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[viveks86]

The link in the OP was working but it's not anymore?

Works for me. Anyone else having trouble with it?

 

[hermeslyre]

Well, that's a different matter as everyone's mileage with overclocking varies. Best is to understand how systems perform at stock. Then it will be up to individuals to figure out how far they can push it. Mixing over clocking with this info muddles the water and sets the wrong expectation.

Certainly from an official standpoint. But I'm not an official.

So I'll put it out there now. If the 980 stock can hit that target, so can almost any 970. OCing is easy as balls nowadays, and the 970 is a unique position where every card on the market has vast OCing potential. None of them are at their limits at stock speeds.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

mhhhhhhhh

 

[23qwerty]

That ratio though

 

[hlhbk]

Works for me. Anyone else having trouble with it?

It started working again for me.

 

[hermeslyre]

That ratio though

I know right?

I wouldn't like to speculate with a not-final build. But it stands to reason that a 970 OC'd to 980 speeds would be capable of hitting the recommendation in my chart.

It's now official!

 

[thuGG_pl]

Is this with AA on?


I hope to get at least 40fps at 1080p with GameWorks on my 2500k@4.5 GHz, GTX 970 @ 1550/8200 MHz.

 

[AndyBNV]

Andy I know the article says the driver will launch shortly before the game on Tuesday but it's going live 4 PM PST on Monday. Is there any chance the driver will be ready by then?

Game Ready drivers always launch before their associated games

 

[viveks86]

It's now official!

Yup. The man has spoken. I'll gladly take back what I said

 

[Grassy]

Well I should be able to get decent performance at 1440p with my sli 670's, at least until the 980 Ti's arrive...hopefully soon.

 

[Glass]

Annoyingly, can't get the GPU analyzer to work, why is Java having issues with Chrome?

http://www.geforce.com/games-applications/pc-games/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/gpu-analyzer

Would have been interesting to see what it had to say about my rig.

 

[Imp the Dimp]

I swear that shit cover is gonna cost them sales. It's ridiculously bad.

 

[H4r4kiri]

I just hope R9 290 / R9 290X is fine for 1080p@uber (~gtx 970)

please dont be unoptimized for AMD, im too lazy to recofigure and reinstall to GTX 970.. (especially with 2 screens and TV)

Really hoping AMD optimization isnt too bad. If a 960 can pull off High at 40fps+ then Im hoping my 7970 should be able to do a mix of high and ultra at 60fps.

All off this. I hope AMD takes a look how Nvidia handles it and release Charts etc. It is so cool to see that an Nvidia representative is answering question here.
Take a NOTE AMD !

Edit: It was just a too good offer to go from a 760 Nvidia to a AMD 290 for 50€ for me , but I am really surprised how good the nvidia Support is.

 

[Stiler]

Why they only show 9xx series?

I wonder how my 780 will stack up to it.

 

[viveks86]

Game Ready drivers always launch before their associated games

What about my question on AA? :'(

 

[HowZatOZ]

My 770 cries in a corner. I'm hoping my 4GB choice was a good one.

 

[Majukun]

So with my 970 is either uber settings or high plus gameworks? I can live with that

 

[AndyBNV]

What about my question on AA? :'(

Missed that, was transfixed by the owl. Yes, chart is everything on, no 'max settings without aa' benchmarking silliness here

 

[hlhbk]

So is the chart in the article what config you need to run those settings at 60 FPS?

 

[Allshallperish]

Hoping to get decent performance at 1440p with my 7970 crossfire setup.
This game is likely to determine whether I upgrade or not, as I am closely monitoring the 980 Ti

Spoiler

and 390x.

 

[viveks86]

Missed that, was transfixed by the owl. Yes, chart is everything on, no 'max settings without aa' benchmarking silliness here

AWESOME! So I'm going to have enough headroom to tweak ini files even at 4k60 (Titan X SLI OC +200/+400)? I'd probably not even need AA if I can force FXAA through NVCP.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Resisting the 970 has been tough.

Wonder if I should make the leap from 8GB ram to 16 ram. I've heard mixed messages on whether it would make any difference.

 

[Tworak]

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mhhhhhhhh[/QUOTE]
no doubt which platform is selling best/worst [img]https://github.com/bontscho/dota2-chat-emoticons/raw/master/assets/images/horse.gif

 

[Kyaw]

How do you think I'm gonna fare with:

AMD Phenom II 940 @ 3.6GHz
8GB DDR2 RAM
2GB GTX680

Reaaally need a CPU upgrade.

 

[Iceternal]

So where does my 780 Ti fit? Under the 970 right? So high-uber 1080p?

Edit: Why is there 3 different settings for the 960? What does that even mean? Which one is it?

Are you kidding ? except for Vram, a 780 Ti is at least as good as a 970 ...

Though I still think my 780 ti is some of the worst money I've ever spent ... Buyer's remorse is strong with this one ...

 

[Dictator93]

That this includes high MSAA settings / TXAA is fantastic.

 

[viveks86]

That this includes high MSAA settings / TXAA is fantastic.

TXAA. MSAA is not supported by the game yet.

Edit: "Temporal AA". Not TXAA

 

[Moff]

doesnt look good at all for my system
I have only a 780ti and since I have an asus ROG Swift I need to play it on 1440p if I don't want it to lookg blurry. damn it, I really hoped nvidia would release the 980ti before the witcher 3.

 

[Dictator93]

TXAA. MSAA is not supported by the game yet.

Didnt' the .ini mention MSAA samples in adition to temporal AA (TXAA)?

 

[Easy_D]

i5 @ 4.3 with 2x 290x

Curious to see how much my CPU will hold me back/how fucked the support for AMD cards will be.

Hah, you're in a better position than me at least, I'm on an FX6300 and a 280x. Granted I'm gonna buy a better cooler and OC that sucker for W3, but still. Cold do worse than an i5 and two 290Xs

Also :lol

Your PC's AMD Radeon R9 200 Series meets the game's minimum specification, but is below the game's recommended specification

The recommended specification to enjoy The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt is GeForce GTX 770 or higher. Check below to see some upgrade options.

Is this based on actual data or is it just that the tester doesn't have any actual AMD numbers to pull from? I'd be kinda sad if my 280x is below min spec ;p

 

[Buburibon]

TXAA. MSAA is not supported by the game yet.

Doesn't TXAA depend on MSAA to function? I've always thought TXAA was a combo of MSAA plus post temporal filters.

 

[viveks86]

Didnt' the .ini mention MSAA samples in adition to temporal AA (TXAA)?

Yes, but changing it won't make a difference.

From postprocess.xml:

<!--<Var id="AllowMSAA" displayName="allow_msaa" displayType="TOGGLE"/>--> <!-- not supported right now -->

Doesn't TXAA depend on MSAA to function? I've always thought TXAA was a combo of MSAA plus post temporal filters.

The underlying technique, yes. But it varies from game to game on how it's implemented. May be the game has not implemented in-game hardware MSAA yet and depends on Nvidia's library for TXAA.

Hardware AA isn't supported. This is post-process. Specifics in the guide

Well there you go

 

[golem]

N/m answered above.

Cant wait to see the guide!

 

[AndyBNV]

Hardware AA isn't supported. This is post-process. Specifics in the guide

 

[Dictator93]

Yes, but changing it won't make a difference.

From postprocess.xml:

Hardware AA isn't supported. This is post-process. Specifics in the guide

No Hardware MSAA in a forward+ engine... odd...
I guess this then will be the first TXAA implementation that is purely a post process. Tom Peterson made mention of this a while back.

 

[coughlanio]

Hopefully I can hit 60FPS with my GTX 970 SC at a mix of High/Uber settings at 1080p.

 

[MaxVarEmreis]

Specifics in the guide

Guide will come before 19 or some time after??

 

[AndyBNV]

No Hardware MSAA in a forward+ engine... odd...
I guess this then will be the first TXAA implementation that is purely a post process. Tom Peterson made mention of this a while back.

There is no TXAA.

Guide will come before 19 or some time after??

I am aiming for the 18th, before the game launches.

 

[Enosh]

being able to do high on my 960 sounds great given that i expected medium maybe some high only ^^

 

[Dictator93]

There is no TXAA.
I am aiming for the 18th, before the game launches.

Now I am super confused. hah
Do the über settings have übersampling on by default?

 

[Truant]

i5 4460
GTX 970
16 GB RAM

Should be good for 1080p@60hz on high/ultra settings?

 

[viveks86]

There is no TXAA.

Oh! I know the game has temporal AA, so I assumed it's TXAA. What is it then? Custom implementation?

Now I am super confused. hah
Do the über settings have übersampling on by default?

No. There isn't even a menu setting for it. Will have to override in INI.

 

[BLunted]

do you guys keep geforce experience installed?? i don't and was wondering if i should

I do. I use shadowplay and will try their recommended settings as a foundation and usually tweak them to my liking.

 

[Maximo]

Looks like its Medium-High for me.

 

[JordanKZ]

2.5K, Uber with Gameworks?

Thank you Titan X.

 

[Dries]

Hopefully I can get a locked 30 fps on my single 980 with 1440p, Uber settings and GameWorks.

 

[HooYaH]

Hardware AA isn't supported. This is post-process. Specifics in the guide

Sigh so FXAA..... Why don't devs use SMAA?

 

[Derp]

Are you kidding ? except for Vram, a 780 Ti is at least as good as a 970 ...

Though I still think my 780 ti is some of the worst money I've ever spent ... Buyer's remorse is strong with this one ...

970 outperforms the 780 Ti in some games, which is why I asked.

I regret the purchase as well to be honest... I'm skipping the 900 series and waiting for Pascal.

 

[Shy]

Honest question.
this is my rig
I7 4770k oc'd@4.1.
GTX TITAN. (og ver)
16gb RAM @1866mhz.

i should be able to play on uber with gameworks @1080/60, right. ?

 

[viveks86]

Sigh so FXAA..... Why don't devs use SMAA?

Not just FXAA. There is a temporal AA setting too. I assumed it was TXAA. Apparently, not. No idea what it is yet.

After reading this this:

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/03/12/crysis_3_video_card_performance_iq_review/9#.VVW7ykCgRAs

It looks like TXAA is by far the worst AA technique to use, as it blurs textures too much.
What to do?

Andy confirmed there is no Hardware AA, so TXAA isn't in either.