content is only applied if you set textures on ultra....

[LUL XD]

If you put the settings on "Ultra", but do not have the HD texture pack installed, then the game is actually only giving you "High." To get true "Ultra" graphics, you MUST have the pack installed.

[Rafael Freeman]

You question has been answered, but I'll clarify.

The Ultra HD Texture Pack must be installed and Texture Quality has to be set to Ultra for the ultra-texture setting to work. The texture pack alone won't do anything and the 'Ultra' setting without the texture pack will be the same quality as 'High'.

The slowdown most people experience with the texture pack enabled, is almost always related to the video memory. 4GB of video memory is needed. So were talking about an Nvdia GTX 980 or similar AMD card with 4GB. There are some specialized budged cards with 'extra' memory, but these cards tend to struggle to reach 60 frames per second before the texture pack is enabled.

Anyway, you're not missing much. The HD textures only seem to improve the ground and rocks. It looks nice up close, but it's not something that's obvious while playing.

[Deano]

Originally posted by rafaelherschel:

You question has been answered, but I'll clarify.

The Ultra HD Texture Pack must be installed and Texture Quality has to be set to Ultra for the ultra-texture setting to work. The texture pack alone won't do anything and the 'Ultra' setting without the texture pack will be the same quality as 'High'.

The slowdown most people experience with the texture pack enabled, is almost always related to the video memory. 4GB of video memory is needed. So were talking about an Nvdia GTX 980 or similar AMD card with 4GB. There are some specialized budged cards with 'extra' memory, but these cards tend to struggle to reach 60 frames per second before the texture pack is enabled.

Anyway, you're not missing much. The HD textures only seem to improve the ground and rocks. It looks nice up close, but it's not something that's obvious while playing.

Thanks everyone. Yeah I realized the texture pack didn't change much but the foliage/ground after a while. I have a oc'ed gtx 970 and get 60-80 fps with out the pack but only got about 40 with it. So I'm keeping it off.

Thanks everyone for the help though!