Water shaders cost me 20fps on remagen benchmark

[elegance]

Enabling water shaders is the single biggest fps killer for me on the remagen benchmark. I drop from 75fps to 55fps. THERE ISNT EVEN WATER ANYWHERE IN THE PICTURE!!! There is obviously the river between remagen and unkel but thats completely obscured by buildings.

W7, i7 920@stock, 6Gb, Radeon 4830, Catalyst 10.5a, 1280x1024

Edited May 30, 2010 by elegance

[elegance]

Water shaders cost me 20fps in Heinsberg where there isn't any bloody water anywhere in sight!

[GOPHUR]

This surprises you? Huh.

[elegance]

This surprises you? Huh.

Yes it does. What water is the engine shading in Heinsberg??? Its the single biggest fps killer from all the graphic settings.

[haughtkarl]

*scratches head*

Gophur, why would having water shaders enabled cause a performance drop in an area where there's absolutely no water around?

[micke]

*scratches head*

Gophur, why would having water shaders enabled cause a performance drop in an area where there's absolutely no water around?

DUH!

So there arent piping in the houses?

What do the people in towns drink?

Think man, think!

[munchkin]

*scratches head*

Gophur, why would having water shaders enabled cause a performance drop in an area where there's absolutely no water around?

You haven't realised how this game works. Just because it's not visible doesn't mean it's not rendered...

[elegance]

DUH!

So there arent piping in the houses?

What do the people in towns drink?

Think man, think!

Yeah. Dont forget about the gutation from the leaves! Guess thats what kills the performance when looking at trees. Shading a drop of water on every leaf!

[elegance]

You haven't realised how this game works. Just because it's not visible doesn't mean it's not rendered...

And for munchkin: In Heinsberg??? Is it rendering the river flowing through roermond (30k distance) or what?

But I know what you mean. Big cities, and I think also the fps drop when zooming on trees.

[haughtkarl]

You haven't realised how this game works. Just because it's not visible doesn't mean it's not rendered...

At what range are buildings and terrain objects rendered by the client regardless if the player can see them or not? 6 kilometers?

[munchkin]

And for munchkin: In Heinsberg??? Is it rendering the river flowing through roermond (30k distance) or what?

But I know what you mean. Big cities, and I think also the fps drop when zooming on trees.

It's "only" 10km away...

But I don't remember how far away things are rendered.

[haughtkarl]

It's "only" 10km away...

But I don't remember how far away things are rendered.

LOL then you too don't realize how the game works, chuckle nuts.

[munchkin]

LOL then you too don't realize how the game works' date=' chuckle nuts.[/quote']

*shrugs*

[haughtkarl]

*unzips pants*

[romzburg]

*unzips pants*

HOLD ON!

Is that urine gonna have shaders?

I don't want to lose any more frames.

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motormouth:

Much as Romzy's posting style can give me headaches (and the fact that he's "NEVAR WRONG!!"), that post pretty much nails it on the head.

sgtchief:

romz you['re] my damn hero

sydney:

Ya know, at first Romsburg, you rubbed me the wrong way and I wasn't a fan. But over the past 12 months, you have really grown on me. You're precise, well spoken and although you are sometimes a little harsh, you are most often correct and in proper context with your responses.

irelandeb:

indeed he's one of the few voices of common sense on these forums

pete, linc & julie:

I can't say [any]thing else [than] that the ban was justified considering that you have an 'impressive' TOS history....

owilde:

The only thing worse than being talked about is *not* being talked about.

[matt6767]

HOLD ON!

Is that urine gonna have shaders?

I don't want to lose any more frames.

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oh now that was funny

[elegance]

Can somebody please test this as well? Just do the remagen benchmark with water shader checked in settings and then unchecked and post the results here. Best quality settings otherwise.

[GOPHUR]

*scratches head*

Gophur, why would having water shaders enabled cause a performance drop in an area where there's absolutely no water around?

No water around? Remagen's on a RIVER!

[romzburg]

HEINSBERG, GOPHUR, HEINSBERG!

Its in the 2nd post.

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motormouth:

Much as Romzy's posting style can give me headaches (and the fact that he's "NEVAR WRONG!!"), that post pretty much nails it on the head.

sgtchief:

romz you['re] my damn hero

sydney:

Ya know, at first Romsburg, you rubbed me the wrong way and I wasn't a fan. But over the past 12 months, you have really grown on me. You're precise, well spoken and although you are sometimes a little harsh, you are most often correct and in proper context with your responses.

irelandeb:

indeed he's one of the few voices of common sense on these forums

pete, linc & julie:

I can't say [any]thing else [than] that the ban was justified considering that you have an 'impressive' TOS history....

owilde:

The only thing worse than being talked about is *not* being talked about.

[dvc]

No difference at all checked offline in remagen, dunk and those 2 airfields far southon the map (forgot the names).

[GOPHUR]

Heinsberg is within draw distance of water. Try Schleiden.

[Bacon55]

Occlusion culling in the future maybe?

[DOC]

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[hick]

cannot say, maybe, maybe not ... it would be nice but so would winning the lottery

ie: at this point it would be a guess

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Hey, i can wish for anything right? doesn't mean I should expect it to happen