superseohyun
Member
damn... this game keeps crashing on my 970. at least its not repeatable crashing at the same place... so i just need to save every so often...
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Witcher 3 PC Performance Thread
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Krauser Kat
Member
apparently forcing tessellation in the AMD catalyst menu does a round about way of enabling Hair Effects but without all the shit that fucks up performance something fierce on amd cards.
cant wait to go home and try it along with the HairworksAA fix.
Beaten.
cant wait to go home and try it along with the HairworksAA fix.
Beaten.
ISee
Member
I am not quiet sure if it is the witchers fault or nvidia by now. meanwhile the new drivers crashed twice on me during normal use on windows (browsing mostly).
You are a fucking hero. Let's just hope if we see no improvements with driver rollback, nvidia can give us a ear answer as to why this architecture is getting curb stomped by cards it used to run circles around.
It is but when I dont have a 970 I have to take what I can get. I can set it to 60fps but then my fps dips from 55-30 and it stutters. This is why i locked it to 30fps no stuttering. You take that mouth somewhere else. good day.
The ini file? I didnt even think to mess with it. I will look at it. thank you.
Here you go.
Thank you.
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
Anyone else getting the "Gamepad detected" notification every time you use the menu system (save/load/options etc)?
It's no show stopper, but a minor annoyance... it's not like I've touched the KB+M either, it seems to think any menu usage is from the keyboard.. odd.
It's no show stopper, but a minor annoyance... it's not like I've touched the KB+M either, it seems to think any menu usage is from the keyboard.. odd.
batman2million
Member
There's a fix for the in the OT.
Mad Season
Banned
send them a twitter message
Here's a video of someone playing w/ similar specs to you playing at a native 720p on high w/ ~30fps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KnOdRPCbCA
Generally, you should be able to have a mix of medium and high if you want higher resolution. Put shadow quality on low (the difference is pretty is small) and foliage at medium if you want improved FPS.
I did that fix, and I still get the notification.
The OT tells me to go into the folder where The Witcher 3 is installed... but is that right? Is the actual hidden.ini file that the game reads somewhere else, like in the documents folder?
You will get the notification on menus, but in-game the panel will disappear and the screen buttons will always be gamepad ones.
ISee
Member
Legitimate? maybe the german amazon.de store. the digital code is just 45€ ~ 50$. Also it is the same for the boxed version. (what I bought).
Saw it for 37€ on a key sellers site,..
Amazon.de click me
Same. I have taken notes of what settings to play with and have half an hour until work finishes. Nothing has grabbed me like this since WoW launch.
LordAmused
Member
Ok. So yesterday, my game crashed on me 4 times in 2-3 hours, twice in the inventory. Today, I uncapped FPS and disabled in-game V-Sync then enabled it along with Triple Buffering in NCP.
No crashes in 2 hours so far. Knock on wood.
No crashes in 2 hours so far. Knock on wood.
Applesauce
Boom! Bitch-slapped!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1002170
Most recent post is selling a GOG code for $25.
Just download the installer directly from gog.com, and don't use Galaxy at all?
Posting again for those who missed it last night....
Not sure if this has been posted yet. To disable the message that a gamepad has been detected over and over again:
http://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/comments/36k02v/question_disable_the_gamepad_detected_box/
Not sure if this has been posted yet. To disable the message that a gamepad has been detected over and over again:
http://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/comments/36k02v/question_disable_the_gamepad_detected_box/
masterkajo
Member
Finally will have some time off this weekend and might start the game. Will I need to upgrade to play tough? Or could I get away even though I do not meet minimum requirements?
i5-2500k (not OCed b/c mobo does not allow)
HD 7850
4GB Ram
i5-2500k (not OCed b/c mobo does not allow)
HD 7850
4GB Ram
Applesauce
Boom! Bitch-slapped!
Yeah I didn't have to DL it either, it says right there in my library "DRM free". I launch through Steam.
Oh wow I'm stupid, thank you. I will just copy a shortcut from the game's folder then.
720p everything low except textures on high. Turn off hbao and hairworks. Turn SSAO on, foliage distance to medium.
Enjoy.
The only time i had a crash was when i OC my 980, went back to stock and never happened again, i still can't believe the un optimized mess hairworks is
Locked 60, no dips, everything ultra but shadows and foliage distance, those are on high, hairworks off of course
i7 2600k @4.2
MSI GTX 980
16 gigs ddr 3 @1600
Windows 7
Locked 60, no dips, everything ultra but shadows and foliage distance, those are on high, hairworks off of course
i7 2600k @4.2
MSI GTX 980
16 gigs ddr 3 @1600
Windows 7
masterkajo
Member
Thanks, will do that then. I know I have to upgrade eventually but somehow this setup seems to have served me well for a while now.
Makes me wonder if it really is though.
I suppose, as I visit my brother often, I could install it on his PC and play at his house. Is it really DRM free, or will I run into trouble putting it on his system, my lapotop, my secondary rig in the study, and my primary rig in my room?
I'd assume there's no problem with that? I have lots of GOG games, but only ever installed them on one PC, lol.
Tractopoulpe
Member
Does the game have issues with blacks ? Mines are all "crushed", the blacks are way too dark if that makes sense and it looks pretty bad.
I've seen the same thing in a youtube video but I was wondering if the problem was on my end or if it was just the game.
I've seen the same thing in a youtube video but I was wondering if the problem was on my end or if it was just the game.
There is a better way to do this, just add the same setting to your
'C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\The Witcher 3\user.settings' file. That way all of your changes are kept outside of the games own config files.
Also set it to read only after making changes.
Quick question: I have the GOG version (not Steam) and use RadeonPro to launch it so I get my "nice" 30fps. I want to add it to Steam as a non-steam game so I can stream it to another PC but still keep my RadeonPro options. How would I do this?
Can I create a RadeonPro shortcut with attributes at the end of the path (like the ones that appear at the bottom of RadeonPro when changing settings (eg. C:\program files\RadeonPro\RadeonPro.exe -thewitcher3 -settings -etc) and then point Steam to that?
Bit of a weird one, I know.
Can I create a RadeonPro shortcut with attributes at the end of the path (like the ones that appear at the bottom of RadeonPro when changing settings (eg. C:\program files\RadeonPro\RadeonPro.exe -thewitcher3 -settings -etc) and then point Steam to that?
Bit of a weird one, I know.
Wow, their build in AA solution might be the worst kind of "AA" i´ve witnessed over the last few years. It totally sucks. It does essentially nothing.
Instead of doing something for the whole picture, like...implementing MSAA with AtoC or something, they would rather waste time on a tacky feature like hairwork that kills your framerate for fucking hair that cover not even 10% of your screen during normal gameplay.
Instead of doing something for the whole picture, like...implementing MSAA with AtoC or something, they would rather waste time on a tacky feature like hairwork that kills your framerate for fucking hair that cover not even 10% of your screen during normal gameplay.
Mine is basically the opposite. I'm running on a GTX 980 and when I first booted the game it was way to bright. I turned the brightness all the way down and could still see the icon that was supposed to be barely visible.
RandomSeed
Member
Polygon seems to think so, going by their review.
KINGofCRA5H
Member
I think I fixed my crashing. I have a 980 FTW, and I lowered my clock speeds to the normal base, about 140mhz less. Played for 2 hours straight which I'm pretty sure was the longest stretch of time I have been able to play.
ooo, you can change how much AA there is on hairworks? last I read the default is using 8xMSAA. What kind of difference is there in performance? Did you get an FPS gain but turning it down?
I did a bunch of testing on my machine:
I5 4670K @3.6 and @4.2
AMD 280X
8GB RAM
I tested on the wilderness with mostly just Geralt on screen.
First off, overclocking the CPU from 3.6 to 4.2 did absolutely jackshit for my framerate, not a single fuck was given by the game. Likewise, putting Textures and Detail at Ultra didn't affect a single frame. So go ahead and jack that shit up if you have a 280X
These are the values that affect the game the most (hairworks is always off):
Foliage
HBAO+
Shadows
Better off using SSAO and Foliage and shadows at high at the most if you want something that hovers around 45~50fps. Incidentally, it's foliage (and texture quality, but it's irrelevant performance wise), that makes the biggest difference from a visual perspective. If you use high-ultra texture settings the game still looks pretty nice with everything else on low, and on a 280X you truly get close to a steady 60fps there. If you want a mixture of great visuals and decent performance then put everything on high except textures and detail, which should remain on ultra. You'll get something between 40 and 45fps between depending on scene complexity.
Oh and overclocking the 280X to 1100 mhz gave me 3~5 additional frames, but I'm not sure how safe that is. The temp rose to 70C and the fan speed went to 70%. Chance the machine will hang too, probably. I really should've bought some other card...
But the worst thing about this fucking game is the constant juddering, even when you're running at 60fps. Fucking hell, why. Someone needs to put some fire in CDPR's ass to fix this STAT.
I thought it was an ultra chart, my mistake.
I5 4670K @3.6 and @4.2
AMD 280X
8GB RAM
I tested on the wilderness with mostly just Geralt on screen.
First off, overclocking the CPU from 3.6 to 4.2 did absolutely jackshit for my framerate, not a single fuck was given by the game. Likewise, putting Textures and Detail at Ultra didn't affect a single frame. So go ahead and jack that shit up if you have a 280X
These are the values that affect the game the most (hairworks is always off):
Foliage
HBAO+
Shadows
Better off using SSAO and Foliage and shadows at high at the most if you want something that hovers around 45~50fps. Incidentally, it's foliage (and texture quality, but it's irrelevant performance wise), that makes the biggest difference from a visual perspective. If you use high-ultra texture settings the game still looks pretty nice with everything else on low, and on a 280X you truly get close to a steady 60fps there. If you want a mixture of great visuals and decent performance then put everything on high except textures and detail, which should remain on ultra. You'll get something between 40 and 45fps between depending on scene complexity.
Oh and overclocking the 280X to 1100 mhz gave me 3~5 additional frames, but I'm not sure how safe that is. The temp rose to 70C and the fan speed went to 70%. Chance the machine will hang too, probably. I really should've bought some other card...
But the worst thing about this fucking game is the constant juddering, even when you're running at 60fps. Fucking hell, why. Someone needs to put some fire in CDPR's ass to fix this STAT.
I thought it was an ultra chart, my mistake.
MrRoflWaffles
Member
Set it to read only? Why's that? Will the game edit it on launch otherwise or something?
How's the SSAO overall d'ya think?
I'm running on a 970 and looking for something to give me a 3-4 fps boost, maybe this is it? Depends if there's a drastic loss in IQ or not, perhaps something I can sort out in NVCP though? shrug
GHG
Member
Tractopoulpe
Member
Damn that sucks, it's on my end then. Haven't had this issue in any other game though, I'll see what I can do. Thanks.
Their solution is way better than basic SMAA or FXAA filtering sub pixel aliasing.
BUT is way worse than basic SMAA or FXAA filtering simple and evident aliasing.
I'm playing now with ingame TAA + Reshade with Ultra SMAA, a bit of Lumasharpen and reduced saturation. Good enough.
Man you have to be looking at identical comparison pictures to notice it to be honest.
Sounds like a shitty solution to me. No, actually it does suck. It doesnt even catch the aliasing on the side of trees in a lot of instances.
Soren01
Member
A few posts ago you described the steps to obtain good framerate/frame pacing.Could you post again?
And here my card is locking up if I use it at default clocks
What kind of locks do you get? I occasionally get a brown screen of death, sometimes it shows up for a second and then goes away, strangely.