Fuz
Banned
That's the point: I have no noticeable fps drops when I activate hairworks. And it's set to maximum.
It used to have a huge impact on fps' before the patch, but not anymore.
Witcher 3 PC Performance Thread
- Thread starter batman2million
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That's the point: I have no noticeable fps drops when I activate hairworks. And it's set to maximum.
It used to have a huge impact on fps' before the patch, but not anymore.
wanderjahr
Banned
What is the difference between Low Number of Background Characters and Ultra? Maybe the optimization guide isn't so good at explaining.
RandomSeed
Member
Fuz
Banned
RandomSeed
Member
1.07 GTX 970 settings
GTX 970 1545/3900Mhz and i7 3770 4.2Ghz
1920x1080
Vsync Off - NVCP Adaptive Sync
FPS Cap Off - RTSS 62 fps cap
Hairworks On
Hairworks High
Hairworks AA 2x
Background characters High
Shadows Medium
Terrain Ultra
Water High
Grass High
Textures Ultra
Foliage range High
Detail Ultra
Motion blur On
AA Off
Bloom On
Sharpening Off
Ambien Occlusion HBAO+
Depth of Field On
Chromatic Aberration Off
Vignetting Off
Light shafts On
In my User.settings i changed
CascadeShadowDistanceScale0=3
CascadeShadowDistanceScale1=3
CascadeShadowDistanceScale2=4
CascadeShadowDistanceScale3=4
and added to the end
[Streaming/Textures]
UseMipRefiner=true
Pretty much always 60fps, unless again getting close to Geralts hair.
GTX 970 1545/3900Mhz and i7 3770 4.2Ghz
1920x1080
Vsync Off - NVCP Adaptive Sync
FPS Cap Off - RTSS 62 fps cap
Hairworks On
Hairworks High
Hairworks AA 2x
Background characters High
Shadows Medium
Terrain Ultra
Water High
Grass High
Textures Ultra
Foliage range High
Detail Ultra
Motion blur On
AA Off
Bloom On
Sharpening Off
Ambien Occlusion HBAO+
Depth of Field On
Chromatic Aberration Off
Vignetting Off
Light shafts On
In my User.settings i changed
CascadeShadowDistanceScale0=3
CascadeShadowDistanceScale1=3
CascadeShadowDistanceScale2=4
CascadeShadowDistanceScale3=4
and added to the end
[Streaming/Textures]
UseMipRefiner=true
Pretty much always 60fps, unless again getting close to Geralts hair.
Should be mostly CPU dependent.
I was gonna say how the fuck(with Hairworks), but then I saw your core 970 clock, damn. I still have mine under clocked but I might try and bring it back to a nice OC, too(like 1300Mhz).
Yeah i was surprised too to get hairworks enabled. But its flawless, i notice up to 30% increase in GPU usage with hairworks enabled.
I do run a custom BIOS on my 970 that gives me a large increase, not only core clocks but the internal Cache clock is set to match close to my Core OC (around 1528Mhz from 1200Mhz).
Drama Zed Nod
Member
What drivers are yall running for the best performance on the Witcher 3?
I get serious stuttering on the batman and subsequent hotfix drivers but it seems to be ok on the Hereos of the storm and previous Witcher 3 drivers?
is this just me?
I'm running 2x780-Ti
I get serious stuttering on the batman and subsequent hotfix drivers but it seems to be ok on the Hereos of the storm and previous Witcher 3 drivers?
is this just me?
I'm running 2x780-Ti
wanderjahr
Banned
I have a 770 and 353.06 offers best performance and most stability for me. I think 353.30 has an updated TW3 sli profile though compared to 353.06.
Daredevil7
Banned
What does the new Nvidia Hairworks preset do? only goes from low to high, is that the tessellation level
Leatherface
Member
The camera is driving me crazy after this patch. is there any way to fix it? In some areas it will zoom in really close. Not only does my big ass head get in the way of everything just walking around, it REALLY sucks in combat too. ugh! 
Kaffeemann
Banned
Is it possible to disable hairworks on Geralt on this patch? The mod on nexusmods doesn't work.
Omega Kirby
Member
How well could I play this game on an 970m?
With this game, the last few Nvidia drivers have been prone to crash for some. You can't be safe. I'd just get the latest drivers.
Pimpbaa
Member
That's reassuring lol. Wondering if I should just finish the game on PS4 and just the PC later on when things are more stable.
Every single patch or driver will have some people complaining of crashes. I've had zero crashes since the 2nd patch, personally.
The game obviously does not play well with drivers in general.
If you've got a GTX970, you're probably gonna have a much more pleasant experience overall. Playing the game at 1080p/60fps is a treat.
Even if you happen to be unlucky and have some crashing problems, loading times are so much better on PC.
Yeah definitely play the game on PC. I have a 970 and encountered only two crashes throughout my 45 hour playthrough. Press F5 frequently just incase, and you'll be alright.
Cannon Goose
Member
For those of you who are curious, the Hairworks Preset setting seems to control the density of hair as well as the amount of tessellation on each hair.
High
Low
High
Low
It looks similar to that driver tessellation thing that AMD users can use in the Catalyst Control Panel. The Low setting gave me a ~3fps boost when I was testing.
Edit: Bonus buzzcut Geralt
High
Low
High
Low
It looks similar to that driver tessellation thing that AMD users can use in the Catalyst Control Panel. The Low setting gave me a ~3fps boost when I was testing.
Edit: Bonus buzzcut Geralt
I use adaptive vsync in NVCP, in game turn off frame limit and vsync.
CybernatonEvolution
Member
I overclocked my EVGA GTX 780 "FTW" edition to 1100Mhz core clock (120+Mhz) and I got crash to desktop for the first time. I got microstutter (possibly V-ram issues) in an open filed, and the game froze when I loaded the save file after I died--the loading screen froze while I can hear/play in the background.
I will test it further and see how stable it is. I might stay on 120+MHZ overclock, or set it to 110 if I got more issues. The game is stable in Unigine Heaven though; it only crashed when I went to 130Mhz.
Run it in borderless and set max pre-rendered frames to 1 or 2 in the control panel of your graphics card. You can also turn Hardware cursor OFF, decrease the mouse sensitivity, then set Hardware cursor to on again if you hate mouse acceleration; hell, you can even use it with lowered sensitivity if you want. Locking the framerate will also help to some extent, but I don't use it.
I will test it further and see how stable it is. I might stay on 120+MHZ overclock, or set it to 110 if I got more issues. The game is stable in Unigine Heaven though; it only crashed when I went to 130Mhz.
Run it in borderless and set max pre-rendered frames to 1 or 2 in the control panel of your graphics card. You can also turn Hardware cursor OFF, decrease the mouse sensitivity, then set Hardware cursor to on again if you hate mouse acceleration; hell, you can even use it with lowered sensitivity if you want. Locking the framerate will also help to some extent, but I don't use it.
Leatherface
Member
okay so the crazy closeup camera thing I experienced was a bug I guess. When I restarted the game it was gone. *phew
CyberPunked
Member
wanderjahr
Banned
This is definitely the way to go, at least what I've observed. Use unlimited fps in-game settings then use RTSS to cap your framerate at whatever makes sense for your display. Borderless windowed and you should have some pretty smooth gameplay.
Graphics
VSync: Off
Maximum Frames Per Second: Unlimited
Display Mode: Borderless Window
RTSS
Framerate limit: 60 (or whatever makes sense for your display)
NCP
PhysX Processor: CPU (for Kepler cards) Automatic (for Maxwell cards)
Maximum pre-rendered frames: 1
Power management mode: Prefer maximum performance
Messed around with RTSS. Felt more stuttery while using it. Either I'm doing something wrong, or its just not working right.
I just tried this and it feels messed up. Not as good as I had it without RTSS. It shows 60fps at all times 98% of the time. There's this weird underwater feeling when running. It's like I get stuck in mud, and then get out.
I just tried this and it feels messed up. Not as good as I had it without RTSS. It shows 60fps at all times 98% of the time. There's this weird underwater feeling when running. It's like I get stuck in mud, and then get out.
The Dear Leader
Banned
Did you have in game vsync off and framerate to unlimited?
The Dear Leader
Banned
Hm, not sure then, it's way smoother for me using RTSS than any of the in game options.
Game feels like that for me in borderless window. Feels great in full screen locked at 72 fps with rtss.
Kaffeemann
Banned
I prefer the in-game vsync over nvidias. Forcing it through NCP led to uneven frame pacing.
daninthemix
Member
Opposite for me. This and all the posts above show how differing setups produce differing results. RTSS does nothing for me. Borderless often results in uneven frame-times. For me, the best solution is either normal or half-refresh v-sync with anything else that could interfere disabled (in-game v-sync, frame limiters, etc).
lordfuzzybutt
Member
I'll chime in with my own result, patch 1.06 though, haven't played much with 07.
rtss on + borderless on + ingame vsync off + ingame limiter off : stutter + no tear.
rtss on + borderless off + ingame vsync off + ingame limiter off : no stutter + tear.
rtss on + borderless off + ingame vsync on + ingame limiter off : no stutter + no tear.
rtss off + borderless off + ingame vsync on + ingame limiter off : no stutter + no tear.
rtss off + borderless off + nvcp a-vsync on + ingame limiter off : no stutter + little tear.
I didn't test much with each settings, but I finally opted for rtss on + borderless off + ingame vsync on + ingame limiter off.
Input lag is there but insignificant.
rtss on + borderless on + ingame vsync off + ingame limiter off : stutter + no tear.
rtss on + borderless off + ingame vsync off + ingame limiter off : no stutter + tear.
rtss on + borderless off + ingame vsync on + ingame limiter off : no stutter + no tear.
rtss off + borderless off + ingame vsync on + ingame limiter off : no stutter + no tear.
rtss off + borderless off + nvcp a-vsync on + ingame limiter off : no stutter + little tear.
I didn't test much with each settings, but I finally opted for rtss on + borderless off + ingame vsync on + ingame limiter off.
Input lag is there but insignificant.
Cannon Goose
Member
Same here. I've had close-up cutscenes on guards have their armor pop-in. I even had
the Burning Ship pop-in in the background when I got to Skellige when I was talking to Yennifer.
EDIT: What's the difference between Windowed, Fullscreen and Borderless Windowed
Drama Zed Nod
Member
Cross post from the 1.0.7 thread:
I'm running 2x780Ti on my rig.
I've noticed that im getting quite bad stutter, but not all the time.
I run full screen, unlimited fps on a G-Sync Monitor.
It didn't start out that way but i guess with the new versions of the game and updated drivers its crept in.
I'm using 353.06 driver as i feel this is the best.
I read somewhere that changing the PhysX from recommended to CPU reduces stuttering, is this true?
Any other tips?
I'm running 2x780Ti on my rig.
I've noticed that im getting quite bad stutter, but not all the time.
I run full screen, unlimited fps on a G-Sync Monitor.
It didn't start out that way but i guess with the new versions of the game and updated drivers its crept in.
I'm using 353.06 driver as i feel this is the best.
I read somewhere that changing the PhysX from recommended to CPU reduces stuttering, is this true?
Any other tips?
LordAmused
Member
I've heard indeed that changing PhysX to CPU reduces stuttering. I don't own a Kepler card but I've seen it here and on CDPR forums.
wanderjahr
Banned
353.30 has an updated SLI profile for TW3 compared to 353.06. Don't know if that would help with stuttering. As far as PhysX, most Kepler cards seem to notice an increase in performance (I get ~10% fps increase on my 770) when PhysX is CPU, but not actually sure about stuttering.
Dries
Member
Wow. I'm doing this right away.
Drama Zed Nod
Member
I played a few hours last night after moving PhysX to the CPU and it was much much smoother.
Performance also seemed better.
I'm going to update to the latest drivers and see if it's smooth using the updated SLI profile (that's what i thought was initially causing the stuttering).
Performance also seemed better.
I'm going to update to the latest drivers and see if it's smooth using the updated SLI profile (that's what i thought was initially causing the stuttering).
Dries
Member
The difference in fps could also very well be a new location.. time of day.. etc.
Hmm I'm playing it right now by capping it to 30fps through RTSS and borderless window. Just the odd hiccup here and there which I guess is due to the game loading new area.
I'm using GTX780 which I overclocked by 6% and so far it is stable. Not sure if I want to move the PhysX calculation to CPU.
CybernatonEvolution
Member
Why 30fps? You can run it at 40+fps with everything on ultra (even hairworks on) at 1080p if you have a 100+ core clock.
Initially I did played at 60fps cap but it is torturing my GTX 780 at near constant 100% GPU load.
That means really loud fan noise and high temp (average 80C). I don't have aircond and living in a tropical climate doesn't help either so I always prefer lower load and temp.
I will try out the PhysX CPU trick later after work since I have a 4770K OC to 4.2GHz and the CPU load average 30% when playing the game.
I have not tried that option. However, wouldnt vsync on plus rtss be redundant when vsync would be based on monitors refresh rate?