1st Witcher 2 review is IN! - Page 17

PhazeDelta1 · 05-17-2011, 10:54 | posts: 9,314 | Location: 90° N

picking this game up in 5 hours

eclap · 05-17-2011, 10:59 | posts: 18,393 | Location: Hampshire UK

hmmm, getting around 25-30fps with a mix of ultra/high... trying high now... Any clues as to what is the main performance killer apart from ubersampling?

JonasBeckman · 05-17-2011, 11:06 | posts: 7,695 | Location: Sweden

As the readme mentions SSAO is pretty demanding as is the higher shadow resolutions but that's pretty much nearly always the heavier visual options in recent games.

EDIT: I get between 30 - 50 FPS usually, fluctuates a bit but with everything on it looks pretty good, seeing your hardware that low framerate is a bit strange.
(You did disable ubersampling did you? config I use was posted on the previous page amongst the other images.)

EDIT: Oops sorry maybe you are using 1920x1200 or higher resolution.

getsuga12 · 05-17-2011, 11:08 | posts: 4,372

:/ can't find my the witcher 1 savegame...

Darren Hodgson · 05-17-2011, 11:10 | posts: 9,668 | Location: England

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Originally Posted by eclap

hmmm, getting around 25-30fps with a mix of ultra/high... trying high now... Any clues as to what is the main performance killer apart from ubersampling?

At a guess SSAO.

I did see a setting for limiting dangling somethings or other, which I left at disabled... anyone know what that is?

eclap · 05-17-2011, 11:11 | posts: 18,393 | Location: Hampshire UK

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Originally Posted by JonasBeckman

As the readme mentions SSAO is pretty demanding as is the higher shadow resolutions but that's pretty much nearly always the heavier visual options in recent games.

EDIT: I get between 30 - 50 FPS usually, fluctuates a bit but with everything on it looks pretty good, seeing your hardware that low framerate is a bit strange.
(You did disable ubersampling did you? config I use was posted on the previous page amongst the other images.)

EDIT: Oops sorry maybe you are using 1920x1200 or higher resolution.

I'm running 1080p... I'll look into you're config later, just tried high settings with SSAO enabled, still around 30fps... Work now...

Darren Hodgson · 05-17-2011, 11:11 | posts: 9,668 | Location: England

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Originally Posted by getsuga12

:/ can't find my the witcher 1 savegame...

You can only use a COMPLETED save game so if you didn't finish the game then you'll have to download someone else's save instead. I think someone posted one earlier on in this or the other (locked) thread.

JonasBeckman · 05-17-2011, 11:11 | posts: 7,695 | Location: Sweden

I don't really know how much it alters the story but the choices I made showed up relatively early.

Click to show spoiler

Mr.Bigtime · 05-17-2011, 11:12 | posts: 16,688 | Location: Turkey

arrggg..y u no have preload steam? my DL speed is already sht @ 100kbps

..this will take 2 days to DL :.(

How much GB the game is pls?

zer0_c0ol · 05-17-2011, 11:13 | posts: 1,841 | Location: mostar(BIH)

have u ever seen so many 10 scores

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/th...s/user-reviews

Darren Hodgson · 05-17-2011, 11:14 | posts: 9,668 | Location: England

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Originally Posted by Mr.Bigtime

arrggg..y u no have preload steam? my DL speed is already sht @ 100kbps

..this will take 2 days to DL :.(

How much GB the game is pls?

The GOG.com version weighed in at a 9.7 GB download altogether but installs to well over 12 GB although I only checked that while it was still installing (near the end though) so it may be larger.

sAAdC · 05-17-2011, 11:37 | posts: 440 | Location: Kenya

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Originally Posted by zer0_c0ol

have u ever seen so many 10 scores

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/th...s/user-reviews

From all the info I have seen so far about the game, TW2 deserves those scores....it should in my opinion be a benchmark, a sort of a "role-model" to tell Bethesda and Bioware what kind of RPG's us pc gamers like.

zer0_c0ol · 05-17-2011, 11:49 | posts: 1,841 | Location: mostar(BIH)

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Originally Posted by sAAdC

From all the info I have seen so far about the game, TW2 deserves those scores....it should in my opinion be a benchmark, a sort of a "role-model" to tell Bethesda and Bioware what kind of RPG's us pc gamers like.

that is sooo truee

i even put up a review first in my life

WhiteLightning · 05-17-2011, 11:59 | posts: 20,403 | Location: Netherlands

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Originally Posted by mr.bigtime

arrggg..y u no have preload steam? My dl speed is already sht @ 100kbps

..this will take 2 days to dl :.(

how much gb the game is pls?

17gb :d

Quicks · 05-17-2011, 12:29 | posts: 464 | Location: South Africa

Just got my hard copy of the premium edition thought the box would be bigger. But have to wait another 3 hours to get off from work before I get playing.

Is the register process the same as any other game? (just put in cd-key register 10sec and finish)

DarkKnightDude · 05-17-2011, 12:31 | posts: 570 | Location: Taipei, Taiwan

How's the game running, graphics look good?

eclap · 05-17-2011, 12:35 | posts: 18,393 | Location: Hampshire UK

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Originally Posted by Quicks

Just got my hard copy of the premium edition thought the box would be bigger. But have to wait another 3 hours to get off from work before I get playing.

Is the register process the same as any other game? (just put in cd-key register 10sec and finish)

Yes, pretty much

Darren Hodgson · 05-17-2011, 12:36 | posts: 9,668 | Location: England

My GAME retail Premium Edition also arrived this morning. I have to say that it is a beautiful package considering it cost just £22.49, even better IMO than the excellent The Witcher Enhanced Edition I bought a couple of years ago. Very impressed with it.

eclap · 05-17-2011, 12:38 | posts: 18,393 | Location: Hampshire UK

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Originally Posted by DarkKnightDude

How's the game running, graphics look good?

Runs ok for me on high, getting around 30fps... 30fps seems pretty smooth in this game, its not a shooter where you need super high fps anyway. Your gpu is a fair bit less powerful then mine so... I reckon you'll be ok with medium/high. The game looks stunning btw... Hate having to work 12 hours today btw, I wanna go home to play some more!

DarkKnightDude · 05-17-2011, 12:46 | posts: 570 | Location: Taipei, Taiwan

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Originally Posted by eclap

Runs ok for me on high, getting around 30fps... 30fps seems pretty smooth in this game, its not a shooter where you need super high fps anyway. Your gpu is a fair bit less powerful then mine so... I reckon you'll be ok with medium/high. The game looks stunning btw... Hate having to work 12 hours today btw, I wanna go home to play some more!

I have 6950s on crossfire on my other rig thankfully, I figure if my 5750 can't handle it, there's always my 6950s. IF my 6950s can't handle it, I'll be like total WTF.

mitzi76 · 05-17-2011, 12:47 | posts: 7,041 | Location: UK

rem to get the downloadable content as well peeps.

@mr.bigtime couldnt you have got a disc version m8?

The Janitor · 05-17-2011, 12:48 | posts: 942 | Location: Sweden

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Originally Posted by zer0_c0ol

have u ever seen so many 10 scores

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/th...s/user-reviews

lol look at this guy

http://www.metacritic.com/user/M_Stannard

Witcher 2 - 0/10
Dragon Age 2 - 10/10

Obvious Bioware employee is obvious

Mr.Bigtime · 05-17-2011, 12:52 | posts: 16,688 | Location: Turkey

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Originally Posted by mitzi76

rem to get the downloadable content as well peeps.

@mr.bigtime couldnt you have got a disc version m8?

well, game arrive here after 1 month or 2 weeks . but i also prefer STEAM version u know

..
di u get the game already?

eclap · 05-17-2011, 13:05 | posts: 18,393 | Location: Hampshire UK

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Originally Posted by DarkKnightDude

I have 6950s on crossfire on my other rig thankfully, I figure if my 5750 can't handle it, there's always my 6950s. IF my 6950s can't handle it, I'll be like total WTF.

It doesn't suppert crossfire yet I think. But even one 6950 will run it nicely, its faster than my gpu and you probs have a better cpu in that rig too so you have nothing to worry about.

eclap · 05-17-2011, 13:07 | posts: 18,393 | Location: Hampshire UK

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Originally Posted by Mr.Bigtime

well, game arrive here after 1 month or 2 weeks . but i also prefer STEAM version u know

..
di u get the game already?

Hard copy of this is just so much better though! You get a proper box and a lot of goodies thrown in (map, game guide, paper art, coin, soundtrack to name a few)