The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s Next-Gen Update Causing Major Performance Issues for Some PC Players
Developer CD Projekt Red has rolled out the next-gen update for The Witcher 3, and for some PC players, the upgrade seems to do a little more harm than good.
After today’s free next-gen update, PC players are reporting significant framerate drops and strange texture and model rendering throughout The Witcher 3. Hardware chugging But Geralt’s adventures don’t appear to be easily fixed by expensive upgrades. Many users with high-end graphics cards have reported the same issue.
Some framerate issues include drops in 60fps on NVIDIA’s 30 series cards, and notice that the performance before the update outperformed the latest version of The Witcher 3. These complaints are relatively common, along with what’s going on with this grass.At least the grass is giving people a good laugh.
on the subreddit The Witcher 3 Troubleshooting Mega Thread We’re trying to crowdsource answers for people facing everything from frequent crashes to memory leaks. Troublesome PC glitches in the game include reports of save files not loading and other players successfully launching the game. call it “unplayable” even on low settings.
Some users will adjust the settings and try again, but the normal power-on-power-off method for troubleshooting PC games seems to work for very few users. For anyone looking to fix what they can do by the time a patch from CDPR, general suggestions for performance issues include removing mods, disabling ray his tracing, booting in DirectX 11, updating GPU drivers Includes reconfirmation.
Of course, these are not universal fixes and may only slightly improve a larger problem. It should be noted that Like this thread on u/samuskay, you can even go back and play older builds of The Witcher 3 without the next-gen upgrade. Both the Steam and GOG copies have a properties window available via right-click. There you should be able to revert to an older version.
On the CDPR side, there is no official fix for PC performance yet, but the developers are aware of the reports. on TwitterThe Witcher series’ official account states that the team is “actively investigating all reports and will provide updates as soon as possible on specific issues.”
We are aware of issues reported by PC players since the release of last night’s update. We actively investigate all reports and will provide updates on specific issues as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience!
— The Witcher (@witchergame) December 14, 2022
Some tweaking may be a common expectation among PC gamers, but the CDPR performance fiasco doesn’t exist in isolation. The studio’s Cyberpunk 2077 launch was such a mess on PS4 that Pulled from PlayStation 4The game’s disastrous launch has also sparked several lawsuits. ends in a settlement.
The Witcher 3’s next-gen update has a bit of the opposite problem, with most consoles fairing better than the PC version. IGN had a chance to go Geralt hands-on on the consoleyou can also check out our Comparison of PS4 Pro and PS5.
