plasticpassion
Member
I'm only getting 5-10 xp per quest recently at level 21. Did the recent patch screw with the XP mod?
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Witcher 3 PC Performance Thread
- Thread starter batman2million
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I keep getting crashes every so often and they are always the same:
- Game image freezes
- Audio keeps playing like normal
- After a few seconds it eventually Crashes to desktop
Ive played the game since launch and have been through several Game patches and nvidia drivers (playing on i7 and a 970 GTX) and even a OS (win 8.1) reinstall and it's still the same type of crash.
No other game has this issue.
Ive seen multiple people complain about this exact crash scenario but Ive never seen CDPR comment on it or address it.
Is this being looked at at all?
- Game image freezes
- Audio keeps playing like normal
- After a few seconds it eventually Crashes to desktop
Ive played the game since launch and have been through several Game patches and nvidia drivers (playing on i7 and a 970 GTX) and even a OS (win 8.1) reinstall and it's still the same type of crash.
No other game has this issue.
Ive seen multiple people complain about this exact crash scenario but Ive never seen CDPR comment on it or address it.
Is this being looked at at all?
Cannon Goose
Member
If you're six levels above the recommended level for a quest it will turn grey in your quest log. These quests used to give you zero XP but after the patch you now get 5-10 XP for completing them.
LordAmused
Member
Is your GPU overclocked? The game doesn't seem to like it very much.
RadioactiveLobster
Member
I'll try this, but I use RTSS to do custom fan profiles on my cards so I'd prefer to have it running.
Latvian Hitman
Member
Yep. OC'ing in Afterburner/PX was definitely leading to this crash for me regardless of which driver I was using. One option you could look into, if you're willing to go this in-depth, is baking your "game stable" OC into your card's BIOS, and ditching AB/PX. Since doing that, I've had no issues.
EDIT: Obviously, before going to such trouble, you might try playing for a few hours without AB/PX and with no OC, if you're doing any of that. If you don't experience any crashing, then you'll know what the culprit is.
nope...I never mess with overclocking. My GPU is this though:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487088
The crashing is a a little odd since I can go really long play sessions without sometimes.
It's a factory OC card so it is. Lookup the stock core and memory speeds for that GPU. Install MSI Afterburner or EVGA Precision. Launch the program, move the core / memory sliders to the stock speeds and click apply. Then, play the game and see.
I may try that after a while...does it matter even if the card is sufficiently cooled?
If it's a unstable OC, problems could still appeared if the card has good cooling.
honestly the OC talk is nonsense IMO. the game itself was full of crash inducing bugs with nvidia releasing a set of terrible drivers at the same time. CDPR has fixed most of the problems on their end it seems, but nvidia's still not giving a second fuck. new drivers should come out with batman... we'll see if people still get TDRs in google chrome
It's not nonsense since downclocking has helped for many people. Now, once you downclock and you are still experiencing issues, you can look at other causes and try other things.
I've played about 10hours without any crashes, half with 350.12 and half with 353.12, my card is heavily overclocked but extremely thoroughly stress tested.
Btw I'm bad at the game, any tips? I die like all the time, I tried to fight some bandits, one has the crossbow, I can't beat them =(. I just got the first mutagen thing (green one).
I've just done the bit where you play as Ciri
Hey guys, I'm about to start the game soon and have couple questions:
Spec:
GTX 980
3570k @ 4.4
16GB RAM
Target: 1080p60 playable at all times (don't mind rare drops to the low 50s)
Should I update my GPU drivers (Nvidia)? I'm currently at 347.88
I've heard the latest few nvidia drivers were awful
What graphic options should I start with If I want to achieve my playable target?
Spec:
GTX 980
3570k @ 4.4
16GB RAM
Target: 1080p60 playable at all times (don't mind rare drops to the low 50s)
Should I update my GPU drivers (Nvidia)? I'm currently at 347.88
I've heard the latest few nvidia drivers were awful
What graphic options should I start with If I want to achieve my playable target?
plasticpassion
Member
Holy hell my titan X dual sli was running at 95-97C for a while with fans at 100%. 4K is intense...
I guess it's time to watercool the system. I have a lot to learn!
I guess it's time to watercool the system. I have a lot to learn!
OldGangWarily
Member
plasticpassion
Member
Holy balls. I don't think I've ever seen my cards go above 85 in 4K
I've never seen that happen before. May have been some fluke.
You are hitting the 84C thermal limits. So, cards are downclocking and not hitting boosting speeds.Holy balls. I don't think I've ever seen my cards go above 85 in 4K
Are you using increase power by %10 option? If yes, the cards can and will push thermal limits hitting 90+ C. You could go with a aftermarket cooler, like EVGA ACX 2+, or water.
LordAmused
Member
Anybody tried the new nVidia drivers?
From what I've read on the official forums, they don't do anything to fix any issues. If that's true, then Nvidia has released 3 trash drivers in a row. This is starting to become extremely frustrating.
digitalrelic
Banned
This will lock you in @ 60FPS nearly 100% of the time and will still look absolutely gorgeous:
Everything "Ultra" except for view distance and shadows, which you'll want set to "High".
Hairworks off. Sharpening, Chromatic Abberation, and Vignetting off. Everything else on.
I'd have no problem upgrading to the newest drivers. A little wonky with Google Chrome, where I had to disable hardware rendering, but it's been rock-solid in-game.
Just tried the new drivers - got 2 crashes in 30 mins of play.
ss_lemonade
Member
How's hairworks on the 980ti? As much as I like the added hair stuff, I just can't justify the crazy performance hit so I've been thinking of upgrading. I've been doing a lot of streaming lately to my Shield Portable so I'm ok with dropping resolution to 720p but even then, hairworks can still drop my framerate below 60
I have noticed that 353.12 uses a core clock of 1545Mhz, whereas 350.12 uses 1495Mhz, this might be why people cards started crashing. I havent touched my overclock settings for many months, but only recently upgraded them. In GTA V it would un at about 1495Mhz at 63c, only 1545Mhz when the game begun and temps were very low (50c). But now even in Witcher 3, it runs at 1545Mhz at 70c. Which is unusual as its well known that at 70c you drop atleast 1 bin (13Mhz), but its not anymore, even at 72c. MSI GTX 970 Gamer.
That seems incredibly weird to me, have previous nVidia drivers changed clockspeeds before?
pixel monkey
Banned
You needn't be. I've played more than 60 hours with Geralt and Ciri via my GTX 970 on nVidia's "trash" drivers, including today's release, and have yet to have a single crash.
EDIT: Over four of those hours today, 60 FPS with Hairworks OFF, all other settings maxed, save for foliage distance and shadows set to HIGH.
First time ive seen this happen. Need others to confirm, since i do run a custom BIOS.
I have also put in about 15 hours now with the 353.12 driver, no crashes at all.
GPU usage at 90-99% with hair works on. Settings mostly maxed out, shadows medium, AA off, 1080p. Pretty much holds 60fps most of the time unless the camera pans close to hair.
Eh, Sharpening, CA and Vignetting are not performance hits, they're a taste thing. I'd recommend leaving them on and see what you think before writing off the features completely.
Also have a 980 here and I can confirm that the above will give you a locked 60 for like 99% of the time (some wooded areas will still bring you down by 10FPS or so).
digitalrelic
Banned
Oh yeah, Sharpening, CA, and Vignetting don't affect performance. They just look like shit
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Larogue
Member
Unlock the fps, play with settings until you achieve either ~75fps or ~45fps (whatever feels better for you) then lock your fps accordingly to either 60 or 30 fps.
By doing so you are running the game with the GPU underloaded, less likely to heat, get overworked and crash.
SkyscraperFan
Neo Member
Kind of disappointed that I'm only pulling off medium settings at 40-45 fps with a gtx 670 and 3570k.
My i5 is running at stock 3.4Ghz. Would it be worth it to try and overclock for the first time? Or is the gpu the bottleneck here?
My i5 is running at stock 3.4Ghz. Would it be worth it to try and overclock for the first time? Or is the gpu the bottleneck here?
lightchris
Member
GPU is almost always the bottleneck in Witcher 3.
I would like to know this as well. These Chrome crashes is really getting me down.
Corpsepyre
Banned
I need to know this as well. Hopefully, it doesn't have any negative effects.
How much did your driver update help with performance? I'm still on 15.4, I believe.
Daredevil7
Banned
Anyone with Maxwell card see any FPS improvements in witcher 3 with new drivers?
wanderjahr
Banned
The only mention of Witcher 3 in the driver notes is an added/updated dx11 SLI profile.
On that note, how long do Nvidia drivers usually support game optimization after the game is released? Are we likely seeing the best optimization we're going to see driver/patch-wise?
Dries
Member
Yep, it's looped in the animation or something. I don't think it'll get fixed, except maybe by the community one day.
dr_rus
Member
You can only optimize that much for any game so it's not a question of how long but more a question of how good these optimizations are. If they've reached the top then there won't be anything more. It is impossible to say if they did however. New drivers may bring performance improvements years after a game release.
How incredibly stupid. What is up with game testing these days?
Modest Mauser
Member
Look at the horse's legs when trotting, you can see the stutter happening at the same point in the animation. It looks like it just doesn't loop right or something.
what a load of horseshit. why can't they just make the movement speed independent of the animation? So lame.