The Witcher 3 runs at 1080p ULTRA ~60 fps on a 980
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A 670 seems like it'll do fine at those settings, I don't think you need to be all that lucky to get to 30FPS. A good mix of high with some mediums and maybe even dabbling in some ultra settings could probably still get you to 40+.
But I'm just going off of opinions based off other games. A 670 does really well with GTA 5 and Shadow of Mordor maxed out - except for a texture settings. Just remember that it still has to run on an Xbox One, so I don't expect requirements to be out of this world.
triple buffering in the drivers only works for opengl games though
Oh yeah you are correct. Hopefully CDPR adds some more options for pc users down the line
paolo11
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WELL OVER????
Sweet!!!!!
Is the framerate consistent? Any FPS drops? Witcher 2 has some fps drops..
RickyRozay
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Based off the ign live stream a 980 goes well over 60fps at ultra settings so with a decent oc on a 970 and vram usage (hopefully less than 3.5) it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine it will run 60 just fine.
A simple overclock should put a 970 into the 980's realm. Of course if the 980 cant max it either at 1080p/60 with AA and Hairworks, thats just how it is.
Yeah the 670 is still a damn decent card if you're not trying to get max on every setting etc. I of course would prefer 60fps if I could but I guess that's what it's all about, messing with my settings until I'm happy
I will get a 970/980 eventually but unfortunately things like moving house and other reasons have zapped me dry for a few months.Now I just need to finish the first 2 Witcher games!
Coflash
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IcyBlueStrawberry
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Ehh, he didn't seem sure of himself when he said that. Judging from the stream itself it was more than playable, though, so it was probably well above 30.
air jordans for dogs
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Will be interesting to see how my old and trust 980 will handle this, will push for above medium at least.
BigTnaples
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viveks86
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Since this thread seems active as well, there are a couple of caveats to the "well over 60" comment. Firstly, they had no framerate counter running, so it's unlikely that he knows if it was 60, 70, 80 or 90. It was the journalist and not the dev who made that comment. Take it with a grain of salt. Suffice to say that it was running well enough around 60. Secondly, there were a handful of items that were off, so one needs to factor all that in.
Now we don't know what version was being used here, but knowing how devs operate, this could very well be their cookie cutter "demo machine" build, which is actually quite old. So some optimization is still on the cards and a 980 may still be able to pull off some of the disabled features, if not all. But if you think a single 970 with OC can "max" it, then you might want to adjust your expectations a little.
- AA
- HBAO
- Light Shafts
- Hair Works
- CA (Thankfully)
- Sharpening (Thankfully)
Now we don't know what version was being used here, but knowing how devs operate, this could very well be their cookie cutter "demo machine" build, which is actually quite old. So some optimization is still on the cards and a 980 may still be able to pull off some of the disabled features, if not all. But if you think a single 970 with OC can "max" it, then you might want to adjust your expectations a little.
RickyRozay
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thanks, I must have missed that bit. Wonder why they would have the graphics set to ultra yet have those specific settings off for a live stream, especially as a representation for the pc version.
Coflash
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Pretty sure this is at, I'm at work atm but I watched the stream a while ago
http://au.ign.com/videos/2015/05/13/the-witcher-3s-pc-setting-are-bonkers-ign-plays-live
Take viveks86's comments into consideration after watching this
Exentryk
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You can probably run it at 3x the frame rate on your rig if you play it at PS4 settings. So no, the game is well optimized. You're just getting confused by the comments, as most people here are talking about running the game in Ultra (max) quality, and even resolutions higher than the PS4.
Sevenfold
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1080p
Also well enough for 1440p. 2160p? Not so much.
Needs to be more than Vram to get an upgrade out of me. It seems to be all anyone talks about anymore, since last year's bad port hysteria.
I mean people are expecting ultra from a 970/i5 rig. PS4 settings are most likely a mixture of medium and high.
Windom Earle
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My 970 runs at over 1500mhz stable, so it should handle this game pretty well. Damn, I am getting tempted now. And I don't even like the Witcher franchise...
RickyRozay
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I'm right around 1521mhz on my 970 stable with my i7 2600 at 3.9 so hopefully I'll get close to 60fps with high/ultra settings.
ryanthelion123
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You think I should choose ps4 over my 280x?
The Cowboy
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I would say at this time it is unknown. the official recommended requirements list the Nivida card as being a GTX 770 and the AMD card as being an R9 290 (this is not a good thing) - so at this time we just have no idea how well coded this is for AMD cards.
I would say give it until we see benchmarks if your an AMD user, unless you can get the PC version really cheap and are willing to risk it.
Callibretto
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if I want 60 fps on GTX 960 card, what setting I can expect to play it at?
You should probably wait until the game is out and we can actually answer this.
GavinUK86
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Have to wait to see but I would guess High? Medium would probably be easy, Ultra is a no go.
Dries
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This bit from the manuel made me laugh.
Poor AMD.
Also a bit about importing saves.
The last bit about importing saves is godly. I have no clue about some of the smaller choices I've made during my TW2 playthrough. So I'd rather decide that stuff on the spot. Maybe then I'll remember.
hobblygobbly
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On my old PC I still have I want to test the performance of The Witcher 3 on it. It has an i7 920 OC'd and SLI'd Gainward GTX 580 Phantom 3GB. I've been very surprised with these cards, every new game lately I have tested on that config and has no problem playing games at high fidelity, the CPU keeps up just fine as well. I wonder if The Witcher 3 will be the same. Will also try run it on single GPU as well.
From my experience a single one of these cards has performed the same as a 680. Anyone else have these cards? Been very impressed with them and had them for a while. My main PC still has a 780 though, not upgrading to 980 yet (kind of tight on cash).
From my experience a single one of these cards has performed the same as a 680. Anyone else have these cards? Been very impressed with them and had them for a while. My main PC still has a 780 though, not upgrading to 980 yet (kind of tight on cash).
This makes me sad.
Usually see this kind of stuff on console ports to PC.
It was the same in The Witcher 2. Shame that they didn't change it.
Judging by how damn good the Ground Zeroes PC port was, I have high hopes for The Phantom Pain being great, too.
My Gog Galaxy preload finally finished for The Witcher 3. I'm so stoked to play this game, I've had the soundtrack running occasionally and it's making it worse...
There was an Nvidia sponsored event in Europe apparently for the game.
One guy who attended made a youtube video. Shows demo machines at the event.
Nvidia at the event says a 960 will play Witcher 3 1080P on High Settings.
Titan X Ultra Settings at 4k
A 960 is not exactly a very powerful card so if that is getting 1080P on High the 290 etc should be doing ultra no problem
One guy who attended made a youtube video. Shows demo machines at the event.
Nvidia at the event says a 960 will play Witcher 3 1080P on High Settings.
Titan X Ultra Settings at 4k
A 960 is not exactly a very powerful card so if that is getting 1080P on High the 290 etc should be doing ultra no problem
BigTnaples
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Did they say at what framerate? 30-60 for the Titan X in 4K?
Hoping to get Ultra settings at 4K 30fps with my SLI 970 FTWs. If a 980 can do Ultra at 60fps and 1080p, this shouldn't be an issue.
I can only assume the Titan X is doing upwards of 45fps in 4K.
viveks86
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If locked 30 fps is the target, all of that is true.
Unfortunately its not stated and the factsheet at the computer just states Resolution and Settings level
Static Jak
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Wondering what my i5-2500 and OC 970 will be able to do at 60FPS. Hopefully we get get some benchmarks sooner rather than later.
Is Nvidia going to have driver support at launch?
Is Nvidia going to have driver support at launch?
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Are you fucking serious CDPR?
What's the issue? As soon as they announced Hairworks/PhysX support everyone knew that nVidia would likely have the edge on TW3.
Yeah, which is why a 3770 is recommended.
BigTnaples
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The game uses hairworks, physX, etc. of course it runs better on Nvidia hardware.. Shouldn't be suprising..
I'm not quite versed with GPU's, but I think there are some Nvidia-only effects or something?
Why would you do that.
(I'm just happy for the HBAO confirmation, the AO in much of the existing media for the game looked wonky)
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Yep, hair PhysX (and maybe something else), which is not that different from TressFX, well, at least if you compare it with the human hair - AMD so far haven't used TressFX for something else.
The game does not run better with PhysX effects enabled, it causes a significant frame drop and I don't know how this can be called "the best possible playing experience". It's just a joke)))))
Enosh
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good news, got a 960 (and play on 1050 so gaining a few frames there too) high sounds great given that i expected medium
The best possible playing experience is with all the nVidia FX on AND 60fps. If you have the power, there's no reason you can't have both, and that's what they're seemingly on about.
Hairworks doesn't use PhysX but rather tessellation. Although not Nvidia-exclusive in the slightest, it will presumably fare better on Nvidia GPUs versus their AMD equivalents.