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Witcher 3 PC Performance Thread
- Thread starter batman2million
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I haven't had a crash in ages. Inventory screen works every time. No idea why, but I'll gladly take it
Increase GrassDistanceScale. I found 2.5 to hit the sweet spot, though Nvidia recommends 3.
Increase GrassDistanceScale. I found 2.5 to hit the sweet spot, though Nvidia recommends 3.
BRocknRolla
Member
Reasons? I've largely seen people just say a small performance gain. What's negative?
I'm crashing now more too, in Novigrad, crashed twice today within an hour, and a couple of times when I was playing last night. Whole machine pretty much freezes up, I can move the mouse pointer around, but it won't click on anything and I end up just having to reboot.
Going to dial back to 1.01 and see if the problem goes away.
Edit: Nope, "Save cannot be loaded because it was using a newer version of the game".
Well fuck.
When you get black screen with sound crash, you can just reboot safely without a hard reboot by pressing start button on the keyboard and press right arrow twice, up and press enter(windows 7).
Quite sure it will. FX8320e/HD7850 here, and running on almost ultra at a constant 30fps.
Yes.
If you like the colors of the game probably just use Nvidia FXAA. It's pretty good (especially if downsampling) and it's so simple to do, guaranteed to work. SweetFX is simple too but not worth worrying about if all you want is AA.
tioslash
Member
Just saw this posted on the Nvidia Forums, and man..that difference in performance from the 760 to the 960...lol.
https://youtu.be/lIbWyg0Qve4
Now I´m definitely waiting for Nvidia release the supposed driver that will fix Kepler performance, obviously expecting 5-10% improvements if any, which in my case using a 760 means 3 fps at best. Yay.
https://youtu.be/lIbWyg0Qve4
Now I´m definitely waiting for Nvidia release the supposed driver that will fix Kepler performance, obviously expecting 5-10% improvements if any, which in my case using a 760 means 3 fps at best. Yay.
The Dear Leader
Banned
I have the same CPU at the same speed, 8gb or RAM and a 7850 and it performs and looks much better than the PS4 version. So I would would say definitely yes.
Felix Lighter
Member
What's the best way to log frametimes?
Sorry for not being specific.
7970GHz
16GB RAM
i7 3770k@4.4
7200rpm drive
low-high-med-ultra mix of setting/ SSAO/ ingame AA off
RadeonPro disabled, monitoring via MSIAft, drivers default.
Before the patch I was standing on the coast, overlooking huge amount of water - 60fps(+-0.6)
After the patch I had dropped to around ~54fps.
Then I tried it with RP setting I had before - that caused another drop.
Disabling forced 16xAF mitigated some perf loss. SMAA was on and perf didn't change.
Tesselation on 8x was better then no tesselation settings.
I had more fps when I turned towards the forrest before the patch.
Still tinkering with settings. Again.
Man I gotta say, I've never had GeForce Experience lowball a game's settings so hard -- for my i5-4570/gtx760 it's optimal settings are: locked at 30fps, medium textures, medium detail, AA off, DoF off.
I've been switching back and forth between this suggestion and high textures, high detail, AA on, DoF on. I'm seeing a pretty noticeable visual improvement and absolutely no performance hit (locked at 30fps).
I think it just wants me to buy a 980.
I've been switching back and forth between this suggestion and high textures, high detail, AA on, DoF on. I'm seeing a pretty noticeable visual improvement and absolutely no performance hit (locked at 30fps).
I think it just wants me to buy a 980.
By the way, I saw the AMD 15.5 beta driver for Witcher 3 has been available for a day now, how have you experienced it? Any negatives or positives? I'm rather satisfied how I run it now and I don't want to risk downloading a faulty driver.
edit: I'm a doofus, it's literally being discussed at this page. I'll give it a read.
edit: I'm a doofus, it's literally being discussed at this page. I'll give it a read.
BRocknRolla
Member
No problem. I appreciate the update. After installing mine, I can say I see no change; for better or for worse. Not quite sure what performance gains other people are seeing or where, but I didn't seem to get anything.
KINGofCRA5H
Member
I just hope one day I can run my 980 FTW at the stock factory OC without my game crashing. I had to uninstall MSI afterburner and RTSS as well. Each time I start the game, I disable all my running programs, lower my clocks using Nvidia inspector and set fan speed to 55%. Seems to be fine. Still, kind of a hassle.
CybernatonEvolution
Member
I am waiting for the driver fix too by looking at the prices of used GTX 780 cards; I want to know the appropriate price that I should ask for my GTX 780.
God damn.
curiouscharles
Member
same here.
had logged maybe 20 hours in the game and had my first crash.
now its cherry is busted and it's crashing quite frequently [game will freeze, then go black, then CTD - takes about ~30 seconds to finish this cycle normally].
game also won't begin working again until a reboot [or two].
Could someone try that?http://steamcommunity.com/app/292030/discussions/0/617335934148703992/
SaiyanRaoh
Member
My game did no crashing before this latest update. After I uninstall this game , is there a way for me to reinstall and simply not update it? Or does steam include the newest updates when you download the game?
My saves may not work but damn it, at least I could actually play it.
My saves may not work but damn it, at least I could actually play it.
OmegaTreeFish
Banned
Was playing locked 30 and it just never felt right. Switches to unlimited plus vsync and feels great. Guess the in game 30 lock just sucks.
texhnolyze
Banned
Nothing at all.
Can you send me a link the files you're using? I tried to get 1000x better preset but he's got the reshade files uploaded to nexusmods and that's a pay to join site >:-(
texhnolyze
Banned
Just use the official build from reshade.me website. It works.
I'm using a beta build which enables on/off toggle, but I don't have the link right now, unfortunately.
Such bullshit that the 280X is getting outperformed by the 960.
JudgmentJay
Member
You can download mods on Nexus without paying anything. You don't even have to register for an account.
The nexus sites are free to join, they just offer a paid service that gives you better download speeds and whatnot.
As in "It sucks that the 960 has better performance despite the 280x being the better GPU" or "This video is bullshit"?
Smushroomed
Banned
Something is wrong with the dude pushing buttons @ geforce experience
My suggsted 970 sli was usually near max settings
it just lowballed it to something like a 760
My suggsted 970 sli was usually near max settings
it just lowballed it to something like a 760
Oddly enough I was getting dips when I was in water anywhere between 8-10fps after 1.04 hit and now after installing 15.5 I get close the 60fps in High water detail like I did before the patch. Whatever caused the decrease in performance when updating to 1.04 seemed to have fixed itself with the new AMD drivers, at least for me.
Damn, yikes!
The 960 is surprisingly outperforming all the other cards and the 760 didn't stand a chance (sorry 760 owners).
Slackbladder
Member
The GeForece Experiance settings suggests I should have everything at Ultra with Hairworks. But I know it'll hit my frame rate (GTX980). Unless sub-60fps was their goal. Also I seem to have a few frame rate hitches post Geforce Experiance update. Can running it at the same time as the game do that? Think I'll turn it off.
LOL same here. I should change everything to medium apparently.
Appreciate the help. Its not working.
Shows the initla black screen with the reshade info top left, then CTD.
If I leave the sweetfx_settings that come with the package, the game gets stuck at the compiling effects screen.
Ugh
It worked fine back on Win 7
wanderjahr
Banned
And that's why you don't use GeForce Experience.
KCroxtonJr
Member
has anybody else using DS4WINDOWS tried setting up macros on touch pad swipes to instantly use your signs?
It's awesome.
It's awesome.
tycoonheart
Member
Me too. Zero crashes before 1.04.
Soltype
Member
Yep, that's about what my 670FTW is getting.Hope there's an official fix for this .