Originally Posted by Prime Junta
Do that, the swamp area should be less demanding on hardware than e.g. the Merchant Quarter (that was the only place where I had visible slowdowns).

Funny thing, I just discovered that I had never checked "EAX" in the audio options to begin with, so all this time I had actually been playing without it. Enabling it brought a distinct improvement in sound quality, as well as a boost in framerate.