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The Witcher 2: Performance Thread [Enhanced Edition Patch - New content & 100+ fixes]
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LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Gonna try uber with my overclock enabled now CPU wise. Was getting like 11fps in the first scene before but that was without CPU OC'd.
toastyToast
Member
Binabik15 said:
CCC gives you a very safe overclock (50 core and 125 memory iirc). You'll want to download MSI Afterburner, it's a pretty nifty tool for OCing and what I assume most people use.
I'll PM you the rest (it's a bit off topic), if you have any questions ask in the I need a new PC thread.
Bud of mine on another forum put up some pics
http://forums.modojo.com/showpost.php?p=3518685&postcount=1
Holy Moly 0_0
Waiting for an answer on PC power.
http://forums.modojo.com/showpost.php?p=3518685&postcount=1
Holy Moly 0_0
Waiting for an answer on PC power.
AppleSmack
Banned
toasty_T said:
I Got an MSI GTX 460 1GB Cyclone. I assume its easy to overclock using that tool? I never overclocked my hardware before. Kinda scares me.
Minsc
Gold Member
PERFORMANCE v1.0
You should be able to download it from GOG directly, just go to "My Account" and you'll see your list of games, go to the downloads for TW2, and get the 2MB one from the top.
My understanding is that means it's not done, or you may have moved it during the installation so they didn't get deleted. You could try sorting the folder by size and see if you have 2GB files.
Also you need to have restarted the downloader since last night to get the last of it.
I just used http downloading from my web browser, no problems.
Ultra:
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You should be able to download it from GOG directly, just go to "My Account" and you'll see your list of games, go to the downloads for TW2, and get the 2MB one from the top.
RedSwirl said:
My understanding is that means it's not done, or you may have moved it during the installation so they didn't get deleted. You could try sorting the folder by size and see if you have 2GB files.
Also you need to have restarted the downloader since last night to get the last of it.
I just used http downloading from my web browser, no problems.
Anton Sugar
Member
EatChildren said:
Ah, gotcha, thanks for the information.
RavenFox said:
I love how amazing it looks and these are just the beginner areas. Can't wait to see the rest of the game.
Seriously. I'm gonna give the AFR profile solution posted by Pahamrick a shot when I get off work. (Thanks for mentioning this OP!)Sethos said:
Gotta say though, next single gpu card that gives me a 30% performance increase over my 5970 gets my money. This business of waiting for a game to be crossfire/sli optimized is getting old.
Minsc said:
It says the setup file is corrupted. Downloading the whole thing again will take another five hours, and I need that time to finish TW1.
Anyway, after pre-loading the game I moved the files to another drive then moved the downloader's download location to the same spot. When I started it up again, it downloaded the entire game again (but I didn't see any change in that folder). I restarted it and then got the last parts.
I take it Ubersampling is basically supersampling? Anyone know what the degree of super sampling is? (2x horizontal? 2x vertical? Or both?).
I'll post results from my tests when I get home tonight.
I wouldn't expect to see any difference in performance. Supersampling is purely a GPU bound operation. Increasing the CPU clock would have no impact, as your GPU is the bottleneck in this case.
Same here. SLI is not worth it, unless you MUST have the added performance in a game where you know SLI will work. But otherwise, too many issues with games here and there makes it more of a pain than anything.
I'll post results from my tests when I get home tonight.
LiquidMetal14 said:
I wouldn't expect to see any difference in performance. Supersampling is purely a GPU bound operation. Increasing the CPU clock would have no impact, as your GPU is the bottleneck in this case.
Sethos said:
Same here. SLI is not worth it, unless you MUST have the added performance in a game where you know SLI will work. But otherwise, too many issues with games here and there makes it more of a pain than anything.
AppleSmack
Banned
So...Anyone have any opinion on wether I should try overclocking on my MSI GTX 460 1gb cyclone? I never did it before.
Gully State
Member
Go for it. OC'ing your gpu is like very harmless and easy. You can easily revert if shit hits the fan.AppleSmack said:
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I did see a noticeable increase. I will give uber 1 more run just for a screenshot or 2.TheExodu5 said:
I was in the upper 40's on the highend before re-enabling my CPU OC. Now I was at 60 and above on ultra.
More tinkering to come.
Confusion Illusion
Banned
toasty_T said:
Damn! The atmosphere in this game is just incredible. Well, I'm going to need a serious video card upgrade. My options right now Geforce GTX 460 1GB and GeForce GTX 560 Ti or Radeon 6850 or 6870.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
Guys, this game is destroying my PC.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 5600+ @ 2.9 GHz
ATI HD Radeon 4670 1GB
4GB DDR2 667 RAM
The game auto-detects to low settings. I've fumbled with the resolution (max: 1680x1050), bringing as far down as 1280x800, but nothing seems to help. In fact, I think I was getting better frames when selecting medium settings over low.
So, based off my specs, what advanced graphics options should I stay completely clear from? I don't know what a lot of them mean, like texture downscaling, texture memory, etc. Right now I'm average 15 fps no matter what I do it seems.
Thoughts?
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 5600+ @ 2.9 GHz
ATI HD Radeon 4670 1GB
4GB DDR2 667 RAM
The game auto-detects to low settings. I've fumbled with the resolution (max: 1680x1050), bringing as far down as 1280x800, but nothing seems to help. In fact, I think I was getting better frames when selecting medium settings over low.
So, based off my specs, what advanced graphics options should I stay completely clear from? I don't know what a lot of them mean, like texture downscaling, texture memory, etc. Right now I'm average 15 fps no matter what I do it seems.
Thoughts?
LiquidMetal14 said:
You're getting 60fps with uber on or off? I was saying that you shouldn't see an increase with uber on, going by the performance results posted so far (~25fps on GTX 580). That is, unless they're supersampling through the CPU, which would be a terrible idea.
MrOogieBoogie said:
Sounds to me like the game just isn't scalable at all. Unless the poor performance is a result of bad drivers, there's not much hope other than getting better hardware. The question remains: where does the bottleneck lie? Hopefully I can run some tests tonight and give people an idea of how CPU and GPU affect performance.
One suggestion: open task manager (ctrl+shift+esc) and go to the performance tab. Run the game for a bit. See how stressed your dual-core CPU is. If it's running at 100%, then you've got a CPU bottleneck.
toastyToast
Member
AppleSmack said:
They pretty much expect you to. All you have to do is key in the clock speeds you want and its done. The only way to screw up the card is to play with the voltage.
Better to ask for specifics in the PC thread though.
It runs well enough on my C2D with a 5870 on medium(ish). Not exactly buttery smooth but at least the framerate is consistent, cutscenes run pretty smooth so far though.Mashing said:
One huge problem is the fact that my drivers crashed and my computer hardlocked, dunno if it's the game or AMD's fault. Anyone else on 11.5 experiencing this? Only happened once and I hope that's it.
Also, I have a lame ol' 4:3 monitor, can I turn widescreen off? Black borders are pretty ugly.
Edit: Scratch that, after you get out of that tower the framerate dips to 22. Ew. Gonna have to fiddle with the CPU intense settings I guess. Or pray I get a summer job.
CPU: 2600@4.6
GPU: 560 ti sli oc 900mhz
Resolution: 1080p
Preset: ultra
Location (of test): intro cutscene
Framerate: between 40-50 on avg
Custom Settings: uber off
CPU: 2600@4.6
GPU: 560 ti sli oc 900mhz
Resolution: 1080p
Preset: ultra
Location (of test): intro cutscene
Framerate: between 15-25 on avg
Custom Settings: uber on
other than that it works well in game, pretty much 60 70% of the time and between 40-50 the remaining 30% throughout the first 3 hours
GPU: 560 ti sli oc 900mhz
Resolution: 1080p
Preset: ultra
Location (of test): intro cutscene
Framerate: between 40-50 on avg
Custom Settings: uber off
CPU: 2600@4.6
GPU: 560 ti sli oc 900mhz
Resolution: 1080p
Preset: ultra
Location (of test): intro cutscene
Framerate: between 15-25 on avg
Custom Settings: uber on
other than that it works well in game, pretty much 60 70% of the time and between 40-50 the remaining 30% throughout the first 3 hours
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
@TheExodus
Sorry for not being so clear, I'm still basically in R&D mode messing with things. I was getting 60 and up on average with ULTRA settings and vsync off.
I decided to try uber and was getting 18-45 depending on where I was at in the following shots. Averaging in the upper 20's for the most part but dipping as low as 18 but no lower in any occurrence.
THese shots look almost the same as ultra without uber. Not worth the performance hit in my opinion.
Sorry for not being so clear, I'm still basically in R&D mode messing with things. I was getting 60 and up on average with ULTRA settings and vsync off.
I decided to try uber and was getting 18-45 depending on where I was at in the following shots. Averaging in the upper 20's for the most part but dipping as low as 18 but no lower in any occurrence.
THese shots look almost the same as ultra without uber. Not worth the performance hit in my opinion.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
These 2 shots are without uber. The second one is one I tried to take from the same location as one of the others from my other post. Just to compare.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
TheExodu5 said:
Well, I have the game minimized, and my CPU Usage is around 1%-10%.
metareferential
Member
Any suggestion on what to disable without compromising visual fidelity?
I'm on a i5 750 and gtx480, I get strange framerates, from smooth to unplayable with everything set to ultra or recommended (which is ultra minus ubersampling and some other options).
I'm updating the drivers now.
I'm on a i5 750 and gtx480, I get strange framerates, from smooth to unplayable with everything set to ultra or recommended (which is ultra minus ubersampling and some other options).
I'm updating the drivers now.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
ULTRA with uber enabled - 42 fps
ULTRA without uber - 63fps
ULTRA without uber - 63fps
AppleSmack
Banned
toasty_T said:
Alright thanks. I`m going to go for it.
boundedseven
Banned
I'm installing the game and will post performance soon.
Can someone suggest if i should go with Nvidia 270.61 WHQL certified or Beta 275.27. I've got a GTX 460
Edit: Witcher 2 FB page suggests NVIDIA card owners use the latest beta drivers for a performance boost http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-64bit-275.27-beta-driver.html
NVIDIA claims 400 and 500 series GPUs will see better performances.
Can someone suggest if i should go with Nvidia 270.61 WHQL certified or Beta 275.27. I've got a GTX 460
Edit: Witcher 2 FB page suggests NVIDIA card owners use the latest beta drivers for a performance boost http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-64bit-275.27-beta-driver.html
NVIDIA claims 400 and 500 series GPUs will see better performances.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
MrOogieBoogie said:
Anyone else?
Just an update, I turned off motion blur and SSAO and now I'm getting 25-35 fps wish an ocassional dip into the 40's in indoor areas.
Open the advanced settings and try to auto detect again. It did the same to me, and when I did that, it changed it to high settings.
MrOogieBoogie said:
Open the advanced settings and try to auto detect again. It did the same to me, and when I did that, it changed it to high settings.
cleveridea
Member
JohngPR said:
versus what? plus how much worse does it look without SSAO?