Graphic settings explanation?

[Sammy Fox]

I've been trying to find a guide, ANY GUIDE, that tells me exactly what each of the advanced settings do so that I know what to disable to tweak for max performance vs max fps but I can't find anything that isn't either youtube videos showing the game running at max graphics, old articles about the old version's gamer, hardcore etc settings or some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ called advanced graphic options utility which I don't give a ♥♥♥♥ about.

So now, what the hell does those settings do?

[Sgt Snoke Em]

try digital foundry, I haven't read the article since getting into pc's again, but I think they have a pretty good write up on what the difference between High and Ultra is.

Edit: this was when I was rocking an ol fx6300 and a gtx 680 though, but I managed to get that on mostly ultra with this game back then ;P

[Ceejay]

Or you know do what everyone else does. Trial and error.

[Sammy Fox]

Originally posted by Ceejay:

Or you know do what everyone else does. Trial and error.

impatience gets in the way of that.

[Ceejay]

Originally posted by =AJSA= Sammy:

Originally posted by Ceejay:

Or you know do what everyone else does. Trial and error.

impatience gets in the way of that.

lol when since you posted this on the 25th you have had plenty of time to try all the settings :p

oops, wrong link.

Apparently the games readme contains all the infor on the graphic settings according to the 2nd post down, though I cannot verify this as not got it currenlty installed.

[Sammy Fox]

Originally posted by Ceejay:

Originally posted by =AJSA= Sammy:

impatience gets in the way of that.

lol when since you posted this on the 25th you have had plenty of time to try all the settings :p

I did find this on the gog forums, not sure its of any use.
https://www.gog.com/forum/the_witcher_2/can_anyone_walk_me_through_some_of_the_advanced_graphic_settings
Apparently the games readme contains all the infor on the graphic settings according to the 2nd post down, though I cannot verify this as not got it currenlty installed.

Actually I fixed the problem: I downgraded to windows 7. Somehow windows 10 which is supposed to have better performance and be less ressource-hungry actually bogged down every single games I had. I couldn't even play Max Payne 3 with the latest amd drivers and now I run it at 1080p 60fps with everything maxed out (aside from texelation because it induces polygon artifacts)

Now that I've installed windows 7, I can run Crysis 2 on ultra settings at 720p at an averate fps of roughly 40. it's not 60fps but I'm fine with that because I get to enjoy those (still awesome) 2011 graphics (seriously, that game and mass effect 2, what amazing graphics)

So the aesop here is: windows 10 sucks ass.

[Ceejay]

Funny I had the opposite when I installed, but then there are multiple reasons, older incompatible hardware/driver support etc....you really should not have experianced such a drop, something weird defo going on.

Glad you got it running though, enjoy :)