I was mucking around in the settings and just noticed these were now options for ambint occlusion...
They make the game look absolutely amazing. This could / should have been a headline news feature.. on other games have promoted far lesser changes as something newsworthy.
I'm running a potatoe 2500k
@4.1 + 1060 @ 2560 so im just dipping under 60 fps now.. but its worth it.
Also for the multithreaded rendering option, it seemed to be a definite improvement in frame time at least, until the event, people came back and i found myself in crowded areas. Performance was far worse with the setting on when there was many players where i was.
Generally appreciate any engine / rendering setting upgrades though.