[updated] Anybody tried the Fallout 4 High Resolution texture pack? It's out now

[Misanthrope]

I'm curious to know how much is it hitting performance, if it truly needs a 6 core i7 and a 1080.

 

Updated: We have some testing by Joker:

 

[vanished]

I too would love to see how a bump in textures can suddenly make the game require a 6 core processor ಠ_ಠ

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

I too would love to see how a bump in textures can suddenly make the game require a 6 core processor ಠ_ಠ

And hyperthreading too

RIP i5 users

[8-Bit Ninja]

2 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

I too would love to see how a bump in textures can suddenly make the game require a 6 core processor ಠ_ಠ

I'm not an expert, but does the game engine even support 6 cores? 

[Misanthrope]

1 minute ago, 8-Bit Ninja said:

I'm not an expert, but does the game engine even support 6 cores? 

*shakes 8 ball*

 

All signs point to: No!

 

But alas I'd like to see...before committing to downloading 60gb that is.

[8-Bit Ninja]

3 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

*shakes 8 ball*

 

All signs point to: No!

 

But alas I'd like to see...before committing to downloading 60gb that is.

what we need is someone with a 6 core intel processor to run the benchmark twice, once with all 6 cores one with 2 disabled 

[The Sloth]

7 minutes ago, 8-Bit Ninja said:

I'm not an expert, but does the game engine even support 6 cores? 

 

6 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

*shakes 8 ball*

 

All signs point to: No!

 

But alas I'd like to see...before committing to downloading 60gb that is.

 

yes, some games take advantage of 6 cores, in the future, we will have higher cores CPU. 

[Misanthrope]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

 

yes, some games take advantage of 6 cores, in the future, we will have higher cores CPU. 

Some but we're talking this game that afaik doesn't or should not need 6 cores and 12 threads as this texture pack recommends.

[The Sloth]

2 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

Some but we're talking this game that afaik doesn't or should not need 6 cores and 12 threads as this texture pack recommends.

that's just poor part of the developer, but the statement on game engine supporting 6 cores. in the future cpus will be more powerful and games will take advantages of these as an example bf1 is a vary cpu heavy game it uses all 6 cores in a 5820k.  

[Scruffy90]

I want to know why the hell everything is uncompressed. I'm willing to bet that there is no reason for this pack to be so damned huge and def no reason for such high requirements.

[Misanthrope]

2 minutes ago, Scruffy90 said:

I want to know why the hell everything is uncompressed. I'm willing to bet that there is no reason for this pack to be so damned huge and def no reason for such high requirements.

I also would like to know. My personal theory: Bethesda has spend millions and millions on dollars on this game but still hasn't invested in texture compression methods their fans can mod on their own personal time: Ultimate fucking laziness: "People have big hard drives and tons of VRAM just push it uncompressed."

[Techicolors]

this texture pack is a decent excuse to play the game again, but with no mods. i'm nowhere near meeting the supposed requirements but hey, i can do what i want! 

though i probably won't be able to install it on my SSD... 

[Misanthrope]

First hint at the "why" behind the ridiculous specs here:

 

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Also, it's probably not worth downloading 58 GB of textures for Fallout 4 if you don't have a high-resolution monitor. The texture pack adds essentially no visual improvements for those with a 1080p monitor, and the difference is small at best on a 1440p display. On a 4K display you should notice increased sharpness and added detail across all objects and scenery in the Boston area.

 

Honestly if it focuses on 4k then they're basically giving you minimum specs to sustain 60 FPS at 4k and has nothing to do with the texture size. Still doesn't explain the huge size but well I guess we'll have to wait for someone to properly test it.

 

EDIT: Joker tested it, and the impact provided you have the vram seems minimal:

 

[Praesi]

I see nothing here what mods dont do way better. Nice its free, but i see no Reason for a DL at all.

[leelaa14]

I have it installed and I like it. I think the space needed for it is silly.
I will use it along side other texture mods, so anything they don't take car of, the texture pack will.

[rentaspoon]

7 hours ago, Misanthrope said:

First hint at the "why" behind the ridiculous specs here:

 

 

Honestly if it focuses on 4k then they're basically giving you minimum specs to sustain 60 FPS at 4k and has nothing to do with the texture size. Still doesn't explain the huge size but well I guess we'll have to wait for someone to properly test it.

 

EDIT: Joker tested it, and the impact provided you have the vram seems minimal:

 

RIP GTX970 

 

I remember the original textures where poorly optimized, so hopefully someone can do something with these. Although not sure if this would be enough to get me back into it and  this is the first fallout game I didnt buy the DLC for.

[Praesi]

7 hours ago, rentaspoon said:

RIP GTX970 

 

I remember the original textures where poorly optimized, so hopefully someone can do something with these. Although not sure if this would be enough to get me back into it and  this is the first fallout game I didnt buy the DLC for.

There are Mods which are way better. There is almost no difference with this 58GB  "High Res" Pack.

 

[vanished]

6 minutes ago, Praesi said:

There are Mods which are way better. There is almost no difference with this 58GB  "High Res" Pack.

 

wouldn't it be hilarious if bethesda just downloaded a variety of texture mods and bundled it all into one package and reshipped it?  

[Praesi]

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

wouldn't it be hilarious if bethesda just downloaded a variety of texture mods and bundled it all into one package and reshipped it?  

It would be the better choice for sure

I like Bethesda and that they do extra work, but serious, this Pack is a Joke.

[Misanthrope]

15 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

wouldn't it be hilarious if bethesda just downloaded a variety of texture mods and bundled it all into one package and reshipped it?  

Impossible: file size would be too reasonable for their taste.

[CatCloud]

Well its free at least, and "official" meaning hopefully bug free.....naaaaw.

[crosstiger]

Fun fact:

 

Spoiler

Random facts:

• Cubemaps, effects and head textures haven't been touched.
• There are many duplicate files that greatly increase the download size by around 10 GB, there's a list of them in the sheet.
• Duplicate means the file size, dimensions and format are the same.
• Almost all BC5 (normal/specular) and BC3 (diffuse with alpha) are included.
• Only a little more than half of BC1 (diffuse without alpha) textures are included, mostly due to the missing head textures.

 

Number of texture files?

• Vanilla: 40963
• HD DLC: 36623
• Excluded from the HD DLC: 4688
• Identical duplicates in the HD DLC: 22414

 

What percentage of dimensions are 512x512?

• Vanilla: 52.91%
• HD DLC: 47.71%

 

What percentage of dimensions are 1024x1024?

• Vanilla: 32.58%
• HD DLC: 10.54%

 

What percentage of dimensions are 2048x2048?

• Vanilla: 6.22%
• HD DLC: 28.46%

 

What percentage of dimensions are 4096x4096?

• Vanilla: 0.06%
• HD DLC: 5.10%

 

Distribution of the texture format?

Vanilla:

• BC1: 13628
• BC2: 2
• BC3: 15685
• BC5: 11314
• BC7: 1
• R8: 2
• B8G8R8A8: 330

HD DLC:

• BC1: 9642
• BC2: 2
• BC3: 15638
• BC5: 11054
• BC7: 1
• R8: 2
• B8G8R8A8: 283

https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/5343765-hd-dlc-technical-details/

 

Around 10 GB of junk and nearly half of the textures are 512x512 ... NICE!