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[120v]

I wonder how my 970 will handle the gameworks stuff targeting 40-60 fps... hoping with a mix of high and ultra I could pull it off. guess i'll gave to wait for the performance thread to be sure

 

[GavinUK86]

I wonder how my 970 will handle the gameworks stuff targeting 40-60 fps... hoping with a mix of high and ultra I could pull it off. guess i'll gave to wait for the performance thread to be sure

Someone in the comments section asked about a 970 and gameworks and got a response saying it'll get a nearly constant 60fps.

 

[Mahnmut]

Going PS4. My poor 670 is quickly being left behind.

I also have a 670 and a PS4, and I've never seen (yet) a multi platform game running/looking better on the PS4 than what can be achieve on my rig. Sure the card is getting old but I think the game will be running nicely (not on ultra obviously).

 

[Zoned]

I wonder how my 970 will handle the gameworks stuff targeting 40-60 fps... hoping with a mix of high and ultra I could pull it off. guess i'll gave to wait for the performance thread to be sure

I would just rather play at 30 lock with all dials turned on instead of hovering at 40-50. Unless of course you have a Gsync monitor.

 

[rashbeep]

Fuck it, going Uber settings with Gameworks on the 970. Performance be damned.

 

[MikeE21286]

Should I even try to play this on a 670?

Haha k already bought and have a 570. What a waste for me it looks like

 

[GRIMREEFZ]

MY 680 is not ready.

 

[dlauv]

Running this on a 660ti and not worried in the least.

Shame the game isn't cpu intensive.

Guide me... Nvidia experience....

 

[10k]

Hot damn.

 

[OnionPowder]

I was thinking of building a similar system soon. I honestly think that outside of some drastic changes in the way games utilize CPUs that system will last you for years. I've had an Intel i7 860 with 6Gb DDR3 since ~2010 and its been fine.

Yeah I decided to go for the 5820K for the high individual core performance and so when DX12 is standard I have 6 cores and 12 threads to be fully utilized. I might upgrade the GPU next year to a Pascal card if it's that significantly better.

 

[OraleeWey]

Guys, what is gameworks?

Also, how well can I run this? This is my first build and I'm asking for real, I'm not "sneak bragging", I know people hate that.

My rig is
i7 4790k @4.0ghz
16gb ram
PCS+ Radeon R9 290X

 

[InfYn]

Guys, what is gameworks?

Also, how well can I run this? This is my first build and I'm asking for real, I'm not "sneak bragging", I know people hate that.

My rig is
i7 4790k @4.0ghz
16gb ram
PCS+ Radeon R9 290X

Gameworks is an nvidia specific library of technologies that devs can use in their games instead of building their own tech.


That's a good build, no doubt 60fps at 1080p high-ultra, especially if AMD pushes out a driver for the game.

 

[Draft]

750ti a weaker version of the 960?

I have a PS4 but feel like Witcher 3 needs to be played on my PC.

 

[OnionPowder]

Guys, what is gameworks?

Also, how well can I run this? This is my first build and I'm asking for real, I'm not "sneak bragging", I know people hate that.

My rig is
i7 4790k @4.0ghz
16gb ram
PCS+ Radeon R9 290X

GameWorks is nvidia features that look great but are huge performance hits. Their version of TressFX and HBAO+

Your rig will work just fine in playing at 1080p on Ultra without gameworks

 

[BigTnaples]

SLI looks perfect to me and scales at 95-99% at 4K, and only slightly lower at 1080p. AA is also working just fine with SLI.

Hell yes.

This sounds great.


Pardon my ignorance, but I upgraded to SLI for this game, and also my first time ever using Nvidia or dual cards period.

Does scaling 95%-99% mean a 99% increase in performance with a second card while in 4K?

SLI EVGA 970 FTWs
i7 3770k

30FPS Uber Settings+Gameworks @ 4K. Sound doable?

 

[OraleeWey]

Gameworks is an nvidia specific library of technologies that devs can use in their games instead of building their own tech.


That's a good build, no doubt 60fps at 1080p high-ultra, especially if AMD pushes out a driver for the game.

Sweet. Is PC gaming leaned more to nvidia? Do they have the market?

 

[viveks86]

SLI looks perfect to me and scales at 95-99% at 4K, and only slightly lower at 1080p. AA is also working just fine with SLI.

Saying all the right things, bruh!

 

[derExperte]

Something is wrong with your testing. 970 beats 780 easily by 10% or so out of the box. You can compare the benchmarks on guru 3D/anandtech

I think he's talking about a 780Ti which usually beats the 970 by a few percent.

 

[OnionPowder]

Sweet. Is PC gaming leaned more to nvidia? Do they have the market?

They have the market but there is literally nothing wrong with AMD cards. GPU exclusive features are overrated anyways.

 

[pottuvoi]

Guys, what is gameworks?

here you go.
https://developer.nvidia.com/content/introducing-nvidia-gameworks

 

[OraleeWey]

They have the market but there is literally nothing wrong with AMD cards. GPU exclusive features are overrated anyways.

I see, thanks. Something I just noticed. People talk more about nvidia.

 

[UnrealEck]

He edited in the "60 FPS" bit after my reply.

My own edit: He then changed "980" to "970".

The Geforce site's comments really needs an edit history link so you can view edits. I can understand how these sort of things can blow up on the internet and cause a shit storm for you guys.

 

[Zoned]

I think he's talking about a 780Ti which usually beats the 970 by a few percent.

Yeah that could be the possible case.

 

[OraleeWey]

here you go.
https://developer.nvidia.com/content/introducing-nvidia-gameworks

Skimmed through it. Looks mighty fine. I watched that video with the smoke on AC:BF. It's a lot of smoke though!

 

[Shadowhaxor]

Yeah that could be the possible case.

Yep, sorry. My trusty 780ti. Sold my 780 when they came out for the same price I purchased it for.

 

[UnrealEck]

16GB DDR4? Lol OK

To eliminate bottlenecks. This is all about the graphics cards.
Regardless though, DDR4 isn't going to offer much more performance in games than DDR3. Even the fastest DDR4 (I think there's only one speed atm) compared to 'slow' DDR3 (like 1066MHz or something) won't make much difference in games.

 

[MaLDo]

Hell yes.

This sounds great.


Pardon my ignorance, but I upgraded to SLI for this game, and also my first time ever using Nvidia or dual cards period.

Does scaling 95%-99% mean a 99% increase in performance with a second card while in 4K?

For every not cpu bottlenecked scene, yes. Btw, Andy says TW3 is not a cpu bound game at all.

SLI EVGA 970 FTWs
i7 3770k

30FPS Uber Settings+Gameworks @ 4K. Sound doable?

Nobody knows this now. I bet you will be nearer to 60 than 30.

 

[BigTnaples]

here you go.
https://developer.nvidia.com/content/introducing-nvidia-gameworks

God that really makes me sad that Wild Hunt no longer uses fluid simulation/Wave Works.

 

[Geoff9920]

Hmm, stick with my 780 @ 1440p for the time being or upgrade? The rest of my PC is in great shape (4790k, etc.) but I've been trying to hold out until we get more DX12 news. However, if there was any game that could change my mind it's this one...

 

[GavinUK86]

I see, thanks. Something I just noticed. People talk more about nvidia.

Unless we're talking about busted drivers.

Spoiler

/s

 

[Zoned]

Yep, sorry. My trusty 780ti. Sold my 780 when they came out for the same price I purchased it for.

Hey no problem. By the way, is that 3GB version?

It would be interesting to see how it performs in Witcher 3 if VRAM goes around 3GB on Uber settings.

 

[Waxwing]

Oy.....sounds like I've got some tough decisions with my 780 And I bought the thing a year ago when I thought the game was coming out late summer/early fall......which was stupid.

 

[king grimlock]

God that really makes me sad that Wild Hunt no longer uses fluid simulation/Wave Works.

I thought fluid simulation murdered performance on anything other than small scale even on the best setups?

 

[jimmypop]

The hate for the 780Ti in this thread is a bit much. 384-bit memory bus, y'all!

Seriously, my 780Tis in 2xSLI are holding their own at 1440P just fine with maxed out settings in games today, thank you very much.

 

[UnrealEck]

Does scaling 95%-99% mean a 99% increase in performance with a second card while in 4K?

You'll essentially get almost double the performance when you go from one to two GPUs.
That of course doesn't necessarily mean double the framerate though.

 

[Ikuu]

Guess I'll have to go with a mix of Medium and High for 780 @ 1440p

 

[Kinthalis]

You'll essentially get almost double the performance when you go from one to two GPUs.
That of course doesn't necessarily mean double the framerate though.

Assuming the same graphics settings, that's exactly what that means.

 

[Demon Lizardman]

In terms of AMD, how would a 290x do?

 

[Itachi87]

Fuck it, going Uber settings with Gameworks on the 970. Performance be damned.

^same. Here's hoping the newest nVidia drivers improves performance even more. Realistically, though I probably will end up having to turn some GFX settings to high to maintain a steady frame rate.

 

[viveks86]

Assuming the same graphics settings, that's exactly what that means.

Assuming there are no other bottlenecks...

 

[constantstatic]

Running this on a 660ti and not worried in the least.

Shame the game isn't cpu intensive.

Guide me... Nvidia experience....

I'm worried about my 660ti I'm still debating to go with PC or ps4. Will my 660ti run this as well as the ps4?

 

[mintyice]

My 760 is crying

 

[razgriz417]

welp guess I'll be learning how to OC my CPU and GPU this weekend (i5 2500k and 970)

Anyone know of any good guides?

 

[Kinthalis]

Assuming there are no other bottlenecks...

Well, yes, that's why saying it scales at 99% is meaningless unless you state the resolution and graphics settings.

So asusming we have a baseline in the settings and you're benchmarking at say 1440p both times, if you said it sees scaling of 99%, I'd assume than if one card got 30FPS at 1440p with the same settings, two are getting 60 FPS.

 

[Mango Positive]

Guess I'll have to go with a mix of Medium and High for 780 @ 1440p

I have a 1440p monitor, though I also have a GTX 980. I'm going to try setting the driver to "no scaling" and see what it looks like at 1:1 1080p. I want Gameworks. I'll try it both ways though.

 

[viveks86]

Well, yes, that's why saying it scales at 99% is meaningless unless you state the resolution and graphics settings.

So asusming we have a baseline in the settings and you're benchmarking at say 1440p both times, if you said it sees scaling of 99%, I'd assume than if one card got 30FPS at 1440p with the same settings, two are getting 60 FPS.

Agreed

 

[RSTEIN]

My poor 770

 

[BigTnaples]

For every not cpu bottlenecked scene, yes. Btw, Andy says TW3 is not a cpu bound game at all.

Nobody knows this now. I bet you will be nearer to 60 than 30.

You'll essentially get almost double the performance when you go from one to two GPUs.
That of course doesn't necessarily mean double the framerate though.

Awesome. Thanks! So pumped. Just got home from work, going to fool around with EVGA Precision X and see if I can't squeeze a little extra out of my cards.

I thought fluid simulation murdered performance on anything other than small scale even on the best setups?

Looks like it was running okay a couple years back.

 

[TheExodu5]

Wonder how my GTX 680 will fare. Been out of the PC gaming scene for a year so I'm not sure how my card stacks up anymore.

 

[Starsunder]

Well I don't have a six core cpu or ddr4 ram, but I do have a 4790k and 32gb of ddr3 paired with 2 980s. So I should be golden for 1440p, ultra with gameworks.

Super fucking excited about this game!