The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition

The game itself is still available in the classic version and you can still switch to DX11 and disable RT, but, here is what i assume pisses everyone off so much because it is what pisses me off alot: This is probably a butchered Direct3D11on12 (look it up) job. I understand why RT is so expensive and accept that fact, but a Ryzen 5600 should at least be able to get 60 FPS in the towns with RT on and maybe bottleneck around 60 to 90 fps like spiderman. Instead it´s more like a cpu bottlenecks even on RTX2000 Dollar monster cards in the area of 30 to 60 fps and even below 30 if you got a ryzen 3600 or something. DX12 version is a overhead, wrapper, whatever, they needed to do DX12 to get RT to work as DXR requires DX12. BUT since that DX12 is butchered and not native, it creates cpu overhead and gpu overhead which even with RT OFF gives you less FPS on any setup vs the original directx 11 version. If you know see where this is going: its a free update, a free update nobody can enjoy except with 25 to 40 fps on even 12900K´s or by switching back to the classic GOTY version and ignore this update entirely. It´s free, but not playable, not just because of the awful RT performance cost, fps loss by API switch, but also because like on console, the camera is now stuttery, framepacing is broken, these baffoons managed to introduce shader compilation stutter into a once smooth running game and they still haven´t properly fixed the traversal stutter. The best part of this free update is the option to ignore it, ignore the fact you can only get 60fps+ with RT by using DLSS3 and the best part, truly now is hulk hogans texture pack. ALso cobblestone walkways are now parallaxed/tesselated, draw distances are increased, those things im glad CDPR fixed and improved. Not everything is negative. But the broken framepacing is the worst part. RT i can ignore, dx12 too, but the framepacing PISSES ME OFF. Cyberpunk is weirdly enough smoother... wtf?

Ever thought nothing could top the disastrous release of Cyberpunk 2077? Yet CDPR strikes again, bringing you (probably) "the worst patch ever" that has been released for a video game. This "Next-Gen Patch" performs so bad without offering much noticeable visual improvement that you need a 2000$ GPU to play it on max. details. That said, if you are actually able to start it or play it more than 5 minutes without a crash. And even if it seems you've got smooth FPS the horrible frametimes turns it into a slideshow. A lot of those issues seem to originate from the D3D11On12 wrapper they used to implement gimmicks like RT and DLSS3.0 no one really asked for. Would have been actual work to properly port this game to DX12, right? I just got one advice for CDPR: End your obviously toxic relationship with Nvidia and focus on game quality instead so that non of you future releases turn into another bug feast.

Love this game to death but this update has made it unplayable. Can't even leave Vizima without it crashing in dx11 and dx12. Will change review once fixed

They did it again, release totally unplayable game. Good job CDPR you disapoint once again. Game plays terrible no matter what graphical options you choose which is weird because I plated with the same mods them implemented and it was playing great before the patch. Additionally now I cannot use MSI Afterburner. Maybe in 2 years they will fix it...

i didnt have hi hopes about running the game with rt stuff enabled cause of my mediocre gpu <2070s>,but after playing this game with blitz fx and other quality mods from nexus, i must say one guy pretty much outdone the entire cdpr team and sabre with one mod.the game is good and ive been playing it for years on lots of different hardware and it used to run quite good even moded to the max at 4k with lod increase mods and other demanding stuff.one major thing thats made me write this review is the totally borked water it is UGLY BEYOND BELIEF.with all that said this kinnda looks like a commercial for the 40 series cards from nvidia cause thats what you will need to play this at solid fps.again the update has some cool features but imho its not worth it as you can download mods that are included in the update*there is also a list for compatible mods on nexus.and please for the love of god update your sys req.for this on GOG cause its totally misleading. i played this on a 960,980ti and now on 2070s each gpu handled it well,seems pc players are getting the short end of the stick once again as it is clear as day that this is made for console users cause thats where the CASH is.i know this looks like harsh and its a free update but these kind of decisions show the trajectory cdpr has chosen,they just dont care about their base wich is pc gamers. so too sum up this tirade the witcher 3 is a great game buit on a shitty engine that was frankensteind to support dx 12 features and it got no optimisation what so ever on pc and once again they are squandering the good will they just kinnda got back from the cp2077 debacle.