-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
The Witcher 2: Performance Thread [Enhanced Edition Patch - New content & 100+ fixes]
- Thread starter Minsc
- Start date
AwesomeSauce
MagsMoonshine
Playing through the prologue with a DS3 and the game is running pretty smooth. Feels like 25-30, some parts get a little bit choppy, but overall runs pretty well.
C2D E4400 @ 3.0ghz
2gigs ram
gtx 260 core 216
Running at high spec @ 1080p with some changes. I'll look when i get to my home computer later today. Also using the nvidia beta drivers which also boosted performance on other games i was playing like Crysis 2. Hope some more optimized drivers from nvidia come out to see if i can gain a little more performance.
C2D E4400 @ 3.0ghz
2gigs ram
gtx 260 core 216
Running at high spec @ 1080p with some changes. I'll look when i get to my home computer later today. Also using the nvidia beta drivers which also boosted performance on other games i was playing like Crysis 2. Hope some more optimized drivers from nvidia come out to see if i can gain a little more performance.
I've been playing for a couple hours and now in Flotsam. I haven't recorded FPS but the game runs incredibly smooth and I haven't noticed a single slowdown. Running at 1920X1080 and everything on highest setting with ubersampling off. I guess I got lucky?
Specs:
2500k at 4.5ghz
8GB Ram
6950 2GB OC'd
Specs:
2500k at 4.5ghz
8GB Ram
6950 2GB OC'd
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I really am fine with a 25-30 and no lower if the game is going to look like this. Luckily I share the same specs are the user a few posts above and am staying at 60fps or higher almost all the time. I try and not run fraps as much during this game because I think it caused issues but I can't really be sure. The only concession I've made is turning off motion blur but that's merely for preference and not to save on frame rate.
Slightly OT but it's funny that I went through the prologue playing with a controller and felt that it was just ok. I wasn't a fan of the new menu system, (especially the new inventory screen! Eww!) and while the radial screen makes sense for gamepads, it's still a bit clunky. I've read impressions from many people saying that the game plays better with a gamepad, and I simply cannot agree.
I'm playing with a G13 and Razer Naga and after some customizing, it blows the controller interface away. Having all of the spells on your right thumb instantly and being able to fully customize the left hand layout completely changed this game for me! Lowering the mouse sensitivity helped immensely too. Now the game feels perfect (on the control front at least.)
Just one of the perks of PC gaming I guess. Tweak it till it works for you!
I'm playing with a G13 and Razer Naga and after some customizing, it blows the controller interface away. Having all of the spells on your right thumb instantly and being able to fully customize the left hand layout completely changed this game for me! Lowering the mouse sensitivity helped immensely too. Now the game feels perfect (on the control front at least.)
Just one of the perks of PC gaming I guess. Tweak it till it works for you!
Inferno313
Banned
Minsc said:
Hmm, I don't really know. Canirunit.com told me everything met the minimum specs though.. Maybe it was wrong?
Inferno313
Banned
NBtoaster said:
I can get it to run better at a lower resolution. But the problem is anything below 1280 x 720 becomes a little box in the middle of my screen. Is there a way to fix this? It seems like 1280 x 720 is the lowest 16:9 resolution that the game supports.
EGM92 said:
Well, why have you allowed V-Sync ? I don't think I've seen the triple buffering option in the settings...
Some of you guys have rigs that are way powerful. I am sure you can run Skyrim, Battlefield and The Witcher 2 on High @ 1080p in parallel and still be above 20 FPS for each !
EternalGamer
Banned
A "controller tip for anyone using a controller (which works great, btw):
I found that changing the d-pad left and right to "next" or "previous" sign really helps a lot.
By default it is set to "silver sword and steel sword" but you change swords a lot less often than you use different signs and you can always change swords with your radial menu (left trigger by default).
I also swapped left trigger and left bumper since it feels a lot more naturally to me to use the left trigger as lock on and use the left bumper as the radial.
It is way faster to change signs now and I can do without ever pausing combat or even without pausing my combos. Game plays awesome now with a controller.
I found that changing the d-pad left and right to "next" or "previous" sign really helps a lot.
By default it is set to "silver sword and steel sword" but you change swords a lot less often than you use different signs and you can always change swords with your radial menu (left trigger by default).
I also swapped left trigger and left bumper since it feels a lot more naturally to me to use the left trigger as lock on and use the left bumper as the radial.
It is way faster to change signs now and I can do without ever pausing combat or even without pausing my combos. Game plays awesome now with a controller.
Hari Seldon
Member
BoobPhysics101 said:
Can someone explain how exactly I do this? I downloaded the Radeon Pro tool and the Catalyst official application profiles from AMD's page, but I don't see any Dirt 2 profile in the Radeon Pro tool. Sorry for being an idiot I have never used this before. If I go to the Dirt 2 profile on the Radeon Pro page, there is no download link that I can see, it says "This feature is receiving a few adjustments before going public and will be ready soon."
Dragged my pc into the living room and switched to a more conservative 1080p@60fps setting (ultra minus ubersampling). Seeing this game on a good plasma ... man. I've just started chapter 1 and I'm in constant awe by how well the tech and art style work hand in hand.
One thing that's annoying me a bit is the gamepad controls in some of the menus. To call them clunky would be flattering.
One thing that's annoying me a bit is the gamepad controls in some of the menus. To call them clunky would be flattering.
EternalGamer
Banned
Hari Seldon said:
No, you need to click on the "Tweeks" tab and select The Witcher on the left hand side (after you have put in the program) and Dirt 2 profile on the right. Then below the Dirt 2 profile select, there is another menu where you can select altered frame rendering.
However, I wouldn't recommend it. Everyone I know that has tried it eventually gets flickering whenever there are in game light sources. It's really damn annoying.
EternalGamer
Banned
dejan said:
Not too bad once you understand that they work on an "up and down" principle typically. I was trying to follow the curve around the spell selection and that clearly doesn't work.
And LB and RB cycle through your inventory categories while A will equip it. Even works for equipping stuff into your pockets.
The game just doesn't have a good controller explanation for the menus seems to be the main problem.
Kenka said:
I have V-sync enabled because I don't like the screen tearing, it's pretty bad on any game if I don't enable it. The AA within the game is just bad, the jaggies are horrible, I just wanted to see if it would make a difference for me. What would the triple buffering option do? It's listed within Radeon Pro and the CCC drivers settings.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Could FRAPS be causing minor but noticable performance loss on systems that struggle with the game? I'm replaying it trying to get more out of it and I even have SSAO and bloom and such on this time (I had them on for the prologue which always run really well) when I had disabled it before yet it seems smoother in Flotsam, it does feel like it goes to about 30 fps at times but it doesn't feel annoying yet even though I'm going through areas that seemed taxing previously. Maybe it's psychological, either way I like it 
Rahxephon91
Banned
So if I'm having pretty bad performance and I have an ati card and an AMD processor. I should just wait until they release their patches/hot fixes/ and updates?
Liquid_Bike
Member
M.D said:
Same specs here man, I think our riggs are too old for this one
Rahxephon91 said:
WHat kind of bad performance? Just low fps? Im assuming you tweaked the settings around to no avail? Whatre your specs and what settings are you going with? Someone might be able to help.
CDPR is saying that next weeks patch will fix a lot of the issues. Theres also AMD working on a hotfix/driver update so there might be something for you there.
Rahxephon91
Banned
I'll be frank. I'm no computer dude. I just thought I'd get the game because Can You Run It said I could run it. Not that I trust that thing, but also because the game recommends high settings as well and I can run stuff like ME2 fine. My computer is nothing great, but I thought I could run it at low or mid settings.Salaadin said:
Well I'm not at my computer right now, but I'll post my specs when I get home. Hopefully pcgaf does not make fun of me. But yes it's framerate issues and thanks for the reply.
This problem crops up pretty early. I'm thinking about the scene with the dragon in particular. There it's not just a mixing problem, but it seems like the voice actors weren't directed properly. Roche and Geralt have a conversation at volumes appropriate to the cell, even though a dragon is reigning fire on them.RedSwirl said:
Liquid_Bike said:Same specs here man, I think our riggs are too old for this one
Make sure you have the Dangling Objects Limiter on enabled. When I picked auto detect it had it disabled but it destroyed my e8400. Now it's playable on medium @ 1080p, awful in Flotsam outside but everywhere else is fine.
Don't know if this has been posted but it seems that people using a Copyprotected version of the game (IE, retail, d2d, etc) can get a pretty big increase in framerate by using the GoG .exe file. If this is true then there should be a patch out pretty soon.
One might also speculate as to why this happens, is the DRM really that shitty? Bah!
Edit: A reliable source told me it works and that Flotsam Village went from struggling to keep at 30 dips at most to 24 when there are "large crowds" instead of 18
One might also speculate as to why this happens, is the DRM really that shitty? Bah!
Edit: A reliable source told me it works and that Flotsam Village went from struggling to keep at 30 dips at most to 24 when there are "large crowds" instead of 18
Not any ways I'm comfortable talking about on NeoGAF. Unless a mod approvesxXJonoXx said:
. It's not that hard to find, Since it seems the non GoG .exe sucks for some reason it should be patched out as it seems CDPRed know about this already. With some more performance issues ironed out later, maybe I can hope for a stable 30 fps with my dualcore
Edit: Flotsam forest? Was that the place that ran like doodoo? Getting 30-50 FPS on a dualcore using this fix. Damn. Now it runs about the same as the original
. Pretty nicely in places where you do actual gameplay and slowish in large crowds in cities. That works for me !RedSwirl said:
I'm playing 1920x1080p at High Settings on a GTX 460 with my FPS capped at 30 and my GPU with the fan at 100% is playing at about 86-90c temps with great cooling in my case.
Either there is something seriously wrong with my card (it has never been this hot playing a game before) or this game really does push it to the limit. Either way it makes me scared for it.
Minsc
Gold Member
CaLe said:
Sure 3DVision (requires you trading for an nVidia card though), and iZ3D down the road. You need the right kinda of display for iZ3D though, your options may be limited, ATI's never pushed for 3D as much as nVidia.
I think I need help here.
Got the game on Steam and when I launch it, this appears on my screen, http://i.imgur.com/xo5ag.png and when I click "Launch game" this appears in the corner http://i.imgur.com/IRBWZ.png, but then that goes away and then the launcher appears again?
I'm new to PC and Steam games so, what gives?
Got the game on Steam and when I launch it, this appears on my screen, http://i.imgur.com/xo5ag.png and when I click "Launch game" this appears in the corner http://i.imgur.com/IRBWZ.png, but then that goes away and then the launcher appears again?
I'm new to PC and Steam games so, what gives?