Optimized Graphics Settings for next gen update!

We have just been Cyberpunked. Optimized Settings for Witcher 3 Next Gen Update

Optimized Settings For DX12 with minimal visual loss

Ray Tracing Global Illumination – On *(Turn this off aswell if your game crashes as all three Ray Tracing settings needs to be turned on for a bug.)
Ray Traced Reflection – Off
Ray Traced Shadows – Off
Ray Traced Ambient Occlusion – Off
Anti-aliasing – DLSS (Balanced) or FSR 2.0 (Wait for patch to fix it)
Sharpening – Off
Motion Blur – On or as needed
Blur – On or as needed
Bloom – On or as needed
Depth of Field – On
Chromatic Aberration – Off or as needed
Vignetting – Off or as needed
Light Shafts – On
Camera Lens Effects – On or as needed
Nvidia Hairworks – Off
Number of Background Characters – Ultra
Shadow Quality – High
Terrain Quality – Ultra
Water Quality – High
Foliage Visibility Range – High
Grass Density – High
Texture Quality – Ultra+
Detail Level – Ultra

Best settings for Everyone if you dont want ray tracing.

We have just been Cyberpunked. I am using an RTX 3070 and Ryzen 7 3700x with 32Gigs 3200Mhz ram gets about barely 60fps on Ultra + with dlss set to quality and RTX Off on DX12. On the other hand with DX11 and make sure Anti Aliasing is set to TAAU and on Ultra + there is no visual difference from DX12 and the FPS is 100+. They just added DX12 for Nvidias gimmick called RTX and DLSS, My GPU barely uses 40% on DX12 and CPU aswell. We cant complain only because this upgrade was free. But Nvidia is ruining the game industry with DLSS for which the developers are becoming lazy and not optimizing their games properly. My personal opinion play it on DX11.

Difference between DX12 Ultra + vs DX11 Ultra + with images.

Difference between DX12 Ultra + vs DX11 Ultra + with images.

[DarthBenny]

I do get random crashes now and then but only when I enter the inventory and for some reason Geralt's model in the inventory is very jagged and looks like a very low resolution for some reason but everything works well aside from that.

[DarthBenny]

I've got a 4080 with i7 13700k and I'm getting like 100fps @1440p with DLSS quality everything on ultra+ and ray tracing at maximum settings. It's visually stunning. I can play without DLSS around 60 - 70FPS but I prefer a more high refresh rate experience, and personally I can't really tell the difference between DLSS on and off. DLSS is pretty good technology, and I think cd projekt red did a good job implementing it.

[Memelord Ozai]

DLSS is not a gimmick lol. It's CDPR's fault for so poorly optimizing DX12 CPU usage

[MR. GOOD GUY™]

good stuff mate, keep it up.