Witcher 3 on high graphic settings with GTX 970 4GB

[Known_Stranger]

Does anyone know if a GTX 970 4GB will be able to run The WItcher 3: Wild Hunt on high graphic settings? At least do you think it will?

Im new to PC gaming, thanks.

 

[LiamYule]

Question: In Witcher 3, when you die in the game, how long does it take to reload? I have my Witcher 3 installed on a PCIe SSD, and I'm wondering if and how much that improves load times.

Couple of seconds to load - are you saying it is already on the pcie ssd? im confused by what you are asking here since you already use an ssd.

 

[LiamYule]

This dude has only a single gtx 970 in his build + a i7 and he maxes out everything @60fps!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHqjS5EcRn4

remember though that he only is using a 1080p monitor, i have a 1440p so I will either need to upgrade my cpu or add sli for a 2nd 970

This was before the release of the game - so there is no proof of it actually running at these specifications. Plus if you watch the video - he uses SLI 970, not a single card

 

[Martin Ma]

Does anyone know if a GTX 970 4GB will be able to run The WItcher 3: Wild Hunt on high graphic settings? At least do you think it will?

Im new to PC gaming, thanks.

works fine for me , 4790 k , 970 gtx , most on ulta no MSXAA , no hairworks , stable 60fps on 1080p

 

[NeinNeinNein]

did he actually prove that he got the 60 fps? that video is from before the release of the game and the recommended specs from cd projekt red were for 30fps on ultra.

I played maybe 30-40 seconds of the game with my gtx 970 so far just to see how many fps I get right in the first section and I was seeing numbers between 42-55ish the odd time it would hop higher but not usually. but maybe its because i'm running an i5 4670k and not an i7?

This dude has only a single gtx 970 in his build + a i7 and he maxes out everything @60fps!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHqjS5EcRn4

remember though that he only is using a 1080p monitor, i have a 1440p so I will either need to upgrade my cpu or add sli for a 2nd 970

I'm running an i5 4670k as well, with a GTX 970 (Gigabyte one), sitting on a Samsung SSD and a 1080p 144hz monitor with G sync. In the area at the beginning of the game fraps was tracking around 70ish fps.

 

[garneroutlaw]

Not going to get solid 60 on ultra at 1080p out of a single 970 (hairworks off). You'll be around 50 most of the time. Even sli 970s at 95% usage will drop down to 55ish at times.

 

[ironmonkey13]

I'm playing with EVGA FTW GTX 970 on a i74790 and I'm getting constant 60fps with hairworks on. I have shadows down to the lowest setting, foliage visibility range on high and AA is off. I'm also using SSAO. I'm have my 1440p monitor turned down to 1920 x 1200 to maintain the smooth frame rates but in my opinion it looks great and my frames never drop below 60fps. I know it's not ultra everything but I like playing with hairworks on and running at 60fps. Right now these settings do that for me. I have a G1 Gaming 980 ti arriving next week and am looking forward to running this at 1440p.

 

[roxton]

Hey guys! I'm playing Witcher 3 (patch 1.07/1.08) at about 50 fps on 2560x1440, Core i7-4770k @4.3GHz + GTX 970 4GB (overclocked 1230/1380 MHz core, 7800 MHz memory). I found a very useful article written by Nvidia about performance of Witcher's graphics settings and that helped me a lot. I disabled HairWorks, decreased grass distance and landscape distant details, turned off half of postprocessing settings, set everything else at max. Here is a link to this article: http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-graphics-performance-and-tweaking-guide

 

[sanwokie]

Here are some performance videos I've found of the GTX 970 at 1440p and 1080p. There may be a few at 4K and some are SLI.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTLW-NE1XjRANJ8VDXU71P5on9vjwINPe

 

[GObonzo]

after ~the 3rd update, the performance of the game increased drastically and has continued with small increments of improvements. it's not that big of a deal to get 60fps, 1440, with Ultra settings now on a single nice card. my 8GB 290X can do the same now easily which is awesome. even hair effects with a small decrease in tessellation level is easy to run on all characters at the same settings.

 

[Brian Blair]

If you are running a 970 at 1080p, And you can't play Witcher 3 at ultra settings, Then something is wrong with your system, Or your monitor is crap with v-sync! You should never get stutter as long as you are over 30fps. If your monitor stinks then just lock it at 30fps! And no, There really is no difference from 30fps to 60fps as long as your hardware is working as it should! People noticing a difference while getting stutter just under 60fps, simply do not know how to properly set up a gaming rig! For my GTX 970 on ultra settings, it runs around 46-57fps, and I never get any stutter at all! It runs smooth as silk! It even ran fine with settings on high with my old R9 270 locked at 30fps.

 

[LiamYule]

If you are running a 970 at 1080p, And you can't play Witcher 3 at ultra settings, Then something is wrong with your system, Or your monitor is crap with v-sync! You should never get stutter as long as you are over 30fps. If your monitor stinks then just lock it at 30fps! And no, There really is no difference from 30fps to 60fps as long as your hardware is working as it should! People noticing a difference while getting stutter just under 60fps, simply do not know how to properly set up a gaming rig! For my GTX 970 on ultra settings, it runs around 46-57fps, and I never get any stutter at all! It runs smooth as silk! It even ran fine with settings on high with my old R9 270 locked at 30fps.

You are having a laugh right?

Why the hell anyone would spend that money on a graphics card and consider below 60fps is beyond me.

Yes there is a huge difference between 30 and 60.

If you think that way maybe a console is the way to go buddy

 

[Ryuraiden]

If lowering the graphics settings has no effect on frame rates, then the bottleneck is your CPU and
If lowering the graphics settings increases the frame rate, then your GPU is reaching its upper limits

I have FX 8350, and a Galax GTX970 4GB. When i'm on horse riding fast through a forest, i get a lot of drops which is noticeable in gameplay. Removing the Nvidia hairworks solves almost everything. I get my frames back between 48 and 60 on a 1080 monitor, but not a solid 60. But then again, frames between 48 and 60 is not bad at all, considering that this game demands a lot of power . The point is, I'm pretty sure the GTX970 cannot handle this game in to the fullest

 

[Wayfall]

did he actually prove that he got the 60 fps? that video is from before the release of the game and the recommended specs from cd projekt red were for 30fps on ultra.

I played maybe 30-40 seconds of the game with my gtx 970 so far just to see how many fps I get right in the first section and I was seeing numbers between 42-55ish the odd time it would hop higher but not usually. but maybe its because i'm running an i5 4670k and not an i7?

I have an i5 4460 and a MSI GTX 970 and I was getting very high cpu usage so I think this is a more CPU bound game than GPU as my GPU was at about 60%

This.

I'm playing on a i5 4460 with a Galax GTX 970 (overclocked) and I'm getting 45-60fps on Ultra in the opening game scene , with some weird V-Sync issues (little visual glitches, little annoying). Wtf.

Anyone else got some optimised settings for the GTX 970? Are we getting CPU bottleneck?

 

[EarlPsycho]

Hi, i have an gtx970 4G Gaming in OC mode + i7 4.2ghz +16ram and to play with constant 60fps in all the scenes i had to low it down to high and shadows and terrain had to be medium. Nvidia optimized it to Ultra and i had like 30fps in some special scenes and playing 40fps.

 

[Wayfall]

Hi, i have an gtx970 4G Gaming in OC mode + i7 4.2ghz +16ram and to play with constant 60fps in all the scenes i had to low it down to high and shadows and terrain had to be medium. Nvidia optimized it to Ultra and i had like 30fps in some special scenes and playing 40fps.

Hi there

I have been playing the Witcher 3 with all DLC for a few months now and I have an i7 4790K at stock with 4x4GB RAM and a MSI GTX 970 4GB OC Edition and I play with:
Texture Ultra
Shadows medium
FXAA
Sharpening low
Hairworks all off
Everything else high

I have gotten a solid vysnced 60fps across my gameplay with the frames only dipping to 50-55 when a gigantic explosion fills the screen which is very very very rare and when I'm fight like 4 mages who are raining a but load of fire down on me which happened at one occasion. Other than those two instances I get a solid 60fps (70-80%GPU usage)

Just turn everything to high then put shadows to medium and see what you get.

 

[EarlPsycho]

Thanks it worked , But i just had to take the HairWorks stuff off and its 60fps all the time , all the rest is to Max

 

[Wayfall]

Thanks it worked , But i just had to take the HairWorks stuff off and its 60fps all the time , all the rest is to Max

Yee you will probably start to drop frames when you get into very very dense forest as the shadows are so demanding or when you have a fight in a contained area and use your bombs and sign magic due to the amount of particles.

Your card is really only for high settings, my GTX 970 GPU maxes out if i put everything to max and in sot dips to 45fps