[SOLVED] Experience unknown lags in the Witcher 3! Is my HDD guilty of? How to shake it off? Please help

[KalashnjukUA]

Hi there!
You see, just after the game is launched, when riding by horse through one village or walking on my own, wherever it might be, White Orchard, Novigrad or others, I always experience significant lags, meanwhile I can see that the indicator on my case showing my HDD load is always red. When the game installed on SSD, then it runs smoothly enough.
Here is my config:

Spoiler

Case: Zalman z3 plus White
CPU: i7-4790 (4 GHz, 1.064v)
RAM: HyperX DDR3-1600 16384MB (Kit of 2x8192)
HDD: WD 1TB BLUE
SSD: TEAM L5 Lite 120gb
GPU: ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI
MB: MSI B85-G43
Monitor: BENQ GW2760HS

I've come to believe that after having played around 10 minutes, the game begins to run a bit more smoothly, however some unpredictable lags still can be caught. It's definitely because my HDD tries to load everything and is supposed to be always loaded, but I don't think anyone else experiences some kind of problem in the game as I do. Is it because of my HDD?
Its smart life is nice, no problem at all.
Thank you guys all in advance!

 

[TerryLaze]

There are a lot of problems with this game.
In your place I would start with trying this 2. Fix freezing on dual-core CPUs although you have 4 cores but this problem starts because the witcher runs 4threads at a high priority so it could affect you as well.

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[KalashnjukUA]

There are a lot of problems with this game.
In your place I would start with trying this 2. Fix freezing on dual-core CPUs although you have 4 cores but this problem starts because the witcher runs 4threads at a high priority so it could affect you as well.

The compendium of tweaks and fixes for the PC version

The Compendium of Tweaks and Fixes for the PC Version Warm greetings to all of you PC witchers out there! :D This thread is meant to be a definitive collection of the tweaks and fixes that make the PC version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt perform and look to the best of its capabilities! 0...

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Hmmm, gotta give it a try. You know, in the game I can see that 8 threads are being loaded, via Rivatuner.

 

[KalashnjukUA]

There are a lot of problems with this game.
In your place I would start with trying this 2. Fix freezing on dual-core CPUs although you have 4 cores but this problem starts because the witcher runs 4threads at a high priority so it could affect you as well.

The compendium of tweaks and fixes for the PC version

The Compendium of Tweaks and Fixes for the PC Version Warm greetings to all of you PC witchers out there! :D This thread is meant to be a definitive collection of the tweaks and fixes that make the PC version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt perform and look to the best of its capabilities! 0...

forums.cdprojektred.com

Tried it, it didn't work(

 

[RobCrezz]

Can you see in task manager how much the HDD is utilized when the game is running? Might be somethign else hitting it.

 

[KalashnjukUA]

Can you see in task manager how much the HDD is utilized when the game is running? Might be somethign else hitting it.

Nah, nothing else really
When I enter it for the first time, especially when I am located in a village, my HDD is loaded 100% for 4-5 seconds, then the load goes down. Don't you guys experience the same?

 

[RobCrezz]

Run this on your system and see if your HDD is performing as it should do.

Home - UserBenchmark

To be honest, I only use HDDS for storage on my NAS and backups. Use SSDs for everything on my gaming pc now they are so cheap.

 

[KalashnjukUA]

Run this on your system and see if your HDD is performing as it should do.

Home - UserBenchmark

To be honest, I only use HDDS for storage on my NAS and backups. Use SSDs for everything on my gaming pc now they are so cheap.

That's right, the game runs fine when installed on SSD, however I've got no space on it so far)

 

[KalashnjukUA]

Run this on your system and see if your HDD is performing as it should do.

Home - UserBenchmark

To be honest, I only use HDDS for storage on my NAS and backups. Use SSDs for everything on my gaming pc now they are so cheap.

Here it is, man - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/15673805

 

[RobCrezz]

Looks like your drive is running fine.

You have a lot of background CPU and RAM usage, that could be why as its having to hit the drive a lot more when the ram is full. Check whats using up all your ram and cpu. Might be worth doing a clean windows install if you have rogue programs.

 

[KalashnjukUA]

Looks like your drive is running fine.

You have a lot of background CPU and RAM usage, that could be why as its having to hit the drive a lot more when the ram is full. Check whats using up all your ram and cpu. Might be worth doing a clean windows install if you have rogue programs.

Hm, there is no CPU usage at idle. Task manager says it is 0% of both CPU and HDD usage.
Actually, the CPU is loaded not more than 50% in game, hence I don't find it to cause the problem.
Maybe the game may run smoothly only on SSD?

 

[RobCrezz]

Hm, there is no CPU usage at idle. Task manager says it is 0% of both CPU and HDD usage.
Actually, the CPU is loaded not more than 50% in game, hence I don't find it to cause the problem.
Maybe the game may run smoothly only on SSD?

what about your RAM? The userbenchmark said you have high background cpu and about 14gb of ram consumed. Thats a lot for an idle pc. The less RAM you have available the more it has to access the HDD or SSD.

May be worth just buying a bigger SSD, they are so much cheaper now.

 

[KalashnjukUA]

what about your RAM? The userbenchmark said you have high background cpu and about 14gb of ram consumed. Thats a lot for an idle pc. The less RAM you have available the more it has to access the HDD or SSD.

May be worth just buying a bigger SSD, they are so much cheaper now.

Free, not consumed :

14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz

Isn't it?

 

[RobCrezz]

ah ok my mistake.

Might just be worth getting a bigger SSD then.

 

[scout_03]

to test your hdd use data lifeguard diagnostic from wd the use glary utilities to see what load up and run at start up with the os post a picture of the page here .

 

[KalashnjukUA]

ah ok my mistake.

Might just be worth getting a bigger SSD then.

Yeah, I guess, you're right here.
Probably, the game can run decently only on SSD.