God — Of War Update V1013 Extra Quality

Let’s be real. "Extra Quality" is code for "We aren't optimizing this for your GTX 1060." Here is the performance hit we recorded on a test bench:

| Setting | Pre-v1013 (Ultra) | Post-v1013 (Extra Quality) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 4K Avg FPS | 142 fps | 79 fps | | VRAM Usage | 9.2 GB | 19.8 GB | | Load Times (NVMe) | 4 seconds | 7 seconds | god of war update v1013 extra quality

The VRAM usage is the story here. The "Extra Quality" textures are massive. If you have a 12GB card, do not enable the "Experimental" texture pool. You will stutter. The update is clearly designed for next-gen GPUs with 20GB+ VRAM. Let’s be real

The most critical aspect of this review is the elimination of traversal stutter. | Setting | Pre-v1013 (Ultra) | Post-v1013 (Extra

The headline feature of v1.0.13 was the overhaul of the Texture Streaming system.

If you are playing God of War with this update, you are playing the definitive version of a modern classic.