Break out the Kriek
The Witcher 3’s next-gen update was borked on PC, but a fresh hotfix from developers CD Projeckt Red might have just unborked it. They say the update to the update “should improve the overall stability and performance”, which will hopefully be especially good news for anyone trying to de-neck nekkers on an ageing graphics card.
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Here’s their Tweet, where they also say more improvements are incoming:
We’ve just released a hotfix for The Witcher 3 on PC, which should improve the overall stability and performance, and fix GOG & Steam overlays. The game version won’t change.Our teams are working on further improving the experience on all platforms.pic.twitter.com/YHEjbfpgvG
Theyalso mentionthe next-gen update is now live on Origin, which is slightly confusing because nowadays that’s called the EA app.
The update was supposed to add fancy ray-tracing effects along with a bunch of other visual improvements, which it did - while also lowering people’s framerates and introducing crashes. Crucially, it lowered performance even without any of the new effects turned on, which sucked/might still suck for folks who can barely run the game anyway. Beefy cards weren’t seeing the frames they should have been either, as resident RPS hardswaremen James confirmed in hisdetailed analysis.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition is out onSteam,GOG, and theEpic Game Store. It might work properly now?
