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[BigTnaples]

Hairworks will probably be expensive to run well, as with all Nvidia shit. Nvidia goodies are usually the first thing worth turning off if performance is an issue.

Hopefully not. I would love not to have to buy a second 970 FTW, but I am leaning towards doing so, as I really want hairworks, but I also really want 4K.

As Gamestar reported, an Intel i7-4790 with 16GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GTX980 was able to run the game at 1080p on Ultra settings with almost constant 60fps. This latest build of The Witcher 3 is said to report smoother than the preview build CD Projekt RED showcased back in January, and implements NVIDIA’s HairWorks (which Gamestar was also allowed to enable, and managed to sustain almost 60fps continuously).

I am holding on to this for dear life. If 1 month ago it was running 60fps with hairworks on on Ultra, I feel like if anything, the game would have been optimized further in the weeks leading up to going gold, and even further assuming there is a day one patch. I remain cautiously optimistic. Though it does seem a pipe dream that TW3 would get as good/better performance than TW2 when it looks a generation ahead of TW2.

We should know soon enough.

 

[SaberEdge]

So you think the non-trailer, straight gameplay videos have good aa coverage?

Yeah, I do think it's decently good. All that foliage could look really messy and noisy with inadequate anti-aliasing, but I'm not seeing that at all, it looks pretty clean. I'm mainly seeing a little shader aliasing on things like sword guards, armor, etc during cutscenes.

 

[Justinh]

Plus a new card comes with The Witcher 3!

This actually helped encourage me to get another 970. I wanted to get one eventually, but this just the right "push."

 

[Falchion]

Looks awesome, kind of makes me sad that I don't have an amazing PC but it's still going to look great on PS4 so I'll live.

 

[icecold1983]

Yeah, I do think it's decently good. All that foliage could look really messy and noisy with inadequate anti-aliasing, but I'm not seeing that at all, it looks pretty clean. I'm mainly seeing a little shader aliasing on things like sword guards, armor, etc during cutscenes.

Thats fine, we just have diff opinions on what constitutes good iq

 

[BigTnaples]

I've always had decent 24/7 ocs on my cpus, but this is the first time running a constant oc on my graphics card.

Always had issues in the past, which made me revert to stock settings. The 970 is something else though! It's easy to spot a stable of from an unstable one. I recommend giving it a go.

I am giving it another go now. About how long do you normally run a bench to see if an OC is stable?


Right now I am running +125 (1542mhz)Core Clock and +400 Mem Clock(3905mhz), 105% Power, and +12mV.

Temp is hanging around 57C after running Uningine Heaven benchmark on Ultra with Extreme tessellation for around 25 minutes. No issues yet.

 

[WetTreeLeaf]

I am giving it another go now. About how long do you normally run a bench to see if an OC is stable?


Right now I am running +125 (1542mhz)Core Clock and +400 Mem Clock(3905mhz), 105% Power, and +12mV.

Temp is hanging around 57C after running Uningine Heaven benchmark on Ultra with Extreme tessellation for around 25 minutes. No issues yet.

How much of a boost did it give you?

 

[Denton]

Yen looks so good, I love CDP's artists

 

[SaberEdge]

I am still very curious to see people do side by side comparisons of that water clip when the game releases.

I think it is pretty clear some of that early footage looks better then anything we have seen since from a technical perspective.

There's no evidence of a downgrade. Every example we have that allows us to compare the same scene or location between the old footage and new footage shows the newer build looking just as good or better.

It is of course possible, but until we have actual evidence of something in the game being downgraded I don't think it makes sense to claim it has been downgraded. The game is right around the corner.

 

[Lime]

"Hi GeForce gamers"

"I'm a gamer"

"I'm a gamer"

"I'm a PC gamer"

 

[artsi]

Looks nice, but I feel people are underestimating their GPU's here. I've yet to play a game that doesn't run well on my GTX 780 @ 1080p and I don't think this will be much different (without downsampling).

 

[Rhaknar]

Looks nice, but I feel people are underestimating their GPU's here. I've yet to play a game that doesn't run well on my GTX 780 @ 1080p and I don't think this will be much different (without downsampling).

Like I said earlier, people are acting like downsampling from 4k is suddenly the norm now which is weird

 

[WetTreeLeaf]

Like I said earlier, people are acting like downsampling from 4k is suddenly the norm now which is weird

I think it's the part where the game is open world which is making people doubt their machines, specially after Assassin's Creed Unity's performance (terrible port aside).

Edit*: Also that fabulous horse mane.

 

[Durante]

Yen looks so good, I love CDP's artists

I remember when we had this thread about what graphical feature we most want to improve a few years ago. I said "hair". So happy right now.

 

[dex3108]

PhysX intensive games are coming and i was thinking to use my old GTX260 as dedicated PhysX card but then i realised that i only have 500W PSU

 

[Auto-Reply]

I wonder when they will use the hairworks for NPCs playable characters instead of selected creatures only... it's probably way harder to make it look good on humans.

 

[lordfuzzybutt]

Yen looks so damn hot. She looks better now than when she was first revealed. Triss never even had a damn chance.

 

[BigTnaples]

I wonder when they will use the hairworks for NPCs playable characters instead of selected creatures only... it's probably way harder to make it look good on humans.

They are using it on NPC's/Humans. They show it in the video. It's also in use on Geralt.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

That fur on the fucking bear. Jesus.

 

[MaxVarEmreis]

PhysX intensive games are coming and i was thinking to use my old GTX260 as dedicated PhysX card but then i realised that i only have 500W PSU

I have paired GTX980 witch GTX580 as dedicated physX card. I hope this give me stable 60fps with all nvidia stuff.

 

[Auto-Reply]

They are using it on NPC's/Humans. They show it in the video. It's also in use on Geralt.

Really? Didn't get the feeling it was used there to be honest, but youtube compressed the hell out of that video so I may have overlooked that. Some npc have visible low poly haircuts though (maybe old/different footage).

 

[StoppedInTracks]

Someone gif the bear part, please?

 

[toastyToast]

Yen looks so good, I love CDP's artists

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RIP Triss

 

[BigTnaples]

I have paired GTX980 witch GTX580 as dedicated physX card. I hope this give me stable 60fps with all nvidia stuff.

Using a second card for PhysX... Does this count for HairWorks too? What's the minimum requirement for HairWorks?

 

[icecold1983]

Using a second card for PhysX... Does this count for HairWorks too? What's the minimum requirement for HairWorks?

no, hairworks isnt physx.

 

[Auto-Reply]

I have paired GTX980 witch GTX580 as dedicated physX card. I hope this give me stable 60fps with all nvidia stuff.

I thought you needed the same exact card for that to work? (maybe that was sli?)

So I could use my 780 as dedicated Physics card combined with a 980?

 

[BigTnaples]

no, hairworks isnt physx.

I know, just wasn't sure if you could or couldn't use a second GPU to offload hair-works calculations similar to how you do with PhysX, considering HairWorks is newer, I figured you wouldn't be able to.

 

[viveks86]

Someone gif the bear part, please?

It's from the SOD trailer

The other "red engine" segment in slow motion is too blurry. Can't even make out the fur.

 

[MaxVarEmreis]

So I could use my 780 as dedicated Physics card combined with a 980?

Yes.

 

[Dr Dogg]

HairWorks surprisingly wasn't that big a hit in Far Cry 4, well not as much as I was expecting. Though it certainly looks much, much cleaner here.

I'm not buying the "not showing ultra settings until launch" shit, unless by "ultra settings" they mean something like 4K. Game will look as it has looked.

Possibly but first you really need the context of what Ultra as a catch all really entails. If we're talking a increase in mesh quality, texture and shadow resolution or the such like then those usually pass quite a few people by in the flesh let alone a compressed video shat through YouTube's algorithms. Is Joe Blogs going to be able to tell the difference between a 4092 and a 8192 shadow map? While maybe not in visual terms but they'd certainly feel the hit performance wise.

 

[SaberEdge]

I remember when we had this thread about what graphical feature we most want to improve a few years ago. I said "hair". So happy right now.

Yeah, poor hair in videogames has always been one of my pet peeves. I'm really happy, too, that we're seeing some real progress in this area.

 

[Durante]

Yeah, poor hair in videogames has always been one of my pet peeves. I'm really happy, too, that we're seeing some real progress in this area.

Yeah, it may be expensive, and most people may not consider it worth it, but I do

 

[StoppedInTracks]

It's from the SOD trailer

The other "red engine" segment in slow motion is too blurry. Can't even make out the fur.

Thanks, viveks86!

By "SOD Trailer" you mean it will not be in final game or donwgraded or... ?!?

 

[Dictator93]

Thanks, viveks86!

By "SOD Trailer" you mean it will not be in final game or donwgraded or... ?!?

It is from a trailer where people assume the game "has downgraded" since then (although they ahve trouble putting their accusations into palpable words and evidence). I would debate that point and look forward to comparing the game upon release.

It will look remarkably similar to that gif.

 

[Primethius]

980 purchase, justified!

 

[Messofanego]

While most of this is cosmetic, that destruction implies there could be more like hidden paths?

 

[Acinixys]

lol at everyone worrying about their 900 series cards not being up to scratch

Im going to be playing this at 420x640 on a GTX 460

 

[Loakum]

Yen looks so good, I love CDP's artists

Now that's flatout sexy!

 

[varkuriru]

Dat Yennefer "raven wing" hair. Hopefully she can tag along the world at some point in a windy place for some hair work awesomeness.

 

[Super Stardust]

RIP Triss

 

[Ostinatto]

No Multiplayer Right?

 

[patapuf]

No Multiplayer Right?

Correct.

It's a SP only game.

 

[darkkain]

Witcher 3 - TV commercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ff8YTLOAo

Very good in my opinion

 

[dr_rus]

I kind of want to sell my 970 and upgrade to a 980 now.

You'll get to 35 fps from your current 33 with this move. But if you want, sure, go ahead.

 

[madjoki]

While most of this is cosmetic, that destruction implies there could be more like hidden paths?

There was in The Witcher 2 (aard to break some walls), I don't see why they would remove or not have in The Witcher 3?

 

[dmr87]

Yen looks so damn hot. She looks better now than when she was first revealed. Triss never even had a damn chance.

Whynotboth.jpg

 

[UnrealEck]

Upgrading from a 970 to a 980 is not a smart move. Especially with new cards rumoured to be right around the corner.
If those rumours are true, we might even see the new cards around the time this game comes out.

 

[Gumbie]

Looks awesome, kind of makes me sad that I don't have an amazing PC but it's still going to look great on PS4 so I'll live.

I've got a good PC and I still might get it on PS4. I'm worried if I get it on PC my graphic/fps OCD's will take over and it will turn into a tweakfest.

 

[Mad Season]

980 purchase, justified!

My man!

 

[UnrealEck]

I've got a good PC and I still might get it on PS4. I'm worried if I get it on PC my graphic/fps OCD's will take over and it will turn into a tweakfest.