Witcher 2 is Jittery

[Trewyy]

Hey everyone,

Here are my specs:
Intel i5 2500k @ 3.3GHz w/ Corsair Cooler
NVIDIA EVGA GTX 460 Latest drivers
Windows 8 ****
4GB RAM
5400RPM 1TB Hard Drive

I'm playing The Witcher 2 on my PC, and I am getting very jittery gameplay. The frame rate is fine, but occasionaly it seems like frames are dropped for a split second and my sword has suddenly gone from being over my head to being at eye level with no animation (that is just an example to demonstrate the speed of the frame drop).

My GPU is running at about 100% usage at stock EVGA speeds (ugh).

Could this be a problem with my HDD not sending information quickly enough?

I've tried the game on the lowest settings and the frame drops do not change as compared to when I have it on Ultra setting (very high, whatever).

Hoping for some help!
Thanks,
Robert

 

[RyQril]

am gussing two things for your issue, its either your HDD or the OS.

the game indeed need a monster rig to run it all max, and a GTX460 might do a good job here but not good enough, but since you tried to low settings and the same results then the doubts be goes to the OS and HDD.

you have a 5400RPM HDD which is slow, and that conflicts to the many of objects that needs to load in the game.
the OS too might conflict on games since its not officially completed or the version you're having still need more support, many users reported that some games might not go fast performance as with win7.

 

[13thmonkey]

does it do the same at lower settings?

animations are not hdd driven generally. I suspect you are borderline on your gpu for your settings, so it ocassionally jitters.

 

[Trewyy]

does it do the same at lower settings?

animations are not hdd driven generally. I suspect you are borderline on your gpu for your settings, so it ocassionally jitters.

Yes same results.

am gussing two things for your issue, its either your HDD or the OS.

the game indeed need a monster rig to run it all max, and a GTX460 might do a good job here but not good enough, but since you tried to low settings and the same results then the doubts be goes to the OS and HDD.

you have a 5400RPM HDD which is slow, and that conflicts to the many of objects that needs to load in the game.
the OS too might conflict on games since its not officially completed or the version you're having still need more support, many users reported that some games might not go fast performance as with win7.

Okay, thanks for the heads up about Win8 (I personally wish i had never gotten it, useless).

Any idea what it might be? I really doubt Win8 is causing this because I can play every other game just fine (Skyrim, Minecraft, Modern Warfare 3, etc.)

Thanks!

 

[13thmonkey]

sorry didn't rea;ise it was win8. IT IS NOT A FULLY RELEASED system yet, using it as you main OS is not recommended, you may get away with it, but you may not.

 

[Trewyy]

Any suggestions?

 

[Trewyy]

BUMP

 

[13thmonkey]

try it on a real OS.

 

[RyQril]

@Trewyy, i already told you the possible problems, and i think you might to test under win7, and since you're having 4gigz of ram i recommend to install x64 bit, and if the problem still occur, then you have to test on one of your friend's HDDs or buy 7200rpm or more hdd at least

another thing, what is you PSU watts? that might be other conflict for your gpu/cpu performance, or might be the gpu it self.

 

[Trewyy]

@Trewyy, i already told you the possible problems, and i think you might to test under win7, and since you're having 4gigz of ram i recommend to install x64 bit, and if the problem still occur, then you have to test on one of your friend's HDDs or buy 7200rpm or more hdd at least

another thing, what is you PSU watts? that might be other conflict for your gpu/cpu performance, or might be the gpu it self.

Forgot to mention this in OP, sorry. 550W, a little less than I'd like

 

[Alex The PC Gamer]

Your PSU is fine (if you're not overclocking). That said, if it's a cheap PSU then you're not getting the full 550W (as it's effeciency is dramatically reduced when stressed).

That's why a good 600W will cost you the same if not more than a cheap 800W PSU.

That aside, if you really want a worthy upgrade, get an SSD. Makes a world's difference when loading and when "reading those HD textures". Improved my Skyrim / BF3 experience a whole bunch.

That said, we can't really help you much more because you need to troubleshoot (try win7-64 bit, reinstall up to the latest drivers properly, possibly upgrade).

Good luck.

 

[Trewyy]

Best answer selected by Trewyy.

 

[Trewyy]

Windows 8 was the problem. I was a little hesitant to blame the OS originally, simply because I haven't had any issues with other games. I got a copy of Windows 7 and Witcher 2 runs great now.