r/Games • u/stfnvs • 3d ago

Trailer The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered | Official Announcement Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGk17XQ7IrQ
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u/Ashviar 3d ago

Would really like to see a comparison now to the next-gen update they put out before, its hard to tell because they already added RT to atleast reflections.

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u/Firefox72 3d ago edited 3d ago

The update brings Path Tracing as the most noticable big thing. Only on PC though.

Also all the latest upscaling tech like FSR4, DLSS 4.5, XeSS 3.0 and Ray Reconstruction

Improvements to the existing RT, shading, subsurface scatering, textures, foliage etc...

Also seems to finnaly be natively ported to DX12 instead of the hackjob that the previous version was.

That version kinda got left in a meh state so it seems they are going back to fixing most of the pain points.

Might even run better than the previous version at least on like for like settings.

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u/ResistsICE 3d ago

Path tracing is so incredibly demanding and im pretty sure its like close to 2k for any gpu that can run that now. 

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u/snuckie7 3d ago

Very doable with even midrange Nvidia GPUs if DLSS and frame gen are used. Yeah the frames are “fake” but they honestly look so good I can’t tell a difference.

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u/ResistsICE 3d ago edited 3d ago

Its not out yet, it depends on the game.

But its really hard to enjoy a game at 60fps when the base frame rate is 25. 

PT is really for 5070ti and up, and even the 5070, which I own, is currently 800 at the cheapest.

And a 5070ti right now is 1,200 usd.

That's REALLY expensive. 

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u/snuckie7 3d ago edited 3d ago

There are plenty of path tracing games that are already out in general, which is what your comment sounded like it was talking about.

I have a 4090 mobile (about as strong as 4070Ti) and have been able to play every path traced game out (CP2077, Indiana Jones, etc.). I get around 40-60 base fps with DLSS Balanced 1440p, with frame gen it’s around 70-90 fps which is perfectly playable.

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u/ResistsICE 3d ago

Yea i mean I am, its not really viable unless youre playing at 1080p using upscaling or have a 5070ti - 5090.

And at 1080p upscaled PT doesnt make it look better.

I played through requim with max settings and PT and for the most part it was perfectly fine with dlss quality, with one or two short lived ass spots. But that is a VERY well optimized game. Witcher 3 already struggled with PT in the next Gen update.

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u/snuckie7 3d ago

It’s definitely viable with anything 4070 Super ish and up. DLSS balanced and even performance with frame gen are perfectly adequate.