The witcher 2 Fps probelms?

[daggy]

I am having a really strange problem in flotsam for the witcher 2


specs:

gtx 680 2gb

8gb ddr3 RAM

amd phenom 2 1090T @ 3.8 GHZ

The game runs great, but in certain areas i have FPS drops when looking in a certain direction it is VERY annoying.

Examples...

http://postimg.org/image/altz6kbiv/


http://postimg.org/image/ifba68rxd/

This is really bad as you can see and it is getting in the way of me playing the game as I am unable to pan the camera around.

Can anyone help?

 

[daggy]

OK my gpu usage is 50% when the fps drops arent occurring, but then it drops to 32% when the fps drops are occurring.

This never happens in any of my other games. Is it a problem with AMD processors and the witcher 2 then?

This clearly shows a CPU bottleneck. It is actually a continuous bottleneck, as you normally are at 50%. If you disabled crossfire, you'd likely have slightly better performance in that game as crossfire requires a bit more CPU overhead.

I'm only running one nvidia gpu so i dont think its a crossfire issue, unless it could be enabled even when i have one gpu. lol idk.

what would you recommend doing at this point? buying a new cpu?

Sorry, I think I got confused with the other post with the problem.

Well, that one is up to how important this game is to you and if you want better performance in other games too. It is possible there is a specific setting that stresses the CPU, but I think you said you tried it even at low settings with the same issue.

So that leaves you with 2 options; upgrade the CPU to an Intel platform, or live with it for this game. I am wanting to upgrade too, but my i7 920 is still doing pretty well, though I know there are times I'm being held back a little.

Well...

fuck.

http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA-990XA-UD3-990X-SATA-Motherboard/dp/B0055QYKQ4

my mobo doesnt support intel CPUs.

what do i do now?

 

[daggy]

It is a very popular choice, and as you see, it has 5 egg review average. It would do better than what you have. A lot better.

Soo...basically im forever cursed with a cpu bottleneck because I cant use intel CPUS?

http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA-990XA-UD3-990X-SATA-Motherboard/dp/B0055QYKQ4

 

[bystander]

It is a very popular choice, and as you see, it has 5 egg review average. It would do better than what you have. A lot better.

Soo...basically im forever cursed with a cpu bottleneck because I cant use intel CPUS?

http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA-990XA-UD3-990X-SATA-Motherboard/dp/B0055QYKQ4

AMD CPU's and Intel CPU's require motherboards to support them. If you were to change, you'd have to change the motherboard as well.

 

[daggy]

It is a very popular choice, and as you see, it has 5 egg review average. It would do better than what you have. A lot better.

Soo...basically im forever cursed with a cpu bottleneck because I cant use intel CPUS?

http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA-990XA-UD3-990X-SATA-Motherboard/dp/B0055QYKQ4

AMD CPU's and Intel CPU's require motherboards to support them. If you were to change, you'd have to change the motherboard as well.

ok well is there any good amd CPU that i can get for my gtx 680?

 

[bystander]

I don't know. I don't recommend AMD CPU's. I've never seen a CPU comparison that showed AMD favorably in the last few years. While they do ok in many games, there are always a few it falls flat. That too will likely require an upgrade on the motherboard as well.

I have seen the AMD FX-8350 do decent and it fits your motherboard.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284

The only problem is the Witcher 2 problem may be an AMD compatibility issues.

 

[bigcyco1]

Any of the latest i5 would work, with a K at the end so you can OC it. If you do things that use hyperthreading, an i7 would work too.

Run Afterburner and check your GPU usage. If you are running at 99% GPU usage in that particular game, then you have no bottleneck. If you are running at less than 99% GPU usage, particularly if its closer to 50% or less in that particular game, then you have a CPU bottleneck.

I don't think it has anything to do with that...

observe

http://postimg.org/image/rwp99kayf/

looking this direction

http://postimg.org/image/gmp0ikzjv/

looking another direction. same area, same shit going on. what the fuck.

more...

http://postimg.org/image/w0qjyvuyp/

fighting baddies

http://postimg.org/image/5vtzmwsw7/

LOOKING AT A FUCKING ROCK.

apparently the action of looking at a rock drops my fps by 20, but fighting loads of people is OK

Well, go ahead, complain and ignore that others have had the same issue with the same CPU, which went away with an upgrade to an Intel setup. AMD's CPUs have problems with some games. I don't know if it is the architecture or drivers, or what, but they do.

Look at your GPU usage during the time those FPS drop, if their usage drops, that is definitely a huge red flag that your CPU is causing issues.

If you just want to blame the game, feel free. It is your loss, not mine.

Note: it may not be worth upgrading your CPU for one game, but remember these issues the next time you upgrade your CPU.

OK my gpu usage is 50% when the fps drops arent occurring, but then it drops to 32% when the fps drops are occurring.

This never happens in any of my other games. Is it a problem with AMD processors and the witcher 2 then?

Bingo!Your cpu is the issue

 

[daggy]

Any of the latest i5 would work, with a K at the end so you can OC it. If you do things that use hyperthreading, an i7 would work too.

Run Afterburner and check your GPU usage. If you are running at 99% GPU usage in that particular game, then you have no bottleneck. If you are running at less than 99% GPU usage, particularly if its closer to 50% or less in that particular game, then you have a CPU bottleneck.

I don't think it has anything to do with that...

observe

http://postimg.org/image/rwp99kayf/

looking this direction

http://postimg.org/image/gmp0ikzjv/

looking another direction. same area, same shit going on. what the fuck.

more...

http://postimg.org/image/w0qjyvuyp/

fighting baddies

http://postimg.org/image/5vtzmwsw7/

LOOKING AT A FUCKING ROCK.

apparently the action of looking at a rock drops my fps by 20, but fighting loads of people is OK

Well, go ahead, complain and ignore that others have had the same issue with the same CPU, which went away with an upgrade to an Intel setup. AMD's CPUs have problems with some games. I don't know if it is the architecture or drivers, or what, but they do.

Look at your GPU usage during the time those FPS drop, if their usage drops, that is definitely a huge red flag that your CPU is causing issues.

If you just want to blame the game, feel free. It is your loss, not mine.

Note: it may not be worth upgrading your CPU for one game, but remember these issues the next time you upgrade your CPU.

OK my gpu usage is 50% when the fps drops arent occurring, but then it drops to 32% when the fps drops are occurring.

This never happens in any of my other games. Is it a problem with AMD processors and the witcher 2 then?

Bingo!Your cpu is the issue

But why this only happens with the witcher 2 is still a mystery


WE NEED TO GO DEEPER

 

[Littlebro]

I don't think it has a lot to do with your CPU... I play the witcher 2 too with a 7970 ghz. and a 3570K @3.4 and I also have these strange fps drops to about 40... It's the game, nothing to do about it...

 

[bigcyco1]

Any of the latest i5 would work, with a K at the end so you can OC it. If you do things that use hyperthreading, an i7 would work too.

Run Afterburner and check your GPU usage. If you are running at 99% GPU usage in that particular game, then you have no bottleneck. If you are running at less than 99% GPU usage, particularly if its closer to 50% or less in that particular game, then you have a CPU bottleneck.

I don't think it has anything to do with that...

observe

http://postimg.org/image/rwp99kayf/

looking this direction

http://postimg.org/image/gmp0ikzjv/

looking another direction. same area, same shit going on. what the fuck.

more...

http://postimg.org/image/w0qjyvuyp/

fighting baddies

http://postimg.org/image/5vtzmwsw7/

LOOKING AT A FUCKING ROCK.

apparently the action of looking at a rock drops my fps by 20, but fighting loads of people is OK

Well, go ahead, complain and ignore that others have had the same issue with the same CPU, which went away with an upgrade to an Intel setup. AMD's CPUs have problems with some games. I don't know if it is the architecture or drivers, or what, but they do.

Look at your GPU usage during the time those FPS drop, if their usage drops, that is definitely a huge red flag that your CPU is causing issues.

If you just want to blame the game, feel free. It is your loss, not mine.

Note: it may not be worth upgrading your CPU for one game, but remember these issues the next time you upgrade your CPU.

OK my gpu usage is 50% when the fps drops arent occurring, but then it drops to 32% when the fps drops are occurring.

This never happens in any of my other games. Is it a problem with AMD processors and the witcher 2 then?

Bingo!Your cpu is the issue

But why this only happens with the witcher 2 is still a mystery


WE NEED TO GO DEEPER

I told you what to do already it doesn't get any deeper.
Run Afterburner and check your GPU usage. If you are running at 99% GPU usage in that particular game, then you have no bottleneck. If you are running at less than 99% GPU usage, particularly if its closer to 50% or less in that particular game, then you have a CPU bottleneck.

 

[Littlebro]

Any of the latest i5 would work, with a K at the end so you can OC it. If you do things that use hyperthreading, an i7 would work too.

Run Afterburner and check your GPU usage. If you are running at 99% GPU usage in that particular game, then you have no bottleneck. If you are running at less than 99% GPU usage, particularly if its closer to 50% or less in that particular game, then you have a CPU bottleneck.

I don't think it has anything to do with that...

observe

http://postimg.org/image/rwp99kayf/

looking this direction

http://postimg.org/image/gmp0ikzjv/

looking another direction. same area, same shit going on. what the fuck.

more...

http://postimg.org/image/w0qjyvuyp/

fighting baddies

http://postimg.org/image/5vtzmwsw7/

LOOKING AT A FUCKING ROCK.

apparently the action of looking at a rock drops my fps by 20, but fighting loads of people is OK

Well, go ahead, complain and ignore that others have had the same issue with the same CPU, which went away with an upgrade to an Intel setup. AMD's CPUs have problems with some games. I don't know if it is the architecture or drivers, or what, but they do.

Look at your GPU usage during the time those FPS drop, if their usage drops, that is definitely a huge red flag that your CPU is causing issues.

If you just want to blame the game, feel free. It is your loss, not mine.

Note: it may not be worth upgrading your CPU for one game, but remember these issues the next time you upgrade your CPU.

OK my gpu usage is 50% when the fps drops arent occurring, but then it drops to 32% when the fps drops are occurring.

This never happens in any of my other games. Is it a problem with AMD processors and the witcher 2 then?

Bingo!Your cpu is the issue

But why this only happens with the witcher 2 is still a mystery


WE NEED TO GO DEEPER

I told you what to do already it doesn't get any deeper.
Run Afterburner and check your GPU usage. If you are running at 99% GPU usage in that particular game, then you have no bottleneck. If you are running at less than 99% GPU usage, particularly if its closer to 50% or less in that particular game, then you have a CPU bottleneck.

Read my last post. It probably is the game...

 

[bigcyco1]

Any of the latest i5 would work, with a K at the end so you can OC it. If you do things that use hyperthreading, an i7 would work too.

Run Afterburner and check your GPU usage. If you are running at 99% GPU usage in that particular game, then you have no bottleneck. If you are running at less than 99% GPU usage, particularly if its closer to 50% or less in that particular game, then you have a CPU bottleneck.

I don't think it has anything to do with that...

observe

http://postimg.org/image/rwp99kayf/

looking this direction

http://postimg.org/image/gmp0ikzjv/

looking another direction. same area, same shit going on. what the fuck.

more...

http://postimg.org/image/w0qjyvuyp/

fighting baddies

http://postimg.org/image/5vtzmwsw7/

LOOKING AT A FUCKING ROCK.

apparently the action of looking at a rock drops my fps by 20, but fighting loads of people is OK

Well, go ahead, complain and ignore that others have had the same issue with the same CPU, which went away with an upgrade to an Intel setup. AMD's CPUs have problems with some games. I don't know if it is the architecture or drivers, or what, but they do.

Look at your GPU usage during the time those FPS drop, if their usage drops, that is definitely a huge red flag that your CPU is causing issues.

If you just want to blame the game, feel free. It is your loss, not mine.

Note: it may not be worth upgrading your CPU for one game, but remember these issues the next time you upgrade your CPU.

OK my gpu usage is 50% when the fps drops arent occurring, but then it drops to 32% when the fps drops are occurring.

This never happens in any of my other games. Is it a problem with AMD processors and the witcher 2 then?

Bingo!Your cpu is the issue

But why this only happens with the witcher 2 is still a mystery


WE NEED TO GO DEEPER

I told you what to do already it doesn't get any deeper.
Run Afterburner and check your GPU usage. If you are running at 99% GPU usage in that particular game, then you have no bottleneck. If you are running at less than 99% GPU usage, particularly if its closer to 50% or less in that particular game, then you have a CPU bottleneck.

Read my last post. It probably is the game...

Yes that might be it as well.

 

[bystander]

I don't think it has a lot to do with your CPU... I play the witcher 2 too with a 7970 ghz. and a 3570K @3.4 and I also have these strange fps drops to about 40... It's the game, nothing to do about it...

I also play the Witcher 2, and get FPS drops to the mid 40's, but he is talking about FPS drops to 10-15. That is extreme.

 

[Littlebro]

Meh I don't know, I just think the game is acting weird sometimes and, especially with his somewhat lesser cpu, it might be the combobetween his cpu and the game that causes this low fps.

 

[bystander]

Meh I don't know, I just think the game is acting weird sometimes and, especially with his somewhat lesser cpu, it might be the combobetween his cpu and the game that causes this low fps.

Well yeah. All bottlenecks are as such. The game stress a component and the component doesn't keep up, causing a bottleneck. It is possible there is some coding issues as well, one Intel doesn't suffer as much from.

 

[daggy]

I have concluded it is the game being shit, since this problem is non existent in literally every game I play.

 

[bystander]

I have concluded it is the game being shit, since this problem is non existent in literally every game I play.

You better knock on wood. Fast. That CPU is known to have problems in plenty of other games too. You just happen to not be playing them. When that CPU was newer, we used to always have at least one thread about it on the front page at all times, but with different games.

Note: this is probably one of the most extreme examples. Most were complaints about drops into the 20's and 30's.

 

[daggy]

I have concluded it is the game being shit, since this problem is non existent in literally every game I play.

You better knock on wood. Fast. That CPU is known to have problems in plenty of other games too. You just happen to not be playing them. When that CPU was newer, we used to always have at least one thread about it on the front page at all times, but with different games.

Note: this is probably one of the most extreme examples. Most were complaints about drops into the 20's and 30's.

Well I guess I'll just have to wait until I can buy another CPU..


sucks though because my mobo is AMD only lol