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The Witcher 2No one ever "solved" the performance troubles, did they?(22 posts)(22 posts)
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Posted May 12, 2015
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4metta: I just purchased an EVGA GTX 980 FTW and run the game with everything maxed with no dips below 50 fps at all. Mostly cruising at 60. My cpu is a 4790k at 4.7ghz
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Goodmongo: From what I understand to run everything at ultra you need two GTX 980's in SLI. Heck Withcer 2 won't run ubersampling with a single GTX 980 so don't expect W3 to do it.
I just told you I run on ultra and ubersampling with one GTX 980. :) What gain would I have in being dishonest? Still...the fact that it doesn't stay at 60 fps all the time like GTA V does shows how taxing it can be on a system. When there is a lot going on with fire effects there can be some dips. But it runs just fine.

You also have to make sure your cpu doesn't bottleneck performance either. That can cause variances in what frames people are getting.
Then there's the basics of pc building such as adequate cooling in your case and enough power from psu.

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mcgeehe: Yes I'd recommend you upgrade your gpu if you plan to play TW3 on PC. If you have a decent quad core cpu and 8gb ram, I'd highly recommend the GTX 970 G1 from Gigabyte. If you have the budget a 980 would be even better. If you don't want to spend quite that much look into an AMD R9 280X or 290X. Keep in mind that TW3 might be more optimized for Nvidia cards.

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Post edited May 12, 2015 by 4metta
Posted May 12, 2015
I have a 4790k OC'd and a GTX 970 OC'd along with 16 GB of ram. W2 has many spots where the FPS drops to 25-30 range. Just go in the arena or training to see this.

And it's not just me but there are many posts that state the exact same thing. So if you indeed maintain 55+ fps then count yourself lucky But my guess is ubersampling is turned off.
Posted May 12, 2015
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fjdgshdkeavd: Curious if there's a simple fix that would explain my poor performance. I am using an AMD A-10 laptop, which is low-end by modern standards, but it can run Mass Effect 3 on highest settings plus FSAA at a baby-smooth FPS.

For Witcher 2, I have to use lowest settings and additionally hack in a super-low resolution (853 x 480) to get > 20 FPS.

Often in a situation like this, it's due to a specific setting or glitch rather than just generally bad programming.

Are there any hidden settings that result in night-and-day performance improvements on select configurations that otherwise don't play nice?
Mass effect 3 isnt that much of demanding game. It uses the Unreal 3 engine, which has been out for a while.
Posted May 12, 2015
Same here. I'm using a pretty powerul laptop that can play most games at high/medium settings at a smooth 60 fps (except for newer games which I have to turn down to low). In The Witcher 2 however, I can't even reach 30 fps at lowest settings... It's one of the few games that runs so poorly, not even Watch Dogs runs so poorly; it's almost as bad as Arma 2.
Posted May 14, 2015
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Goodmongo: I have a 4790k OC'd and a GTX 970 OC'd along with 16 GB of ram. W2 has many spots where the FPS drops to 25-30 range. Just go in the arena or training to see this.

And it's not just me but there are many posts that state the exact same thing. So if you indeed maintain 55+ fps then count yourself lucky But my guess is ubersampling is turned off.
No 25-30 frames at all for me. And yes, ubersampling is turned on. Aside from the obvious fact that we have different cards we also have different pcs and it would be pretty impossible to replicate benchmarks in that scenario.

But then again... 30 fps is still running with ubersampling. It's running and playable on a single card. Not SLI. 30 fps is what console players play entire games at. If a pc gamer gets "dips" in the 30s that means he/she is doing pretty damn good. (I personally would rather turn things down a bit to aim for smoother frames myself but some people prefer the eye candy.)
Posted May 14, 2015
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AtomicP: I run a desktop with a Radeon 5750 and the prologue doesn't run well at all for me. There's a lot of geometry and models in those first few hours, but later on things calm down a bit and I enjoyed the game. I can run it at my native monitor resolution (1920x1080) but with low details, or turn the resolution down to 1280x720 and crank up a few things.

I'm in two minds about buying TW3 before upgrading my video card, which will also require a more powerful PSU to cope.
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mcgeehe: Yes I'd recommend you upgrade your gpu if you plan to play TW3 on PC. If you have a decent quad core cpu and 8gb ram, I'd highly recommend the GTX 970 G1 from Gigabyte. If you have the budget a 980 would be even better. If you don't want to spend quite that much look into an AMD R9 280X or 290X. Keep in mind that TW3 might be more optimized for Nvidia cards.

If you are not concerned with high fidelity you can always look at the GTX 960 or a R9 270X. Both of those would be a nice upgrade over your GPU and won't hurt the wallet as much. Of these 2 I'd perosnally go the 960 route for pure power:performance. I doubt you'd need a PSU upgrade to run a 960, it will only be drawing about 40W more and the performance increase will be very noticeable.

Edit: If you plan to game at 1080p try to get 3GB+ vram, if you are ok with turning down resolutions from time to time, 2GB will be enough.
So 512 MB VRAM won't be enough then? :D

I have a Phenom II 955 BE so that should be ok, but the main problem is once the VRAM is exhausted, the game starts eating main RAM, which is slower. The result is that TW2 plays, but textures pop in and the frame rate drops.
Posted May 14, 2015
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AtomicP: So 512 MB VRAM won't be enough then? :D

I have a Phenom II 955 BE so that should be ok, but the main problem is once the VRAM is exhausted, the game starts eating main RAM, which is slower. The result is that TW2 plays, but textures pop in and the frame rate drops.
No, I don't think 512MB is going to be enough for TW3. =P

Ya, the Phenom II 955 will play TW3. I think a GTX 960 would be the best option for your CPU. There are 2GB and 4GB variants aswell. If you want more future proof and don't mind the CPU bottlenecking it, the GTX 970 is a beast of a card and will offer much more longevity. Just make sure you have the RAM needed, I'd say at this point 8GB is the new standard for PC gaming.
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