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CPR W3 on Hairworks(Nvidia Game Works)-'the code of this feature cannot be optimized for AMD'
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NO I CANTlook in my SIG!! heheh
Nvidia could do with making that an option in their drivers then.
But I've never seen a tessellation slider before (In terms of numbers) in a game.
I was in impression that CDPR had the "blackbox" version of hairworks, which means if 64x is in source, then 64x it is, and there is nothing they can do about it? Could be wrong.
Someone here confirmed that Gameworks trashes performance even with settings disabled.
Remove files, get 10fps boost. Put em back, FPS takes a dive. Pretty much confirms my suspicions that gameworks contains "stub" code with a logic bomb designed to sabotage AMD & n-1 geforces.
Remove files, get 10fps boost. Put em back, FPS takes a dive. Pretty much confirms my suspicions that gameworks contains "stub" code with a logic bomb designed to sabotage AMD & n-1 geforces.
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CDPR could override it with higher level patching, middle-ware to Nvidia's drivers, or Nvidia in the drivers like AMD, or just not tessellate it to such extremes to start with.
Lol no its not,Hairworks has a massive performance impact even on the supposed '3x tessellation' cards of maxwell lol
They can run it,but not easily
Lol yes it is. I can run it without my 980's breaking sweat, I have everything maxed in game.
What files? I'd love to get 10 FPS gain
Allegedly this file APEX_ClothingGPU_x64.dll is one of them
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Just searched my PC. I don't have that file.
EDIT : Found it on a second search.
I'll go test.
Yup that was me but no one responded to it.. in my case it wasnt a pure 10fps but close and it had no visual impact. Problem is the file in question is named APEX_ClothingGPU_x64 which leads me to believe its using my GPU for some simulations meaning that if i remove it those simulations goes perhaps to the CPU instead which has plenty of room. I dont have a powerful enough AMD card to test this theory with so i dont know if removing that file on an AMD setup will actually help anything.
its located in "Witcher 3 Wild Hunt\bin\x64"
Sli isnt really a fair barometer of performance impact tho?Sli users are in the extreme minority of users :/
Check here m8
Witcher 3 wild hunt/bin/x64
I havennt tried it,and im skeptical of the validity of the claim tbh lol
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Yeah, I've found it.
Windows 10's "Search the web and windows" didn't find it, but file explorer did.
Windows 10's "Search the web and windows" didn't find it, but file explorer did.
just backup the file and remove it afterwards? whats the worse that can happen? i supplied screenshots of the effect. If it does nothing for you simply put the file back..
EDIT: Would like to stress that i tested it at the during the Well quest in White Orcard. When i completed the quests there performance went back up so its not a solid +x amount of FPS through the entire game.
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If it's for Physics, screenshots wouldn't show the difference
That is very much true, however i went around white orchard afterwards paying attention to Cloth of NPCs and similar stuff and it was exactly the same effect or should i say lack off. Made no difference with the file there or not which i think is pretty darn odd.
Whelp. This thread has now gone full tinfoil hat.
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It did nothing to my FPS.
Although I don't deny there's a chance it may perhaps change things with Nvidia GPU's.
Although I don't deny there's a chance it may perhaps change things with Nvidia GPU's.
Ive personally found instances of this, however i dont think its there to hurt AMD on purpose. From the looks of it to me i think its simply an unoptimized part of the game. Some little stupid piece of code running rampant from time to time and that sadly seems part of the gameworks library. It hurts the performance of my 780 a good deal though so i hope it gets fixed soon.
Im gonna pop in my old 5850 and see if i notice any difference on it and perhaps record a video of it as well. But i wouldnt be suprised if its a nvidia only thing.