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Witcher 3 PC Performance Thread
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Cross-Section
Member
Yep, there are a couple of dll files in the bin folder that weren't there before. Deleting d3d11 and dxgi should resolve the Steam crashes, as does checking the admin flag in the witcher3 executable's properties.
The first solution is the preferred one, however, as running in admin disables the Steam overlay anyway. That said, it's definitely possible that deleting those files may have ramifications come 1.05's release.
Getting CTDs often since last night. No changes, just started ahppening around an hour after reaching Novigrad.
Sometimes I get the sound playing/gamecloses/driver crash error.
Sometimes it just closes with no indication of why.
970, using the GTAV driver set (the newest set crashes as soon a I load the game).
Any current temp fixes for these?
Sometimes I get the sound playing/gamecloses/driver crash error.
Sometimes it just closes with no indication of why.
970, using the GTAV driver set (the newest set crashes as soon a I load the game).
Any current temp fixes for these?
Make sure it didn't switch your settings from fullscreen to windowed.
hermeslyre
Neo Member
I have a question, can Nvidia users do anything to change the level of tesselation used in the game? I know they can change the MSAA level, but I'm talking about the x16 - x64 levels I've been reading about lately. Supposedly dropping from the default x64 to x16 results in a large performance improvement with little decrease in quality, but I've only heard that AMD users are able to affect this setting.
Just got back from a weekend trip out of town, and now my game gets a random "Loading" screen no matter where I am or what I'm doing after updating GeForce drivers and the game itself to 1.04
I saw someone else mention this on the Steam forums, is this happening to others as well?
I saw someone else mention this on the Steam forums, is this happening to others as well?
So, I was messing with the Hairworks settings for Geralt and I settled on x16 tessellation on his hair with 0 Hairworks MSAA with better than expected results (I think the in-games post-processed AA really helps and it looks good in motion):
Call me crazy but that looks fucked. His regular non-HW hair looks better.
It is only a feature for AMD cards atm precisely because they have worse tessellation performance in general in comparison to Nvidia's cards.
It looks good in motion with a really small performance hit. I agree that it looks a lot worse in screen shots (and the hair on the side looks like shit no matter the settings).
TimeEffect
Member
Does PC have (significantly) more NPCs on screen than console?
The Dear Leader
Banned
Yes, I believe the Digital Foundry face-off said that the lowest setting on PC is still more NPC's than the console version.
icecold1983
Member
unfortunately. it would be great if their was a similar option because it would rly shed some light on all the accusations nvidias gameworks effects get.
a very cute dog
Member
I hope this is the right place to ask this. Is it possible to pull 60 frames at 1440p with a 980ti? Still rocking a 2500k but I'm looking to upgrade my 780 and I'm wondering how much better a 980ti would be for this game.
icecold1983
Member
if you oc and leave hairworks off, you can pull mostly 60.
With hairworks on it probably won't. Guru3D reviewed the 980 Ti and Witcher 3 was one of the game benchmarked. Take a look.
I dunno, the beard looks really awful. It looks fine in regular settings.
bodine1231
Member
Same here bro. Running two 980 Ti's and in the middle of the square in the main city I'm getting 45-50 fps @1440p with everything maxed including hairworks. My cards are only being used 55% as well. When I go into the field though they jump up to 80+ usage and my frames are in the 70's and 80's.
Check your CPU utilization?
m_shortpants
Member
Getting 50-60 in Novigrad with my single 970...not as nice as locked 60 :\
Might have to turn something down for this part of the game.
Might have to turn something down for this part of the game.
adamantypants
Member
I'm at 1440p, 980ti, 24gb ram, 4670k @ 4.6 ghz.
Turning down foliage distance to high and leaving hair completely off gives me ultra settings across the board, including AA, 60 fps practically locked. I'm a little bummed about having to turn foliage down but that's mostly a e-peen pissing contest. I honestly can't tell the difference at high and ultra.
Turning down foliage distance to high and leaving hair completely off gives me ultra settings across the board, including AA, 60 fps practically locked. I'm a little bummed about having to turn foliage down but that's mostly a e-peen pissing contest. I honestly can't tell the difference at high and ultra.
Man, this pop-in is the worst. People, hairs, beards pop in out of nowhere, it's pretty annoying. All my settings are maxed except hairworks off, foliage distance and grass to high, game runs on ssd.
Anyone knows what settings in the user.settings file that relates to this pop-ins?
Anyone knows what settings in the user.settings file that relates to this pop-ins?
Yeah the pop in is quite distracting at times. Should be some ini tweaks you can do to minimise it though.
UnrealEck
Member
There's very few instances you can see the difference because it's only at extremely long ranges. It's more of a screenshot setting than a play setting.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Does anyone get a crash where the game locks up and you get blue square artifacts all over the screen meaning you have to hard reset the computer?
I keep thinking it's a graphics driver crash due to my OC but no matter how much I turn the OC down I still get it. Also graphics driver crashes usually recover. Wondering if it's just the game.
I keep thinking it's a graphics driver crash due to my OC but no matter how much I turn the OC down I still get it. Also graphics driver crashes usually recover. Wondering if it's just the game.
CrankyKong
Member
Anyone else had this problem?
The game starts and literally runs at 2 fps.
Everything is in slow motion.
I installed new 15.5 AMD drivers and downloaded all three patches but it does nothing.
The game starts and literally runs at 2 fps.
Everything is in slow motion.
I installed new 15.5 AMD drivers and downloaded all three patches but it does nothing.
Same setup as you but 8GB ram and an i5 2500k @4.5ghz. I have to notch the shadows down one and foliage distance one to get that 60fps 99% of the time.
V1LÆM
Gold Member
Not sure if it's the same thing but every time I load a save up there will be huge frame drops but after 5-10 seconds it smooths out completely. Been like that since launch for me with both GTA V drivers and W3/Project Cars drivers.
CrankyKong
Member
Now this happened when the opening cinematic plays
is it just my card dying?
is it just my card dying?
Nah its not that still got no idea whats going on
The Dear Leader
Banned
Is your GPU overclocked? I've had something similar to that happen when I over OC my 7850.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
The beard is one of the better hairworks effects actually. Looks fantastic in motion at 4K. The wind blowing in the beard looks especially awesome.
CrankyKong
Member
No, not OC'd
Sounds like your card may have been damaged with the OC.
Are the artefacts appearing in other games?
The Dear Leader
Banned
Not sure then, maybe monitor the temp?
Sodding_Gamer
Member
Any news on the patch for PC yet?
I just got a 34" 3440x1440 curved VA monitor. Jaggies are extremely minimal now compared to my old 1080p 27" and IQ is a lot better.
970gtx is a pretty good card. Mine's OC'd to 1450/8000 and it never drops below 30 fps at this res running all ultra - hairdworks off. I'd probably need a 980ti OC'd to similar clocks to get 60 fps at this res and settings.
Edit: Screenie has steam compression sorry. I thought I had "save uncompressed copy" option ticked, but it wasn't.
Projectjustice
Banned
I installed the 15.5 catalyst drivers on my laptop and now the game crashes on boot up. My laptop is a A10 APU. I have a R9 290 at home and I'm worried this is gonna happen If I install this update on my desktop.
Is there anyone here that has tried 15.5 catalyst drivers on a R9 290? Any issues or performance improvements?
Is there anyone here that has tried 15.5 catalyst drivers on a R9 290? Any issues or performance improvements?
wanderjahr
Banned
There is hardly a difference in PPI between a 34" 21:9 3440x1440 and a 27" 16:9 1920x1080.
Primethius
Banned
Do you perchance know the ini tweaks or have a link towards?
Stuff's super annoying for me too in cutscenes. Where helmets and hair are popping in and otherwise emotional scenes get ruined because some female in the scene goes from being bald and unrecognizable to well... with a full head of hair.
Posted in the official thread but no response, so I wanted to try here:
So I got witcher 3 for free when I bought my GTX 970, and I installed it/have been playing it via GOG galaxy.
Last night, I tried adding the .exe to steam so that I could stream witcher 3 to my surface pro 3 when I'm in another room.
When I try to launch it, I see the .exe in the taskbar, then it disappears immediately. Happens if I try to launch it from the SP3 via streaming or if I do it myself from the desktop. The game launches fine if I do it from galaxy or click the .exe myself. Any ideas how to make this work?
So I got witcher 3 for free when I bought my GTX 970, and I installed it/have been playing it via GOG galaxy.
Last night, I tried adding the .exe to steam so that I could stream witcher 3 to my surface pro 3 when I'm in another room.
When I try to launch it, I see the .exe in the taskbar, then it disappears immediately. Happens if I try to launch it from the SP3 via streaming or if I do it myself from the desktop. The game launches fine if I do it from galaxy or click the .exe myself. Any ideas how to make this work?
Incorrect, unless you meant to have a 27" 1440p screen for the latter instead of 1080p.
No issues here with my 290. I'm pretty much running in the 50-60+ fps with hairworks off and 45-50 fps with Hairworks on (tweaked and Geralt only). In Novigrad, there are some annoying, unexplainable frame drops here and there. Overall, the new drivers netted me 5-7 extra fps as before I was barely hitting over 50 fps.
wanderjahr
Banned
Nah, it's correct. A matter of less than 30 PPI.
EDIT: Here, I'll even show you the numbers. the 34" 3440x1440 has a PPI of 109.68. The 27" 1920x1080 has a PPI of 81.59.
Cannon Goose
Member
Yes it's out now!
So I been playing on Ultra, locked at 30fps on a 780ti at 1080p and I just can't any more. I need to get 60. What are some of the more demending settings, without a huge visual hit?
I'm so close to just ordering a 980 ti.
Turned the hairworks to just Geralt, NPCs density and foliage on High. Getting high 40's-50 now! Wow, I'm almost there.
I'm so close to just ordering a 980 ti.
Turned the hairworks to just Geralt, NPCs density and foliage on High. Getting high 40's-50 now! Wow, I'm almost there.
RadioactiveLobster
Member
Turn down shadows
You should also try turning down Shadows to high and getting rid of Hairworks completely, it's a huge resource drain. After I did that I was able to get it to 60 fps with settings similar to yours (on a 970).