Low resolution textures on Ultra graphics settings?
I have an RTX 2080 Ti and a high end Threadripper CPU. I can run Metro: Exodus on 1440p Ultra-wide with the Ultra graphics preset and RTX On at around 70-100 FPS quite happily.
However, I'm noticing really low resolution textures around the place. I have annotated some screenshots below (click the thumbnail to load the full-resolution images to see what I mean):
Are there any specific settings I should be looking at to fix this? Bumping the graphics level up to "Extreme" makes it better but it's still fairly obvious (and I lose about 20 FPS). It's breaking the immersion on an otherwise excellent game.
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How do you lower the quality of a texture?
PSA: You can lower the texture quality below "High" and "Medium" to help reduce FPS issues.Does texture quality lower FPS?
Texture quality will have a significant impact on your FPS but ONLY if you don't have enough video memory available. This setting mainly affects the VRAM usage. Most modern games use extra settings such as \u201cModel Quality\u201d and \u201cObject Quality\u201d to tweak the quality of even more specific textures.Should you play on ultra settings?
While we strongly recommend gamers use High settings instead of Ultra in most games, there are still reasons to use Ultra settings. Benchmarking GPUs is one of them, using Ultra places the most stress on the GPU, it will lead to fewer CPU or other system bottlenecks, and that's the best practice for reviewing hardware.Does texture size affect performance?
Texture size should not have any effect on the performance. Texture compression can have a positive impact - the less space a block occupies in memory, the more blocks can be cached at the same time.ULTRA LOW QUALITY Gives AN EXTREME ADVANTAGE.. FULL STOP.
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