Technosteve
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You new to PC gaming or something?cleveridea said:
You see this thread this is the fun part, playing the game is just a bonus.
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The Witcher 2: Performance Thread [Enhanced Edition Patch - New content & 100+ fixes]
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You see this thread this is the fun part, playing the game is just a bonus.
cleveridea
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Technosteve said:
back again after a few years of console gaming
customization of PC games is great for those that like tinkering and optimizing, I hate it. But the technology gap now is so great between pc and console, that it really doesnt make sense to play games on console. my laptop has HDMI out so the last "advantage" of console (couch/living room tv) went away for me. Love my new Asus laptop...
L0st Id3ntity
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Here they are again:Minsc said:
Bloom on: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2286376/1305911688-clip-3277kb.jpg
Bloom off: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2286376/1305911931-clip-3725kb.jpg
90% of the locations look miles better with bloom off, 10% being the rare occasion where there is only water and distant backgrounds in the shot.
cleveridea
Member
L0st Id3ntity said:
I don't see whats wrong with bloom. Yeah its less realistic, but its a fantasy game/environment and I personally like as much color as possible.
Easy_D said:The whole "Retail users will benefit the most" means they fixed the strange DRM resource issue? Any numbers in from people with SecuRom version using the GoG .exe compared to the new patched file?
Patch isnt out yet but Im sure someone here will post comparisons when it is.
I set my LOD distance to far and my number of shadowed lights to ultra with little to no loss of FPS (avg of 34 fps walking same path around Flotsam and an avg of 33 fps walking the same path outside in the woods area).
I previously had them set to near and High respectively with SSAO, Motion Blur, and cinematic depth of field disabled.
This is on an HD 5770 Quad Core with 4GB of RAM.
I previously had them set to near and High respectively with SSAO, Motion Blur, and cinematic depth of field disabled.
This is on an HD 5770 Quad Core with 4GB of RAM.
cleveridea
Member
Woah! Release this already! Cannot wait!
The wording certainly makes it sound that way.Salaadin said:
"depending on their individual systems and game versions. Owners of retail versions can expect the biggest improvements. "
Aka, if you have a dualcore and or retail version, you will benefit the most.
Lostconfused
Member
It still looks piss yellow even without the bloom.Minsc said:
New AMD hotfix (8.85.6 RC5 - May 25) is out!
Release notes(but not limited to):
- Enables AMD CrossFire scaling for Brink
- Enables AMD CrossFire scaling for The Witcher 2
- Improves performance for Dirt 3
According to Catalyst Creator it should work for single cards as well.
Release notes(but not limited to):
- Enables AMD CrossFire scaling for Brink
- Enables AMD CrossFire scaling for The Witcher 2
- Improves performance for Dirt 3
According to Catalyst Creator it should work for single cards as well.
Blast Processing
Member
Aeana said:
I don't have the game in front of me right now, so I can't check, but what settings are changed when you flip from Medium to High to Ultra? It could be that whatever they are just don't really impact performance, or maybe the preset configurations are bugged. Maybe you you used custom and matched it to one of those configs results would be different?
Also, does SSAO on/off make a difference?
BoobPhysics101
Banned
Nekrono said:
Fucking finally. Let's do this!
Minsc said:
No, I'm just going from what I've seen others recommending to certain people(probably the ones with less capable cards). Maybe I should have worded it a bit better. If you have a card capable of handling it in addition to the other effects then it's worth it but if you have something that's low to mid end then it would be better with it off for the extra frames unless you don't care.
BoobPhysics101
Banned
Salaadin said:
Single card improvements are definitely in. I will test this myself right now.
loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
Nekrono said:
Finally, great that the patch is also coming out tonight!
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
5-30% doesn't sound like a huge upgrade to me. But I will take anything at this point.cleveridea said:
BoobPhysics101
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I can confirm that the AMD driver update makes a BIG difference, even on my 5870m (5770 desktop) GPU.
Avg frame-rate is up 5-7 FPS, minimum FPS is up about the same. Max is a bit higher as well. The game just runs much smoother. In some areas it's up to 10 FPS better.
Combined with the 1.1 patch, the new hotfix drivers are going to make AMD owners very, very happy. Can't wait to test them on my new 6970M. I'll go out on a limb and say that almost every AMD owner can expect a bare minimum of an extra 5 FPS in every scene.
Avg frame-rate is up 5-7 FPS, minimum FPS is up about the same. Max is a bit higher as well. The game just runs much smoother. In some areas it's up to 10 FPS better.
Combined with the 1.1 patch, the new hotfix drivers are going to make AMD owners very, very happy. Can't wait to test them on my new 6970M. I'll go out on a limb and say that almost every AMD owner can expect a bare minimum of an extra 5 FPS in every scene.
AgentOtaku
Member
Where the hell is the patch already?
Basically am not playing anymore until it drops =(
Basically am not playing anymore until it drops =(
Minsc
Gold Member
burgerdog said:
If they do patch in DX11 support, it's a possibility then perhaps. It can also be almost removed with ubersampling too
Between AMD's hotfix and the patch, we should see some encouraging results hopefully! I'm sure there'll be some further fine tuning in the upcoming monthly drivers as well.
AgentOtaku said:
Tonight, hopefully. If you have an AMD card, there's a hotfix out for a small boost though (much larger for XFire I pressume).
Minsc said:If they do patch in DX11 support, it's a possibility then perhaps. It can also be almost removed with ubersampling too
Between AMD's hotfix and the patch, we should see some encouraging results hopefully! I'm sure they'll be some further fine tuning in the real monthly driver as well.
Tonight, hopefully. If you have an AMD card, there's a hotfix out for a small boost though.
How does one go about applying a hotfix? Do you uninstall the current driver, or run the file with the current driver installed? I'm just not sure if the RC includes the current driver in there as well.
BoobPhysics101
Banned
burgerdog said:
Uninstall current driver completely. Reboot. Run Driver Sweeper (phyxion.net), clean all AMD drivers out.
Install Hotfix drivers. Reboot. All done.
DenogginizerOS said:
Say whaaaa?
All I want is a couple more min frames so that it never drops below 30, though 60+ would be even nicer than high 50s as max.
I´m in chapter 2 now, oh my good gods, this is the best thing eva. The fight at the end of chapter 1 reminded me of the GoW Hades fight. Dat purple+black lighting on skin looks sooo amazing and atmospheric. The textures on barrels are mindblowing. This is the only game that gives a good impression of walking through a forrest, IMO. Better than Crysis´ palms and Uncharted 2 jungle.
BoobPhysics101 said:
Looks like I´m getting my cake and can eat it, too =D
Slackbladder
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My framerate was pretty good; on average 40 - 60+ in Prologue and Chapter 1. When I got to Chapter 2 and the part where you
it dropped to 16. I then turned everything off, changed my resolution to 720p (from 1080p) and tried again. I made 4 extra frames. I don't really understand why I made such a little amount of frames after changing from a 1080p High setting to a 720p low setting. I wonder if there is a memory leak issue?
I use a 480GTX, AMD Phenom X4 955 @3.2ghz and 8GB 1333mhz DDR3.
defend the walls against the attack
I use a 480GTX, AMD Phenom X4 955 @3.2ghz and 8GB 1333mhz DDR3.