Worth it turning clouds low?

[bRice153]

I believe it's been documented that Volumetric clouds are the most demanding setting in the game. With everything pretty much maxed and clouds on high I am able to get almost constant 60fps at 1440p with slight random dips at times.

I have a native 4k monitor so to me 4k obviously looks best but 4k is just too demanding for me so I am able to do 1440p and the resolution modifier to 120% which gets me closer to 4k.

I turn clouds to low and my performance is butter with no dips. But I am trying to decide if the performance and crisper visuals are worth turning that specific setting to low.

What am I missing? Is the visual difference night and day? I truthfully don't know what I am looking for and I cant find any comparison images or videos of only that setting.

[CursedPanther]

Originally posted by bRice153:

I cant find any comparison images or videos of only that setting.

Switch between the settings and see for yourself?

[bRice153]

I've tried but the time of day effects clouds I think and I am not really sure what I am looking for. To me the clouds look the same. But maybe I am not looking for the right thing.

[bRice153]

Is it another case of Witcher 3 hairworks where it looks somewhat better but not worth the performance hit?

Or more of a Borderlands 2 PhysX where the difference is night and day and somewhat worth the performance hit?

[👽☣smokeygoesmental☣👽]

its the sunlight in the clouds and stretching in the sky the density you see a good difference between low and medium and between medium and ultra high but medium and high almost look the same

[Keldrath]

Medium still looks good. Ultra doesn't look that much better from medium, but the difference between medium and low is pretty large.

I'd go with medium if you can handle it, otherwise yeah go low.

[EbonHawk]

I have had Low volumetric clouds set now for a long time. I honestly don't care about more interactive clouds (with the wind, I guess?) and more wisps. If this is what Low looks like, I don't care. The performance difference between Low and Med or High is ridiculous, for little gain (in my opinion). I'm staying with Low. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1568752788

[DarlingR]

No, not worth it. Clouds are what make the skies beuatiful. Just limit your frame to 45 and you will never have frame drops, and you can enjoy good sky visuals.

[Shadow♥]

i keep mine on medium because i like taking photos and i can tell the difference between low and medium. but thats my preference.

[bRice153]

Can you guys post some pics or videos between clouds only low vs. medium(everything else max)

[Zeypher]

High is the sweet-point. I saw no gains in performance on my setup when i went below high.

[Shadow♥]

Originally posted by bRice153:

Can you guys post some pics or videos between clouds only low vs. medium(everything else max)

ill get my game going and get something compairing the low vs med for you as soon as i can

[Shadow♥]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1570931133
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1570931098
heres shots of same scene with low and medium clouds. you can see the difference for sure and medium doesnt kill you as much performance wise as high and very high do.

[Tmangus]

I hardly see any difference in performance between low and medium so I keep mine on Medium.

[Shadow♥]

Originally posted by Tmangus:

I hardly see any difference in performance between low and medium so I keep mine on Medium.

yep. and medium looks much better imo.

[Tmangus]

Originally posted by agapewirejewelry:

Originally posted by Tmangus:

I hardly see any difference in performance between low and medium so I keep mine on Medium.

yep. and medium looks much better imo.

Defo. If I could pump it up to high I would but at high I start getting noticeable stutters. I tried it at very high or Ultra, whatever it is, and my fps tanked in the menus before I even got back in the game