Originally posted by Karteli

Hi-Res graphics only affects how you see your Avatar, though? (post 1.2)

Other characters around you are still low-res?

 

Also, shadows are the death of good frame rates, unless you turn them off ...

 

They were good at launch, but it took a $5,000 computer to appreciate them.

You don't need that expensive computer. Mine is definitely no 5 k, not the worst but I have single card and have it on very high settings.

I think other characters have high res too. I will make some screenshots later. Right now I can post just my companion...

PS. And yeah most of my male toons look like him LOL I simply adore Quinn...

Theseares one of my favorite pics of my assasin...  he looks so roughly handsome here...and look at this imperial soldier's armor... seems to me hi res...

Character Level of Detais affects both players and non-players 

Originally posted by negativf4kk

nice tweaking they doing. Remember playing the game on 40-60 fps. Now with no hardware change got 0.3 fps in a fight or if i start moving. and that the same weather i run low or very high graphic settings. No reply on forums. And its ongoing problem since 1.4 for many

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=553243

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=553091

 

I've not run into these problems. The game gives me consistently high performance. Your system maybe?

Time of this report: 11/12/2012, 03:30:01
       Machine name:
   Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.120821-1629)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
       System Model: System Product Name
               BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
          Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 FX-62 Dual Core Processor,  MMX,  3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
             Memory: 3326MB RAM
          Page File: 671MB used, 5561MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode
 

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
     Manufacturer: NVIDIA
        Chip type: GeForce GT 640
         DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0FC1&SUBSYS_36453842&REV_A1
   Display Memory: 2048.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1920 x 1200 (32 bit) (60Hz)
          Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
  Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200

As you can see my system is low end for SWTOR except for the video card.