From Reddit:
Official tip on vastly improving your framerate : swtor
I don't seem to video lag as much in republic fleet anymore since I installed dx9.
Download: DirectX Redist (June 2010) - Microsoft Download Center - Download Details
Official tip on vastly improving your framerate : swtor
This was an official post in the german forums today: STAR WARS: The Old Republic - Performance
Translation: we fucked up, game is using directx 9 files not included in directx 10/11 by default, so you need to download the directx 9 distributable for optimal performance. Theory is that basic directx 9 stuff was being emulated by directx 10/11.
I don't seem to video lag as much in republic fleet anymore since I installed dx9.
Download: DirectX Redist (June 2010) - Microsoft Download Center - Download Details