Witcher 3-Performance on mobile GPUs
Hello,
seeing that virtually everyone here has a titan sli or a 970 at the minimum , me being stuck with an 860m would like to request all the laptop gamers to post their FPS and settings along with their hardware so that others might find it helpful in finding what to expect
To the mods- this might fall under the pc benchmarks and discussion thread , but it is hard to get noticed there with everyon else worriyng over their
970s.So maybe after this has garnered enough responses , you guys can maybe move it to the other thread?
Thank you
EDIT- the mobile gpus rough desktop equivalents for the 8 series( rough)
860m- 750ti
870m- slightly better than the 580
880m- gtx 760
960m - 7% better than the 860m ( same chip , just higher clock)
965m- slightly over the 870m
970m- silghtly better than the 680
980m- almost the same as the 970 ( 75% of the 980)
these are rough estimates from notebookchech, however i have been told that the performances were better
Tips- max IQ(personal preference) a bit basic ones
1.turn off AA
2. no Vsync
3.texture quality medium is decent enough
4.no AO
5.Make sure your laptop is in high performance mode
6.PLUG you laptop
7.Proper ventilation to avoid thermal throttling
8.Good new for Kepler! Nvidia is working on optimization https://forums.geforce.com/default/t...37394/#4537394 Thanks @EvoHavok
9.Amd seems to use igpu instead of dgpu ,turn it manually if you are getting questionable performance.Thanks @Defiler1337
10.Latest amd beta driver ( catalyst 15.5) seems to give massive performance gain. Thanks @bobisimo
11.Set your physix procesor to CPU. Thanks UnrealEck
Tweak Guide
Official Nvidias tweak guide
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/gu...-hunt-graphics-performance-and-tweaking-guide
User made tweak guide
http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/36088-A-compendium-of-tweaks-and-fixes-for-the-PC-version?p=1665572#post1665572
low settings ini tweaks
http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/37293-Low-spec-config-v0-1?p=1677307#post1677307
reviewers noticed little difference from medium settings onwards
CPU Analysis
I did following test with my Core i7.
I set affinity to just 2 cores for witcher3.exe process (from my 8 total). There was no performance loss at all. Only if set to single core there would be performace drop and surprisingly, while noticeable it was not huge. It was around 20% at tops.
So definitely, mobile Core i5 (4 virtual cores) will handle Witcher 3, if they match Core i7 in single core speed.
.
Another test, using power options to down-clock CPU to 50%. With all 8 cores running at 1.3GHz, there was no performance drop at all. This is really weird, since on my old Core i5, such downclock would affect almost every other game.
50% CPU power with just 4 cores working on the game. Same thing, no performance effect.
50% CPU power with just 2 cores. -> Finally drop in performance.
So, for CPU to not be bottle-necked, Witcher 3 requires either 2 powerful cores, or 4 weaker cores.
This should be doable with any modern Core i3 mobile processor, or greater, with maybe exception of low powered variants that have very low clock values (and small number of cores also).
Thanks @player1fanatic
Benchmarks
these are all with patch 1.02 /1.03
NVIDIA GPUs
500m series
i5 2520m/GT 555m - low @ 720p 10-15fps
-low with ini tweaks @ 1024 -20 - 25fps
600m Series
i5 2520m/GT 620 m - low @ 720p(unconfirmed) 13-24 fps
i5 3210m / GT 640m @ low - 18 fps (resolution unspecified)
MSI GE60
GTX 650m @ 1280 x800 - medium textures/low medium post processing/low preset ~ 22 fps
Lenovo Y580
GTX660m low @ 1366x768 25-30 fps
ultra@ 1366x768 16-20
CPU(?)/GPU 660m [/U]@ 720p low preset/medium textures ~ 30fps
ASUS G46 - 4gb ram
Gtx 660m (overclocked) @ 1366x768 ~ 30(?) fps
i7 3630qm/GTX675mx OCed (797 Mhz, 2200Mhz) -@ 900p low- 30fps
MSI GT60 0NE
GTX 680m(overclocked)- post processing ultra/ , high @ 1080p 30fps (19-36)
700m series
i7 3630QM/GT 740m @ 1024 x768 low ~ 25 - 27fps
Alienware 14
GTX 765 -@ 1366x768 high medium - 30fps
MSI GT70-2OC
GTX 770m -@ 1080p low/ultra textures ~ 24 fps (with recording)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jl6fM6uGWk
Sager, 17" I7 4910MQ @ 3.99gh
780m SLI(overclock)- @ 1080p ultra(with hair works -35-45 fps
780m- maybe half the performance of the rig above due to 99% scaling
Alienware 18 Laptop
780m SLI @ 1080p max settings with hairworks - 48fps
800m series
i7 4710/840m low @ 1366x768 ~ 25 fps
HP envy i7-4712HQ
GTX850m - @ 900p medium ~ 30
Clevo W230SS
GTX 860m - High/medium @ 1080p SSAO/AA on 35 - 45 fps
lenovo y50-70
GTX 860m - high/medium ssao /AA(+ 2xMSAA) on @ 1080p - 30 fps @ 900p- 35-40 fps (Source: youtube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD7M3oOpNi8
Acer Aspire V15 Nitro - Black Edition
GTX 860m - high medium @ 1080p 35-45 fps
Alienware 17
GTX 880m- ultra/no hairworks/high foliage/high shadows @ 900p capped to 30 fps
900m series
Asus G551JW
GTX 960m - customized ultra @ 1080p ~ 30fps
Asus G751JT
GTX 970m (overclocked) @ 1080p ultra ( no hairworks) ~ 40 fps
MSI GS 60 Ghost Pro
GTX 970m - ultra/no hairworks/medium shadows/high foliage @ 1080p 45-55 fps
MSI Dominator GT70 2QD
GTX 970m - Max post processing/ultra textures/medium shadows/medium foliage/no hairworks @ 1080p - 50 -60 fps
CyberpowerPC fangbook hx7
GTX 980m-ultra -no hairworks/ foliage medium /shadows medium @ 1920x1080 60fps
AMD GPUs
MSI GE700
HD5730 + 4gb ram @ 720p low + ini tweaks Novigrad - 10-15 fps Outskirts - 15-17 fps
i5 2410m/ radeon 6650m @ low ~ 30 fps (resolution unspecified)
Dell Inspiron 15R SE Core i5-3210M
HD7730m @ 1280x768 -low preset -20-22 fps ( within the starting tower area)
-ultra preset - 10fps
i7 4700 MQ /HD8970M - 640x480 low .ini tweak 14 - 30 fps , avg 19
I5-4200U/HD 8870M - @ 1366x768 26 -28 fps
CPU(?) GPU- HD7730m @ 720p 22-24 fps
i7 4700 MQ/ HD 8970m @ 1080p high - 22 - 23 fps
Intel iGPUs
HD 4600 - @ 1024x768 ~15 fps
Hello,
seeing that virtually everyone here has a titan sli or a 970 at the minimum , me being stuck with an 860m would like to request all the laptop gamers to post their FPS and settings along with their hardware so that others might find it helpful in finding what to expect
To the mods- this might fall under the pc benchmarks and discussion thread , but it is hard to get noticed there with everyon else worriyng over their
970s.So maybe after this has garnered enough responses , you guys can maybe move it to the other thread?
Thank you
EDIT- the mobile gpus rough desktop equivalents for the 8 series( rough)
860m- 750ti
870m- slightly better than the 580
880m- gtx 760
960m - 7% better than the 860m ( same chip , just higher clock)
965m- slightly over the 870m
970m- silghtly better than the 680
980m- almost the same as the 970 ( 75% of the 980)
these are rough estimates from notebookchech, however i have been told that the performances were better
Tips- max IQ(personal preference) a bit basic ones
1.turn off AA
2. no Vsync
3.texture quality medium is decent enough
4.no AO
5.Make sure your laptop is in high performance mode
6.PLUG you laptop
7.Proper ventilation to avoid thermal throttling
8.Good new for Kepler! Nvidia is working on optimization https://forums.geforce.com/default/t...37394/#4537394 Thanks @EvoHavok
9.Amd seems to use igpu instead of dgpu ,turn it manually if you are getting questionable performance.Thanks @Defiler1337
10.Latest amd beta driver ( catalyst 15.5) seems to give massive performance gain. Thanks @bobisimo
11.Set your physix procesor to CPU. Thanks UnrealEck
Tweak Guide
Official Nvidias tweak guide
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/gu...-hunt-graphics-performance-and-tweaking-guide
User made tweak guide
http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/36088-A-compendium-of-tweaks-and-fixes-for-the-PC-version?p=1665572#post1665572
low settings ini tweaks
http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/37293-Low-spec-config-v0-1?p=1677307#post1677307
reviewers noticed little difference from medium settings onwards
CPU Analysis
I did following test with my Core i7.
I set affinity to just 2 cores for witcher3.exe process (from my 8 total). There was no performance loss at all. Only if set to single core there would be performace drop and surprisingly, while noticeable it was not huge. It was around 20% at tops.
So definitely, mobile Core i5 (4 virtual cores) will handle Witcher 3, if they match Core i7 in single core speed.
.
Another test, using power options to down-clock CPU to 50%. With all 8 cores running at 1.3GHz, there was no performance drop at all. This is really weird, since on my old Core i5, such downclock would affect almost every other game.
50% CPU power with just 4 cores working on the game. Same thing, no performance effect.
50% CPU power with just 2 cores. -> Finally drop in performance.
So, for CPU to not be bottle-necked, Witcher 3 requires either 2 powerful cores, or 4 weaker cores.
This should be doable with any modern Core i3 mobile processor, or greater, with maybe exception of low powered variants that have very low clock values (and small number of cores also).
Thanks @player1fanatic
Benchmarks
these are all with patch 1.02 /1.03
NVIDIA GPUs
500m series
i5 2520m/GT 555m - low @ 720p 10-15fps
-low with ini tweaks @ 1024 -20 - 25fps
600m Series
i5 2520m/GT 620 m - low @ 720p(unconfirmed) 13-24 fps
i5 3210m / GT 640m @ low - 18 fps (resolution unspecified)
MSI GE60
GTX 650m @ 1280 x800 - medium textures/low medium post processing/low preset ~ 22 fps
Lenovo Y580
GTX660m low @ 1366x768 25-30 fps
ultra@ 1366x768 16-20
CPU(?)/GPU 660m [/U]@ 720p low preset/medium textures ~ 30fps
ASUS G46 - 4gb ram
Gtx 660m (overclocked) @ 1366x768 ~ 30(?) fps
vsync off
res 1366
hairworks off
nr characters low
shadow low
terrain high
water high
grass low
texture medium
foliage low
detail medium
res 1366
hairworks off
nr characters low
shadow low
terrain high
water high
grass low
texture medium
foliage low
detail medium
i7 3630qm/GTX675mx OCed (797 Mhz, 2200Mhz) -@ 900p low- 30fps
MSI GT60 0NE
GTX 680m(overclocked)- post processing ultra/ , high @ 1080p 30fps (19-36)
Post Processing:
Motion Blur: On
Blur: Off
Anti Aliasing: On
Sharpening: On
Ambient Occlusion: SSAO
Depth of Field: On
Chromatic Aberration: Off
Vignetting: On
Light Shafts: On
Rendering:
VSync: Off
Resolution: 1920x1080 (1080p)
Mode: Borderless Window ( I did not get any performance improvement when using Fullscreen mode)
Max FPS: 30
HairWorks: OFF
Number of Background Characters: High
Shadow Quality: Ultra
Terrain Quality: High
Water Quality: High
Grass Density: Ultra
Texture Quality: Ultra
Foliage Visibility Range: High
Detail Level: Ultra
Hardware Cursor: Off
Overclocking:
+135 on Clock and +140 on Memory
Motion Blur: On
Blur: Off
Anti Aliasing: On
Sharpening: On
Ambient Occlusion: SSAO
Depth of Field: On
Chromatic Aberration: Off
Vignetting: On
Light Shafts: On
Rendering:
VSync: Off
Resolution: 1920x1080 (1080p)
Mode: Borderless Window ( I did not get any performance improvement when using Fullscreen mode)
Max FPS: 30
HairWorks: OFF
Number of Background Characters: High
Shadow Quality: Ultra
Terrain Quality: High
Water Quality: High
Grass Density: Ultra
Texture Quality: Ultra
Foliage Visibility Range: High
Detail Level: Ultra
Hardware Cursor: Off
Overclocking:
+135 on Clock and +140 on Memory
700m series
i7 3630QM/GT 740m @ 1024 x768 low ~ 25 - 27fps
Alienware 14
GTX 765 -@ 1366x768 high medium - 30fps
MSI GT70-2OC
GTX 770m -@ 1080p low/ultra textures ~ 24 fps (with recording)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jl6fM6uGWk
Sager, 17" I7 4910MQ @ 3.99gh
780m SLI(overclock)- @ 1080p ultra(with hair works -35-45 fps
irst 780m (4gigs) is overclocked to 1034mhz with a voltage clock to +75mv
-The second 780m is overclocked to 1070mhz with a v clock to +100mv.
-The second 780m is overclocked to 1070mhz with a v clock to +100mv.
780m- maybe half the performance of the rig above due to 99% scaling
Alienware 18 Laptop
780m SLI @ 1080p max settings with hairworks - 48fps
800m series
i7 4710/840m low @ 1366x768 ~ 25 fps
HP envy i7-4712HQ
GTX850m - @ 900p medium ~ 30
Resolution: 1600x900/Full screen
Hairworks off
Shadow Quality/Water Quality: low
Terrain Quality/Grass Density/Foliage Visibility: Medium
Detail Level/Texture Detail: Ultra
Num of Background Char: Ultrra
Hairworks off
Shadow Quality/Water Quality: low
Terrain Quality/Grass Density/Foliage Visibility: Medium
Detail Level/Texture Detail: Ultra
Num of Background Char: Ultrra
Clevo W230SS
GTX 860m - High/medium @ 1080p SSAO/AA on 35 - 45 fps
lenovo y50-70
GTX 860m - high/medium ssao /AA(+ 2xMSAA) on @ 1080p - 30 fps @ 900p- 35-40 fps (Source: youtube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD7M3oOpNi8
Acer Aspire V15 Nitro - Black Edition
GTX 860m - high medium @ 1080p 35-45 fps
Motion blur: on
Blurn
Anti-aliasing: on
Bloom: on
Sharpening: on
Depth of Field: on
Chromatic Aberration: on
Vignetting: on
Light Shafts: on
NVidia HairWorks: off
VSync: off
Ambient Occlusion: SSAO
Maximum Frames Per Second: Unlimited
Resolution: 1920x1080
Display mode: Full Screen
Number of Background Characters: High (thinking of switching to Ultra to see what it does)
Shadow Quality: Medium
Terrain Quality: High
Water Quality: Medium
Grass Density: Medium
Texture Quality: High
Foliage Visibility Range: Medium
Detail Level: High
Hardware Cursor: no
Blurn
Anti-aliasing: on
Bloom: on
Sharpening: on
Depth of Field: on
Chromatic Aberration: on
Vignetting: on
Light Shafts: on
NVidia HairWorks: off
VSync: off
Ambient Occlusion: SSAO
Maximum Frames Per Second: Unlimited
Resolution: 1920x1080
Display mode: Full Screen
Number of Background Characters: High (thinking of switching to Ultra to see what it does)
Shadow Quality: Medium
Terrain Quality: High
Water Quality: Medium
Grass Density: Medium
Texture Quality: High
Foliage Visibility Range: Medium
Detail Level: High
Hardware Cursor: no
Alienware 17
GTX 880m- ultra/no hairworks/high foliage/high shadows @ 900p capped to 30 fps
- Postprocessing: Everything ON (and HBAO+ on max)
-Graphics:
Max Frames set to 30
Nvidia Hairworks completely off
Number of characters: HIGH/ULTRA (doesn't matter, as already stated by nvidia themselve, because ULTRA means 150 NPCS and there is no such place)
Shadow Quality: HIGH
Water Quality: ULTRA
Grass Density: ULTRA
Texture Quality: ULTRA
Foliage Visibility Range: HIGH (I set to ULTRA FPS drop is really dramatic, runs then around 24 FPS all around, of course without enemies etc 30, but in a fight noway)
Detail Level: ULTR
-Graphics:
Max Frames set to 30
Nvidia Hairworks completely off
Number of characters: HIGH/ULTRA (doesn't matter, as already stated by nvidia themselve, because ULTRA means 150 NPCS and there is no such place)
Shadow Quality: HIGH
Water Quality: ULTRA
Grass Density: ULTRA
Texture Quality: ULTRA
Foliage Visibility Range: HIGH (I set to ULTRA FPS drop is really dramatic, runs then around 24 FPS all around, of course without enemies etc 30, but in a fight noway)
Detail Level: ULTR
900m series
Asus G551JW
GTX 960m - customized ultra @ 1080p ~ 30fps
Postprocess: default High preset (with SSOA)
Graphics: customized Ultra preset (with old big hitters turned off)
*disabled hairworks
*medium foliage view distance
*low shadow
Graphics: customized Ultra preset (with old big hitters turned off)
*disabled hairworks
*medium foliage view distance
*low shadow
Asus G751JT
GTX 970m (overclocked) @ 1080p ultra ( no hairworks) ~ 40 fps
MSI GS 60 Ghost Pro
GTX 970m - ultra/no hairworks/medium shadows/high foliage @ 1080p 45-55 fps
MSI Dominator GT70 2QD
GTX 970m - Max post processing/ultra textures/medium shadows/medium foliage/no hairworks @ 1080p - 50 -60 fps
CyberpowerPC fangbook hx7
GTX 980m-ultra -no hairworks/ foliage medium /shadows medium @ 1920x1080 60fps
AMD GPUs
MSI GE700
HD5730 + 4gb ram @ 720p low + ini tweaks Novigrad - 10-15 fps Outskirts - 15-17 fps
i5 2410m/ radeon 6650m @ low ~ 30 fps (resolution unspecified)
Dell Inspiron 15R SE Core i5-3210M
HD7730m @ 1280x768 -low preset -20-22 fps ( within the starting tower area)
-ultra preset - 10fps
i7 4700 MQ /HD8970M - 640x480 low .ini tweak 14 - 30 fps , avg 19
I5-4200U/HD 8870M - @ 1366x768 26 -28 fps
CPU(?) GPU- HD7730m @ 720p 22-24 fps
i7 4700 MQ/ HD 8970m @ 1080p high - 22 - 23 fps
Intel iGPUs
HD 4600 - @ 1024x768 ~15 fps
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