-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Witcher 3 PC Performance Thread
- Thread starter batman2million
- Start date
Wonder if windows screen saver fucks things up. Windows does not disable the screen saver in borderless window mode.
Ratcabbage
Member
I thought so too but I couldn't tell if it was actually stuttering or just the way it's animated. Everything else ran so smoothly so I just assumed it was the animation.
Blackage
Member
http://forums.cdprojektred.com/thre...g-after-around-15-minutes-sound-keeps-playing
If you're having that specific crash where you end up on your desktop, sound still going and you can still control Geralt right before it dies please post in this thread, CD Project Red hasn't posted in the thread yet so I don't know if they're even aware.
If you're having that specific crash where you end up on your desktop, sound still going and you can still control Geralt right before it dies please post in this thread, CD Project Red hasn't posted in the thread yet so I don't know if they're even aware.
air jordans for dogs
Member
Blech the hardlocks in the inventory menu is pissing me off, using full screen and tried the performance setting in the nvidia menu but no luck.
RenegadeXV8
Banned
Nah, I've played over 8 hours in Borderless Windowed and zero crashes. Windows even went to screensaver a couple of times during cutscenes.
I'm on an AMD 290X though, from skimming this thread seems like most of the crashes are on Nvidia.
MSI 970.
I did. Twice and it was ignored. Search for it.
This is the one it fixed. Yes.
Not the crash I mean. I should have been more clear. I mean the freeze with the audio continuing. No display driver error. That's something else.
Yeah it's smooth otherwise for me, but I think looking at the buildings it does pause momentarily, rather than it just being the horse.
Man Hairworks is really a systemkiller. I did have the game running 1080p locked at 30FPS on Ultra, Shadows High and Density High with Hairworks on my 780Ti, i5 3570K and 16GB.
As soon as got the crossbow and aimed with it, it dipped hover around 25FPS. Was like what? So Hairworks is going off.
How does the 780Ti actually compared to the 970? I reading impressions that 970 works fine with Hairworks.
As soon as got the crossbow and aimed with it, it dipped hover around 25FPS. Was like what? So Hairworks is going off.
How does the 780Ti actually compared to the 970? I reading impressions that 970 works fine with Hairworks.
In most games, the 780Ti and 970 are neck and neck.
This game seems to favor Maxwell considerably though, which is why the 970 shoots ahead performance wise.
CybernatonEvolution
Member
Temporal Antialiasing is one of the most effective forms of post-processing antialiasing in my opinion; it does a great job in eliminating jaggies and shimmering. Skyrim's ENB has a great Temporal AA, and TXAA is basically MSAA+Temporal antialiasing. The problem with temporal AA is it stupidly blurry; even more blurry than FXAA.
The thing about Temporal AA too, is that you can control its sharpness and number of samples in some games and game engines (UE4), but the one used in The Witcher 3 has limited coverage and effect, and it has a noticeable performance hit.
Driver-forced FXAA with sharpening and negative LOD bias gives great results; you can control the sharpness while compensating the image quality (increasing the negative value increases shimmering and jaggies).
Set maximum pre-rendered frames to 1 in Nvidia inspector or the control panel.
One of those things I guess. I only got the 780Ti recently for £250 which I thought was a bargain compared. Was never expecting 980 performance haha. I really hope this isn't the case for future GameWorks titles.
Thank you for the info.
At the moment I've had it set to clamp. Should I change it to allow to check it out with driver forced FXAA instead of the in-game aa?
The description says some apps use negative LOD bias to sharpen texture filtering. This sharpens the stationary image but introduces aliasing when the scene is in motion.
CrichtonKicks
Member
I'm overclocking with Precision X and, 4 hours in, no issues.
Riva Tuner Statistics Server. It comes with MSI Afterburner and EVGA Precision.
Riva Tuner statistics server - great for locking the framerate and also showing performance info on the screen (when used in conjunction with msi afterburner).
Just locking the framerate:
I think this allows people on a 970 to set the foliage to high and not have it crash.
Dick Justice
Banned
Is performance in the opening section a good indicator of what to expect from the rest of the game?
Sourtreats
Member
Is there anyway to tweak the Gamepad button assignment on the PC? I'd love to set the guide button on my Xbox One controller as the map.
That is truly absolutely terrible. I don't understand how this gets released like this.
Well, it clearly isn't happening for everyone, but it's common enough going by this thread that they probably should've caught it.
People reporting crashing and stuttering haven't generally been reporting their OS along with their specs, but I have a feeling it's a crucial bit of information.
texhnolyze
Banned
centracore
Member
That is the issue I'm having.. video freezes while audio and controls continue. Whenever it occurs I have to force quit the game and that entry will be waiting for me in the system event log.
Your CPU is not the problem but your 570 GTX is too slow for this game. I think you can get 30fps with low to medium Settings, but that's probably lower than the PS4 Settings.
You should wait for digital foundry for comparison shots and PS4 framerate tests.
Dictator93
Member
CybernatonEvolution
Member
Yes you have to set LOD Bias to allow instead of clamp, and set the value to -0.375 or to your liking.
Smushroomed
Banned
Wish there was a way to pull back the camera
I'd like to know this too. It would be nice to map the Xbox button to F5 (Quicksave)
texhnolyze
Banned
W7 64bit, 4670K, 280X. This game stutters like a mutha. When you walk Roach it's awful, but it's especially terrible when you move the camera around at a slow speed. This is the absolute worst framepacing problem I've ever suffered. FRAPS shows a 30fps locked framerate.
Thanks again.
--Set the value in Nvidia inspector if anyone else is trying to do it in nvidia control panel - LOD Bias (DX).
JudgmentJay
Member
Same. ~8 hours of gameplay. No crashes, no stuttering.
bodine1231
Member
I just got my Titan in today and ran a couple tests in the first town. With EVERYTHING maxed @1440p I'm getting between 50-60+ fps but there is some hitching/stuttering,even with Gsync,seems like it happens when there is alot of grass and you spin the camera really fast. With Hairworks off there is less hitching and frames are in the high 70/low 80's. There is the occasional dip to 60 in one part of the town,maybe because of the shadows and grass. There is still some hitching but its way less with Hairworks off.
CybernatonEvolution
Member
Set maximum rendered/buffered frames to 1 or 2 in Nvidia's control panel. Beware as it introduces input lag. Also, running the game in borderless helps with frame-timing.
Are you using a controller?
I get extremely obnoxious stuttering when I pan the camera slowly with a 360 pad, even at 60 fps solid 16.6ms frame time.
W8.1 x64, 4790k, GTX 970, 16gb RAM
Slackbladder
Member
Well I have no crashing or stuttering on Win7 Home Premium 64bit. Good as gold, which surprises me actually. And I used a wired 460 controller. No stuttering when using a controller. Or if there is it's very, very, very rare.
All is well on my end here...970 OCed, 2600k@2.5 and 16GB RAM. Actually the game is crash happy on loading a save when i use RTSS, to counter this is have to alt-tab out of it a few times when in the main menu.
I could start to complain in detail about how the low lod hurts the graphics, buuuut its still a fantastic looking game!
Tried tons of config tweaking, i was surprised that the grass distance setting can have such a large impact on performance, a lot more than i expected.
This game literally *screams* for a good AA solution though, the graphics are very busy and their ingame postaa can only go so far. We need MSAA god damnit, or a good custom AA solution.
I could start to complain in detail about how the low lod hurts the graphics, buuuut its still a fantastic looking game!
Tried tons of config tweaking, i was surprised that the grass distance setting can have such a large impact on performance, a lot more than i expected.
This game literally *screams* for a good AA solution though, the graphics are very busy and their ingame postaa can only go so far. We need MSAA god damnit, or a good custom AA solution.
KCroxtonJr
Member
Win 8.1 64 bit, 8GB RAM, FX 8350, GTX 660ti MSI Power Editiion, also have the stuttering but really only seems to happen to me when rotating the camera slowly with xbox controller. It feels like the camera is getting caught on something. It doesn't happen (or at least I don't notice it) when moving the camera at full speed.
Tried many different ways of capping, vsync, changing max pre rendered frames, as well as borderless windowed vs fullscreen, nothing helped. Also I noticed it doesn't happen all the time, sometimes only happens when I look in certain directions (where there is more going on in the scene).
Tried many different ways of capping, vsync, changing max pre rendered frames, as well as borderless windowed vs fullscreen, nothing helped. Also I noticed it doesn't happen all the time, sometimes only happens when I look in certain directions (where there is more going on in the scene).
Yep using a controller.
Yah nothing fixes it. I think their borderless mode is fucked to be honest. I absolutely should not be getting screen tearing there, but I do.
Hairworks and the Foliage Visibility are the beasts. Try turning them down. I get a 5 FPS hit even with just Geralt enabled.
Got i5-2500k, 8G RAM, GTX 970 and I have almost all Ultra, with the exception of Foliage Visibility (High), Number of NPCs (High) and Hairworks off. Game is running like butter (60 with occasional dips to 55, 50 with Ultra Foilage which I opted for). I also turned off in game AA, which was crap, and am forcing FXAA through the control panel. It gives better results, at a better framerate, with less blur. Win all around there.
KCroxtonJr
Member
Hmm I wonder if its a bug with their controller input? If you move the view diagonally slowly, it does a zig-zag motion, it doesn't even just stutter in a straight diagonal line...
Yeah hair works is off. It's weird though even with foliage distance at medium I can only manage like 24-26 FPS in Abanadoned Village or the first town. It's OK out in the fields though.