The Witcher 3 Remastered | Optimized Settings | Best Performance

The Witcher 3 Remastered PC performance. Every graphics setting tested + optimized settings for improved performance while retaining the game's intended visual presentation. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 BEFORE AND AFTER PREVIEW 0:07 RAY TRACING / PATH TRACING 0:41 RAY TRACED GLOBAL ILLUMINATION QUALITY 0:59 RAY TRACED REFLECTIONS 1:10 RAY TRACED SHADOWS 1:29 RAY TRACED AMBIENT OCCLUSION 1:46 UPSCALING 2:11 DLSS RAY RECONSTRUCTION 2:42 NVIDIA HAIRWORKS 3:05 NVIDIA HAIRWORKS AA 3:24 NVIDIA HAIRWORKS PRESET 3:44 SCREEN SPACE AMBIENT OCCLUSION 3:55 GTAO QUALITY 4:13 SCREEN SPACE REFLECTIONS 4:32 NUMBER OF BACKGROUND CHARACTERS 4:59 SHADOW QUALITY 5:16 SCREEN SPACE SHADOWS 5:27 TERRAIN QUALITY 5:38 WATER QUALITY 5:56 FOLIAGE VISIBILITY RANGE 6:36 GRASS DENSITY 7:13 TEXTURE QUALITY 7:38 DETAIL LEVEL 8:00 OPTIMIZED SETTINGS 8:10 MAX VS OPTIMIZED SETTINGS PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OPTIMIZED SETTINGS RAY TRACING: OFF PATH TRACING: OFF RAY TRACED GLOBAL ILLUMINATION QUALITY: N/A RAY TRACED REFLECTIONS: N/A RAY TRACED SHADOWS: N/A RAY TRACED AMBIENT OCCLUSION: N/A UPSCALING: DLSS QUALITY DLSS RAY RECONSTRUCTION: N/A NVIDIA HAIRWORKS: OFF NVIDIA HAIRWORKS AA: N/A NVIDIA HAIRWORKS PRESET: N/A SCREEN SPACE AMBIENT OCCLUSION: GTAO GTAO QUALITY: HIGH SCREEN SPACE REFLECTIONS: LOW NUMBER OF BACKGROUND CHARACTERS: HIGH SHADOW QUALITY: HIGH SCREEN SPACE SHADOWS: ON TERRAIN QUALITY: INCONCLUSIVE (NO DIFFERENCE) WATER QUALITY: ULTRA+ FOLIAGE VISIBILITY RANGE: HIGH GRASS DENSITY: MEDIUM TEXTURE QUALITY: ULTRA+ (AS HIGH AS YOUR VRAM ALLOWS) DETAIL LEVEL: INCONCLUSIVE (NO DIFFERENCE) NOTES *NVIDIA HAIRWORKS CAN SOMETIMES LOOK LIKE PLASTIC, MOST LIKELY A BUG *NVIDIA HAIRWORKS AA DOESN’T MAKE ANY VISUAL IMPROVEMENT WHEN USING UPSCALING WHILE STILL TANKING PERFORMANCE, KEEP IT AT 0 *AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, TERRAIN QUALITY AND DETAIL LEVEL STILL DON’T MAKE ANY NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE TO IMAGE QUALITY OR PERFORMANCE PC SPECS: GPU: RTX 3060 12GB CPU: R5 3600X RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200Mhz Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX OS: Windows 11 MONITOR: MSI G321Q 1440p 170Hz ⭐Patreon benefits⭐ ▶Download and watch my optimized settings videos without YouTube compression ▶Get my 2 custom RTSS overlays ▶Your name in the optimized settings videos 👉  / zykopath   Watch optimization videos for other games:    • Performance Optimization Guides + Optimize...