Lag is so bad?

[Grundvigs]

Yes it is so bad, the game is not playable to me anymore. It wasn't like this before the "NEXT-GEN" update? Seems CD-p-red has forgotten what it takes?

[Dr.Abscondus]

Another post with no system specs, so worthless.

[wtiger27]

Depends on your system and what settings you are trying to use. Post those.

[Budnick]

Like the power glove

[Photonboy]

For now, stick with DX11. Go on the LOWEST setting first and use 60Hz, VRR capped to 60FPS or whatever makes sense.

Gallop around on your horse to look for stuttering, and pan the camera around while you do so. Ideally jump to Novigrad and run around too if you can.

If that's smooth crank the settings up to find the optimal quality that's still smooth for gaming.

There's MANY reasons why you can get stuttering or judder. With DX11, I tried 30FPS VSYNC'd. Bad judder/stutter just panning the camera around. 60FPS VSYNC with Medium/High settings in DX11 was pretty rock solid with my GTX1080 @2560x1440.

I didn't use RT for obvious reasons. I did mess around with DX12 but couldn't get a better experience. Also DX12 has no ability to show FPS AFAIK making it a bit trickier.

I'm getting a new 4K TV this week (LG G2 55"). I think I can get 1440p sent to the TV to upscale according to other people (4K is too demanding for my GTX1080 and I'm NOT buying a frikking new video card).

I suspect VRR/Freesync/GSync with an FPS cap is the way to go. If you've got a 60Hz normal monitor, again optimize around 60Hz/60FPS with DX11 (IMO for now).

I'm not sure what's ideal if you have a high refresh monitor with no VRR. Probably just turn off VSYNC and use an FPS cap. You'll get some tearing but it might no be very obvious. Or maybe if it's a 144Hz monitor you can get it to run at HALF VSYNC (144Hz/72FPS).

*You MUST be specific with questions. There's MANY ways to get stutter and many ways to optimize that does NOT get stutter.

[Maviba]

Originally posted by Grundvigs:

Yes it is so bad, the game is not playable to me anymore. It wasn't like this before the "NEXT-GEN" update? Seems CD-p-red has forgotten what it takes?

No it's not.
Maybe your system is just too weak.

[Matex600]

I get bad fps on 4080 so not its not a weak system

[Photonboy]

Read my post above. Game runs GREAT now with GTX1080, and settings tweaked for:
DX11,
2560x1440,
60FPS (VSYNC'd on 60Hz monitor)
HIGH preset (with Hairoworks disabled)

There are several issues with DX12 and frankly I couldn't get better visuals with a solid 60FPS so it's pointless for me right now to use DX12. The TLDR is that even a weaker system than mine should be able to get a great experience both visually and with game smoothness IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT SETTINGS CHOSEN.

DX12, RT etc. will likely get fixed. Or not. I can't speak to all the SAVE issues but that's a different discussion.

(It's honestly a little hard not to get a little pissy as I have a terminal disease and probably wont's see 2024. Just relax, figure out how to optimize the game for yourself. Ask specific questions if confused. If you're stressing out play a different game or just turn off your computer.)

[Maviba]

It's lagging when using RT.
But without it runs stable at 60+ fps for me

[ᴼDAE]

Originally posted by Maviba:

Originally posted by Grundvigs:

Yes it is so bad, the game is not playable to me anymore. It wasn't like this before the "NEXT-GEN" update? Seems CD-p-red has forgotten what it takes?

No it's not.
Maybe your system is just too weak.

"Wasn't like this before" - Evidently his system is strong enough for him to play Witcher 3 at his preferred settings without issue.

Ergo, the Next Gen update has brought with it performance issues that weren't there before.

You can try and rationalise in your tiny mind, that the Next Gen update brought with it nothing but shiny happy unicorns and rainbows but the fact of the matter is there are enough issues with the Next Gen update that the forums are full of complaints.

And funnily enough the forums are full of little people saying their complaints are invalid.

Don't you find that funny? That as soon as other people are having problems with an update, there are a similar number of people that try to deny such problems exist at all. That is strains their little bulb so much to cater for the idea that someone might be having a different experience to their own.

It's frightening to think that such people wander amongst us, convinced there is nothing wrong and if there is, it's probably the fault of the person who is wronged.

[Maviba]

Originally posted by ᴼDAE:

Originally posted by Maviba:

No it's not.
Maybe your system is just too weak.

"Wasn't like this before" - Evidently his system is strong enough for him to play Witcher 3 at his preferred settings without issue.

"Wasn't like this before" isn't a useful information.
He didn't provide any information about his system or about the settings he's using.
So if you're complaining about lags, you should provide more information, right?
Otherwise posts like this are totally pointless.

For example if you played the old version before, that had no RT and playing the new version with RT enabled now, then of course you might encounter lags now, since RT implementation in W3 is currently a bit... improvable.

But playing the new version with RT disabled still offers a lag-less experince.

Also this isn't 2015 any more. the orginal game is 7-8 years old.
Hardware requirements changed since then and nowaday's games use higher textures, models having more polygons and mor objects in general.
This comes at a price.

Ergo: You can't expect a new game offering all these features having the same performance like its predecessor had.

[Twink_Versatile]

Originally posted by ᴼDAE:

Originally posted by Maviba:

No it's not.
Maybe your system is just too weak.

"Wasn't like this before" - Evidently his system is strong enough for him to play Witcher 3 at his preferred settings without issue.

Ergo, the Next Gen update has brought with it performance issues that weren't there before.

You can try and rationalise in your tiny mind, that the Next Gen update brought with it nothing but shiny happy unicorns and rainbows but the fact of the matter is there are enough issues with the Next Gen update that the forums are full of complaints.

And funnily enough the forums are full of little people saying their complaints are invalid.

Don't you find that funny? That as soon as other people are having problems with an update, there are a similar number of people that try to deny such problems exist at all. That is strains their little bulb so much to cater for the idea that someone might be having a different experience to their own.

It's frightening to think that such people wander amongst us, convinced there is nothing wrong and if there is, it's probably the fault of the person who is wronged.

Wild, it's almost like a next-gen update might take next-gen hardware to run.

Now, maybe you can rationalize in "your tiny mind" why a post like this without the user's specs is useless.

[Matex600]

Originally posted by Twink_Versatile:

Originally posted by ᴼDAE:

"Wasn't like this before" - Evidently his system is strong enough for him to play Witcher 3 at his preferred settings without issue.

Ergo, the Next Gen update has brought with it performance issues that weren't there before.

You can try and rationalise in your tiny mind, that the Next Gen update brought with it nothing but shiny happy unicorns and rainbows but the fact of the matter is there are enough issues with the Next Gen update that the forums are full of complaints.

And funnily enough the forums are full of little people saying their complaints are invalid.

Don't you find that funny? That as soon as other people are having problems with an update, there are a similar number of people that try to deny such problems exist at all. That is strains their little bulb so much to cater for the idea that someone might be having a different experience to their own.

It's frightening to think that such people wander amongst us, convinced there is nothing wrong and if there is, it's probably the fault of the person who is wronged.

Wild, it's almost like a next-gen update might take next-gen hardware to run.

Now, maybe you can rationalize in "your tiny mind" why a post like this without the user's specs is useless.

is a 4080 not next gen? so why can't I run it but I can run games like rdr2, metro exodus, cyberpunk on good fps with 1440p max settings rt on if available?

[Twink_Versatile]

Originally posted by Matex600:

Originally posted by Twink_Versatile:

Wild, it's almost like a next-gen update might take next-gen hardware to run.

Now, maybe you can rationalize in "your tiny mind" why a post like this without the user's specs is useless.

is a 4080 not next gen? so why can't I run it but I can run games like rdr2, metro exodus, cyberpunk on good fps with 1440p max settings rt on if available?

See, now the conversation can actually have some value. The OP may very well be playing on a 980, which would give fine performance on the original release, but would struggle playing the remaster. Hence my statement noting this post was useless without the OP's specs.

[Matex600]

Originally posted by Twink_Versatile:

Originally posted by Matex600:

is a 4080 not next gen? so why can't I run it but I can run games like rdr2, metro exodus, cyberpunk on good fps with 1440p max settings rt on if available?

See, now the conversation can actually have some value. The OP may very well be playing on a 980, which would give fine performance on the original release, but would struggle playing the remaster. Hence my statement noting this post was useless without the OP's specs.

yeah true, its no secret the game doesn't run very well, I can run all 2022 games on max settings with great fps so why not this :(

[Twink_Versatile]

Originally posted by Matex600:

Originally posted by Twink_Versatile:

See, now the conversation can actually have some value. The OP may very well be playing on a 980, which would give fine performance on the original release, but would struggle playing the remaster. Hence my statement noting this post was useless without the OP's specs.

yeah true, its no secret the game doesn't run very well, I can run all 2022 games on max settings with great fps so why not this :(

Mind if I ask what your GPU/CPU/RAM usages are during gameplay? I've got no dog in the "maxing the game out" race (6600xt and a Ryzen 7 here, so I'm getting nowhere near maxing everything). If you're maxing Cyberpunk with RT, it's almost gotta be an optimization issue with the Witcher. WAY more light sources/reflective surfaces in Cyberpunk, so I'd expect the Witcher remaster to run like butter on a 4080.