Medium, 1280x1024: 8567.
Medium, 1900x1080: 7596.
Maximum, 1280x1024: 5639.
Maximum, 1900x1080: 4719.
Customs in Maximum 1280x1024 went from the 5800s to just below 6100, which are still Very High.
My desktop is four years old, too. It seems I built it well.
If you want to get your numbers a little higher, the Custom options I tweaked were no motion blur, no limb darkening, no rendering of things not visible (Occlusion Culling), no depth of field in cutscenes, and low-detail shadows. I noticed only the absence of depth of field, and didn't mind.
Medium, 1900x1080: 7596.
Maximum, 1280x1024: 5639.
Maximum, 1900x1080: 4719.
Customs in Maximum 1280x1024 went from the 5800s to just below 6100, which are still Very High.
My desktop is four years old, too. It seems I built it well.
If you want to get your numbers a little higher, the Custom options I tweaked were no motion blur, no limb darkening, no rendering of things not visible (Occlusion Culling), no depth of field in cutscenes, and low-detail shadows. I noticed only the absence of depth of field, and didn't mind.
"You know, I was God once."
"Yes, I saw. You were doing well until everyone died."