Pre-patch my SK epic looked horrible on desktop while it looked more "correct" on my laptop:
On my laptop it looked similar to this:
https://www.eqprogression.com/wp-con...se-Graphic.jpg
Note the almost 90% transparent purple-ish glow emanating from the center blade.
On my desktop the purple transparent-ish glow that emanates from the center blade was replaced by a non-transparent purple polygon that surrounds (with no emanating effect) the center blade. I do not know if this was because I had downloaded the fancy high-res texture upgrade or not.
After the patch:
Laptop now matches the desktop version, except their is a permanent dark hue around the center blade that the purple hue fills in when it emanates from the center blade. It doesn't look great.