Direct X 11 works... But has none of the new features. (Yay!)

[BarkFish]

So... Direct X 11 is running as it should, but there is almost none of the new features. No FSR or DLSS .. I don't even care about the Ray Tracing right now.... As the game runs horrible right now.
(Whats horrible is I had most of these mods dled before the next gen update... and they worked better when self applied.)

[HUX]

If it can reassure you, I for my part have not noticed any performance benefit by activating the FSR unless the game was blurrier, and got back to TAAU with high sharpen, much more beautiful.
I don't know why the FSR doesn't work for me (gtx1080) whereas all other games it works perfectly.
Also, the game runs smoother on dx11 (whereas all other games run better on dx12, more stable framerate, less stuttering, etc)

[PatientLandBeaver]

The DirectX 11 version includes all of the patch 4.0 changes except for RT/DLSS/FSR which as we can all agree is an unoptimized mess right now. DX11 runs just as well as patch 1.32 did and looks great. Hopefully CDPR can fix the performance issues with DX12.

Patch 4.0 details
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/292030/view/3642879552277333733

[John Warhammer]

Yeah most of the fancy FPS devouring features you need DX 12 for iirc.

[BarkFish]

Originally posted by PatientLandBeaver:

The DirectX 11 version includes all of the patch 4.0 changes except for RT/DLSS/FSR which as we can all agree is an unoptimized mess right now. DX11 runs just as well as patch 1.32 did and looks great. Hopefully CDPR can fix the performance issues with DX12.

Patch 4.0 details
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/292030/view/3642879552277333733

Yeah, I am getting 60fps with the Direct X 11 ... Which is a god send. I wasn't sure about the visual side. The colors seem to be different from the D12... (I don't claim to know why) But it works as intended on d11

[Steel]

Originally posted by HUX:

If it can reassure you, I for my part have not noticed any performance benefit by activating the FSR unless the game was blurrier, and got back to TAAU with high sharpen, much more beautiful.
I don't know why the FSR doesn't work for me (gtx1080) whereas all other games it works perfectly.
Also, the game runs smoother on dx11 (whereas all other games run better on dx12, more stable framerate, less stuttering, etc)

You're probably running TAAU at native (dynamic scaling off), which of course will look better than FSR rendering at a lower resolution.

[Schniebel]

game runs fine for me on DX12 with RT off. DLSS Qualitiy, 3440*1440 on 3080

[BarkFish]

Originally posted by Schniebel:

game runs fine for me on DX12 with RT off. DLSS Qualitiy, 3440*1440 on 3080

Have you been into a City yet? I have a 3080 Ti and I thought mine was running fine fore a while (Although I was only getting 40 fps...and very unstable at that. But as soon as I got to novigrad it dropped down to like...20 unstable.

[HUX]

Originally posted by Steel:

Originally posted by HUX:

If it can reassure you, I for my part have not noticed any performance benefit by activating the FSR unless the game was blurrier, and got back to TAAU with high sharpen, much more beautiful.
I don't know why the FSR doesn't work for me (gtx1080) whereas all other games it works perfectly.
Also, the game runs smoother on dx11 (whereas all other games run better on dx12, more stable framerate, less stuttering, etc)

You're probably running TAAU at native (dynamic scaling off), which of course will look better than FSR rendering at a lower resolution.

Indded ! The performance is the same for me, that's what i wanted to notice :)
So i better stick to native, waiting for the next patch to solve this FSR issue.

What i don't understand though is that some player seem to have FSR work properly.

[Gabriel]

What are you talking about, ofc dx11 has some of the new features, it has the next gen stutters, switching to gog 1.32 classic runs at 144hz stable no stutters, getting the same mods from nexus to make the game look like next gen has no performance drops, so idk hoe cdpr managed to lower the performance on ultra compared to classic (to be noted ultra, not ultra+).

Classic version, ultra, 40+ visual mods stable 144hz/fps

Next gen dx11 no mods, ultra, ssr low, rtx off = 85fps average + massive stutters.

[Wicked Sick]

Originally posted by Schniebel:

game runs fine for me on DX12 with RT off. DLSS Qualitiy, 3440*1440 on 3080

Ultrawide MASTER RACE

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Obviously, if your PC can't handle the new update use DX 11 with less stuff.

[PatientLandBeaver]

Originally posted by Schniebel:

game runs fine for me on DX12 with RT off. DLSS Qualitiy, 3440*1440 on 3080

Most would say the DX12 version is not running 'fine'
Have you been to Novigrad yet? :)

Similar specs but at 1440p...

DX12 with ultra settings (RT off)
50-60 fps at the Novigrad marketplace
60-80 fps outside of towns.

DX11 with Ultra+ settings
110-120 fps at the Novigrad marketplace
144+ fps (locked) outside of towns.

[PunishedSkull]

dx11 doesn't even launch for me, i'd prefer a playable game instead of the stutterfest that is dx12 witcher 3(even with the new settings turned off)

[MugHug]

Originally posted by BarkFish:

Originally posted by Schniebel:

game runs fine for me on DX12 with RT off. DLSS Qualitiy, 3440*1440 on 3080

Have you been into a City yet? I have a 3080 Ti and I thought mine was running fine fore a while (Although I was only getting 40 fps...and very unstable at that. But as soon as I got to novigrad it dropped down to like...20 unstable.

Tested it in the city and it works fine under DX12 and FSR maxed out at 1440p.

[Hellbourne]

Originally posted by MugHug:

Originally posted by BarkFish:

Have you been into a City yet? I have a 3080 Ti and I thought mine was running fine fore a while (Although I was only getting 40 fps...and very unstable at that. But as soon as I got to novigrad it dropped down to like...20 unstable.

Tested it in the city and it works fine under DX12 and FSR maxed out at 1440p.

Raytracing ?