The Witcher 3 Next-Gen - RTX On vs Off | Graphics/Performance Comparison

boys, just get the fsr3 framegen mod for 30 series and earlier, now I get 100fps with a 3080 @1440p with rtx! (Dlss quality). There is some barely noticeable smudging, but otherwise it feels like you literally downloaded fps lol

Biggest difference was in that number in top-centre of the page.

Even 4070 will struggle with 60+ fps in 1440p ultra with RT on and DLSS off.
But damn, witcher 3 looks even more gorgeous and realistic than ever before with RT

That fps drop from 97 to 38 with RTX ON is just marvelous.

In some cases, I like the graphics of RTX on. But in some other cases, I like the graphics of RTX being off. (even if the FPS stays the same.)

without RTX looks more realistic

120 fps vs >50 fps, bruuuuh💀💀💀

Looks worse in many cases

Is it cool? Yes. Does it worth a 73 fps dip from 121 fps to 48 fps? The answer is two letters.

RTX = artificial saturation

we will have to wait for a more polished technology, using ray tracing does not compensate for such poor performance, it is a marketing strategy to buy video cards that are not capable of moving that technology

It's kinda weird, but in a lot of times: I prefer non-RT. Of course the performance hit from RT is almost unjustifiable, but Witcher 3 has this cool look with the lighting, typically having warm orange sunlight and exaggerated blueish shadows (to show bouncelight from the sky)
It's a very nice contrasting look, pleasing to the eye. RT sorta "mixes" everything together, making things look almost too "warm". The image looks more stable, but also bit more... Murky and glowy?

btw this game came out in 2015 which was 8 freaking years ago, with RT and free upgrade looks like a brand new 2023 rpg now thats just mad

The soundtrack though 🥰

Hm... i haven't that warm effect with RTX on.

1080p?

Yeah, I wish it was like that. Nothing close to RTX ON on Xbox Series X. Just checked the baths in Novigrad - no reflections

Garbage game

RTX on more like screenshot mode.

Darker places with RTX are overdarked now... I love Witcher 3 but this RTX update is for nothing...

fPS 120-40/

For the fps hit, RT is NOT worth it at all. Actually some shots look much better with RTX off where RT makes it looks more cartoony. For example around 30 seconds in comparison.

I love the realistic light casting on the RTX version. But I am not so fond of the color grading they have done with the RTX. Everything is so warm and yellow-ish, no matter where you are, everything has gotten a hue over it, that I don't like. I'd prefer the original, colder blueish hue which seems more realistic to me. Ofcourse in Toussaint, a somewhat yellowish hue is ok ( not too much like now ) but it really isn't nice to play for me everywhere else.

Also, I've noticed a lot of people expecting a totally new game (or a totally different new engine) being used for this update. It isn't a remake. It's a remaster. You don't like the RT water reflections? Well, that is what you get when you try to get RT to work on a older game. You can't expect they recreate fluid behaviour on an older game engine. They used an Nvidia AI program to evaluate all the textures and turn them into higher quality.

Wax on Wax off

Great comparison

can`t say I´m a big fan of the water reflections with RT on, but the RTGI is amazing.

RTX version looks like Netflix show

this game really turns on our graphic cards

Despite poor optimization this is clearly the next step in videogame graphics. The difference is night and day. Rasterisation is a thing of the past, no longer the defining metric for performance.

Only for dual Rtx 3000 series or Rtx 4000 series, on 1440p…. Because I can’t get more than 45 fps with my 3070…. 64 GB ram, i9 etc…. Without RTX everything on Ultra+ I have 100-148 fps… but as soon as I turn RTX ON my fps drops to 25-45

With RT ON looks like Skyrim ultra modded. Damn...

-100fps

Makes water look 100x better, but that's about all the benefits I see.

RTX kinda making it worse for me making it less realistic and more cinematic...damn now i regret buying new RTX supporting video card

I don't like how RT makes shadows pitch black. Foliage looks better RT off. Most of a time RT looks just different not better. Performance hit is not justified in this game. Sadly you cannot turn indivual RT effects on unless you turn RTGI first on. Wonder why...*cough, nvidia*

fps💀💀

in some cases it looks quite nice, in other it's barely noticeable but - 60% of performance doesn't worth the hassle most of the time

Ray tracing casts too much shadows and has a much higher contrast in some areas, I don't like it. It doesn't look natural.

in 10 years maybe we can play the game with raytracing 100+ fps

Nothing you couldnt achieve with good reshade lol

Either it's not optimised too well or it is that demanding, hence sometimes it is simpler to lock the fps. The lowest I got on maxed out is 30 jagged frames per second, let's call it jFPS :D - gpu RTX3060Ti

I think what's gonna make 4060-4070 cards attractive when they eventually come out is dlss3. I have the 4090 and the only game in which I use it right now is this one... Would be great if they could tweak it a bit to work on 30 series or even 20, could make a 3060 a good 4k card.

I love rt, but joy 30 fps

But fps gets more than halved, no ty

oh wow, would be cool if i could play the game WITHOUT IT CRASHING INSTANTLY ONCEI TURN ON RTX

The game crashes for me whenever I have rtx on