The Witcher 3 Benchmarks

Kaapstad · 19 Jul 2015 at 15:52

What is new about the hair effects, it looks the same to me ?

Heisenberg · 19 Jul 2015 at 16:06

As far as i'm aware nothing. They have just added in bits to reduce performance cost like lowering AA and overall quality.

Kaapstad · 19 Jul 2015 at 16:21

Heisenberg said:
As far as i'm aware nothing. They have just added in bits to reduce performance cost like lowering AA and overall quality.

I got exactly the same fps before and after.

I had to turn all the settings back up again after the patch though.

N19h7m4r3 · 19 Jul 2015 at 16:27

Kaapstad said:
I got exactly the same fps before and after.

I had to turn all the settings back up again after the patch though.

Have you checked your CPU usage during it all. Folks on reddit reporting they're getting CPU spikes to 100% usage, fps tanks and the game freezes a bit, or stutters a lot.

Seems something is afoot somewhere. Although reinstalling or verifying game files didn't fix any of my issues.

Now that I'm back on 1.06 everything is honkydory.

fs123 · 19 Jul 2015 at 16:31

The new patch is not worth it from a performance point of view. It allows you to set high or lo Hairworks settings but I would still use CCC to set the tesselation level since that gives better performance.

I actually think it's less smoother with the new patch and performance seems to be a bit worse if anything.

N19h7m4r3 · 19 Jul 2015 at 16:40

If you're on 1.06 or rolled back to it but want the Ciri DLC armour this chap was kind enough to extract and upload the files. You just drop them in the DLC folder in the game install location and BAM, Ciri in Zerrikanian armour is now and option in game.

https://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/co...ed_npcs_still_not_fixedsigh/ct8lyx3?context=3

Kaapstad · 19 Jul 2015 at 19:05

N19h7m4r3 said:
Have you checked your CPU usage during it all. Folks on reddit reporting they're getting CPU spikes to 100% usage, fps tanks and the game freezes a bit, or stutters a lot.

Seems something is afoot somewhere. Although reinstalling or verifying game files didn't fix any of my issues.

Now that I'm back on 1.06 everything is honkydory.

CPU usage looks ok.

Mayh3M · 19 Jul 2015 at 23:43

Can someone please tell me how you're supposed to patch this game from 1.06 to 1.07?

luggles · 20 Jul 2015 at 00:05

Mayh3M said:
Can someone please tell me how you're supposed to patch this game from 1.06 to 1.07?

If you're using the Galaxy client you can just go into configure and set it to auto update and install, if that doesn't work you can go into get backup and extras and manually download it from there.

Mayh3M · 20 Jul 2015 at 00:25

luggles said:
If you're using the Galaxy client you can just go into configure and set it to auto update and install, if that doesn't work you can go into get backup and extras and manually download it from there.

I don't use the client. I just download the parts from GOG.com but there's only a patch 1.02-1.07 which is 2gigs and doesn't allow me to update when I try to run it.

EDIT: NVM I just remembered I was using a custom exe to support 21:9, luckily I had the original exe in a backup I created and its working now.

XavierCastiel · 20 Jul 2015 at 02:54

Any tips to improve performance with a 980 G1 at 1440P? Averaging like 45-50 fps with a few settings turned off or reduced.

Only bought the 980 in February and I'm already contemplating getting a second or just throwing more money at 980TI's can't stand the sight of low fps.

40Four · 20 Jul 2015 at 07:33

XavierCastiel said:
Any tips to improve performance with a 980 G1 at 1440P? Averaging like 45-50 fps with a few settings turned off or reduced.

Only bought the 980 in February and I'm already contemplating getting a second or just throwing more money at 980TI's can't stand the sight of low fps.

Have you read through the Nvidia guide. http://www.geforce.co.uk/whats-new/...-hunt-graphics-performance-and-tweaking-guide

45-50 fps isn't bad with a single 980 at 1440p.

40Four · 20 Jul 2015 at 07:41

Kaapstad said:
I got exactly the same fps before and after.

I had to turn all the settings back up again after the patch though.

Same. No real difference for me even the stutter with Hairworks on is still there(fixed by setting max rendered frames to 1 in NCP).

My biggest performance hit is from the Reshade preset i use at about 5 - 10 fps, looks nice though.

Mayh3M · 20 Jul 2015 at 08:59

Patch hasn't seemed to change anything for me in terms of FPS but the alternative movement option makes this game so much more enjoyable to play. All of you need to use it ASAP.

Even if my FPS took a hit there's no way I'd return to the previous patch.

wunkley · 20 Jul 2015 at 09:51

Mayh3M said:
Patch hasn't seemed to change anything for me in terms of FPS but the alternative movement option makes this game so much more enjoyable to play. All of you need to use it ASAP.

Even if my FPS took a hit there's no way I'd return to the previous patch.

I'm playing with a 360 game pad, and had a quick play with the new alternative movement setting. I couldn't tell any difference to be honest. I literally only tried for about 10 secs though so maybe I'm not seeing it? What's the actual difference? Maybe it only affects mouse and keyboard control?

ratters · 20 Jul 2015 at 11:13

Mayh3M said:
Patch hasn't seemed to change anything for me in terms of FPS but the alternative movement option makes this game so much more enjoyable to play. All of you need to use it ASAP.

Even if my FPS took a hit there's no way I'd return to the previous patch.

Agreed on movement

although i am not getting weather fps drops anymore.

Mayh3M · 20 Jul 2015 at 18:45

wunkley said:
I'm playing with a 360 game pad, and had a quick play with the new alternative movement setting. I couldn't tell any difference to be honest. I literally only tried for about 10 secs though so maybe I'm not seeing it? What's the actual difference? Maybe it only affects mouse and keyboard control?

I also use a Xbox ONE controller.

The original default movement option has a distinct input delay and the character is very unwieldy when it comes to small movements and rotations.

The alternative movement setting completely removes that large input delay and rotations are faster. It feels much more smooth and pleasant to control the character. You should really try to get it working. There's no way you wouldn't notice the difference.

ratters · 20 Jul 2015 at 19:40

Mayh3M said:
I also use a Xbox ONE controller.

The original default movement option has a distinct input delay and the character is very unwieldy when it comes to small movements and rotations.

The alternative movement setting completely removes that large input delay and rotations are faster. It feels much more smooth and pleasant to control the character. You should really try to get it working. There's no way you wouldn't notice the difference.

best way is to start a new game and do the bit with ciri racing down to train... with and without. God its better.

N19h7m4r3 · 22 Jul 2015 at 12:23

I found an interesting post on Reddit about the game stuttering. Apparently the game only uses 1 CPU thread to help with asset streaming. Might be worth a try to see if it helps some folks here.
https://www.reddit.com/r/witcher/comments/3e6dxx/another_post_about_stuttering_problems_amd/

The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt\bin\config\base\gc.ini
Open that file
"; Number of threads the GC should be running on
NumThreads = 1"
Change 1 to 4
Save the file.

It's a config file for the asset streaming system of the game, it's set to only run on 1 CPU thread by default, increasing it should make a difference for the better, at least it did for me and i have an OCd hexa core Intel CPU.
Please don't buy into all this "CPU doesn't really matter" BS flying around.

Scougar · 7 Aug 2016 at 05:14

OK.. I can't find out how to the the witcher 3 benchmark. How to I start it please?