The Witcher 3 thread

[ryan]

So the game that everyone talks about and comes back to. The Witcher 3

 

Jump in. I'll be posting pictures of the new update...like I said jump in post opinions and mod links ect

[hfm]

I installed the new patch.. but I was underwhelmed and just uninstalled it. I have too many other games I haven't played yet to revisit W3. It sounded like a good idea at first but I pretty quickly was like.. nah.. I don't feel like playing this again.

[Hertzian56]

https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/the-witcher-3-next-gen-update-4-01-released-full-patch-notes/

 

I haven't tried the remaster version so far, it has a few patches now so somewhere down the line, I like that the saves transfer over, saw the opening and early game enough before. I want to be free to travel to all the areas and DLCs, to see if it wows me and of course how much worse perf I'll get. I had the original at 2k DSR 60fps locked, without the lock I got variable as high as 80fps, probably be lucky to get 60 at 1k with this one and the drive space game hassle too.

 

Still one of the top 5 best games I've played in 3d games, incredible, engaging, satisfying combat etc etc etc One of my favorites was walking down a pathway and a dog comes up to me, follow it to some bandits and the story that goes with all that. I also remember the farm with letho, wandered into that at random exploration too, and when finding the Roach talking gig way after finishing the whole game just exploring hilarious.

[Hertzian56]

 

[ryan]

thanks for that video... I tried witcher 3 next gen all I notice is the water reflections are nicer but  overall the image quality looks similar....not like a night and day difference. one thing I do notice is performance is lower..before id max the game at 1080p and get around 90fps now im around 35fps

[ryan]

 

one is raytracing maxed one is all off medium....like what the heck....0 visual difference, people are such suckers

[ryan]

I noticed with all low/off Im getting like 100fps average. with vanilla witcher 3 I was getting over 200fps all low/off

[hfm]

On 2/11/2023 at 9:45 AM, ryan said:

 

one is raytracing maxed one is all off medium....like what the heck....0 visual difference, people are such suckers

 

The lighting seems far more realistic on the bottom one.

[ryan]

the bottom one has more shade, better thats subjective, sometimes more isn't better. it's the overall image. One doesn't cry I look vastly different and look vastly better for the performance hit. its just a different costly technique that adds very little to overall image but hey thats my opinion.

 

I think when the image is similar and takes a keen eye to spot 'better' it's called pixel peeping

[Hertzian56]

What's your hz refresh rate though? If your screen is like 120hz then anything above that is just a waste anyways. I have no shot to get to the 120hz/fps on mine w the 2060m on most games I play so I lock it to 60 max don't overuse my equipment I guess I could go higher like 80 but why just easier to set it in ncp to 60max for every game done. Some games don't even have a setting for max frames how annoying so you get 300fps in some old games on a 120hz screen what a total waste. I think they had a new patch lately among a few of them so that's good so by the time I get back to TW3 and install this updated version it should be all good, heck may even have a 4xxx or even 5xxxx gpu by then or maybe an arc or amd system.

[ryan]

@Hertzian56did you really leave. Why not bring new faces here and build. We have the core