The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

adbee · 19 May 2015 at 15:54

Something really weird has just happened.

I have been playing the game on my 970 sli rig. Had all settings on ultra and steam fps counter said 60 solid, but I felt it was running like ****. So have just gone into Geforce experience and optimised and optimised settings are low to high. It still says 60 fps but it much much smoother and looks barely any different. Confused..

Also the amount of crashes is making it unplayable.

MOOGLEYS · 19 May 2015 at 15:56

Runs and looks lovely on PS4........

adbee · 19 May 2015 at 16:05

MOOGLEYS said:
Runs and looks lovely on PS4........

I don't know how anyone can say a game runs lovely at 30 fps.

iv-tecman · 19 May 2015 at 16:05

MOOGLEYS said:
Runs and looks lovely on PS4........

Got the ps4 version by my own mistake as it was on my pre orders at Amazon. So got both PC and ps4 so I'll do a side by side.

Anything like the project cars or GTA V side by side I've done recently I fully expecting even my modest GPU to beat the ps4 in both performance and looks.

Project cars on ps4 has woeful performance and screen tearing GTA V is night and day difference so see how witcher 3 holds up..

agnes · 19 May 2015 at 16:07

SquirrelMadness said:
Wonder if this is to do with my GTX780... trees in the background look really bad - like puffy instead of detailed despite all settings being maxed out/turned on:

Fully maxed at 3440x1440 on a single GTX780 is barely playable. Doing like 15FPS right now. Think it's time to upgrade, wish they brought out something new already that isn't over £500

Can you do me a favor bud? Run it at 1080p and tell me what you get?

I've been toying with getting rid of my 780 for so long, but even the 980 isn't much of an upgrade

MOOGLEYS · 19 May 2015 at 16:08

adbee said:
I don't know how anyone can say a game runs lovely at 30 fps.

On a 55" screen I find it a lot better than on a PC monitor.

iv-tecman · 19 May 2015 at 16:09

adbee said:
I don't know how anyone can say a game runs lovely at 30 fps.

Its fine provided no frame pacing. X1 is a mess with this title. Frame rate is over 30 but it stutters and looks very uneven.

I locked my PC version to 30 fps and it was fine. Due to no v sync , bordedless mode which no tearing triple buffering. Looked and played superb.

GTA V however I dialled the settings back to enable solid 60 fps and driving around the city certainly best the ps4 30 fps as it felt sluggish on ps4

Some games 30 fps is just fine...

adbee · 19 May 2015 at 16:12

MOOGLEYS said:
On a 55" screen I find it a lot better than on a PC monitor.

I am sitting on my sofa in my lounge playing it on a 55" TV, as I do with most games that I use a controller for. It is 2015 ffs. Lol

Teaf · 19 May 2015 at 16:12

Saw a tip on Reddit that worked for me for getting out some extra FPS. Just stop and disable the "NVIDIA Streamer Service" service that's probably running as mine was on Automatic. It's the streamer for people using Nvidia SHIELD, which I don't. I normally avoid "Get FPS quick!" tips but this one actually worked, got me about 7 - 10 more FPS. Pretty noticable increase. Here's the Reddit thread if anyone wants to look.

iv-tecman · 19 May 2015 at 16:13

MOOGLEYS said:
On a 55" screen I find it a lot better than on a PC monitor.

You using game mode on your TV? TVs add loads or processing. Even game mode adds smoothing etc..

PC games on large screen TVs csn and do look different.. I use a 24 " monitor myself. Can never be arse to plug iinto a TV as I'm lazy... Looks fine on my monitor anyhow.

Chisharpe · 19 May 2015 at 16:14

Not had one crash so far.

extrememachine · 19 May 2015 at 16:15

Reinstalled drivers and reselected sli on and am getting better frames but avg 31 frames only on max settings at 3840 x2160 res with a 5960x and 3 titan b.
Is this normal???

adbee · 19 May 2015 at 16:16

iv-tecman said:
Its fine provided no frame pacing. X1 is a mess with this title. Frame rate is over 30 but it stutters and looks very uneven.

I locked my PC version to 30 fps and it was fine. Due to no v sync , bordedless mode which no tearing triple buffering. Looked and played superb.

GTA V however I dialled the settings back to enable solid 60 fps and driving around the city certainly best the ps4 30 fps as it felt sluggish on ps4

Some games 30 fps is just fine...

We will have to agree to disagree on that. I capped my pc at 30fps a few times to enable ridiculous graphic settings and it has always been appalling.

MOOGLEYS · 19 May 2015 at 16:18

iv-tecman said:
You using game mode on your TV? TVs add loads or processing. Even game mode adds smoothing etc..

PC games on large screen TVs csn and do look different.. I use a 24 " monitor myself. Can never be arse to plug iinto a TV as I'm lazy... Looks fine on my monitor anyhow.

Yeah game mode is on. I only have it on PS4 so cannot compare to PC. I'm very happy with the PS4 version it looks and runs fine to me.

It's a superb game so far..

Pighardia · 19 May 2015 at 16:22

The difference between hair works off and Geralt is ridiculous for me!... Same with foliage distance Hugh and ultra.

Getting steady 60fps with everything on uktra except those two settings. No stuttering. Runs really well now.

VincentHanna · 19 May 2015 at 16:23

iv-tecman said:
You using game mode on your TV? TVs add loads or processing. Even game mode adds smoothing etc..

PC games on large screen TVs csn and do look different.. I use a 24 " monitor myself. Can never be arse to plug iinto a TV as I'm lazy... Looks fine on my monitor anyhow.

Looks pretty good on my 58" 4k TV.

When I got the TV in December, Game mode was the first thing I enabled. I basically turn all the processing off on HDMI 4 (Which is the HDMI 2.0 enabled input)

It's a Panasonic AX802B so it has the lowest input lag of all the 4k TV's.

Witcher1979 · 19 May 2015 at 16:26

MOOGLEYS said:
Yeah game mode is on. I only have it on PS4 so cannot compare to PC. I'm very happy with the PS4 version it looks and runs fine to me.

It's a superb game so far..

Indeed the game seems freaking awesome.

iv-tecman · 19 May 2015 at 16:26

adbee said:
We will have to agree to disagree on that. I capped my pc at 30fps a few times to enable ridiculous graphic settings and it has always been appalling.

Depends on the game. Had mixed results myself. Border less window mode and triple buffering no v sync unlocked has always worked best for me but some games locked at 30 fps have worked oit well. Skyrim , witcher 2 and 3 being some..

Witcher1979 · 19 May 2015 at 16:30

Hmmm shocked Witcher 2 plays ok at 30fps on PC tbh. Might have to try that one day.

iv-tecman · 19 May 2015 at 16:34

Witcher1979 said:
Hmmm shocked Witcher 2 plays ok at 30fps on PC tbh. Might have to try that one day.

Back in the day when I had a weak system , played witcher 2 at low medium and locked it down to 30 fps. Did fine. Replayed it once I got a decent ish GPU and didn't notice the frame rate increases as much as I did the eye candy at the time..

What feels ok to one, maybe not ok for another its all subjective..