Texture filter?

[☾⎛sιтєʀ⎞☽]

Can someone post pics of the difference between 4x-16x? I am trying to get the most out of my FPS in the ruined city. It drops to around 48-53 FPS in some spots (then shoots to 60 and back down) even with global illumination from the FAR patch down on high/medium and my shadows on medium (shadows aren't that great in this game anyway). That's with 16x texture filter. With 4x texture filter I get a bit more FPS but if texture filter at 16x is a better noticeable difference, I'll keep it there.

There must be something my eyes aren't catching in a difference between the filter options.

In case anyone is wondering, I'm running 16GB memory, 4.2ghz i5 3570k CPU and a radeon HD7970. I also have borderless gaming running.

[Hued]

The jumps in anisotropic filter has diminishing returns. The difference between 8x and 16x is so minor that it is not worth the performance loss. 4x can be considered a sweet spot, but give 8x a try if you like the appearance of 16x.

Shadows in this game are odd. I can see a difference between High and Medium, but I can't tell a difference between Medium and Low. Haven't checked to see if there is a performance increase between the two lower settings, but there is a difference between High and Medium.

[Kaldaien]

4x AF is performance penalty free on all GPUs manufactured within the past ~12 years, by the way :) There's no reason to set it lower than 4 except for rare circumstances like tile-based games (i.e. Disgaea) where 4x AF may cause texture bleeding.