[LiK]

Here's another pic but this time without uber. Not in the same location as the other two but you can definitely see the benefits that ubersampling could have had. http://h-7.abload.de/img/witcher22011-05-1721-3zute.png

still glorious....

[LiquidMetal14]

Gonna try uber with my overclock enabled now CPU wise. Was getting like 11fps in the first scene before but that was without CPU OC'd.

[remz]

I'm not finding it in the GOG folder.

That's really weird- I just ran a setup.exe when I installed it

[toastyToast]

Any tipps or tutorials for OCing a 5850? Only thing I did after getting one was setting the CCC sliders to the max.

CCC gives you a very safe overclock (50 core and 125 memory iirc). You'll want to download MSI Afterburner, it's a pretty nifty tool for OCing and what I assume most people use.

I'll PM you the rest (it's a bit off topic), if you have any questions ask in the I need a new PC thread.

[RavenFox]

Bud of mine on another forum put up some pics

http://forums.modojo.com/showpost.ph...85&postcount=1

Holy Moly 0_0

Waiting for an answer on PC power.

[AppleSmack]

CCC gives you a very safe overclock (50 core and 125 memory iirc). You'll want to download MSI Afterburner, it's a pretty nifty tool for OCing and what I assume most people use. I'll PM you the rest (it's a bit off topic), if you have any questions ask in the I need a new PC thread.

I Got an MSI GTX 460 1GB Cyclone. I assume its easy to overclock using that tool? I never overclocked my hardware before. Kinda scares me.

[RedSwirl]

That's really weird- I just ran a setup.exe when I installed it

I've still got nothing but all the CHUNK files.

[Minsc]

PERFORMANCE v1.0

Ultra:

CPU: i7-950 @ 4.0ghz GPU: GTX 580 OC 900Mhz Resolution: 1920x1200 Framerate: 28 fps

CPU: 2600 @ 4.6ghz GPU: 560 ti sli oc 900mhz Resolution: 1920x1080 Location (of test): intro cutscene Framerate: 15-25 fps

CPU: i7 870 @ 2.93 Ghz GPU: GTX 570 Resolution: 1920x1080 Location (of test): Dragon escape Framerate: 15-20 fps

CPU: 2600k OC to 4.5ghz GPU: 2xSLI 580's OC to 875 Location (of test): In-game Framerate: 20-25 fps

CPU: 2500k @ 3.3GHZ GPU: GTX 570 Resolution: 1920x1080 Framerate: < 20 fps

CPU: 2500k @ 4.5GHZ GPU: 6970 w/ max overclock Resolution: 1920x1080 Location (of test): cutscenes Framerate: 18-45 fps, averaging upper 20s

CPU: i7 930 @ 4.0ghz GPU: 480x2 Resolution: 2560x1600 Location (of test): opening Framerate: 15 fps

CPU: i7@3.3 Ghz GPU: HD 5870 Resolution: 1920x1080 Location (of test): intro cutscenes Framerate: ~15fps

CPU: Q6600 @ 3.2GHz GPU: 5850 @ 850/1200 Resolution: 1680x1050 Location (of test): Prologue (few areas) Framerate: 10-20 fps

CPU: i7 @ 3.3 Ghz GPU: GTX 570 Resolution: 1920x1080 Framerate: Far from smooth

Ultra (uber off):

GPU: 6970 Framerate: 40-50 fps Framerate: 70-80 fps on in-game cut scenes

GPU: 5970 w/ Crossfire Framerate: 60 fps locked Custom Settings: Using Radeon Pro

CPU: 2600 @ 4.6ghz GPU: 560 ti sli oc 900mhz Resolution: 1920x1080 Location (of test): intro cutscene Framerate: 40-50 fps

CPU: i7 870 @ 2.93 Ghz GPU: GTX 570 Resolution: 1920x1080 Location (of test): Dragon escape Framerate: 40-60 fps

CPU: i5-2500K OC 4.2GHz GPU: Radeon 6970 Resolution: 1600x900 Framerate: 50-60 fps

GPU: GTX 570 Resolution: 2560x1600 Framerate: 30 fps

CPU: i5 2500k @ 4.5GHz GPU: 1GB GTX 460 (OCed to 850/1700/2100) Resolution: 1920x1080 Location (of test): Prologue Framerate: 30-60 fps gameplay, 15-30 fps cutscenes Custom Settings: Motion blur and cinematic DoF disabled

CPU: Q9550 GPU: 5850 Framerate: 30 fps

CPU: 2600k OC to 4.5ghz GPU: 2xSLI 580's OC to 875 Location (of test): In-game Framerate: 55 fps

GPU: GTX 460 1gb OC'd Resolution: 1440x900 Location (of test): outdoors part with the trebuchets Framerate: 40-60 fps Custom Settings: SSAO off

CPU: Phenom ii X2 @ 3.6ghz GPU: Radeon 4890 Resolution: 1920x1080 Framerate: 20-30 fps

CPU: 2500k @ 3.3GHZ GPU: GTX 570 Resolution: 1920x1080 Framerate: 40-60 fps

CPU: 2500k @ 4.5GHZ GPU: 6970 w/ max overclock Resolution: 1920x1080 Location (of test): cutscenes Framerate: 60 fps

CPU: i7 3.8ghz GPU: hd6970 2gb Resolution: 1680x1050 Framerate: 50-60 fps with drops to ~42 fps in very heavy parts

CPU: i7 930 @ 4.0ghz GPU: 480x2 Resolution: 2560x1600 Location (of test): opening Framerate: 55 fps

CPU: Core I7 920 GPU: 1280MB GTX 750 Framerate: 30-45 fps

CPU: i7@3.3 Ghz GPU: HD 5870 Resolution: 1920x1080 Location (of test): start of prologue Framerate: 40-60 fps

GPU: 5870x2 Crossfire Location: Opening parts Framerate: 60 fps Custom Settings: 11.5a hotfix drivers and the latest CAP release RadeonPro with all settings default with the CompatAFR-1x1.exe profile

CPU: i7 sandy bridge 2600k @ 3.4ghz GPU: GTX 570 Framerate: ~60 fps

CPU: i7 4.4ghz GPU: GTX 570x2 Framerate: 40-60 fps

CPU: i7 950 @ 4.0ghz GPU: 6970 @ stock speeds Resolution: 1920x1080 Location (of test): Entire Intro Area Framerate: 45-60 fps

CPU: Intel i5 750 OCed 3.3Ghz GPU: ATI Radeon HD 5850 OCed to 760/1120 Resolution: 1920x1080 Location (of test): 1) In town. 2)During battle (up to 5 enemies on screen) 3) At a certain early overlook. Framerate: 40-60 fps Custom Settings: Catalyst 11.5a drivers. -Texture Memory Budget set to very high -Quality of Shadows set to medium -Disabled all 3 DoF settings (gameplay, filmic, and cutscenes) -Disabled SSAO -Disabled Motion Blur -Disabled Ubersampling -Disabled Vsync and instead opted for d3doverrider.

CPU: 2600k (stock speed) GPU: GTX 580 (new drivers) Framerate: ~80 fps in opening cutscenes, 45-50 fps after walking out of the tent Custom Settings: Bloom off, and Motion blur off, and SSAO off

CPU: i7 740QM @ 1.73 Ghz GPU: GTX 460M Resolution: 1920x1080 Framerate: 20 fps

CPU: i5 2500k GPU: GTX 570 Resolution: 1920x1080 Framerate: 40-50 fps

CPU: i5 2500K @ 4.6GHz GPU: 2x GTX 570 Resolution: 1920x1080 Framerate: 65 fps in cutscenes 80-100 fps during gameplay 30-40 fps with Ubersampling Custom Settings: 16x AF, Custom SLI profile, 266.58 drivers (3D vision installed)

CPU: 3.8ghz core i7 GPU: 6970 Resolution: 1920x1080 Framerate: 30-50 fps

CPU: Q6600 @ 3.2GHz GPU: 5850 @ 850/1200 Resolution: 1680x1050 Location (of test): Prologue in its entirety Framerate: 30-60 fps, 30-40 fps outdoors and 50-60 fps indoors

GPU: GTX 295 Resolution: 1920x1080 Framerate: 25-35 fps

CPU: E8400 OCed to 4GHZ GPU: 5770 XFX Crossfire Resolution: 1920x1080 Framerate: 40-70 fps Custom Settings: Dirt2 profile with Alternate Frame Rendering Shadow quality at medium and very large texture memory

CPU: i5 750 GPU: Radeon 5850 Location: Beginning area Framerate: 30-40 fps

CPU: i5 2500k @ 3.3ghz GPU: 5870 1GB Framerate: 40-60 fps, occassional dips to 30 fps

CPU: i5 2400 GPU: 560Ti Framerate: Very good

CPU: Quad core at 2.6 GPU: ATI 6950 Framerate: 40-45 fps

GPU: GTX 470 Resolution: 1920x1080 Framerate: Runs good

High:

CPU: Core 2 Duo @ 3.16 Ghz GPU: GTX285 Resolution: 1280x720 Framerate: 30-60 fps in beginning, barely 30 outdoors later on

CPU: i5 750 GPU: Radeon 6870 Framerate: < 25 fps

CPU: Intel i5 760@ 2.8GHz GPU: GTX 460 Framerate: 30 fps Custom Settings: Motion blur off and 275.27 drivers

CPU: Phenom X2 550 GPU: 1GB 4870 Resolution: 1440X900 Framerate: Quite playable Custom Settings: SSAO off & Shadows on Medium

CPU: i5 750 2.66GHz GPU: XFX 6870 1gb Resolution: 1680x1080 Framerate: 60 fps Custom Settings: 11.5 Catalyst drivers

CPU: i7 920 GPU: Radeon 6870 Location (of test): Training Area Framerate: 40-50 fps

CPU: E6850 GPU: GTX 460 Resolution: 1920x1200 Framerate: 17-30 fps, averages ~25 fps

CPU: Core i7 @ 3.8 GHz GPU: SLI GTX580 OC'd Framerate: 60 fps Custom Settings: LOD Distance: Normal, Texture Memory Size: Large

CPU: C2Duo 8400 @ 3.3GHz GPU: GTX 570 Resolution: 1920x1080 Framerate: 30 fps average (up to 60, very seldom dips to low 20s) Custom Settings: SSAO off

CPU: 3.2 GHZ Phenom II X4 955 GPU: Radeon HD 5770 Framerate: 20-30 fps Custom Settings: 25-40 fps with motion blur and SSAO off

GPU: 5770 Framerate: 25-30 fps

CPU: i7 920 @ 3.6ghz GPU: GTX 295 Resolution: 1920x1080 Location (of test): Intro Area Framerate: 30-45 fps Custom Settings: 275.27 BETA Drivers

CPU: i7@3.3 Ghz GPU: HD 5870 Resolution: 1920x1080 Location (of test): intro cutscenes Framerate: ~45fps

CPU: Q6600 stock GPU: 6950, 2GB stock Resolution: 1920x1080 Framerate: 30 fps Custom Settings: disabled: blur effects, gameplay DoF, ssao, cinematic DoF

GPU: GTX 460 Framerate: ~30 fps

CPU: i5 760 2.8ghz GPU: HD4870 1gb Framerate: Tolerable

CPU: c2quad q6700 GPU: radeon 5770 Resolution: 1920x1080 Framerate: Rock solid fps

CPU: Q6600 GPU: 460GTX Framerate: Solid

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 (3.0ghz) GPU: ATI 4870x2 Resolution: 1600x900 Framerate: Decent

CPU: i7-920 @ 3.0 Gigahertz GPU: 4890 1 gigabyte Vram@ 870 Megahertz Resolution: 1920x1080 Framerate: 25-60 fps, averaging 30 Custom Settings: AA: Disabled, SSAO: Disabled, Cinematic DOF: Enabled

Medium:

CPU: Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 5600+ @ 2.9 GHz GPU: ATI HD Radeon 4670 1GB Resolution: 1280x800 Framerate: ~15 fps

Low:

CPU: Dual Core 3.16ghz GPU: HD5870 1GB Framerate: 23-70 fps

CPU: Core i7-2630QM GPU: GTX 460M Resolution:1280x720 Framerate: ~30+ fps, "OK"

CPU: C2D E6750 GPU: 8800GT Resolution: 1280x960 Framerate: 30-40 fps

I'm not finding it in the GOG folder.

You should be able to download it from GOG directly, just go to "My Account" and you'll see your list of games, go to the downloads for TW2, and get the 2MB one from the top.

I've still got nothing but all the CHUNK files.

My understanding is that means it's not done, or you may have moved it during the installation so they didn't get deleted. You could try sorting the folder by size and see if you have 2GB files.

Also you need to have restarted the downloader since last night to get the last of it.

I just used http downloading from my web browser, no problems.

[Anton Sugar]

Ubersampling will primarily increase the quality of texture filtering and anti aliasing. It renders the screen in a higher resolution, then downsamples it to your display resolution, maximising image quality. Textures are not rendered at a native level, they're rendered at ~4x what you're seeing, so when displayed at your resolution they retain their original quality. Aliasing is removed simply because the aliasing that might be present in the 'full' image is cleaned out when it downsamples. There's a noticable improvement, but it's not worth the giant performance hit 99% of people will be getting.

Ah, gotcha, thanks for the information.

Bud of mine on another forum put up some pics http://forums.modojo.com/showpost.ph...85&postcount=1 Holy Moly 0_0

I love how amazing it looks and these are just the beginner areas. Can't wait to see the rest of the game.

[Mr_Brit]

Can someone check what the max VRAM memory usage is?

[vocab]

Poor 5850. Gonna get murdered =/

[Sethos]

My poor 5970, won't even use 50% of its power ... literally, damn Crossfire =P

[R0nn]

All ubersampling does is improve the AA and AF people, nothing more. That's why some textures seem sharper. It's caused by the uber AF.

Edit: beaten by EatChildren

[RavenFox]

Guys how would a EVGA 460x2 fare? It outperforms a 570 in most test.

[Mashing]

Interested in how this would run on Q6600 w/ 5870, 4GB RAM.

Hmm, Toasty's specs are pretty similar, which is encouraging.

[Darklord]

Oh man, my 260 is gonna get killed trying to run this. Dammit. :(

[scitek]

Oh, so THIS is why I bought a 6950, unlocked shaders, and OC'ed it to 6970 speeds.

[Geoff9920]

My poor 5970, won't even use 50% of its power ... literally, damn Crossfire =P

Seriously. I'm gonna give the AFR profile solution posted by Pahamrick a shot when I get off work. (Thanks for mentioning this OP!)

Gotta say though, next single gpu card that gives me a 30% performance increase over my 5970 gets my money. This business of waiting for a game to be crossfire/sli optimized is getting old.

[RedSwirl]

You should be able to download it from GOG directly, just go to "My Account" and you'll see your list of games, go to the downloads for TW2, and get the 2MB one from the top. My understanding is that means it's not done, or you may have moved it during the installation so they didn't get deleted. You could try sorting the folder by size and see if you have 2GB files. Also you need to have restarted the downloader since last night to get the last of it. I just used http downloading from my web browser, no problems.

It says the setup file is corrupted. Downloading the whole thing again will take another five hours, and I need that time to finish TW1.

Anyway, after pre-loading the game I moved the files to another drive then moved the downloader's download location to the same spot. When I started it up again, it downloaded the entire game again (but I didn't see any change in that folder). I restarted it and then got the last parts.

[LiK]

Building a new rig for this game was the right move.

[Sethos]

Gotta say though, next single gpu card that gives me a 30% performance increase over my 5970 gets my money. This business of waiting for a game to be crossfire/sli optimized is getting old.

Same here. I'm sick to death of waiting for profiles, suffering piss-poor performance and tons of graphical artifacts. I'm going single-GPU next time.

But let us know how it works out with the profile.

[TheExodu5]

I take it Ubersampling is basically supersampling? Anyone know what the degree of super sampling is? (2x horizontal? 2x vertical? Or both?).

I'll post results from my tests when I get home tonight.

Gonna try uber with my overclock enabled now CPU wise. Was getting like 11fps in the first scene before but that was without CPU OC'd.

I wouldn't expect to see any difference in performance. Supersampling is purely a GPU bound operation. Increasing the CPU clock would have no impact, as your GPU is the bottleneck in this case.

Same here. I'm sick to death of waiting for profiles, suffering piss-poor performance and tons of graphical artifacts. I'm going single-GPU next time. But let us know how it works out with the profile.

Same here. SLI is not worth it, unless you MUST have the added performance in a game where you know SLI will work. But otherwise, too many issues with games here and there makes it more of a pain than anything.

[AppleSmack]

So...Anyone have any opinion on wether I should try overclocking on my MSI GTX 460 1gb cyclone? I never did it before.

[RedSwirl]

It says the setup file is corrupted. Downloading the whole thing again will take another five hours, and I need that time to finish TW1. Anyway, after pre-loading the game I moved the files to another drive then moved the downloader's download location to the same spot. When I started it up again, it downloaded the entire game again (but I didn't see any change in that folder). I restarted it and then got the last parts.

Despite this it still says all the CHUNK files were last modified on the 10th.

[Gully State]

So...Anyone have any opinion on wether I should try overclocking on my MSI GTX 460 1gb cyclone? I never did it before.

Go for it. OC'ing your gpu is like very harmless and easy. You can easily revert if shit hits the fan.

[LiquidMetal14]

I wouldn't expect to see any difference in performance. Supersampling is purely a GPU bound operation. Increasing the CPU clock would have no impact, as your GPU is the bottleneck in this case. .

I did see a noticeable increase. I will give uber 1 more run just for a screenshot or 2.

I was in the upper 40's on the highend before re-enabling my CPU OC. Now I was at 60 and above on ultra.

More tinkering to come.

[DigitalSoul]

http://h-4.abload.de/img/witcher22011-05-1723-4bte7.png http://h-4.abload.de/img/witcher22011-05-1723-4rq8j.png

Damn! The atmosphere in this game is just incredible. Well, I'm going to need a serious video card upgrade. My options right now Geforce GTX 460 1GB and GeForce GTX 560 Ti or Radeon 6850 or 6870.

[gdt]

Can You Run It? says my 6770m fails even the minimun, but that shouldn't be dammit.

It also says I fail Crysis 2, but I know I can run that game, on high or whatever. Seen footage of that lol.

[MrOogieBoogie]

Guys, this game is destroying my PC.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 5600+ @ 2.9 GHz
ATI HD Radeon 4670 1GB
4GB DDR2 667 RAM

The game auto-detects to low settings. I've fumbled with the resolution (max: 1680x1050), bringing as far down as 1280x800, but nothing seems to help. In fact, I think I was getting better frames when selecting medium settings over low.

So, based off my specs, what advanced graphics options should I stay completely clear from? I don't know what a lot of them mean, like texture downscaling, texture memory, etc. Right now I'm average 15 fps no matter what I do it seems.

Thoughts?

[TheExodu5]

I did see a noticeable increase. I will give uber 1 more run just for a screenshot or 2. I was in the upper 40's on the highend before re-enabling my CPU OC. Now I was at 60 and above on ultra. More tinkering to come.

You're getting 60fps with uber on or off? I was saying that you shouldn't see an increase with uber on, going by the performance results posted so far (~25fps on GTX 580). That is, unless they're supersampling through the CPU, which would be a terrible idea.

Guys, this game is destroying my PC. AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 5600+ @ 2.9 GHz ATI HD Radeon 4670 1GB 4GB DDR2 667 RAM The game auto-detects to low settings. I've fumbled with the resolution (max: 1680x1050), bringing as far down as 1280x800, but nothing seems to help. In fact, I think I was getting better frames when selecting medium settings over low. So, based off my specs, what advanced graphics options should I stay completely clear from? I don't know what a lot of them mean, like texture downscaling, texture memory, etc. Right now I'm average 15 fps no matter what I do it seems. Thoughts?

Sounds to me like the game just isn't scalable at all. Unless the poor performance is a result of bad drivers, there's not much hope other than getting better hardware. The question remains: where does the bottleneck lie? Hopefully I can run some tests tonight and give people an idea of how CPU and GPU affect performance.

One suggestion: open task manager (ctrl+shift+esc) and go to the performance tab. Run the game for a bit. See how stressed your dual-core CPU is. If it's running at 100%, then you've got a CPU bottleneck.

[toastyToast]

I Got an MSI GTX 460 1GB Cyclone. I assume its easy to overclock using that tool? I never overclocked my hardware before. Kinda scares me.

They pretty much expect you to. All you have to do is key in the clock speeds you want and its done. The only way to screw up the card is to play with the voltage.

Better to ask for specifics in the PC thread though.

[Easy_D]

Interested in how this would run on Q6600 w/ 5870, 4GB RAM. Hmm, Toasty's specs are pretty similar, which is encouraging.

It runs well enough on my C2D with a 5870 on medium(ish). Not exactly buttery smooth but at least the framerate is consistent, cutscenes run pretty smooth so far though.

One huge problem is the fact that my drivers crashed and my computer hardlocked, dunno if it's the game or AMD's fault. Anyone else on 11.5 experiencing this? Only happened once and I hope that's it.

Also, I have a lame ol' 4:3 monitor, can I turn widescreen off? Black borders are pretty ugly.

Edit: Scratch that, after you get out of that tower the framerate dips to 22. Ew. Gonna have to fiddle with the CPU intense settings I guess. Or pray I get a summer job.

[Corky]

CPU: 2600@4.6
GPU: 560 ti sli oc 900mhz
Resolution: 1080p
Preset: ultra
Location (of test): intro cutscene
Framerate: between 40-50 on avg
Custom Settings: uber off

CPU: 2600@4.6
GPU: 560 ti sli oc 900mhz
Resolution: 1080p
Preset: ultra
Location (of test): intro cutscene
Framerate: between 15-25 on avg
Custom Settings: uber on

other than that it works well in game, pretty much 60 70% of the time and between 40-50 the remaining 30% throughout the first 3 hours

[eXistor]

I'm so glad my old 8800GTX blew up a few months ago! My new 570 should get the job done.

[LiquidMetal14]

@TheExodus

Sorry for not being so clear, I'm still basically in R&D mode messing with things. I was getting 60 and up on average with ULTRA settings and vsync off.

I decided to try uber and was getting 18-45 depending on where I was at in the following shots. Averaging in the upper 20's for the most part but dipping as low as 18 but no lower in any occurrence.









THese shots look almost the same as ultra without uber. Not worth the performance hit in my opinion.

[Minsc]

Also, I have a lame ol' 4:3 monitor, can I turn widescreen off? Black borders are pretty ugly.

Game only runs at 16:9 resolutions without borders. A future patch will allow 16:10 resolutions without the borders, but there are currently no plans for native 4:3 resolution support.

[wwm0nkey]

Nvidia beta drivers are a god send! Actually get decent FPS now

[LiquidMetal14]

These 2 shots are without uber. The second one is one I tried to take from the same location as one of the others from my other post. Just to compare.

[Minsc]

Nvidia beta drivers are a god send! Actually get decent FPS now

Just a general fyi, if you update your drivers and get new results, I will edit them in to the OP if you make a new post. If you update an older post, I won't ever notice them. :)

[MrOogieBoogie]

You're getting 60fps with uber on or off? I was saying that you shouldn't see an increase with uber on, going by the performance results posted so far (~25fps on GTX 580). That is, unless they're supersampling through the CPU, which would be a terrible idea. Sounds to me like the game just isn't scalable at all. Unless the poor performance is a result of bad drivers, there's not much hope other than getting better hardware. The question remains: where does the bottleneck lie? Hopefully I can run some tests tonight and give people an idea of how CPU and GPU affect performance. One suggestion: open task manager (ctrl+shift+esc) and go to the performance tab. Run the game for a bit. See how stressed your dual-core CPU is. If it's running at 100%, then you've got a CPU bottleneck.

Well, I have the game minimized, and my CPU Usage is around 1%-10%.

[metareferential]

Any suggestion on what to disable without compromising visual fidelity?

I'm on a i5 750 and gtx480, I get strange framerates, from smooth to unplayable with everything set to ultra or recommended (which is ultra minus ubersampling and some other options).

I'm updating the drivers now.

[LiquidMetal14]

ULTRA with uber enabled - 42 fps



ULTRA without uber - 63fps

[AppleSmack]

They pretty much expect you to. All you have to do is key in the clock speeds you want and its done. The only way to screw up the card is to play with the voltage. Better to ask for specifics in the PC thread though.

Alright thanks. I`m going to go for it.

[TheExodu5]

Well, I have the game minimized, and my CPU Usage is around 1%-10%.

Where's the graph at it's highest point? Sure, it'll go down to nothing when you minimize, but just keep the task manager up while you play the game, and it will graph CPU utilization while the game is running.

[boundedseven]

I'm installing the game and will post performance soon.

Can someone suggest if i should go with Nvidia 270.61 WHQL certified or Beta 275.27. I've got a GTX 460

Edit: Witcher 2 FB page suggests NVIDIA card owners use the latest beta drivers for a performance boost http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-wi...ta-driver.html
NVIDIA claims 400 and 500 series GPUs will see better performances.

[MrOogieBoogie]

Guys, this game is destroying my PC. AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 5600+ @ 2.9 GHz ATI HD Radeon 4670 1GB 4GB DDR2 667 RAM The game auto-detects to low settings. I've fumbled with the resolution (max: 1680x1050), bringing as far down as 1280x800, but nothing seems to help. In fact, I think I was getting better frames when selecting medium settings over low. So, based off my specs, what advanced graphics options should I stay completely clear from? I don't know what a lot of them mean, like texture downscaling, texture memory, etc. Right now I'm average 15 fps no matter what I do it seems. Thoughts?

Anyone else?

[JohngPR]

Just an update, I turned off motion blur and SSAO and now I'm getting 25-35 fps wish an ocassional dip into the 40's in indoor areas.

Anyone else?

Open the advanced settings and try to auto detect again. It did the same to me, and when I did that, it changed it to high settings.

[cleveridea]

Just an update, I turned off motion blur and SSAO and now I'm getting 25-35 fps wish an ocassional dip into the 40's in indoor areas. Open the advanced settings and try to auto detect again. It did the same to me, and when I did that, it changed it to high settings.

versus what? plus how much worse does it look without SSAO?

[ghst]

can anyone tell how much vram this game is utilizing at 1080p with all the trimmings?

[rogue74]

I'm installing the game and will post performance soon. Can someone suggest if i should go with Nvidia 270.61 WHQL certified or Beta 275.27. I've got a GTX 460

I have a GTX 460 as well. Make sure to post what CPU you are using and what resolution you are playing at.