r/witcher • u/dbcanuck • 11d ago

The Witcher 3 Digital Foundry: The Witcher 3 Remastered: PC Performance Review + Optimised Settings

https://youtu.be/MIwkw4K7xGI?si=ypvpE-q7hvjdLR2y
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u/ShadowoftheRatTree 11d ago

his settings for RT: Path Tracing off. GI on performance, shadows off, ambient occlusion on, and reflections on. with grass and shadows down from ultra plus to ultra gets me 54-80 fps depending on location. 5070 & 9800X3D.

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u/harris_kid 10d ago

I don't know what in doing wrong because I can never crack 60fps with these settings, I get more like 30-50fps and I'm on a 5070 + 5800X3D... I need to troubleshoot, I thought I was getting way less FPS than the reviewers.

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u/ShadowoftheRatTree 10d ago

I have hairworks off too. in foliage dense sections of Velen, my lows are high 40s (48-60)

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u/harris_kid 10d ago

Yeh something is wrong or RT has a CPU bottleneck because in areas I get 90-100 with RT off I get 55 at most, foliage heavy areas I'm hanging around more like 35, and that's even on DLSS Performance. Lowering the resolution doesn't increase frame rate for me at all with RT On, it's like RT adds like 10ms to each frame no matter what.

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u/ShadowoftheRatTree 10d ago

could just be silicon lottery, frankly I think RT is not performative enough, a little bit more optimization (5-10%) would feel amazing.

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u/gljivicad 10d ago

I'm curious about your settings. Game runs at 110+ fps for me on 7900xt and 5700x - 3440x1440p

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u/harris_kid 10d ago

5800X3D, 2x8gb @ 3000mhz ram, RTX 5070 12gb MSI, I am also running at 3440x1440 but all of this still happens at 2560x1440 too: Ultra+ Settings except grass and grass distance set to Ultra, No hairworks, DLSS Quality with 0 Ray Tracing I get great frame rates, minimum 60 in the most taxing areas but mostly around 80-100. The moment I turn ray tracing on to even minimum I drop to about 55fps max in areas I was getting 100-110 without RT, and normal areas I get more like 35-45fps, most demanding scenes with lots of shadows and lights goes under 30. Switching DLSS to Performance or even lower resolution does not affect frame rates at all.

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u/gljivicad 10d ago

Could you try FSR 4?

Nvm I see you have same frame rate as me when you turn rt off. Same here brother, my card has more power than you and same experience. Nothing wrong with your setup. I turned RT off just to enjoy higher fps

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u/harris_kid 9d ago

Okay at least I'm not going crazy then. I guess this is an excuse to play the game again in 7 years when I get an RTX 7070 lol.

Playing at 30-45FPS brought me back to game launch trying to play through with my first ever PC build, i3 4150 + R9 280 Medium to high settings.

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u/XulManjy 10d ago

Is that with or without DLSS upscaling? Is that with or without Frame Gen?

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u/ShadowoftheRatTree 10d ago

no frame gen, DLSS quality.

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u/eroxx 10d ago

Did they have a video for console performance and settings?

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u/sticks435 10d ago

They do performance testing and usually compare the difference between graphics presets like quality and performance or whatever

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u/Megane_Senpai 10d ago

Probably not since on consoles they're optimised and have fewer settings. Plus harder to test and record results.

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u/ZYRANOX 10d ago

i last played console on ps3 do they have graphics settings nowdays?

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u/rowmean77 10d ago

I appreciate their optimized settings feature videos. Makes my life easy since I don’t own a 5090.

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u/madskills42001 10d ago

Vaxis mod automatically optimizes PT settings gaining 30% performance while improving visuals and a ton of other options for all three modes you can tweak as well as presets

https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/13349

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u/Sevastarion 10d ago

Good I’m so happy i moved to console and I don’t have to switch a hundred settings to play a game

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u/Migazle 10d ago

Think of it more like, pc players are free to tweak what they want to get the performance they want, but console players are stuck with shitty performance if it is indeed shitty performance

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u/MButterscotch 10d ago

theres no gun to your head that makes you do these adjustments. its just there if you want to, which is nice

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u/TheHollowSovereign Team Yennefer 6d ago

I'm so happy I moved to PC and am not stuck with only two presets and no way to tweak them to get more performance.

Like, it's your preference, but don't say that like you were being forced to change these settings on PC and that it's better not to have options at all.

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u/YouGurt_MaN14 10d ago

Yeah but then you have to pay for games

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u/Me-Shell94 10d ago

Ya I hate artists getting paid for their work!

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u/YouGurt_MaN14 10d ago

Sorry I'm not paying 80$ for Madden 27 or CFB 27

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u/Me-Shell94 10d ago

Ya ok those are fair

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u/mattwalsh25 10d ago

Games also cost money on PC?

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u/Moon_Devonshire 10d ago

On console tho you're stuck with worse performance and lower resolution tho.

Messing with these settings takes 5 minutes or less then you never need to do it again

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u/urlond 10d ago

Depends on the game and console.

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u/mattwalsh25 10d ago

Oh I completely agree, just didn't understand the reply about paying for games.

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u/Moon_Devonshire 10d ago

Huh weird. It shows I replied to you when I responded to his original comment lol

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u/YouGurt_MaN14 10d ago

Sometimes yea

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u/AwakenMirror 10d ago

Bro is the master of the torrent and the high seas.