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Originally posted by fishbowlhead View PostSurely that would run at 60fps on consoles with rtx on? I’d go through that again for sure.
In other news, I'm a bit gutted at how The Witcher 3's next-gen update got rolled out. It turns out Global Illumination isn't the saving grace I once thought, as my existing heavily modded sans-RTX installation looks about seventeen times better, and also runs at a steady 90-100FPS. Apparently, they're running the DX11 version of the game in a DX12 wrapper or something, as a massive shortcut attempt (as opposed to having to rebuild the entire game from scratch, I guess?). All versions, including PC, are effectively a port of the old PC version. :/
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Not really sure why so much has been made about the Witcher update, it's a bit like when GTAV gets an update. It makes a small improvement but it's incredibly far from really changing anything, it's still very plainly a PS4 era game. Companies need to stop re-polishing their old stuff and crack on getting something new out
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There's an absolutely massive difference in the lighting with the RT shadows and anything near water, but unless you ran them side by side you'd might not think it as the textures haven't received a similar uplift in treatment. The PS4/Xbox versions ran at 30 FPS, and made the combat feel very laggy.
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I've seen a few comparison vids and it's noticeable but doesn't seem to really make a massive difference. Though I imagine a lot of that is that the underlying game is just fundamentally old now and like dave says, modders have run rings around the game for years now in terms of wringing out visual results. I know I'm being grumpy though, it's just feels like a depressing reflection that a wonkily put together patch for a 7 year old last gen game has again received so much attention thanks to a void of worthwhile notable games for a generation that still can't be arsed to get started even though the machines are sailing to their mid-life. I really do worry if I'm going to grow too pessimistic on gaming if next year pans out as a dud again. Maybe Avatar 2 isn't a decade late, maybe I'm perpetually trapped in 2013 like a gaming Bill Murray
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Yes, you are - I suggest doing a 365-Day Challenge
There are no modders doing patches on PS5 and Xbox, and the Witcher 3 remains one of the best games released in the generation. There's only so much that can be done with the assets - I'm sure that if this was a paid-for mod, there'd be way more man-hours in it. The PC gremlins will be sorted (and actually it was running stable on my rig for what it's worth), so the improved lighting is worth the price being asked for it IMO.
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It does look pretty great now. Makes me nostalgic for playing it through on release. I bought a PS4 for that game and it was 100% worth it. So much fun. As a big TES fan I remember thinking, wow, TES VI is really going to have its work cut out to beat this. I didn't think we'd still be waiting for the next big Bethesda RPG nearly ten years and a generation shift later!
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Originally posted by speedlolita View Post
Quite a bit lower from me but it's still a decent improvement over stock (9283). What I'm most impressed by is power draw. The card doesn't exceed 170W during this benchmark, or 180W with the 8K one and during Cyberpunk it seems to rarely exceed 150W. The FE power limit is 200 for this card, and can be knocked up to 220W via Afterburner. Card was running around 60c during this too, though it is a bit colder today.
As Dave did this I thought I would too. Pretty much the same for me (newer CPU though) and I mined enough eth to pay for the card.
I've run the same undervolt until this day, rock solid.Last edited by speedlolita; 18-12-2022, 13:53.
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