Does The Witcher 3's latest patch fix console performance? Digital Foundry

[Maxedracer]

Does The Witcher 3's latest patch fix console performance? Digital Foundry

"the 30fps cap is better adjusted for Microsoft's platform in practice, with fewer stutters during play giving it a tangible performance advantage"

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/d...e-witcher-3-patch-103-fix-console-performance

looks like the xbox version is the one to go for if performance matters to you.

cant understand why they are not virtually identical to be honest. would love to know from a tech point of view why exactly the ps4 is having issues.

 

[Bansai]

http://www.gamersyde.com/hqstream_the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_swamps_1_03-34759_en.html

 

[Maxedracer]

thanks bansai. i have seen that. what i cant understand is why the ps4 version seems to be using double buffered vsync and the xbox doesnt

 

[witcherDK]

Nope they made it look worse ( abit) and it only gave us a 00000.10 fps boost witch is nothing at all.

the game still runs like crap with effects going on fire/fog/rain and if you are in big towns ( really big ones) the fps is going crappy too) with or without effects.

 

[Grindders]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgUgYcqYcD8

Just look at this. There is no fps difference between the 1.01 and 1.03.
But as we can see:
0:53 - Where is the bridge on 1.03 patch? It's gone.
1:23 - Where is all NPC on 1.03 patch?

So... we can definitely see that CDPR downgraded the game in the 1.03 patch, but i can't understand - why?

 

[Maxedracer]

im not sure they downgraded it or not. but i do definitely have alot more pop in issues, especially in novigrad. i remember first playing it at patch 1 and saying to my brother how good the pop in was. it was still there but things like characters etc were always streamed in before i got to them. but now things just arent streaming in a timely fashion. merchants at their stalls on not showing up because the game is not streaming them in until you meditate and it seems that LOD has been reduced. as per the video you linked the priest or whatever he is doesnt pop in until right next to him. where as pre patch he is visible from a distance. if they have lowered it i assume it was to improve stuttering etc. especially in the city. however it is virtually a non existent improvement in performance and is not worth the sacrificed LOD. just fix the alpha effects and that will sort most of the issues with frame rate. and need to look at the double buffering thing.

 

[Grindders]

im not sure they downgraded it or not.

http://forums.cdprojektred.com/thre...nes-are-lowered-since-the-patch-1-03-For-sure

Also Novigrad and Oxenfurt looks like a ghost towns on 1.03 version.

PS: Where is the bridge on 1.03 version?

 

[witcherDK]

http://forums.cdprojektred.com/thre...nes-are-lowered-since-the-patch-1-03-For-sure

Also Novigrad and Oxenfurt looks like a ghost towns on 1.03 version.

PS

And i dare you to try ride around like that at night time in the same town ( your performance will get killed ) from the fire effects ( and i double dare you) to try it at night time
And when its raining xD ( goodluck !)

 

[Apoleptica]

The pop in has gotten insanely bad on both consoles after patch 1.03
Here is an example from ps4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SxVH1N37YM

And from digital foundry look at 2:41 the bridge doesn't even appear on ps4 until likely the player is already past it. The npcs, they pop in right on top of the player (red priest and other npcs) shortly after
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezYecVMGwIA

 

[CuckooCall]

It is all cinematic experience boys! Constant Microsoft powerpoint slideshow