The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

thinkingork · 2011-05-18T23:01:12.000Z

I am running the game on a 50 bucks gfx card (GT240).

This is how my game looks at constant 20-25 fps. The only technical issue I have is the texture streaming.

Joe_M · 2011-05-18T23:05:35.000Z

And here we have the game on my $200 graphics card (granted, from a few years ago), which varies from 10-30 fps. Fantastic!

thinkingork · 2011-05-18T23:09:04.000Z

Joe M.:

And here we have the game on my $200 graphics card (granted, from a few years ago), which varies from 10-30 fps. Fantastic!

Turn off the texture downsampling and fancy stuffs like SSAO/Depth of Field.

Paul_cze · 2011-05-18T23:16:37.000Z

Joe M.:

And here we have the game on my $200 graphics card (granted, from a few years ago), which varies from 10-30 fps. Fantastic!

Have you uninstalled 3D Driver/installed latest betas? Or are you on AMD card.

JAGuarinc · 2011-05-18T23:30:26.000Z

You know, if there was a drinking game based on the number of times people in the game say, “witcha”, we’d all be dead.

Joe_M · 2011-05-18T23:37:44.000Z

Paul_cze:

Have you uninstalled 3D Driver/installed latest betas? Or are you on AMD card.

AMD, unfortunately. A 1GB 4870 to be precise. I’m holding out some hope for a magical driver release that makes the game playable, but it looks like that and I’m having spikes down into the single digits… frankly I’d just rather return to AC Brotherhood which is utterly gorgeous on this machine.

TurinTur · 2011-05-18T23:48:34.000Z

Joe M.:

AMD, unfortunately. A 1GB 4870 to be precise. I’m holding out some hope for a magical driver release that makes the game playable, but it looks like that and I’m having spikes down into the single digits… frankly I’d just rather return to AC Brotherhood which is utterly gorgeous on this machine.

I am playing with a 1GB 4890 without problems. It’s all so pretty… damnit, i am a highres-texture whore.

marxeil · 2011-05-19T00:13:50.000Z

Sebmojo:

You’ll be fine, though you’ll definitely notice an upgrade. Put it on medium and fiddle a bit (increase texture size for eg) and it’s entirely playable and very pretty.

That’s at 1280x1024 though, so higher resolutions might need Low settings.

Thanks, I’ll take the plunge then. If there is one game I’d rather pay full price for its this one (I figure still own CDProject for getting the last one on a sale).

TurinTur · 2011-05-19T01:03:27.000Z

@Tom Ohle:

i found a little bug, maybe you can pass it to the devs. When you lost your equipment and you obtain it again, the armor upgrades (the little armor pieces you can insert) i had in my jacket were lost.

Joe_M · 2011-05-19T01:33:55.000Z

Naeblis:

I am playing with a 1GB 4890 without problems. It’s all so pretty… damnit, i am a highres-texture whore.

Thanks! Your post prompted me to do both a clean driver installation and Ye Olde Win XP-brand process killing. The game is running pretty decently now with high textures and I may be able to turn on a couple more options as well.

Ezdaar · 2011-05-19T02:06:13.000Z

By some miracle of whatever deities people believe in, Dell/Alienware released an updated 2011 video driver for the M11x R1. I don’t know if it’s the new driver or some selective tweaking on my part, but I am mostly on medium settings and it runs and looks great. I’m almost done with the prologue and I’ve just about gotten the hang of the combat on a gamepad now. There is a lot of kiting but I also find that it helps to attack in different directions in order to do cool leaping cuts from enemy to enemy.

Nithrakis · 2011-05-19T04:40:02.000Z

Naeblis:

@Tom Ohle:

i found a little bug, maybe you can pass it to the devs. When you lost your equipment and you obtain it again, the armor upgrades (the little armor pieces you can insert) i had in my jacket were lost.

This happened to me as well.

Razgon · 2011-05-19T05:42:40.000Z

Well, completed the game and…well - WHERE IS WITCHER 3!! Next week? thanks!

Lake · 2011-05-19T06:46:00.000Z

JAGuarinc:

You know, if there was a drinking game based on the number of times people in the game say, “witcha”, we’d all be dead.

Go plough yourself. (Just in case -> colon close parenthesis)

The combat really took me a long time to get. I was used to slicing through enemies, in the Witcher 1, with ease. Even drowners will slaughter you if you get sloppy.

So, this is what a game that has not been ‘streamlined’ looks like. Love it.

Telefrog · 2011-05-19T06:57:04.000Z

Tim James:

Even more brutal: http://i52.tinypic.com/2wcl7iv.jpg

When Internet kids get angry, they don’t let up.

That’s hilarious. Bravo!

skyride · 2011-05-19T07:09:23.000Z

Is it just me or is the game really difficult on normal? I just finished the Prologue and I had many many reloads. I even remembered to use a potion or two but it was still hard. It would be too humiliating to lower the difficulty to easy at this point. I don’t like the condescending description for “Easy”. Does it get easier when you have access to more skills?

Razgon · 2011-05-19T07:12:30.000Z

I found Normal too hard for me - My first playthrough was on Easy since I got beaten to a pulp every other second otherwise.

TurinTur · 2011-05-19T07:14:12.000Z

Some people says it’s a easier later (like RPS reviewer). Yeah, it’s a beginning too hard. But it is worthwhile, have patience, use bombs, signs, potions. And don’t spam the attack buttons!

Chris_Nahr · 2011-05-19T07:14:31.000Z

Duh, it’s a East European game. Of course every normal person should play on Easy…

TurinTur · 2011-05-19T07:17:54.000Z

While the streamlined a bit the alchemy (no need of base alcohol, not special effect of rubedo/nigredo/whatever), they went out of hand with the new crafting. You not only craft new traps and stuff. You craft crafting components!
So you find or buy “raw” components, craft “elaborated” components, and with them use them in another recipe to craft an object. An of course you need to buy the crafting diagrams for both the 3 or 4 elaborated components and the final crafting diagram. Too much elaboration.