textures appearing after loading a game when zooming

[lead341]

Hi,

I was just wondering if it is normal (in Directx 11) even on a high-end-system (I7-2600 k, Geforce 570 GTX, 8 GB Ram) that after loading the game stutters quickly for 1-2 seconds and that when zooming in some textures get more "defined".

Greetings, lead

 

[timtofly]

I'll bite. It does it in Directx 9 also. I think it depends on how fast your video card can process detail into its memory. I think it is like the scan lines we cannot see, but each time it finishes a scan the detail gets better. Some of us get grey first and then the detail is "drawn" in.

 

[Shurdus]

Welcome to civfanatics, lead341!

I cannot say if this is normal on this game with those specs, but it is not unheard of that a vga card does indeed fill in details later in the way you described. It sounds like nothing to worry about if the game runs fine otherwise.

 

[lead341]

One further question regarding performance: when playing a huge map with lots of stuff built, is it normal that when you zoom out it also can sometimes stutter a bit (frame drops)?