Witcher 3 Hairworks

[WeedIsMySin]

So when i max the wither 3 out at 1440p, with hairworks on. It runs at about 50-60fps. However, when i have hairworks on ( I dont have Hairworks AA on 8 or anything just the reccomended for the ultra preset) The game sometimes stutters, It's not like i get 20fps or something but rather the screen just freezes for about half a second, But the lowest its dropped to on my fps counter is 49. How is that possible?

 

When i turn hairworks off i dont have this problem, but i would like to play with hairworks on. So is there a fix for this?

 

SPECS: i7-8700K 1070TI 16GB DDR4

[Guest]

As far as I know, hairworks is an abandoned thing. But anyways, try tuning it down till you find a setting that works for you.

As for the FPS, if something render 60 frame in 1/2 second, then stops for 1/2 second, it's still 60FPS, just not continuous. That's why frame time(how long it takes to render one frame) is also important, but most games don't show it.

[WereCat]

15 hours ago, WeedIsMySin said:

So when i max the wither 3 out at 1440p, with hairworks on. It runs at about 50-60fps. However, when i have hairworks on ( I dont have Hairworks AA on 8 or anything just the reccomended for the ultra preset) The game sometimes stutters, It's not like i get 20fps or something but rather the screen just freezes for about half a second, But the lowest its dropped to on my fps counter is 49. How is that possible?

 

When i turn hairworks off i dont have this problem, but i would like to play with hairworks on. So is there a fix for this?

 

SPECS: i7-8700K 1070TI 16GB DDR4

Because FPS is not a good way to look at performance, you need to check frame times. 

You can render 48 frames in 0.5s and 1 frame in the other 0.5s which will definitely stutter. 

But you still rendered 49 frames in one second so the counter will report 49FPS.

 

Anyway, HairWorks is not worth it above 1080p in W3. I don't like how Geralds hair looks with it enabled and there is no time to gush about wolves fur during combat. 

 

Furthermore, HairWorks at 1440p in W3 made my 1080ti cry in the corner, you have a 1070ti.

[Noctus]

Don't bother with hiarworks, useless feature that tanks frame rate and adds nothing but shite hair physics. Keep it off, ultra everything else and enjoy glorious visuals with high frame rate.

[xAcid9]

If your FPS is over 60 most of the time, enable Vsync + frame cap.  

[Paul Rudd]

On 10/22/2018 at 10:15 AM, WeedIsMySin said:

So is there a fix for this?

What monitor are you using? Brand and model number.

[WeedIsMySin]

On 10/27/2018 at 7:40 AM, A Random Dude said:

What monitor are you using? Brand and model number.

https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/431158/dell-ultrasharp-u2515h-zilver-zwart.html

 

[Paul Rudd]

2 hours ago, WeedIsMySin said:

https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/431158/dell-ultrasharp-u2515h-zilver-zwart.html

The response time(6ms) of your monitor could be the culprit. However, you can try playing in 1080p with all settings the same and see if the freezing you speak of still exists.

 

Hairworks at 1440p in TW3 is pretty taxing, 15-20 fps or so. In 1080p, it's a little less than that. If the pausing disappears in 1080p(make sure you play a good 15-30 minutes), then all you'd need to do is go back into 1440p and lower a couple other individual graphic settings to make up for that 15-20 fps HairWorks will be pushing. I recommend setting Foliage Visibility Range to a maximum of High instead of Ultra. This alone will give you around 11 fps. Medium will give you another 4 fps but imo High looks better than Medium when viewing the entire world from great distances. The difference between Ultra and High is hardly noticeable but from Ultra to Medium, it is. At great distances that is.

 

Let me know how all this goes. If the freezing still exists in 1080p, we can move on to other steps to fixing this issue if lowering the Foliage Visibility Range doesn't work either.

[WeedIsMySin]

5 hours ago, A Random Dude said:

The response time(6ms) of your monitor could be the culprit. However, you can try playing in 1080p with all settings the same and see if the freezing you speak of still exists.

 

Hairworks at 1440p in TW3 is pretty taxing, 15-20 fps or so. In 1080p, it's a little less than that. If the pausing disappears in 1080p(make sure you play a good 15-30 minutes), then all you'd need to do is go back into 1440p and lower a couple other individual graphic settings to make up for that 15-20 fps HairWorks will be pushing. I recommend setting Foliage Visibility Range to a maximum of High instead of Ultra. This alone will give you around 11 fps. Medium will give you another 4 fps but imo High looks better than Medium when viewing the entire world from great distances. The difference between Ultra and High is hardly noticeable but from Ultra to Medium, it is. At great distances that is.

 

Let me know how all this goes. If the freezing still exists in 1080p, we can move on to other steps to fixing this issue if lowering the Foliage Visibility Range doesn't work either.

I´ll try that, thanks