[Xion X2]

Okay, I hear ya.

Hey, I think I've found something that helps. I have everything turned up all the way right now except shadow detail. I cut that down half-way and I'm getting a low of 30fps in populated areas compared to 15 before. I also unchecked "hardware occlusion" as it seemed to do nothing but cause more pauses/stuttering.

I haven't walked back in the castle, though. I've just now found this one place--damnit, can't remember the name now--but it looks like a snow mountain and it has these dragons flying all around. Man, this was awesome.






Detail on the dragons is impressive. Their skin is scaly and it even stretches when they move around.