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Witcher 3 PC Performance Thread
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Sodding_Gamer
Member
The hell. I've just got my new 970, from a 770 and the performance in seeing is not as good as I thought. I was getting solid 30fps and now I hit it the 50-60 fps with the same gfx settings. I was hoping for a locked 60 to be honest!
What overclocking software are peeps using for their 970s?
What overclocking software are peeps using for their 970s?
Felix Lighter
Member
Thanks,
[LevelOfDetail]
DecalsHideDistance= [Ultra value: 80]
DynamicDecalsHideDistance= [Default value: 20]
DimmerHideDistance= [Default value: 60]
StripeHideDistance= [Default value: 60]
SwarmHideDistance= [Default value: 200]
DeacalsHideDistance would impact things like tattoos maybe? It's strange because it seems that the LOD settings during cutscenes is more conservative, swapping out models that are quite close.
I'm looking at benchmarks for the Witcher 3 and that is the precisely the improvement you should have expected. There are a lot of people here using GTX 970 that can give you some settings suggestions to hit that performance target I think.
Sodding_Gamer
Member
That can't be right. Because if I unlocked my frame rate on my 770 I was getting 45-50 fps most the time apart from novigrad. And to upgrade to a 970 and not be able to even hit 60fps doesn't seem right to me.
GHG
Member
660 sli (kelper) here. New drivers and new patch have really smoothed things out. I'm getting far fewer dips below 30fps (it's very rare that it even happens now during gameplay) and the stuttering is pretty much non existent now.
Maxed out at 1080p with hairworks on btw.
Felix Lighter
Member
When you said locked 30, I didn't assume you meant 45-50 fps unlocked.
What settings?
A 970 will produce results like:
1080
Hair works off
All post processing on
Everything ultra except shadows, foliage, grass on high
50-60fps
So if your setings are close to those you're about right.
Sodding_Gamer
Member
I have all thoae settings apart from a few post processing option off like vignette, sharpening and blur/motion blur. And yeah getting 50-60fps. Just expected more I guess considering the performance I was getting with my 770.
TheNamelessOne
Member
I run with full hairworks on, all PP, everything ultra except shadows on medium and get 50-60 fps on a 970. On some very rare scenes it drops to 45 for a few seconds.
If you want to lock it then try overclocking your gpu. Seen reports suggesting it's possible at these settings.
Not tried hairworks post patch, but it was dropping below 50 for me fairly regularly before with it enabled. With grass and foliage ultra it would dip lower more often for sure., 35-40 lows.
Improved that much since the update?
Drama Zed Nod
Member
The past few patches have given me a decent FPS increase.
Just played in Velen for about 2 hours, 53-59 the entire time.
Everything on Ultra + Hairworks.
Running 2x78Ti @ 1440p (With G-Sync). Full screen, frame counter set to unlimited.
Just played in Velen for about 2 hours, 53-59 the entire time.
Everything on Ultra + Hairworks.
Running 2x78Ti @ 1440p (With G-Sync). Full screen, frame counter set to unlimited.
TheNamelessOne
Member
I've had these settings since launch and haven't really noticed any improvements since the patch.
What's e rest of your set up? Any overclocks?
Recent Nvidia drivers and the 1.05 patch made the game shine on my GTX770. Running everything on high, all postfx turned on with hbao+ @1080p and for the most part the game stays at a pleasant 60fps with the occasional drop of a couple fps in some more demanding/dense areas. Even the notorious stutter in villages and bigger cities is gone.
770 4gb or 2 gb? What cpu?
Gigabyte factory oc'd 2GB version + Intel Core i5 3570K oc'd for 4,2GHz boost.
Sevenfold
Member
HA, just tried around a little and found something interesting:
When I open up the Game-Menu (the one you select inventory or map or whatever from) and Alt-Tab out of this screen, the CPU-Usage shoots up to 60+% while on the desktop
If I, on the other hand, pause the game (esc) and then Alt-Tab out the CPU-Usage stays down at around 22% but my GPU goes all the way up to 99% even to it was around 65% holding the 60fps in the pause-menu.
With Inventory-Screen up before Alt-Tabbing:
With Pause-Menu up before Alt-Tabbing:
I've been opening the map before alt tabbing. Seems to be better.
SnowDrops
Member
Just tested that and it didn't make any difference to Inventory, since patch 1.05 my CPU usage goes up to over 60% no matter from where of that Game-Menu I Alt-Tab from.
So its eighter CPU at 60% or GPU at 99%, I'll just have to go with CPU then :/
Sevenfold
Member
Does it differ if you change the process to high priority?
UnrealEck
Member
I don't believe him either. I think he's mistaken.
SnowDrops
Member
Sadly no, no change
chromatic9
Member
I'm getting 70-90fps with odd time down to 65 all ultra except shadows on high
What CPU you got?
Without the OC its still like 60-80fps
I fixed it just now by turning FPS to unlimited and putting it on fullscreen instead of borderless window mode. Played 2 hours+ without crashing this time. It's always been super random though. But think that fixed it for me.
No issues with SLI Titan X.
UnrealEck
Member
wanderjahr
Banned
I've heard a lot of people mention this. I use both and have used both since day one. An unstable oc causes a crash. That's pretty well known though. Once I found a stable oc, I haven't had any issues. I don't run any background programs. I have a 770 and run everything on 8.1. Here are more of my settings in detail.
RadioactiveLobster
Member
So I still get worse performance on SLI'd 980's when using Borderless G-Sync mode
Fullscreen still working fine
Fullscreen still working fine
I'm on the latest update of the game and the latest update of Afterburner & RTSS and everything runs perfectly for me so it isn't a blanket 'this update broke x'.
CrichtonKicks
Member
I think it's always just random. I play fullscreen, framerate unlimited and I will go hours and hours with no crashes only two get two crases within 15 minutes the next time I play the game. No rhyme or reason.
970?
Lots if people claiming 60-80, I'm at slightly lower settings than that and I'm only getting 50-60 (drops to 45-50 in Novigrad).
I52500k@4.3ghz. I imagine many if you have newer CPUs, but it wouldn't be responsible for such a large hit.
Could you (or anyone with a 970 who's getting similar results) take a video of your settings and frame rates? Would like to see evidence so I can look into it furthe if need be.
chromatic9
Member
Ive been using both since Day 1 too. Never had any issues at all. The only change is the new update.
I reset my OC to default and it still crashes. The only way around it is to completely turn off MSI AB and RTSS so something in that latest update doesnt like my system. I dont know.
I guess Ill just live without them.
Billy Zero
Member
I have a 770 2GB. The game is running MUCH better with the 1.05 patch. I used to play @ 768p because I'll take frames over resolution. Now I'm getting a very smooth game @ 1080p with high textures. The only place it got a little frame-y is Novigrad. Even there, it's much better than before.
RickyRozay
Member
I was basically getting the same results as you before this patch with my oced 970 and i72600@4.0 but now its more like 50-70 with some dips even to 47-48 (byways around 7pm) with everything on ultra except foliage and shadows on high. Had to lower shadows and foliage to medium to keep it above 60 in all situations.
Does anyone know if theres a way to manually switch back to an olde version of the game?
yeah im running AMD R7 260x i was also running in 768p but decided to OC my card (i dont usually mess with OC since im not too much a PC gamer) but i can run the game @1080p with pretty much all high settings @30fps without dips.
kinda cool, because i was sure this card wasnt powerful enough for most of todays games @ high.
Cannon Goose
Member
Kamina
Golden Boy
Nope, thats stage 3, which is max.
Damn...that makes me want to turn on Hairworks. I don't think it gets much longer though.
Kamina
Golden Boy
If you are using the Long&open hairstyle or the ponytail with shaved sides with 2xAA you have nearly no performance drop from Hairworks.
Please make a video of you running around in the swamps of crookback bog.
I have a hard time believing your claimed frame-rates because on the experiences i made with my GTX980.
Yeah, it would be nice to know all settings, resolution etc., when saying I get XX fps in this thread. One or two deviances can make a world of difference in performance.
D
Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
Is it just me or are certain areas really bad performance wise, and it's not even the super populated areas, I'll just come to a random places and get frame drops when I'm normally at 60 locked.
Dictator93
Member
Which hairstyle is this? I love it.
RandomSeed
Member
The swamps/bog area is nasty. I can get 30+ with fairly high settings on a 7850 nearly all the time, but when in the swamps, it is much lower. Add in rain and combat, and it's not great. I'd have to lower so much that it wouldn't be worth it for that one area.
Hmm, thanks for updates.
Yeah some are. Like home base can get kinda janky with nothing going on.
ussjtrunks
Member
Is the crash where the picture freezes but the audio continues a driver issue or is it only related to this game as I havent had it happen on any other game I'm playing atm?