Force Ambient Occlusion for PSO2 on NVidia cards

[Zaix]

Is this even remotely possible with ATi?

[Zyrusticae]

No, this is an Nvidia feature only. It's built into the drivers.

[Scyris]

Maybe its just me but I don't see a diff. also how badly does Ambient occlusion rape your fps? cuz in most games it cuts my fps in half when I turn it on.

[Zyrusticae]

Like I said, it's rather subtle. If you can't notice a difference, you may as well keep it off.

The game is a constant 60 FPS with it on or off for me, so performance is pretty much a non-issue as far as I'm concerned. Obviously, most people aren't going to have the GPU equivalent of two GTX 560s in SLI, so it should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

[Scionni]

I've been using this for a while now; it's about time I thank you for the vastly superior graphics quality.

[ChronoTrigga]

Like I said, it's rather subtle. If you can't notice a difference, you may as well keep it off.

The game is a constant 60 FPS with it on or off for me, so performance is pretty much a non-issue as far as I'm concerned. Obviously, most people aren't going to have the GPU equivalent of two GTX 560s in SLI, so it should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

I'm using an i5-2500k @ 3.66ghz w/ 4 gb of ram, and a 560 (the non-Ti version). My game runs fine w/ or without ambient occlusion on. Constant 60 fps.

[Chik'Tikka]

i knew it would rape my FPS, but i finally gave this a try+^_^+ i must say, i really want to build a PC now just for AO on PSO2+^_^+ i mean i was already using Inspector for AA, but never tried AO until i read this thread and looked at pics+^_^+ but alas the 540M is limited+^_^+ still, for screenshots, if i ever get good at taking them, ima remember to turn on AO+^_^+

[Sizustar]

Testing out different graphic setting currently

Shadow 3 seems better to me for most of the time, suprisingly...

4x SMAA +4x Sprase Grid Sampling
Anisotrophix 16x
Ambient Occlusion - Quality
Shadow 5

Spoiler!

4x SMAA +4x Sprase Grid Sampling
Anisotrophix 16x
Ambient Occlusion - Quality
Shadow 3

Spoiler!

4x SMAA +4x Sprase Grid Sampling
Anisotrophix 16x
Ambient Occlusion - Performance
Shadow 5

Spoiler!

Testing out different graphic setting currently
4x SMAA +4x Sprase Grid Sampling
Anisotrophix 16x
Ambient Occlusion - Quality
Shadow 5

Spoiler!

4x SMAA +4x Sprase Grid Sampling
Anisotrophix 16x
Ambient Occlusion - Quality
Shadow 3

Spoiler!

4x SMAA +4x Sprase Grid Sampling
Anisotrophix 16x
Ambient Occlusion - Performance
Shadow 3

Spoiler!

4x SMAA +4x Sprase Grid Sampling
Anisotrophix 16x
Ambient Occlusion - None
Shadow 5

Spoiler!

4x SMAA +4x Sprase Grid Sampling
Anisotrophix 16x
Ambient Occlusion - None
Shadow 3

Spoiler!

[Chik'Tikka]

@Sizustar, could you redo those comparisons in another part of the game? like say the shop area? just somewhere with good lighting and nice contrasting shadows+^_^+ those pics all look the same to me, well all the shadow 5 like alike and the shadow 3 look alike+^_^+

[Zyrusticae]

Glad you guys are enjoying it.

Have another example picture:
(FXAA+2xSGSSAA
16x Anisotropic Filtering
Ambient Occlusion - Quality
Shadow 5)

Spoiler!

Note the shadows around her hip, her feet, her neck, her pits, her right arm, and the rod itself.

And a couple more (same settings):

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