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[IcyBlueStrawberry]

My God this game is gorgeous. The amount of detail in everything is staggering.

Does anyone know if there's a way to stop the camera from auto centering? I don't like the angle that the game keeps trying to force on me while I'm moving around.

 

[Pharaoh 117]

not to be a dick, but why buy that cpu if you aren't? You should be able to get 4.2-4.4 without breaking a sweat. I have mine at 4.4

I never OC'd it because I don't think I ever needed and because I was kinda of afraid of overheating. It's very hot here. Anyway, I will now.

 

[GavinUK86]

Yup, foliage distance seems to be a big one.

I have a single 970 and I'm running at 1080, Ultra everything except foliage distance at high and hairworks off. Getting solid 60.

But yeah, the AA sucks for things in the distance.

I was just going to ask about 970 performance. Pretty solid 60 is it? Might look into getting one. On 660SLI it's either High and lock to 30 or Low to get 60.

 

[Branson]

Hmm. Without hair works I get 60fps pretty steadily. With everything else maxed. Haven't messed with the .ini file.

980
2500k @4.5

 

[Wag]

Is there a way to expand the mini-map or to place a way point quickly rather than to have to go into the damn menu every time and then open up the world map?

Oops. I meant to put this in the main Witcher 3 thread, but someone can answer this here.

 

[baphomet]

What resolution ?

1080p

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Yep close to what I'm getting, except I have a 4670k. The hairworks doesn't do much for me, so I have no problem disabling it.

With foliage distance set to high I get a locked 60. Weird.

 

[badb0y]

Probably won't be doing much until finals are over but with my system I am able to do a mix of Ultra/high settings at 1080p with 60 FPS.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

What would I overclock a 4790k to? Also how do you do it? Is it worth doing?

 

[CambriaRising]

I never OC'd it because I don't think I ever needed and because I was kinda of afraid of overheating. It's very hot here. Anyway, I will now.

I think he means why did you spend the extra money on a "k" model of you aren't overclocking? Btw do not overclock that thing if you are using the stock cpu cooler.

I have a 3570k with a gtx 970. Could my crashes be related to oc'ing my CPU??

I have the same setup as you. I have had 2 lockups but they were both while doing different things. I think it's just random man.

 

[mdsfx]

I have a 3570k with a gtx 970. Could my crashes be related to oc'ing my CPU??

 

[Zakalwe]

I have a 3570k with a gtx 970. Could my crashes be related to oc'ing my CPU??

Have you tried running it without the OC?

 

[hlhbk]

Does the Nvidia hair shit destroy anyone else's performance? I get like 30 fps less with it on.

 

[dmr87]

Yup, foliage distance seems to be a big one.

I have a single 970 and I'm running at 1080, Ultra everything except foliage distance at high and hairworks off. Getting solid 60.

But yeah, the AA sucks for things in the distance.

Yes, HairWorks, distance and shadows. Then you have AA/AO. Grass Density and Water are almost free, Texutre Quality is easy to crank up as well.

 

[mdsfx]

Have you tried running it without the OC?

I defaulted my values for the GPU, but haven't tried the cpu

 

[Innolis]

I have a 3570k with a gtx 970. Could my crashes be related to oc'ing my CPU??

People experiencing crashes seem to have that in common...

 

[LOLCats]

Hair, the GPU killer

 

[hlhbk]

Seems like owners of the 900 series of cards are having bad crashing. Wonder if its the game or the new drivers released today. I think i might wait for a patch or something. Even though my 770 didnt crash but i didnt play much.

I got a 980 and its never crashed on my in 3 hours.

 

[mdsfx]

I got a 980 and its never crashed on my in 3 hours.

You oc'ing your CPU?

 

[Wag]

People experiencing crashes seem to have that in common...

I'm oc'ing my 3770k@4.4GHz and my old Titans seem to run the game fine. Ran it for 3hrs, no crashes. Performance on the otherhand...

 

[23qwerty]

Does the Nvidia hair shit destroy anyone else's performance? I get like 30 fps less with it on.

Yeah, it's a killer

 

[LowParry]

I got a 980 and its never crashed on my in 3 hours.

I've had one crash in 3 hours with a 970. OC'ed a 3570k to 4.3. I really need to catch some screenshots of night. I feel the urge to fire up some Castlevania music.

 

[NoMoreTrolls]

No crashes so far, Gtx 970. Really pleased with the settings I have.
Edit not overclocking anything

 

[mintylurb]

Hmm. Without hair works I get 60fps pretty steadily. With everything else maxed. Haven't messed with the .ini file.

980
2500k @4.5

Same here. With hair works on, I get around 45-50 fps. Without hairwork, it's around 60 fps. 980 ftw, 3570K at 4 Ghurtz.

 

[Branson]

I don't think Geralts hair looks super better with Hairworks on. Creatures are neat but meh. I would rather max everything else and sacrifice that. It's a small loss.

 

[Surbii]

970 and 4690k here, not OC'ed. It crashed 3 times when reloading autosaves.

 

[AzureSkies]

oh I forgot to say that I had like five crashes during cutscenes in the first hour of the game on a 7870, but afterwards it's been pretty smooth sailing.

I do have an OC'd 4670k though.

 

[hlhbk]

You oc'ing your CPU?

no.

 

[stanleyc415]

I don't think Geralts hair looks super better with Hairworks on. Creatures are neat but meh. I would rather max everything else and sacrifice that. It's a small loss.

I think horses, and wolves or whatever with lower profile hair don't really change much but then you see this
http://gfycat.com/DigitalGloomyFrenchbulldog
http://gfycat.com/PolishedNecessaryHeifer
They should just add it for monsters only option.

 

[OnionPowder]

FX8350
GTX 970
8GB DDR @ 1333mhz

Currently running at high with hairworks completely off and getting an average 58FPS. Game runs better than The Witcher 2 does for me. As odd as that sounds.

Edit: No overclocking

 

[Zakalwe]

I defaulted my values for the GPU, but haven't tried the cpu

There's your next step!

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Just woke up to use the loo. Game is sitting downloaded and ready. Really tempted to give it a quick go but my 970 doesn't arrive until tomorrow morning so I'd be running on my 670.

This feels like Christmas. Sleep is now nothing but something in my way.

 

[Jin]

i7 3770K @ 4Ghz
16gb ram
980 SLI
1440p@144hz

Everything Ultra with AA off. 60+ framerate majority of the time. I've been playing for two hours and no crash or noticeable stutter. No stuttering in real time cutscenes, but it does stutter on those FMVs. Only issue I had is for some inexplicable reason you can't keybind the movement keys. You can rebind many keys but the movement keys are missing like they don't exist. Weird considering Witcher 1 and 2 allows you to rebind move keys.

 

[JBourne]

The AA doesn't seem to really do anything.

I was wondering why my framerate didn't change when I turned it off.

edit: it's slightly more noticeable in this shot. Still, some more options would be appreciated. I would just downsample, but it doesn't work with borderless fullscreen. When playing with normal fullscreen, I either turn on vsync and suffer a framerate drop or leave it off and have screentearing.

And bloom is just terrible.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Weird that I have to turn hair off and foliage down to high to get a solid 60 on my 4790k and GTX 980.

Oh well, game looks great.

 

[Branson]

I think horses, and wolves or whatever with lower profile hair don't really change much but then you see this
http://gfycat.com/DigitalGloomyFrenchbulldog
http://gfycat.com/PolishedNecessaryHeifer
They should just add it for monsters only option.

Yeah agreed. That stuff looks great.

 

[Pharaoh 117]

I think he means why did you spend the extra money on a "k" model of you aren't overclocking? Btw do not overclock that thing if you are using the stock cpu cooler.

I bought it to OC in case I needed. Now I do and I will.

 

[GavinUK86]

Just woke up to use the loo. Game is sitting downloaded and ready. Really tempted to give it a quick go but my 970 doesn't arrive until tomorrow morning so I'd be running on my 670.

This feels like Christmas. Sleep is now nothing but something in my way.

Similar to me. I might get a 970. What CPU do you have?

 

[Serandur]

Yikes, Kepler's (GTX 600/700 series) performing really poorly in this game. I wonder if Nvidia really are ignoring/crippling them.

Edit: It's just a chart to show relative performance of these cards in a stressful scene with stressful settings. Most cards will perform better most of the time than this, just likely not better relative to one another.

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/The-Witcher-3-PC-237266/Specials/Grafikkarten-Benchmarks-1159196/

 

[GavinUK86]

Yikes, Kepler's (GTX 600/700 series) performing really poorly in this game. I wonder if Nvidia really are ignoring/crippling them.

That chart is complete rubbish.

 

[Mutagenic]

With foliage distance set to high I get a locked 60. Weird.

I just did exactly that to get a consistent 60fps. It still looks great.

 

[Weetrick]

For everyone playing the game at 1080p medium settings - it still looks amazing, right?

 

[Zakalwe]

Similar to me. I might get a 970. What CPU do you have?

I5 2500k currently sitting at a 4.3ghz OC.

Weird that I have to turn hair off and foliage down to high to get a solid 60 on my 4790k and GTX 980.

Oh well, game looks great.

Nothing weird about it.

 

[Ke0]

Is there anyway to disable the "controller/keyboard scheme recognized"? I must have missed it cause I've looked everywhere.

 

[CarbonFire]

That chart is complete rubbish.

Yeah, take it with a huge grain of salt.

You might not be able to run with EVERYTHING set to ultra on a 780ti, but with like a half-and-half mix of ultra and high, I'm running at 60fps almost solid. And the game is gorgeous.

I think it's just the case of ultra for ultra's sake, despite offering almost no benefit to image quality.

 

[paolo11]

i7 3770K @ 4Ghz
16gb ram
980 SLI
1440p@144hz

Everything Ultra with AA off. 60+ framerate majority of the time. I've been playing for two hours and no crash or noticeable stutter. No stuttering in real time cutscenes, but it does stutter on those FMVs. Only issue I had is for some inexplicable reason you can't keybind the movement keys. You can rebind many keys but the movement keys are missing like they don't exist. Weird considering Witcher 1 and 2 allows you to rebind move keys.

Hairworks on?

 

[GavinUK86]

For everyone playing the game at 1080p medium settings - it still looks amazing, right?

Personally, I think they've done a great job with the low setting. It looks alright.

 

[Soi-Fong]

I'm still only in White Orchard, but I've managed to keep a solid 30 fps at 1440p with my GTX 780 Ti OC + i7 2600k @ 4.2 ghz. All the settings are on ultra except foliage which is at high. Gameworks off and HBAO+ enabled.

 

[GavinUK86]

I5 2500k currently sitting at a 4.3ghz OC.

Interesting, I have an i7 2600k. You'll have to give us an update after you fit ya new card in!

 

[Jonny Rizzo]

I am able to run the game 1080p Low locked at 30 fps with my current rig:

i5 2500K (Stock)
GTX 570 (Stock)
8 GB RAM

The game isn't as visually stunning as it could be but everything is working well so far. Even at low settings this game is still very good looking and playable.

It will hold me over till I get my 960 here in a few days then I'll be able to make it look a bit better and hopefully lock it at 60 fps. I'm holding off on getting a higher-end card till the next generation of CPUs and GPUs are released and build a new PC then. Figured the 960 could fill the gaps for a year or two.

 

[Zakalwe]

Interesting, I have an i7 2600k. You'll have to give us an update after you fit ya new card in!

Will do! I'll PM you and let you know.