wanderjahr
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Yes, other Kepler cards had performance improvements.
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Witcher 3 PC Performance Thread
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Yes, other Kepler cards had performance improvements.
Projectjustice
Banned
Ok great but you should be doing better outside of cities. Right now I'm getting 55-60fps. Low 50s in the city, I do get those spike drops though in the city. Gonna go ahead with this update.
RadioactiveLobster
Member
Well, 15 minutes into the new patch and the game crashed. Haven't had a game crash since the release version.
I ended up fixing my crashing issues yesterday. I uninstalled Afterburner and Riva tuner stats server and also removed all the SweetFX files
Everything worked after that.
Went back and re-installed afterburner and everything still works. Interestingly enough, the game is perfectly stable with a pretty beefy overclock too (1525 mhz on a 980) and ALSO interesting is the fact that I'm not seeing temps nearly as high as before despite ambient room temps being the same as they have been for the past week or two.
I have a hard time believing that Riva stat server or Sweet FX could cause the temps to run high for some arbitrary reason but the fact remains, the temps are lower despite the clock speed being higher and GPU utilization staying in the 90's%
I may re-install riva stat server tonight and then re-install sweetFX and see what happens. going to check for 1.05 patch stability first though.
Everything worked after that.
Went back and re-installed afterburner and everything still works. Interestingly enough, the game is perfectly stable with a pretty beefy overclock too (1525 mhz on a 980) and ALSO interesting is the fact that I'm not seeing temps nearly as high as before despite ambient room temps being the same as they have been for the past week or two.
I have a hard time believing that Riva stat server or Sweet FX could cause the temps to run high for some arbitrary reason but the fact remains, the temps are lower despite the clock speed being higher and GPU utilization staying in the 90's%
I may re-install riva stat server tonight and then re-install sweetFX and see what happens. going to check for 1.05 patch stability first though.
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Deleted member 325805
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Just crashed, screen went all fucked like it was a GPU overheating issue but it never went over 68c, it's more likely it was a driver crash. Event viewer shows "Application witcher3.exe has been blocked from accessing Graphics hardware.". Anyone else? This never happened before the patch.
drhankmccoyphd
Member
I'm getting a lot of Audio glitches when sound fx kick in. The sound cuts out a lot and seems to cause hitching in the framerate. I have the launch drivers from Nvidia for my 560ti and I'm wondering if it's something do with my drivers and/or the GPU overclock. Anyone run into this?
edit: havne't updated to 1.05 yet.
edit: havne't updated to 1.05 yet.
I definitely can notice a difference in performance after this patch. 75-80FPS in Novigrad city right now, before the patch it was more like 65-70.
Could bump up foliage visibility to ultra as well and still maintain 60FPS (with very minor dips below) in the swamps.
This is on an overclocked 970 and i7 4770K@4.3GHz.
Could bump up foliage visibility to ultra as well and still maintain 60FPS (with very minor dips below) in the swamps.
This is on an overclocked 970 and i7 4770K@4.3GHz.
wanderjahr
Banned
Wow, a 15% increase in performance? Anybody else getting this?
I just got an insufficient memory warning by windows 8 and the game shut down. It actually happened to me a few days ago, when I installed sweetFX. Uninstalling it solved the problem immediately but now the issue is back, at least after a very long session.
I only have 8 GB of RAM and an SSD where both the OS and the game are installed. I read the issue is probably caused by the fact that I disabled the page file altogether. I did that because it was suggested in a "optimize your OS for your new SSD" guide or something like that. Did I do wrong? Should I re-enable it? And if so, how many GB should it be? Thanks.
I only have 8 GB of RAM and an SSD where both the OS and the game are installed. I read the issue is probably caused by the fact that I disabled the page file altogether. I did that because it was suggested in a "optimize your OS for your new SSD" guide or something like that. Did I do wrong? Should I re-enable it? And if so, how many GB should it be? Thanks.
Performances are the same as 1.04 for me. I also never had the exp problem.
Just had my third crash after the update. What's going on?
Just had a crash 30 min into a play session where the screen went completely black and never recovered. I did not receive a driver error..well, if I did, I couldn't see it because the screen was black.
Had to force a shutdown. After the reboot, the event viewer showed a "Kernel Power" error with a code of 41. No idea about this.
Had to force a shutdown. After the reboot, the event viewer showed a "Kernel Power" error with a code of 41. No idea about this.
75-80 in Novigrad on a single 970?
What are your settings and resolution?
What have you OC'd the GPU to?
I wouldn't have thought a single 970 could achieve those frames if you're talking everything on ultra...
That's a significant difference when you're sitting 2-3 feet away from the screen. What you're saying is basically like saying a 27 inch 1080p monitor has no benefits over a 27 inch 1440p monitor.
dr_rus
Member
I'm seeing 1600 fps (that's right) in the menu now where it used to be 18 something 8)
The game seems to be running on the same level but I didn't test it thoroughly.
Mohonky
Member
Seemed to have cleared up the stutter camera stuff for me, unless its a placebo.
This game (and probably many other titles) allocates far more than it actually uses. That's why you get the warning. With more RAM this wouldn't be as much of a problem?
I had to switch my page file back (system managed).
wanderjahr
Banned
Ummm, no. I'm literally saying a 34" 3440x1440 isn't that much of a PPI boost from a 27" 1920x1080 monitor.
Either it's placebo or there definitely was an increase in performance. I'm mid 60's to high 70's in Novigrad now. Mostly 70+.
Edit:
For reference i5 4690k @4ghz, GTX 970 SLI (1350MHz/7750MHz), 1440p, no AA, everything Ultra except Shadows, Foliage Distance and Grass (all High), HairWorks on.
Edit:
For reference i5 4690k @4ghz, GTX 970 SLI (1350MHz/7750MHz), 1440p, no AA, everything Ultra except Shadows, Foliage Distance and Grass (all High), HairWorks on.
The menus are no longer capped. Not sure why they would make that change. Now it's just unneeded stress and heat from the GPU.
Prime crotch
Banned
I seem to get very unstable performance with my 970 and i5-4670k, after the patch, 1080p borderless, on high; Novigrad jumps from smooth 60 to low tens and then to 30s. I'm using a variation of the 344.xx drivers. Not sure waht's going on
Yep, just let windows manage your pagefile (preferrably on a hdd). Page files used to be an issue in XP but the management now is much better.
dr_rus
Member
Well, having them at 18 fps was a pain in the ass, I'd very much rather have 1600 which I can limit to whatever I want myself.
RandomSeed
Member
^ 1,600 fps is the new 60. The human eye can't see anything 1,601 or above, so make sure to use RivaTuner to cap it. My shitty old card suffers drops, though, so I have to just cap it at 800 fps and crank up the details.
I didn't see any difference either.
BigTnaples
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RickyRozay
Member
Once I started The Mystery Of The Byways Murders mission and traveled to the byways my fps totally tanked in that area and went all the way down to the low 50's which doesn't make much sense as honestly doesn't look like much is going on at all. Anyone's fps tank in the same spot?
Everywhere else is solid with fps ranging from around 70-80, sometimes dipping to 65. Novigrad usually ran around 70fps for my 970 and still does.
Everywhere else is solid with fps ranging from around 70-80, sometimes dipping to 65. Novigrad usually ran around 70fps for my 970 and still does.
Yeah my fps was terrible in that area. r9 290 here.
Hey_Blinkin
Member
Getting some god-awful squealing sound from my pc when alt-tabbing out of full screen mode after the patch. Never heard anything like it.
Yeah, that performance seems high for a single 970. I should know, as I have the same setup.
chromatic9
Member
Getting some nice performance increases on 970.
All Ultra with HBAO+ except shadows on High at 1080p 75-90 with 65ish being the lowest. Same performance at Oxenfurt but the OSD wasn't ticked when taking shots.
Before to get 60+ I had to drop one or two other settings down to high, performance was 60-65 with very rare 55.
Haven't got Novigrad yet.
1.05
First Witcher 3 driver
Win 7 i7 930 6GB RAM
Back to playing it at 1800p and 2160 though, just thought I'd test as I seen some perf boost at those res
All Ultra with HBAO+ except shadows on High at 1080p 75-90 with 65ish being the lowest. Same performance at Oxenfurt but the OSD wasn't ticked when taking shots.
Before to get 60+ I had to drop one or two other settings down to high, performance was 60-65 with very rare 55.
Haven't got Novigrad yet.
1.05
First Witcher 3 driver
Win 7 i7 930 6GB RAM
Back to playing it at 1800p and 2160 though, just thought I'd test as I seen some perf boost at those res
just installed my 980 ti, overclocked it, and started up the Witcher 3 to see how it would run. I'm able to max everything except AA and hairworks at 1440p, and I almost never drop below 60. When I do it's only in the 57-59 range. Glad I can finally max this game without sacrificing 60fps. Too bad I have to deal with the loud reference fan.
Cannon Goose
Member
Performance improvements for 970 users? Time to see if Hairworks is possible yet again!
Wag
Member
They are. Unfortunately this game (and most other recent ones like GTA V) runs like shit on Kepler. Nvidia has pretty much abandoned it. 😡
The menus were never capped. I had 1800 FPS in the menu on release day.
. Witcher3.exe is in processes of task manager but nothing actually starts up.
GavinUK86
Member
My menu was always capped to what I presume was 30 even though it hovered around 27/28 according to afterburner and fraps. It didn't feel sluggish though so I'm not sure what was going on there. It says 60 now yet it feels the same.