PC players say The Witcher 3's next-gen update runs terribly

The Witcher 3 next-gen update
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The original article follows below.

Original: PC players are struggling to play The Witc✤her 3 following the next-gen update, due to a raft of performance issues. 

Since the update went live yesterdaꦏy, to to report their problems, with others chiming in with potential fixes. Looking across a few posts, the most prevalent complaint is that performance tanks when ray tracing is enabled. Players say they are facing frequent stuttering with the feature enabled, with several others s♔aying that full-game crashes are also happening. Elsewhere, fans report that DLSS isn't working correctly and that tinkering with the settings can lead to more crashes. 

If you're struggling, people are and the Steam forums to see if they figure out workarounds until 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:CD Projekt Red steps in. One fan t🀅hey were facing crashes with ray tracing enabled with various settings regardless if it was turned on mid-game or before start-up. According to , loading a pre-patch sav🐬e and then jumping over to the new one ensured everything ran fine.

When it does run well, The Witcher 3's next-gen update seems to be going down a treat with players. In GamesRadar+'s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:hands-on preview, Heather p🌊raises the new features, quality-of-life tweaks, and various graphical improvements. "This is still very much the game I know and love, but lots of welcome features make it feel 🎀more streamlined, and visually it's even more beautiful than it was before," she says.

If you want to see everything new for yourself, check out 💎澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Witcher 3 next-gen update patch notes at the jump. 

When performance isn't an issue, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Witcher 3's next-gen combat system finally makes Signs fun to use.

Iain Harris
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