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Witcher 3 PC Performance Thread
- Thread starter batman2million
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Running at a rock solid 30fps at high preset (no chromatic aberration) @ 1080p on my setup. I'm using RadeonPro to limit to 30fps and double vsync then unlimited fps ingame. It feels much smoother that way.
i5-3570 (Non-K)
7870XT 2Gb (1100MHz core) 15.4 beta drivers
16gb ram
Windows 8.1
Currently using between 75 and 80% of the GPU.
i5-3570 (Non-K)
7870XT 2Gb (1100MHz core) 15.4 beta drivers
16gb ram
Windows 8.1
Currently using between 75 and 80% of the GPU.
Doubtful. Unless you are one of those people who runs tons of shit in the background. The game isn't particularly RAM hungry.
centracore
Member
I'm running into the exact same issue but with a GTX 660 Ti, haven't been able to make it past the tutorial because it happens so frequently.
I checked the system log and found "Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered." numerous times that coincide with the aforementioned video frame freezing - any thoughts on how to prevent this from occurring?
So.
Hairworks is a fps killer for me. It cost me about 10-15fps, and not worth it, imo.
And damn you guys who think 30 fps looks fine, I am envy.
I find it a stuttery mess, and almost unplayable (compared to 60).
Do you have an AMD card? It seems that the frame times on AMD cards are much worse than on nVidia: http://t.co/nY0tmtMvyk
It's buttery smooth for me at 30 FPS using Riva Tuner to cap the framerate rather than the built-in one.
Yes. I had it start raining right after I beat the specter in White Orchard which was pretty interesting timing.
So.
Hairworks is a fps killer for me. It cost me about 10-15fps, and not worth it, imo.
And damn you guys who think 30 fps looks fine, I am envy.
I find it a stuttery mess, and almost unplayable (compared to 60).
If you haven't done it, put Shadows and Foliage to high. (Or a step below wherever you have it).
It should counter the hairworks changes some.
KaiserAlucard
Neo Member
Better update for another 980 then ^^
CyanideFuse
Member
I have had two crashes in my relatively short play time. They seemed to coincide with a lot of graphic menu fiddling. Have you been going in-and-out of the settings near to the time of the crash/freeze?
Deleting the two user.settings files in My Docs\The Witcher 3 should force the game back to default settings, but it is a odd there's no such function in the game. I found myself wondering whether or not "Off" was the default setting for "Show witcher senses on mini-map" as all of the other HUD options default to "On".
mdsfx
Member
Hmmm. That's what I was doing around the time I had issues. Then I kept doing it to resolve the problem and it kept happening
thanks for the replies (and whoever else did) ...i did have the correct desktop/in game resolution and the triple buffer trick didn't work ... but i appreciate the help.
to update, tho ...i think i found out whats causing it to revert back to borderless window each time. i'm running the game from the GOG Galaxy client, and each time i'd hit the 'play' button, i'd manually minimize the client to the taskbar just before the game would start ...after the game loaded, it would be set to 'borderless window' and there would be some hassle getting it to switch over to fullscreen ...which it would eventually do, but the next time i'd load the game, it'd revert back.
so anyway, i tried running the game from a desktop shortcut (no GOG client at all) and full screen worked perfectly fine on multiple launches. i also tried running it again from the GOG client, without minimizing it to the taskbar ...and fullscreen would stay applied.
so the fact that i was minimizing the GOG client to the taskbar each time i'd launch it seems to be the root cause of the borderless window showing up over and over. hopefully that's it.
Peterthumpa
Member
Rename the rendering.ini file to .old or something similar? Just a guess though.
EDIT:
JaseC said:
Even better.
Not really. I haven't tweaked any INI files (as I have no clue how to do this)
I used geforce experience to auto tweak the graphics... runs at a stable 60 mostly, with small drops to 55-57 on occasion.
My framerate was having some massive stutters for a while. The strange thing is that it was intermittent. I'd walk around with everything maxed at ~45 FPS (G-Sync) but then I'd start getting big stutters every two seconds for a few minutes, even when walking around the same area where everything was working properly a minute earlier
Disabling hairworks seems to have corrected it.
Self_Destructive
Member
Hmm, interesting. I dunno, I have the steam version and it does the same thing for me if my desktop res is different from the in game res. Who knows tho? lol Glad you found a fix that works for you tho
CastleBravo
Member
Does this always occur in the menus/inventory? I, and a bunch of others have been having the same issue, and the only thing that has worked for me (so far) has been changing the frame limiting in the game's options menu to Unlimited (had it set to 60). This seems to have fixed it for me.
Count me in for the crashes. 2500k,gtx970,8gb ram, newest drivers and Windows 8.1. Ran perfectly in the intro area but now that I'm into the real world or whatever it's crashed 4 fucking times. I've no idea what to do about it. I'll try running stock clocks later on my 970 but my over clock is rock solid normally and I've already lowered it a bit. This sucks.
CastleBravo
Member
Does the freeze only happen when in the inventory/menus?
It kind of boggles the mind that they included stuff like that but somehow neglected to allow users to rebind basic movement keys. I mean, really, how does that happen?
BrassDragon
Member
If you run GeForce Experience, it could be its automatic optimalisation messing with your config files at every reboot and undoing all your changes to the settings - you can turn it off in its settings panel.
OniBarubary
Banned
I don't have a particularly super great PC, i5 3.4/GTX 660ti/8GB RAM but I've been able to run it at pretty high specs with no real problems. It does have some issues with higher hair and shadow/water stuff obviously. But I actually noticed something funny that I wasn't sure if others saw too.
During the game my frames drop lower which I fully expected so I don't much care. But amusingly enough during cutscenes, even when I pushed settings higher and turned on the hair and such, I get absolutely perfect scenes with no drops at all at full 60FPS.
Are the cutscenes less strenuous for some reason? Seemed unrealistic and a bit silly but it happens consistently for me, tried a bunch of different settings for the same scenes.
Anyone else see the cutscenes run better than the game?
During the game my frames drop lower which I fully expected so I don't much care. But amusingly enough during cutscenes, even when I pushed settings higher and turned on the hair and such, I get absolutely perfect scenes with no drops at all at full 60FPS.
Are the cutscenes less strenuous for some reason? Seemed unrealistic and a bit silly but it happens consistently for me, tried a bunch of different settings for the same scenes.
Anyone else see the cutscenes run better than the game?
Overclocks are often the cause of these errors, as well as overlays such as RTSS. I'd start with resetting your card to factory settings if you haven't done so already, and disabling all overlays you can think of including Steam's very own. In the case of RTSS, you'll need to uninstall it completely to be safe. Might as well be thorough and uninstall MSI Afterburner/EVGA Precision X too if you're using those, and run "Display Driver Uninstaller."
Good luck, and keep us posted!
If you have an nvidia card (and others experiencing this) have you tried rolling back the drivers to the last set and setting power management mode to "prefer maximum performance" in nvidia control panel?
Apparently it fixes the issue. I've had four crashes in the last hour even after turning off all OC's. Trying this temp fix now, will report back after some extended play.
mdsfx
Member
This is the only reason that I don't completely love pc gaming. So frustrating and high maintenance. Always worth it in the end though...
FlyingNorseman
Neo Member
No crashes so far but losing focus to desktop several times, which can be annoying. Thankfully the game pauses when it does that and I can alt/tab back in.
thequickandthedead
Member
Is it just me or does Hairworks make no difference to Geralt's hair?
Paragon Pariah
Neo Member
I don't have The Witcher 3 yet, but I experienced similar crashes to what some people are describing in this thread with Far Cry 4 not long ago. It would crash to desktop and I would get an error about the driver not responding and recovering. The solution for it ended up being going into the 3D settings for the game in the Nvidia control panel and setting the option "Power management mode" to "Prefer maximum performance." Someone could give that a shot and see if it stops the game from crashing.
Foliage distance and Hairworks are by far the biggest (like 10 FPS each). HBAO is also noticeable, like 3-4 FPS but it's probably worth keeping on since it looks great. Otherwise most settings (even shadows and textures) have a very small effect on FPS.
i5 2500k OC @ 4.2 GHz
GTX 680 2 GB
16 GB RAM
Getting a stable 30 FPS at 1200p with hairworks off and shadow quality, water quality and foliage visibility range set to high, everything else set to ultra. I really wasn't expecting it to run this nicely.
Yet I can't get a stable 60 FPS in Witcher 2 with all setting maxxed. Go figure...
GTX 680 2 GB
16 GB RAM
Getting a stable 30 FPS at 1200p with hairworks off and shadow quality, water quality and foliage visibility range set to high, everything else set to ultra. I really wasn't expecting it to run this nicely.
Yet I can't get a stable 60 FPS in Witcher 2 with all setting maxxed. Go figure...
It does for me, should do for you too. Might not be noticeable until you get close, try enabling it and talking to someone.
Maybe stuttery isn't the right word, but it's faar from smooth when turning the camera around at 30 fps.
I have a gtx 970 @ 1550/1900-ish.
With shadows, foilage, background people to high, and hairworks on Geralt only, I get 55 to 62 fps in the first town. 45-55 inside the tavern.
The problem is I notice these small dips so much it takes from the immersion.
Guess I'll have to read Andrew's guide a bit, and play around with a few settings some more. Maybe I can get a stable 60 with hairworks enabled on Geralt.
Thanks!
No, always happens in game. Seems to mostly happen during the cut scenes with the multiple choice questions.
I am done with this game until there is a fix!!
Haven't seen rain yet but I have had heavy winds at night, and that was very cool. Seeing trees and foliage swaying violently makes for a pretty neat sight, and the sound design is on point.
Spazznid
Member
That's just not something I'm willing to disable lol.Too bad.
Peterthumpa
Member
At least for the time being, you can't. There's a reason why the tavern is heavier on FPS than the outside - Hairworks. It tanks the FPS as closer as you get from Geralt. Seems to be a tesselation bug, no additional geometry is rendered up close (it seems), so it's a safe bet to wait for NVIDIA or CDPK and see, I guess.
Dictator93
Member
You can rebind keys, but I think he is referring that you cannot rebind WASD. Some users prefer WASD alts.