The Witcher 3 Stuttering on GTX 970

George Cartwright · May 22, 2015

I recently changed from an AMD Radeon R9 290X to a Nvidia GTX 970 in a hope that more games would be compatible with my card as I'm always having problems running games.

Started playing The Witcher 3 and I'm still having stuttering issues after the 1.03 update. Can anyone help me find out what my problem is, my CPU doesn't meet the recommended requirements but I have read that shouldn't be a problem

GeForce GTX 970 4gb
Intel Core i5-4670K CPU @ 3.40GHz
16GB (2x8gb) RAM 1600 Mhz
Asus Z97-K Motherboard

Thanks, George

randomizer · May 22, 2015

I've seen people that fixed stuttering by disabling sharpening (which was changed in 1.03). Some had to reinstall the game if they didn't disable sharpening before running into the stuttering for the first time.

This may not be the same stuttering that you're experiencing though.

George Cartwright · May 23, 2015

randomizer :

Will try that anyway but it's like micro-stuttering when Geralt starts moving it's like he misses half a step. It's small but noticeable. Happens when I reduce the settings as well. Thought it might have been because my CPU doesn't meet the recommended spec but iv'e got no idea...

renz496 · May 23, 2015

Probably you neee clean driver install?

mr91 · May 23, 2015

George Cartwright :

I've never tried the Witcher with an I5 however this is possible.

George Cartwright · May 23, 2015

renz496 :

I completely uninstalled all AMD drivers, followed this guide http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-2284749/completely-uninstall-amd-nvidia-gpu-drivers.html before installing the Nvidia drivers so I'm not sure that's a problem and I only swapped a couple days ago.

George Cartwright · May 23, 2015

I have tried all of your solutions so far and I'm still getting these micro stutters
even on the lowest possible settings. I have no clue what is causing this, can't be the only one this is happening to.

mr91 · May 23, 2015

George Cartwright :

What operating system are you using?

George Cartwright · May 23, 2015

mr91 :

Windows 7 64bit Home Premium

mr91 · May 23, 2015

George Cartwright :

That could be the issue, maybe the free upgrade to windows 10 will improve performance.

Windows 8.1 might solve your problem.

gamerk316 · May 24, 2015

For High settings, 1080p:

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--4wyLdAO3--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/rurzbd0grqkooyzhganu.png

Simply put: FPS ranges from about 30 to 60. Simply put, a single 970 can't max high settings. Recommend turning Hairworks off, since that one feature eats FPS.

George Cartwright · May 25, 2015

mr91 :

George Cartwright :

That could be the issue, maybe the free upgrade to windows 10 will improve performance.

Windows 8.1 might solve your problem.

Still haven't solved this problem, upgrading didn't help either

George Cartwright · May 27, 2015

gamerk316 :

Only just seen this response. Hairworks isn't the problem, im on ultra settings in the forest right now at 40-50fps. I start moving and it stutters/lags fps doesn't drop below 30.
When I'm in a conversation with someone im sitting at 60fps and it stutters when they move. has nothing to do with my graphical settings. Does the same on low.

mr91 · May 27, 2015

George Cartwright :

mr91 :

Still haven't solved this problem, upgrading didn't help either

Did you upgrade to 8.1?

bembene · May 28, 2015

it s not your CPU for sure. I have gtx 970 and i5 4460 (is worse than yours) and the game runs so smooth. I have all on ultra, except foliage distance on high, shadows on high and hairworks off. Game runs on 60-70fps most time, only in rain in swamps, or other places with smoke and rain game goes to 50fps. But is no problem cause the fps is so stable like in no other game.
I had this micro stutter on my old laptop, like u explain(but in other games), couldn t figure for long time what it was, than I found out it was cause I had old sound drivers installed. It was onboard sound and apperently win doesn t update this automatically. Maybe it helpd u.
Good luck

Kamisama11 · Jun 7, 2015

bembene :

Have the same specs as u but i get stutters like hell even on 60fps

PulsaricCore · Jun 9, 2015

My bro just made sure game stream and shadowplay were stopped via task manager. Worked for him.

guanyu210379 · Jun 10, 2015

I am running Witcher 3 (E3-1231V3+Galax/KFA2 GTX970 EXOC/16GB RAM/500GB Samsung EVO) on all ultra except for grass density, NPC number and shadow quality. Those are on high and with hairworks off.
Every other postprocessing options are on including sharpening to max.
I get stable around 55 fps all the time @1920x1200 (Dell U2412M). <--occasional stutters.
On 2560x1440 (Acer XB270HU), I got around 43 fps (VSync off). <-- feels smoother here, I guess GSync does the job.
Well...that is without E3FX, with E3FX I got around 11 fps less for each resolution.

I do not really see the big stuttering issue like you are telling us.

murzum · Jun 15, 2015

I hope you solved your issue by now. If not, my stutter was fixed after changing from borderless window to fullscreen.

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