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Witcher 3 PC Performance Thread
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CyberPunked
Member
I think you should tweak your gamma levels first.
I've locked the game to 30fps at 4K, Uber, no hairworks but it's not so bad as geralt's hair looks pretty nice without it anyways.
CecilRousso
Member
i5 2500k and GTX970 - The starting areas seem to give me pretty steady 60FPS with high settings and textures set to ultra.
Hairworks is the only thing I've disabled so far. I loose about 10 FPS with that enabled.
Hairworks is the only thing I've disabled so far. I loose about 10 FPS with that enabled.
Dictator93
Member
Titan X (+200 +400), Core i7 930 @ 4.2 Ghz and 24 GB of 1600mz RAM, all on an SSD
Ultra, 1080p, hairworks all and hbao+ on, no CA, no sharpening
60 most (90%) of the time unless you get a crazy close up on hairworks with multiple characters. I love hairworks, i lust love it.
I recommend using the unlimited option for fps limiting, in game vsync, and then the 60 fps limiter through Rivatuner. The ingame fps cap goes abiove 60 sometimes and dips below more often oddly, it isn't proper framepacing.
Ultra, 1080p, hairworks all and hbao+ on, no CA, no sharpening
60 most (90%) of the time unless you get a crazy close up on hairworks with multiple characters. I love hairworks, i lust love it.
I recommend using the unlimited option for fps limiting, in game vsync, and then the 60 fps limiter through Rivatuner. The ingame fps cap goes abiove 60 sometimes and dips below more often oddly, it isn't proper framepacing.
Same... Stutter everywhere with my 2x 780s (no I'm not VRAM capped).
Can't even get 60fps on LOW settings no nVidia FX at 1440p with a 3770k & SLI 780s? Okay, I guess I'm waiting for a patch or something.
(Windows 7, latest driver).
60 frames stable with everything ultra but hairworks on a 980, enabling hairwork bring my frame to high 40s low 50s on gameplay and to 30 frames on cutscenes, i dare to say this is more unoptimized than tressFX for tomb raider when it came out and it only looks cool on the creatures and on geralt beard, his hair looks better without it
wanderjahr
Banned
Why in God's name are you gaming on Windows 10?
Reverting to the previous driver fixed the driver crash that would happen whenever you went into an outdoor area. I am currently testing things out with a clean installation of the current Game Ready driver as well as using the GeForce Experience optimization settings to see if I was just flying too close to the sun by maxing out every slider.
If you are getting similar driver crashes using an Nvidia graphics card, revert to the previous driver.
Update: A combination of running the game at Fullscreen instead of Borderless Window and doing a clean installation of the latest Geforce driver seems to remedy the driver crashes. I am currently running the game at 1920x1080 with every quality setting set as high as possible and Vsync enabled and the game is more than playable for me (Lowest framerate drops are in the 30s while out in the open with tons of enemies).
My setup is:
Intel Core i5 4690K @3.5GHz
Nvidia GTX 970 4GB
8GB of RAM
Koutsoubas
Member
Put SSAO mode and you are going to be 60fps almost all the time.
Sora the Cat
Member
Wow, that's so good to hear, got a similar rig, minus 8gb of ram.
Cutscenes run like ass. I just got to the tavern a little bit after the beginning and close-ups I go down to the low 20's. It bounces back to the 30's (I capped it), but it's very jarring.
Oh and also, I've crashed 3 times already all during cutscenes. I'm running this on an SSD btw.
Oh and also, I've crashed 3 times already all during cutscenes. I'm running this on an SSD btw.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
What does doing borderless windowed mode help with as opposed to just full screen?
Revolutionary
Member
Hairworks keeps dropping vsync to 30 when the camera gets close to Geralt on my 980. Argh!
Ricky Ricardo
Member
You and me both. High with Hairworks > Ultra with no Hairworks
LordAmused
Member
Will try it out! Also just moved the game to my SSD.
styl3s
Member
Just had my third crash with my GTX 980 with current drivers only this time right monitor went black and whole pc froze up. Don't know if this is a dual monitor issue like with Pillars or what but it's pretty damn irritating.
I decided to just crank everything up and play it at 30 fps. 1440p, everything up all the way except foliage distance which is set to high. Also turned off motion blur, because I hate that shit. Aside from some stutter when switching to cutscenes, the framerate is stable. Only played up until the first little town, though. If it starts dropping, I'll just set it to 1080p.
Really surprised, since I'm only using a 970 and i5 3570k @ 3.4GHz. Just got this card a few weeks ago, and now I feel totally validated.
Really surprised, since I'm only using a 970 and i5 3570k @ 3.4GHz. Just got this card a few weeks ago, and now I feel totally validated.
It enables triple buffering, which should mean no screen tearing. Plus Alt+Tab is instant (I Alt+Tab a lot so that's very useful for me haha).
Projectjustice
Banned
Performance is fantastic on a R290! Im using a mix of High to Ultra settings and Im getting 60FPS with minor dips to 57-58 FPS at 1080p. Most of the time its 60FPS even in combat! I have hairworks turned off. I really dont care for hair and I know Nvidia probably program this to take a shit on itself on AMD cards. Im very happy!
FX-8350
16GB Ram 1600Mhz
R9 290
FX-8350
16GB Ram 1600Mhz
R9 290
ColonialRaptor
Member
Anyone got any reports on how this runs on AMD cards?
Koutsoubas
Member
Indeed I noticed extreme Alt-Tab speeds. Gotta post dem photos on facebook all the time!
The Cowboy
Member
Anyone else getting what feels like loading stutter on cut scenes?, my GPU usage 70%ish and during gameplay all is fine, yet in cut scenes it seems to stutter each time it switches scenes.
Game is on a 480gb Vertex 460A SSD.
Game is on a 480gb Vertex 460A SSD.
Dusktildawn48
Member
Hopefully some can help me. Running sli 970s and getting like 50-60 fps in 1440. But when I have the framerate unlocked I get flickering. Lock it to 30 and it goes away
Playing on a 780 Ti OC + 2600k @ 4.2 ghz.
Everything is on ultra except grass density, foliage distance and shadows which all three I've set to high. I have HBAO+ on + Gameworks. I have blur off as well since I don't like blur in my games.
Have not dropped below 30 except the cutscenes I've mentioned. Honestly, I'm having a hard time noticing the hair stuff. I mean, it looks ok on Geralt, but nothing like how I was impressed with Lara's hair. I might turn it off, I'm not sure.
I'm playing capped at 30 fps btw.
Everything is on ultra except grass density, foliage distance and shadows which all three I've set to high. I have HBAO+ on + Gameworks. I have blur off as well since I don't like blur in my games.
Have not dropped below 30 except the cutscenes I've mentioned. Honestly, I'm having a hard time noticing the hair stuff. I mean, it looks ok on Geralt, but nothing like how I was impressed with Lara's hair. I might turn it off, I'm not sure.
I'm playing capped at 30 fps btw.
There's some magic going on here, although since we're all still in White Orchard the load-time for the world proper might be longer.
GTX980
4790K
16GB
1440p G-Sync Monitor
Everything on Max settings, resolution at 1440p
Framerate between 30-45 FPS, smooth as silk thanks to G-Sync. I can get to 55-60 FPS on 1080p, but am sticking with 1440p
The framerate performance is so smooth thanks to G-Sync I feel no inclination to downgrade any settings. The game looks phenomenal and runs amazing.
:bow
4790K
16GB
1440p G-Sync Monitor
Everything on Max settings, resolution at 1440p
Framerate between 30-45 FPS, smooth as silk thanks to G-Sync. I can get to 55-60 FPS on 1080p, but am sticking with 1440p
The framerate performance is so smooth thanks to G-Sync I feel no inclination to downgrade any settings. The game looks phenomenal and runs amazing.
:bow
finalflame
Banned
Getting the same issue. People on Steam discussions are saying the patch broke the cutscenes, no clue. Rumor has it that the game is prioritizing the loading thread and therefore it's slowing down the actual rendering of the cutscene. Other people say HairWorks is going crazy when scenes are being rendered close to Geralt's face.
I don't buy the HairWorks thing. The cutscenes for me are stuttering even during the cartoon-drawn portions. It's utter bullshit.
kuoniradha
Neo Member
3570k / GTX 970 352.86 / 8 GB DDR3 Win 8.1
Everything at stock frequencies.
Everything Ultra @ 1080p
Rock solid unshakeable 60 FPS.
YES HBAO+
NO Hairworks. Hated it in Tomb Raider, still hate it in here. I think Geralt's hair end up looking like a plastic wig. I'd have to lock at 30 FPS but I don't think Hairworks is a gamechanger... While a lock at 60 FPS is a gamechanger indeed.
If you Quit to main menu -> Enter the Options menu the game will crash to desktop.
Everything at stock frequencies.
Everything Ultra @ 1080p
Rock solid unshakeable 60 FPS.
YES HBAO+
NO Hairworks. Hated it in Tomb Raider, still hate it in here. I think Geralt's hair end up looking like a plastic wig. I'd have to lock at 30 FPS but I don't think Hairworks is a gamechanger... While a lock at 60 FPS is a gamechanger indeed.
If you Quit to main menu -> Enter the Options menu the game will crash to desktop.
RazorbackDB
Member
On a 260x with a FX 6300 both overclocked with everything at max except hairworks I'm getting between 32-35 fps, so you can run it on a low end system, I locked it at 30, I have the feeling I'll have to turn down some setting once I get out of white orchard thought.
Weird, I thought my game was stuttering but it actually looks like the animation for walking with the horse has a tiny pause in it lol. Running on foot and horseback is smooth. Also in engine cutscenes run terribly even with all post processing besides AA, light shafts and bloom off.
GTX780, I7 2600k here i have a lot running on high but had to put out nvidia hairworks that one is a breaker also lowered shadows to medium.
Also have put out motion blur,chromatic aberration. Also using borderless windowed with in-game vsync off with unlimited frame rate and using adaptive vsync on desktop. All in all it runs very smooth now game looks beautiful even on high. Now i want a g-sync monitor and a gtx 980 lol.
Also have put out motion blur,chromatic aberration. Also using borderless windowed with in-game vsync off with unlimited frame rate and using adaptive vsync on desktop. All in all it runs very smooth now game looks beautiful even on high. Now i want a g-sync monitor and a gtx 980 lol.
Seems to run at a solid 30 capped on "high" on my GTX 670. I just had to turn foliage density or distance down, and turned hairworks off for good measure but I'm not sure if that was necessary. Either way, I'm satisfied. I was worried things would go worse for me with my card.
I just hope there's a way to edit the FoV.
I just hope there's a way to edit the FoV.
whatsinaname
Member
Single EVGA 980 SC- 3840x2160 - Mix of Ultra and High - Hairworks off and HBAO+ on. Looks gorgeous at a playable framerate (my standards are low).