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[pestul]

GTX 970 at 1455Mhz Core, 7800Mhz Memory.

Thanks for that. I was wondering where my 1500/3800 970 stood against the 980. Looks like it would be very close perhaps slightly faster.

 

[gdt]

Does that mean we can get something close yo ultra @ 30fps on PS4... On paper?

Pulling it all out of my ass I would say a mix of medium-high @30fps.

 

[texhnolyze]

Pretty good news!
That means I can run 1080/60 on high or 1080/30 on ultra. May can't come soon enough.

 

[Kezen]

Pulling it all out of my ass I would say a mix of medium-high @30fps.

Maximum settings for textures in all likelyhood. I mean neither consoles lack VRAM, that is unless TW3 requires 4g+ for textures.

 

[paolo11]

Nice. I have SLI 980GTX and if itplays well on SLI, my rig can play this constant 60fps on 1080p ultra settings.

 

[Dennis]

That only tells me they should have pushed the graphics harder.

 

[codhand]

You'd hope so.

i guess? this is the Witcher we're talking about

 

[MR ARCADE FOREVER]

IIRC the PS4 version is something like high settings at 1080p30 yeah. Probably closer to medium in some specific things, maybe higher in others.

Yes, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions had previously been confirmed to run at the PC equivalent of High. Though that remains to be seen when the game comes out.

That's pretty decent for console owners

 

[Puggles]

Hoping for high at 1440p on a 970! (keep dreaming I know)

 

[lightchris]

Does that mean we can get something close to ultra @ 30fps on PS4... On paper?

Not quite, as the GTX 980 is more than just twice as fast as the PS4 GPU.
But yeah, it may get reasonably close.

 

[shandy706]

Hmmm, so I could comfortably do 30+fps down-sampling a little.

I'll probably start at down-sampling from 1440p and see what I can hit and maintain 30+.

 

[Latvian Hitman]

That only tells me they should have pushed the graphics harder.

Kind of a no-win situation for them. If they optimize well enough to able to push ~60 frames @ 1080p out of a 980, then people cry that they should have pushed the graphics harder.

If the game only runs at ~30-40 frames @ 1080p on a 980, then the game's an unoptimized piece of shit and lazy devs strike again...

 

[codhand]

That only tells me they should have pushed the graphics harder.

sucks that all this "new money" will get to enjoy the game on Ultra at 60fps, thanks a lot nvidia, i like my PCs gaming exclusionary and price prohibitive

 

[Kinthalis]

Kind of debating whether to get it for PS4 or PCas I only have a dual 750m Sli set up with my Lenovo y510p. Not looking to max out ultra settings but I'd love to get it for PC if I could get good IQ and a solid 30fps but wonder if it will perform better on PS4.

A 750m SLI Lenovo does better than a PS4 on BF4. Not necessarily representative of course for this game and this engine, but there you have it. Personally, I would always choose options ot no options. Whatever you get with a PS4, you get. With your PC you can always determine the compromise you want to make. Maybe 60 FPS makes the game more fuild and fun for you in terms of combat. Not on option on consoles, but maybe you cna live without high quality shadows or higher quality shader effects, etc and get your 60 FPS. Or maybe you just want dat awesome next gen wolf fur

 

[Levyne]

Hope my 780 4770k can still run it ultra 50ish with some of the most intensive options notched down.

 

[Linkyn]

That only tells me they should have pushed the graphics harder.

I'm sure the Enhanced Edition / Update will add more options.

 

[Zeth]

Hoping to squeeze out ~High settings at 1440 on my OCed 970 with some other minor sacrifices if needed.

 

[foxdvd]

I wonder how my gtx 690 will do on this...

 

[Nachtmaer]

Sounds good enough for my 290. I don't mind turning some of the fluff down to get a decent framerate if needed either.

Have they mentioned anything about which AA methods they'll implement? That SMAA mod for The Witcher 2 was pretty great for the performance impact it had.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Hoping for a launch day SLI support miracle. My 970's will be ready.

 

[Naminator]

Very good to hear that indeed, and this is the part where the sweetness of Gsync will shine

 

[McHuj]

They didn't push it far enough...

 

[patapuf]

Yes, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions had previously been confirmed to run at the PC equivalent of High. Though that remains to be seen when the game comes out.

IIrc. correctly it was only the texture that were confirmed to be at high settings.

Looking at other software it'll likely be a mix of different settings.

sucks that all this "new money" will get to enjoy the game on Ultra at 60fps, thanks a lot nvidia, i like my PCs gaming exclusionary and price prohibitive

the only things exclusionary about high graphics settings is people wanting to push the slider completely to the right side. As long as the game scales down well there's nothing wrong with "future proofing". Everyone benefits from it down the line.

 

[TheGrue]

Sweet, those are my specs, except I have more RAM. I have my PC hooked up to my TV in the living room, so I'll be running 1080p.

 

[cripterion]

Those with SLI Titan X will eat this game up lol.

Glad they are getting more performance near release. Hopefully, people can stop worrying like crazy over their GTX970/980 running this game well.

Hoping for a launch day SLI support miracle. My 970's will be ready.

Nvidia has been promoting this game, I'd hope SLI drivers be ready before release. Expecting a nice guide from AndyNVidia too!

 

[DarkoMaledictus]

Isn't 16gb RAM overkill?....I'll have to upgrade to an i7 one of these days.

Nah 32 gigs is overkill and yep thats what I have . 16 is just the new 8.

 

[shandy706]

I have my PC hooked up to my TV in the living room, so I'll be running 1080p.

Time to start down-sampling if you aren't already.

I too play on the big-screen.

 

[Kinthalis]

Yes, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions had previously been confirmed to run at the PC equivalent of High. Though that remains to be seen when the game comes out.

Yeah, it won't. They always say high, and it turns out to be a mix of low, medium and high. Always. Hell sometimes, you have settings set to lower than the lowest on PC (Dying light for example and LOD).

 

[JimmyRustler]

Does this pretty much confirm the game won't be as juicy as CD Project claims on Ultra?

 

[Kinthalis]

IIrc. correctly it was only the texture that were confirmed to be at high settings.

Looking at other software it'll likely be a mix of different settings.

It wasn't even confirmed. This guy was eyeballing the texture quality, saying that it was probably a match for high on PC. He also went on to say that just about everything else was better on High PC, including shadows, foliage, and I believe he mentioned performance, not sure.

 

[TheGrue]

Time to start down-sampling if you aren't already.

I too play on the big-screen.

Yeah, I just figured out how to enable this yesterday and messed around with it. I had tried it previously and my TV wouldn't display anything and I realized yesterday that I needed to go into the properties and check all the resolutions.

Just a question about this, though. Is this meant to be so you can turn off AA? Or I guess more specifically, what features does this enable me to turn off?

 

[Renekton]

With that machine it should be 60fps @ 1080p..

That's a troublesome assertion.

Even a 4930K/Titan X does not guarantee anything if a game is highly ambitious.

 

[Kinthalis]

Does this pretty much confirm the game won't be as juicy as CD Project claims on Ultra?

Not necessarily a GTX 980 is still abotu twice the power of a PS4. Utra with all it's extra physics stuff going on, might look damn impresive in motion.

We'll see I guess.

 

[Smokey]

That only tells me they should have pushed the graphics harder.

On the bright side, I feel confident in hitting 4k Ultra @ 60fps

 

[Lockjaw333]

Yeah, it won't. They always say high, and it turns out to be a mix of low, medium and high. Always. Hell sometimes, you have settings set to lower than the lowest on PC (Dying light for example and LOD).

Yeah, they usually have the most apparent settings at or near High, like textures. Other less noticeable settings like LOD, shadow resolution, etc are kept lower.

Judging by the fact that the PS4 is almost a match for Dragon Age Inq's medium setting, I'd say Witcher 3 would be close to medium as well.

 

[Dennis]

On the bright side, I feel confident in hitting 4k Ultra @ 60fps

But imagine how good the graphics would look if you could only hit 30 fps.

And lets be honest, any fps over 30 is just vanity.

 

[Dsyndrome]

Nice, I'm guessing I won't be able to get Ultra with my 980M, 32GB RAM, and i7-4980HQ. High should work though with 60FPS.

 

[Renekton]

Yeah, they usually have the most apparent settings at or near High, like textures. Other less noticeable settings like LOD, shadow resolution, etc are kept lower.

Judging by the fact that the PS4 is almost a match for Dragon Age Inq's medium setting, I'd say Witcher 3 would be close to medium as well.

DA:I may be less technically-demanding than Witcher 3, with sectioned areas and aggressive culling/LOD thanks to Frostbite. It was also designed to be playable on last-gen consoles.

Unless CDP pull off some ND-level magic.

 

[michaelius]

No point getting excited until we see actual benchmarks.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Not necessarily a GTX 980 is still abotu twice the power of a PS4. Utra with all it's extra physics stuff going on, might look damn impresive in motion.

We'll see I guess.

Well, I for one doubt it. It's barely two months until the release and we still haven't seen anything of this ominous Ultra mode CD Project keeps talking about.

 

[Kezen]

But imagine how good the graphics would look if you could only hit 30 fps.

And lets be honest, any fps over 30 is just vanity.

Unfortunately if they were designing their ultra settings with 30fps in mind on a 980 you already know what kind of reaction they would have from an ignorant vocal majority.

It's pretty sad that even within PC gamers circles the "if I can't have it, no one should" philosophy is so rampant. There would be cause for concerns if only settings could not be adjusted.

 

[0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55]

hmmmmm. time to downsample if true, but I remain doubtful.

 

[misho8723]

From the official Witcher forums:

 

[thebloo]

Who's Gamestar and how did they play the build?
Edit: I've been answered above.

This is the second time someone is hyped about the shadows, that they exist. It's odd.

 

[RK9039]

From the official Witcher forums:

 

[KKRT00]

With that machine it should be 60fps @ 1080p..

On console settings sure, not on Ultra settings.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Nvidia has been promoting this game, I'd hope SLI drivers be ready before release. Expecting a nice guide from AndyNVidia too!

That's what I'm hoping. But, didn't W2 launch with bad SLI support? It's been so long now I might be mis-remembering. It and Arkham Knight both coming out SLI strong would make my fucking summer.

 

[Kinthalis]

Unfortunately if they were designing their ultra settings with 30fps in mind on a 980 you already know what kind of reaction they would have from an ignorant vocal majority.

It's pretty sad that even within PC gamers circles the "if I can't have it, no one should" philosophy is so rampant. There would be cause for concerns if only settings could not be adjusted.

I think you mean vocal minority Or maybe not, the sentiment really is rampant.

Crysis suffered form this too. Everyone complained that they couldn't run it at max with their high end gear, never stopping to take a look and realize that even at medium settings the game looked BETTER THAN ANY OTHER GAME ON ANY PLATFORM EVER.

Jeebus.

 

[R_Deckard]

But imagine how good the graphics would look if you could only hit 30 fps.

And lets be honest, any fps over 30 is just vanity.

This.

 

[Kinthalis]

This.

If 60 FPS is vanity, I don't want to be modest