Guild Wars 2

Is ticking depth blur supposed to improve or decrease performance of the game? I’m noticing it slightly improve camera scrolling, but I was under the impression depth blur had a minor negative impact on performance.

It increases the amount of work being done in the rendering pipeline, probably mostly on the GPU side. This may reduce performance, though probably not by a great deal.

Mostly, it’s supposed to change the visual effect of distant objects. You should select it, or not, to personal taste. Me, I like the effect, but I can see why folks wouldn’t.

SlippyCheeze.5483:

It increases the amount of work being done in the rendering pipeline, probably mostly on the GPU side. This may reduce performance, though probably not by a great deal.

Mostly, it’s supposed to change the visual effect of distant objects. You should select it, or not, to personal taste. Me, I like the effect, but I can see why folks wouldn’t.

Yeah this was what i thought, i just appeared to get the opposite effect from it being on.

(this post was retooled thanks to Randulf and committed 28 Jan 2017 1256 UTC:)

After looking at the setting and with more caffeine in tow, depth blur REDUCES detail of distant objects by using cheaper materials. So yeah, turn it on if your GPU is fighting.

altermaven.7385:

Depth blur adds an extra effect to distant objects and causes more GPU workload. If you’re seeing FPS drops, I’d advise turning it off.

It’s the other way round. When it is off, I noticed the camera was slightly less smooth when turning.

That post was committed with a lack of caffeine, and I just did some observations. You’re right. I’ll make an edit post-haste.

altermaven.7385:

That post was committed with a lack of caffeine, and I just did some observations. You’re right. I’ll make an edit post-haste.

No problems, most people are instructed to keep out of my until after my 2nd coffee, so I understand the sentiment

Thanks for the advice!