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On Thu, 21 May 2015 08:12:07 +0200, Werner Punz <we...@gmx.at> wrote:

>Am 21.05.15 um 04:49 schrieb Rin Stowleigh:
>> On Thu, 21 May 2015 01:11:26 +0100, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
>> <no-spam@never.spam> wrote:
>>
>
>> What amazes me thus far is that on a dual gtx980 rig, which runs
>> everything else pretty much flawlessly, graphics are stuttery for
>> those that have the eyesight to see the difference.
>>
>Turn off the hair works or the antialiasing connected to it, apparently 
>there is a problem with the hairworks code from NVidia, it has some 
>antialiasing turned on on the hair once you turn off AA on the hair even 
>the hair special effect should nicely. There is an ini hack for that.
>
>The Witcher 3\bin\config\base\rendering.ini
>Search for >
>HairWorksAALevel (default its set to 8)
>
>Choose 4 2 or 0 for good fps boost with hairworks active.
>
>Choosing 2 instead of 8 gives around 10fps boost according to some 
>people on steam.
>
>source: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=5075492
>
>Hairworks is the main performance killer for me, but apparently I have a 
>low end rig, so ymmv.
>
>Werner
>


I'm getting a solid 60fps no matter what I do (I would be shocked if I
didn't, given the quality of the graphics and my GPU setup), but that
60fps cap is part of my problem with the game.  I know the RPG
community is typically not a stickler for framerates, but once you've
gotten accustomed to these games running in the 120-144fps range,
going back to 60 really feels like a downgrade.  There are some game
engines that can still feel reasonably good at 60fps, but to me
there's just nothing about this engine that feels or looks good.
Detailed lines look aliased even when AA is on.  With everything
maxed, it's just an underwhelming game, visually.  No graphics aren't
everything, but in this day and age with the development tools
available, there is no reason to lower the graphic bar, and if it must
be done, then to charge the full price for a AAA title seems criminal
to me.

Then there is the stuttery feel of the graphics.  I don't know if it's
frame variance or what.  Perhaps even an SLI issue.  But, how long
have they been working on this game?  And it's not like they are
producing lots of important titles, this is their flagship product.

It feels a step back from Witcher 2 to me.  I haven't loaded them up
side by side to really compare, but at the time Witcher 2 came out, I
was enjoying it.  Every time I load this up, something about it just
makes me want to exit to main menu.