Sadishist Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 And get good FPS at the same time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourTwent Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I did on my newer video card. sadly that broke last night so i've had to revert back to my old one. but yes, I did. they improved shadows a lot in the last update i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFKGCWBOT Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I did on my newer video card. sadly that broke last night so i've had to revert back to my old one. but yes, I did. they improved shadows a lot in the last update i think The shadows broke your video card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychoeffbunny Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I do, most of my settings are at maximum in game, graphics card itself is set to default settings. I get between 40 and 120 fps in pvp, space combat, fleet deck, and worlds. Specs if you're curious: ASRocks Extreme 4 Z77 mobo Corsair Vengence 8 Gb (2x4) @ 1600 Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.4 GHz Sapphire Vapor X HD5770 Win7 x64 Home Premium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterdaemon Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Yes on a GTX485M w/ 4GB video ram. No on a GT620M w/ 2GB. I find I don't miss them when they are set to low. Other details are more important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WookieIsshe Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 And get good FPS at the same time? Yes, I get between 85 and 100 fps on my system. I am using a GT 560ti card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonolithic Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Shadows are a joke in this game. There's an invisible bubble around the camera (not your character) that on high settings has the same annoyance as the grass in this game. Set your camera distance to max in options and look at your player shadow. Zoom out and about midway the shadows devolve from the "new improved shadows" to blobbed old shadows. All that work in the game to break it for a lot of people and be so utterly half arsed anyway. So if you play with your camera at max distance you don't ever even see the improved shadows... brilliant Bioware... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafaman Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Yup. Have everything maxed out. Got a nice rig with a nice video card. I'm running at close to 90 fps on average. The shadows look great on Belsavis btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanCP Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Shadows are a joke in this game. There's an invisible bubble around the camera (not your character) that on high settings has the same annoyance as the grass in this game. Set your camera distance to max in options and look at your player shadow. Zoom out and about midway the shadows devolve from the "new improved shadows" to blobbed old shadows. All that work in the game to break it for a lot of people and be so utterly half arsed anyway. So if you play with your camera at max distance you don't ever even see the improved shadows... brilliant Bioware... It was the same in Rift's engine. Pretty shadows up close, sad shadows up far. This is nothing unique, yet annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourTwent Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 (edited) The shadows broke your video card? lol i wouldn't be surprised. but naaaa, i think i was just watching a tv show on vlc. it went to white screen and then the monitor said no video source. Yup. Have everything maxed out. Got a nice rig with a nice video card. I'm running at close to 90 fps on average. The shadows look great on Belsavis btw. shadows look great. . .on the ground. shadows on(not of, on. like shadows that get shown on you when you walk under a tree or something) the actual character are really pixelated Edited November 3, 2012 by FourTwent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonolithic Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 It was the same in Rift's engine. Pretty shadows up close, sad shadows up far. This is nothing unique, yet annoying. No doubt. Hence why I don't play Rift anymore. Rift also had 3 zones but the zones where on the player character and not the camera if I recall correctly. Something also funny was if a shadow was animated it would act accordingly as you looked at the object but when you turned your back the shadow froze lol. Uniqueness isn't in question. Pathetic implementation of an "upgrade" to a system is. Personally I'm left with a why bother if you aren't going to do it right. Rift may have done it wrong as well but another game that's older then both Rift and SWTOR put together can get it done in a much better fashion so excuses are just that... excuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMKSED Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 You need an i7 to run this game with shadows and get a decent amount of FPS. AMD's CPUs just aren't cutting it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazielHex Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) And get good FPS at the same time? I've never had any performance issues with this game; run everything on maximum, and always have. I've been using a single Radeon 6950/ i7-2600@3.4GHz Edited November 4, 2012 by RazielHex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovethebeard Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 You need an i7 to run this game with shadows and get a decent amount of FPS. AMD's CPUs just aren't cutting it anymore. using an i5 and a gtx 580 nvidia and have around 90 - 120 fps all the time. no need for an i7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netslayer Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 everything maxed out including shadows at 2560x1440 solid 60fps. AA turned off because it is not necessary with this resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMKSED Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 using an i5 and a gtx 580 nvidia and have around 90 - 120 fps all the time. no need for an i7. Should have been more specific and said Intel. AMD CPUs are able to run with shadows on but you're going to be dipping into the 20-30s FPS wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketchum Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I have everything on high. I can even listen to music and run through the internet at the same time and the game runs smoothly, that is if there aren't 200 people in the zone... which is why I don't like going to the fleet on my server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discosoc Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 You need an i7 to run this game with shadows and get a decent amount of FPS. AMD's CPUs just aren't cutting it anymore. The CPU isn't going to be a big bottleneck at all for shadows. I'm running an i5 with everything maxed. My graphics card is a GTX490 though, which is the reason why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mphill Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) You need an i7 to run this game with shadows and get a decent amount of FPS.. This is incorrect. Edited November 5, 2012 by mphill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morfius Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 You need an i7 to run this game with shadows and get a decent amount of FPS. AMD's CPUs just aren't cutting it anymore. Only thing that may lead you in need of fastest CPU in MMO is high number of players in same zone... not some graphic fluffs. And this is not only here, slow CPU is bottleneck in WoW, STO, MxO & so on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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