Recommended settings and performance in beta

[Chrisax]

Official information from Devs

For the TSW Beta there are a couple of things to keep in mind from a performance perspective:

- For older cards like the Geforce 8800, DX9 may have higher framerate than DX10

- For newer cards that are DX11 capable, DX11 may have higher framerate than DX9

- Running in full screen is generally faster than running in windowed mode

- Your default gfx settings [which TSW applies first time you launch] may not be optimal and you are strongly encouraged to change them

- Depending on your PC hardware, we recommend you run TSW at the following settings (or whichever is closest to what your PC hardware and monitor supports):

• Ultra@1920x1080: 3.0 GHz Quad core, nVidia GTX 560 Ti / ATI 6950 with 1536MB+
  High@1600x1200: 3.0 GHz Quad core, nVidia GTX 460 / ATI 5850 with 1024MB+
  Medium@1280x1024: 3.0 GHz dual core CPU, nVidia 8800 GTX / ATI 3870 with 512MB+
  Low@1024x768: 2.4 GHz dual core CPU, nVidia 8800 GT / ATI 3850 with 512MB+
  
  • Special note for 32-bit OS:
    * On 32-bit OS, you can only set Low and Medium settings
    
    Special note for 64-bit OS:
    * On 64-bit OS, you can only set High and Ultra provided you have enough video memory
    * The video memory requirements (up to 1600x1200 resolution) are:
    ** Low and Medium: 512 MB VRAM
    ** High: 1024 MB VRAM
    ** Ultra: 1536 MB VRAM

Keep in mind that we will patch out both art and code optimizations as the beta progresses, so performance will improve as we get closer to launch