Cabbagehead
Member
Hey is anyone else having drops in fps doing cut scenes? regularly i get 40 to 50 on high with tweaked settings but doing those scenes i drop to 30fps.Weird.
Have a r9 280
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Witcher 3 PC Performance Thread
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ClaptoVaughn
Member
For anyone that's played the game for a while, is the first village you enter (on horseback) and the surrounding area a good place to test performance?
Or is there a big city/area further down that will completely wreck your shit compared to the first village?
Or is there a big city/area further down that will completely wreck your shit compared to the first village?
Pharaoh 117
Member
Game is not running very well for me. i7 2600K@stock, GTX770 2GB and 8 gigs of ram. Could it be my CPU? Should I overclock it?
justjustin
Member
i5 2500k 3.3 GHz
GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores overclocked to 900/2200/1800 MHz (1 GB GDDR5)
8 GB ram DDR3 1333 MHz
I set everything to medium using HBAO+ with most post-processing effects and the game runs at a steady 30fps from the balcony view in the beginning. I think I can even get away with setting shadow quality or foliage distance to high. Very cool! I hope these settings hold up.
Although... I'll have to keep an eye on my GPU temperature. Even with fans running at 90+% speed it hovers around 75 celsius since it's overclocked so much (default is 750/1950/1500).
GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores overclocked to 900/2200/1800 MHz (1 GB GDDR5)
8 GB ram DDR3 1333 MHz
I set everything to medium using HBAO+ with most post-processing effects and the game runs at a steady 30fps from the balcony view in the beginning. I think I can even get away with setting shadow quality or foliage distance to high. Very cool! I hope these settings hold up.
Although... I'll have to keep an eye on my GPU temperature. Even with fans running at 90+% speed it hovers around 75 celsius since it's overclocked so much (default is 750/1950/1500).
Darkstorne
Member
I'm also crashing a lot. Shame this seems like a common issue. No overlocks, running at a mix of high and ultra at 1080p, no HairWorks, on an i7 2600k and a GTX 970. Average framerate is 50.
finalflame
Banned
Yup. GTX 980 SLi. Cutscenes run like ass.
CDPR really screwed the pooch. Multiple people in this thread are complaining about that.
Haint
Member
Real time cutscenes or the FMV's (video files)? I'm getting slide show stuttering on FMV's but real time scenes are fine.
I'm running this on the following -
i7 860 2.8 ghz
Radeon 290 4GB
8GB system ram
Windows 7
The auto detect actually put most of the settings at medium to low and I imagine that could have earned me a locked 60 fps but before even bothering with that I just set it to ultra and checked out how it ran - well, ultra/uber defaults the nvidia hair fx thing on and that killed the framerate in a very similar way to Tomb Raider when tressfx came out. I'll add that I'm running at 1920X1080 because that's what my monitor is.
So I turned it off and no more choppiness for rendering the hair. There was still a little bit of frame pacing issues so I set shadows to HIGH instead of ULTRA and well, the game runs somewhere above 30 all of the time and sometimes hits 60 , underground or in a building with few people it holds it , empty fairly open field and it's pushing 40+. It only dips close to 30 when the engine needs to render 6+ people in a complex environment.
I'm pretty happy with this performance , game looks amazing.
i7 860 2.8 ghz
Radeon 290 4GB
8GB system ram
Windows 7
The auto detect actually put most of the settings at medium to low and I imagine that could have earned me a locked 60 fps but before even bothering with that I just set it to ultra and checked out how it ran - well, ultra/uber defaults the nvidia hair fx thing on and that killed the framerate in a very similar way to Tomb Raider when tressfx came out. I'll add that I'm running at 1920X1080 because that's what my monitor is.
So I turned it off and no more choppiness for rendering the hair. There was still a little bit of frame pacing issues so I set shadows to HIGH instead of ULTRA and well, the game runs somewhere above 30 all of the time and sometimes hits 60 , underground or in a building with few people it holds it , empty fairly open field and it's pushing 40+. It only dips close to 30 when the engine needs to render 6+ people in a complex environment.
I'm pretty happy with this performance , game looks amazing.
Have had zero crashes with my 970
HairWorks and Foliage Visibility Range are two of them at least.
theignoramus
Member
If you have a GTX 770 and are interested in a locked 30fps/1080p,there's an extra 10-12 fps of spare performance with everything set to high and the hair setting turned off. Meaning you can turn one or two settings up to Ultra and not have to worry about fps fluctuations below 30.
Yep, no way of getting locked 60fps, even on low.
I just capped to 30 and I'm playing on High* with HBAO+
*textures on Ultra, shadows on medium
I tweaked around for a bit.
As far as I can see, the 2 real performance hogs (at least for my rig) are Foliage Visibility Range and HairWorks. I noticed massive improvements going from Foliage in Ultra to High and you don't really miss out on much detail. General recommendation is to keep in High for high-end machines, though who knows what "high-end" means nowadays...
Hairworks is a bit trickier, only Geralt and furry enemies have hairworks enabled. Like wolves and such, the problem is that during combat the camera tends to pull out quite far, so you don't really get to appreciate the effect with small enemies like wolves. Interiors have massive framedrops when the camera pulls too close to Geralt's hair.
I'm debating on keeping hairworks on just for geralt or turning it off completely this thing clearly is not meant to work at a steady framerate without a ridiculous rig. It does look really good though, but you'll mostly see it during cutscenes. I don't think its worth keeping on for animals, though I haven't seen big furry enemies yet.
Cutscenes are still stuttering briefly and you do get lower framerate at some points. I'm pretty sure the depth of field is to blame here. I haven't seen anything below 40-high 30's though.
I'll fiddle around some more tomorrow after work.
Excellent, cheers
finalflame
Banned
Yah, same as you, only have issues during the FMV cutscenes. Real-time cutscenes run just as smoothly as the game itself, which is to say extremely smoothly.
Dreams-Visions
Member
no crashes here. 970
Gtx 970 and an i5 4690k at 4.0 GHz plus a really slow 8 GB of ram. everything on a mix of high and ultra. Specifically had to lower shadow, terrain, grass, foilage, and detail. No hair, but it's dropped from 60 maybe once in the first 3 hours @ 1080p. Really solid!
Also forgot to mention that the shift from high to ultra isn't huge amount except for grass. Hair is an obvious huge change, but it still looks excellent at the settings I have. Perfectly happy with it
Also forgot to mention that the shift from high to ultra isn't huge amount except for grass. Hair is an obvious huge change, but it still looks excellent at the settings I have. Perfectly happy with it
not to be a dick, but why buy that cpu if you aren't? You should be able to get 4.2-4.4 without breaking a sweat. I have mine at 4.4
texhnolyze
Banned
Yeah, I can't lock at 60 fps either.
Tried medium, but it only goes as high as 50-ish. I'm not going to try low, so it's 30 fps ultra for me.
AzureSkies
Member
2GB Radeon HD 7870
Intel Core i5 4670k @ 4.3Ghz
8GB RAM
Performance is weird, I can play the game on medium with some high settings without issues locked to 30fps, unlocked it's around 45-50fps but can drop hard randomly and performance is identical on low.
Outside of that, it runs really well on both 1920x1080 and 2560x1080, my only issue is that the game's in-game cutscenes are usually 16:9 instead of 21:9.
An example of this:
I also kind of wish that I could move the interface to the very left and right so it was less cluttered, but I'll just deal with it.
Intel Core i5 4670k @ 4.3Ghz
8GB RAM
Performance is weird, I can play the game on medium with some high settings without issues locked to 30fps, unlocked it's around 45-50fps but can drop hard randomly and performance is identical on low.
Outside of that, it runs really well on both 1920x1080 and 2560x1080, my only issue is that the game's in-game cutscenes are usually 16:9 instead of 21:9.
An example of this:
I also kind of wish that I could move the interface to the very left and right so it was less cluttered, but I'll just deal with it.
CarbonFire
Member
Game is amazingly beautiful, but I'm never going to progress in this game because I can't stop tweaking settings in the ini file.
And playing with everything at a mix of high/ultra with HBAO+ on a 780ti, I'm maintaining a fairly consistent 60fps. Going to keep poking at it until I find that right mix of visuals and performance, but this seems far less bleak than what some of those early benchmarks were suggesting. There are still probably a few settings in the Ultra preset that will murder my framerate, but for now the visuals and the performance are both excellent for me.
Edit: Had one hard crash (BSOD) right after the starting cutscene when you first take control of Geralt, but since disabling Hairworks haven't had any crashes *fingers crossed*
And playing with everything at a mix of high/ultra with HBAO+ on a 780ti, I'm maintaining a fairly consistent 60fps. Going to keep poking at it until I find that right mix of visuals and performance, but this seems far less bleak than what some of those early benchmarks were suggesting. There are still probably a few settings in the Ultra preset that will murder my framerate, but for now the visuals and the performance are both excellent for me.
Edit: Had one hard crash (BSOD) right after the starting cutscene when you first take control of Geralt, but since disabling Hairworks haven't had any crashes *fingers crossed*
BlackNinja
Banned
Played just enough to see how well it runs!
With everything maxed out I get 100-120 fps on 1440p and about 40-50 on 4K. I'll see if I'll keep HairWorks on.
But goddamn...this game is a looker on 4K.
4790K @ 4.7GHz
Samsung Evo SSD
24GB RAM
GTX TITAN X SLI
Back to Witcher 1
Yes indeed it is..
So I was tinkering with settings before and I just could not get a nice solid 60 FPS on my GTX 670
I have Hairworks turned off, I have most things set to Medium with a few things at Low. I had HBAO+ on because it looks great but even turning that off only saved a frame or two a second. I was getting at best 45FPS if most stuff was turned off, and 38/39 when HBAO was on.
What gives? I have the new NVIDIA drivers and all that. I hoped I'd get 1080p60 on Medium.
I have Hairworks turned off, I have most things set to Medium with a few things at Low. I had HBAO+ on because it looks great but even turning that off only saved a frame or two a second. I was getting at best 45FPS if most stuff was turned off, and 38/39 when HBAO was on.
What gives? I have the new NVIDIA drivers and all that. I hoped I'd get 1080p60 on Medium.
mdsfx
Member
I've had plenty. 970.
godofcookery
Member
ooc, how about w/o AA only and Ultra everything else?
Cabbagehead
Member
Nice to know I'm not the only one. I guess patch 1.03 is going to be inbound soon enough given this is not only my problem. Also they need to fix AA because i think its broken or something since i still see jiggers.
tycoonheart
Member
What resolution ?
Linearskillz
Member
I crashed once but I'm pretty sure it's because I was OC'd too high. I lowered my OC to a less aggressive clock and haven't crashed in 4 hours.
GTX 970 here. 60+ fps everywhere with everything maxed minus hairworks, it's just too much of a perf killer (25%+ hit).
pixel monkey
Banned
970 here as well and I've been playing since the unlock without a single crash.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I have a 4790k and a GTX 980 and am getting 40-50fps with everything on ultra and hairworks on. With hairworks off I get 50-60fps. Is that typical? I figured I'd get 60 with everything on easily.
Pliny The Elder
Member
Game runs at 60fps on my rig, with only like 2 or 3 dips down to 55 fps from beginning to after first town and none during actual fights.
i7-4770K 3.5ghz
16GB 1600 RAM
EVGA GTX 970 FTW
Samsung 840 EVO 256 GB SSD
Have everything on Ultra setting
except for:
Hairworks = OFF
Fooliage: High
Grass Density: High
Game is amazing!
i7-4770K 3.5ghz
16GB 1600 RAM
EVGA GTX 970 FTW
Samsung 840 EVO 256 GB SSD
Have everything on Ultra setting
except for:
Hairworks = OFF
Fooliage: High
Grass Density: High
Game is amazing!
mdsfx
Member
I even dropped my oc numbers back to stock. No luck. It just happens randomly.
m_shortpants
Member
Yup, foliage distance seems to be a big one.
I have a single 970 and I'm running at 1080, Ultra everything except foliage distance at high and hairworks off. Getting solid 60.
But yeah, the AA sucks for things in the distance.
I have a single 970 and I'm running at 1080, Ultra everything except foliage distance at high and hairworks off. Getting solid 60.
But yeah, the AA sucks for things in the distance.
stanleyc415
Member
Testing in the first village :
Maxed settings @ 1080p = 60 fps w/o Hairworks
Maxed settings @ 1080p = 45ish fps w/ full Hairworks
Gtx 970
4690k 4.6 Ghz
The village caps my Cpu at times and I can get drops to 57 from the cpu side.
Gpu wise its cutting it close w/o hairworks but not really dropping.
Honestly the hairworks is mostly good for monsters not npcs or geralt.
Too bad we don't have a monster only option.
Maxed settings @ 1080p = 60 fps w/o Hairworks
Maxed settings @ 1080p = 45ish fps w/ full Hairworks
Gtx 970
4690k 4.6 Ghz
The village caps my Cpu at times and I can get drops to 57 from the cpu side.
Gpu wise its cutting it close w/o hairworks but not really dropping.
Honestly the hairworks is mostly good for monsters not npcs or geralt.
Too bad we don't have a monster only option.
Yep close to what I'm getting, except I have a 4670k. The hairworks doesn't do much for me, so I have no problem disabling it.
cripterion
Member
Is there no option for dynamic HUD?