I get between 25 and 30 fps in Oxenfurt and Crookback Bog with these settings.
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Witcher 3 PC Performance Thread
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I get between 25 and 30 fps in Oxenfurt and Crookback Bog with these settings.
There is no 1.05, the DLC doesn't affect the version number.
Hmm, I haven't experienced that issue.
Thanks. I re-read the last page and there seemed to be a mix up.
0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
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Does Steam automatically download/install/enable the DLC, or do I need to hunt it down and download independently?
Still haven't actually got to play this yet, I've had the EXCEPTION ACCESS VIOLATION error the entire time. Anyone got any surefire fixes? I've tried everything I can think of or have read online. Somebody mentioned that it was referring to the game trying to access memory it shouldn't be?
Allnamestakenlol
Member
For the people that are getting stutter, have you tried monitoring your frame times? At the moment, I'm playing on my 65" TV @ 1080p 60hz w/ a single Titan X and using in-game vsync w/ no frame limiter, and I get zero stutter unless my fps drops, causing my frame times to spaz out. No stutter = rock solid 16.7ms frame times in my case. This is while running/walking/riding, panning camera slow and fast, watching the birds, etc.
chromatic9
Member
I tested in Velen and White Orchard and get 22-26fps. There's no major stutters as if the card is on it knees, seems playable. I tried on medium and get 26-31fps.
970 in my experience is more like a 1620-1800p card. 2160p in modern games like AC Unity tend to sit in the 20-26fps range.
Gallop through some barren fields near Novigrad and watch as the camera jumps up and down when following Roach. In this situation it seems the camera isn't sufficiently elastic when characters move up and down.
Cannon Goose
Member
Around 25-30 fps for me.
Beyond crossfire why are people so desperate for AMD drivers?
The game runs really great with the current drivers. I don't seem to be experiencing the widespread crashing that Nvidia users are, or is this happening on AMD drivers as well?
This game has been disgustingly stable for me, accepting overclocks that die quickly on other games.
This is why I switched, I missed out at launch on Crysis 2 and Deus ex hr, took them like 6 weeks to get a working Crysis 2 profile out. I want to say they were late on Witcher 2 as well. I really want to go back sometimes, but it's not worth missing the big triple a releases that I paid full price for not having support ready from AMD.
After much tinkering, that setting produced the best experience for me as well.
Unlimited frame, in-game vsync, full screen results in almost stutter free 59.5 - 60 fps gameplay at 1080P(of course w/o hairworks and foliage/shadow at high).
Only time framerate drops during gameplay is when opening the in game menu to save which drops the frame rate to 57 fps.
The only reason I have two R9 290s is because I got them slightly used for the price of a single 780. I've said plenty of times I'm never making that mistake again, but I also said that when I had two HD4890s.
Cannon Goose
Member
I still get stuttering when walking, jogging, and when I'm on the horse as well. Also when moving around quickly through forests and towns it seems to stutter as well. This all happens with a rock solid 30 fps lock with unwavering 33.3ms frame times.
texhnolyze
Banned
Yeah, it's not like the game is not running flawlessly without a new driver.
Even Nvidia users with the "game ready" drivers ended up rolling back their driver to previous version to avoid crashes etc.
metalmachine
Member
So setting the FPS to 30 and running on Ultra settings with full window mode on is great. Smooth and so far I haven't seen it drop below 30 yet. 1080P
Intel i5
EVGA SSC 970 GTX
8 gig ram
Edit:
Also, Vsync off
Intel i5
EVGA SSC 970 GTX
8 gig ram
Edit:
Also, Vsync off
Daaaaaamn. Thank you guys a lot, seriously. Really appreciate it. So it's safe to assume 30 fps isn't an option with those settings it seems.
Reason I was asking was because I have a 780 Ti, which in many games performs similarly to a 970. In TW3, it was supposedly a lot worse (kepler problem, blah blah blah), but there's the Kepler fix coming so what I wanted to know was how much fps I could expect if we assume the fix pushes my performance closer to that of a 970. From the figures you guys have posted it seems like the performance is only a few fps off what I'm getting now (so the Kepler issue doesn't seem to have hit my card as hard as I originally thought), so it looks like I'll be sticking with 1440p 30 fps.
Again, thank you so much guys.
Yeah, I didn't like the preset because of the crushed blacks.
Surprisingly I started to see that problem after 1.04 patch.
Riding a horse, without using run key, walk slowly in a straigh line. The world will stutter once every second. The problem disappear if you use the "run" key.
Is not a renderer stutter problem, but an incorrect re-position of the camera or something like that.
Jesus, you have to click extras, scroll to the individual DLCs download them open the download folder and install them manually. GoG Galaxy has some ways to go :lol.
Why couldn't Witcher 3 just have the launcher like Witcher 2 did for setting up mods, downloading DLCs and enabling/disabling them
Edit: Regarding Armour sets, do they just magically appear in your inventory or do you have to buy them? I'd prefer the latter really, otherwise it feels like cheating. Sorry for the off topic questions
Why couldn't Witcher 3 just have the launcher like Witcher 2 did for setting up mods, downloading DLCs and enabling/disabling them
Edit: Regarding Armour sets, do they just magically appear in your inventory or do you have to buy them? I'd prefer the latter really, otherwise it feels like cheating. Sorry for the off topic questions
Domcorleone
Member
I think I have the same with another SweetFX preset. I just upped the gamma in the game. I wonder if it can be tweaked in the SweetFX settings?
I tried changing the gamma but mine seems to be broken. No matter what I change it to it doesn't actually make a lick of difference.
I remember when the Omega drivers released and I received a 15% boost across the board on a majority of my games. I'm hoping for something similar to that before I dip my feet in.
fizzelopeguss
Banned
It's always been there for me. Looking at ps4 video's they have it as well.
I don't know if you have to buy them or if they appear in a chest somewhere, but I know the day one set doesn't show up in your inventory.
970, witcher drivers, Win7 64, 1.04
RandomSeed
Member
Tempting, but I'd feel stupid if a larger drop in price came in a month. Bah. Very tempting.
You have to buy them, both the Temerian and Horse armor sets are available from the very first merchant which you encounter in White Orchard.
No you don't have to do all that with Galaxy. The DLC appeared as normally but I think there is some problem and they removed it. Here is from twitter: https://twitter.com/GOGcom/status/603552632557428736
So wait a little bit.
To anyone still getting NPC/foliage pop-in problems with 1.04:
Delete your user.ini and user.settings.ini files in Documents/The Witcher 3. It'll rebuild them when you restart the game, and you'll have to reset all of your options settings, but it it brought me back to the 1.03 standard of pop-in (negligible).
Delete your user.ini and user.settings.ini files in Documents/The Witcher 3. It'll rebuild them when you restart the game, and you'll have to reset all of your options settings, but it it brought me back to the 1.03 standard of pop-in (negligible).
metalmachine
Member
OK so I turned Vsync back on. I noticed tearing but still hitting 30 consistently at ultra everything. 1080P
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I wish I understood why I get grass pop-in issues when using tweaks that increase distance/density over Ultra, but only under specific circumstances and certain locations, versus those who don't. It really does seem like an issue with the renderer and maybe some cap or limit to how much data will be streamed in a single scene, versus the hardware available. Quite odd.
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Hmm, might need to do this when I get home. I haven't noticed foliage popin but NPC popin is pretty bad for me.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Graphic artifacts becoming more weirder after patch v1.04.....
GPU at full load only 70 degrees (after clean driver install btw), CPU around 63-65 degrees. Why am I getting artifacts?
My specs just in case:
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro x64
CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz
GPU: GIGABYTE Radeon R9 280X 1100Mhz 3GB VRAM 6000Mhz 384 bit (GA-R928XO3)
RAM: 8GB DDRIII
GPU at full load only 70 degrees (after clean driver install btw), CPU around 63-65 degrees. Why am I getting artifacts?
My specs just in case:
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro x64
CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz
GPU: GIGABYTE Radeon R9 280X 1100Mhz 3GB VRAM 6000Mhz 384 bit (GA-R928XO3)
RAM: 8GB DDRIII
BRocknRolla
Member
Folks with r9 290x 4gbs...
How if your performance? I started with everything cranked to Ultra, HBAO+, no Hairworks, 1080p, and while I never dipped into the 30s but for one time, I still felt like the framerate was fluctuating a lot more than I wanted it to between the low 40s and 60.
I went from borderless windowed, to full screen with vsync upon some suggestions, but that seemed to do very little if anything for me performance wise.
I dropped shadows, grass density, and foliage distance down to high, and I will say it stick a lot closer to 60 most of the time (Though I'm still seeing the 40s in the bogs). Does this sound normal to folks? I can't help but feel I should be able to wring a bit more out of this card.
Edit: Additional Question - Is the steam integrated fps counter a reasonable way to measure your performance? I know there are more complex tools, but I really don't need that.
How if your performance? I started with everything cranked to Ultra, HBAO+, no Hairworks, 1080p, and while I never dipped into the 30s but for one time, I still felt like the framerate was fluctuating a lot more than I wanted it to between the low 40s and 60.
I went from borderless windowed, to full screen with vsync upon some suggestions, but that seemed to do very little if anything for me performance wise.
I dropped shadows, grass density, and foliage distance down to high, and I will say it stick a lot closer to 60 most of the time (Though I'm still seeing the 40s in the bogs). Does this sound normal to folks? I can't help but feel I should be able to wring a bit more out of this card.
Edit: Additional Question - Is the steam integrated fps counter a reasonable way to measure your performance? I know there are more complex tools, but I really don't need that.
Sodding_Gamer
Member
Graphic artifacts becoming more weirder after patch v1.04.....
GPU at full load only 70 degrees (after clean driver install btw), CPU around 63-65 degrees. Why am I getting artifacts?
My specs just in case:
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro x64
CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz
GPU: GIGABYTE Radeon R9 280X 1100Mhz 3GB VRAM 6000Mhz 384 bit (GA-R928XO3)
RAM: 8GB DDRIII
Better get saving for a new card.... Lol in all seriousness I've never noticed any artifacted apart from when I first played the game and had my card overclocked. Bringing it down to factory settings my game has ran flawlessly. GPU at full load and temps around 67 degrees.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
I did not OC the GPU myself it is a stock OC. GPU is brand new btw and I bought it yesterday.
Sodding_Gamer
Member
Hmmm, the fact your card is brand new could be the key. Maybe you have a faulty card? Yeah mine has a stock OC as well so you shouldn't really be getting any artifacting. I'm not aware of any artifacting-esque bugs per se in the game. I'd keep an eye on it.
Posted my Patch 1.04 updated benchmark video testing my SLI GTX 980's at Ultra settings
https://youtu.be/u-j9s0O9LhA
PC Specs:
COOLER MASTER HAF X Blue Edition
COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series RS800-80GAD3-US 800W
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO
Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) - Overclocked to 4.3Ghz
(SLI) EVGA 04G-2983-KR GeForce GTX 980 Superclocked 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 ACX 2.0 PCI Express 3.0
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77
G.SKILL Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)
Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" ASUS Black Blu-ray Drive SATA Model BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS
(Shadowplay Dump Drive) SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE120BW 2.5" 120GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
(OS Drive) SAMSUNG 850 Pro Series MZ-7KE512BW 2.5" 512GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
https://youtu.be/u-j9s0O9LhA
PC Specs:
COOLER MASTER HAF X Blue Edition
COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series RS800-80GAD3-US 800W
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO
Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) - Overclocked to 4.3Ghz
(SLI) EVGA 04G-2983-KR GeForce GTX 980 Superclocked 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 ACX 2.0 PCI Express 3.0
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77
G.SKILL Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)
Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" ASUS Black Blu-ray Drive SATA Model BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS
(Shadowplay Dump Drive) SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE120BW 2.5" 120GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
(OS Drive) SAMSUNG 850 Pro Series MZ-7KE512BW 2.5" 512GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Because your OC isn't stable.
Yes, stock OCs are sometimes not stable, I've had it happen on my previous card (also a Gigabyte, for that matter). Test if reducing the frequency by 10% or so fixes the issue.
Damn, I had no idea you had to do that. No wonder they weren't showing up for me.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
I have already stress tested GPU in Fire Strike benchmark without getting any artifacts, same thing with FurMark at full load with up to 80 degrees (as you know already, I'm getting artifacts at 70 degrees) - same thing, no artifacts.
There's some guy from official CDPR forum who's also getting artifacts and glitches after patch v1.04 - http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/41673-Graphic-Artifacts-and-Glitching-since-1-04
Okay, I will try to lower the GPU clock to 1000 MHz and will post the results later.
Kinda disappointed with my performance. Framerate is ok on high settings, in the 30s - 40s, but in Novigrad it takes a huge hit and can fall below 30 fps.
Not even using the recommended GeForce Experience settings.
Nvidia GTX 780
Intel i5 2500k @4.3GHz
Is the CPU bottle-necking my performance?
Not even using the recommended GeForce Experience settings.
Nvidia GTX 780
Intel i5 2500k @4.3GHz
Is the CPU bottle-necking my performance?
The only artifacting I've had was outside Oxenfurt, killing rotfiends. When they exploded my screen went crazy with their blood splatters. It took up the entire screen and flashed for a second or two.
But after that happened a few times my game crashed due to a memory leak. Since then I haven't had any artifacting issues.
But after that happened a few times my game crashed due to a memory leak. Since then I haven't had any artifacting issues.