AMD Radeon graphics run Witcher 3 just fine, unless Nvidia HairWorks is enabled--and that's OK

Despite suffering from occasional sub-30 frames per second stuttering on consoles, the PC version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt earned our stamp of approval for its gorgeous visuals, graphics settings galore, and far-superior-to-console frame rates. But even though the game ran at a fairly consistent 60fps at 1080p with mostly maxed-out settings on our reviewer’s GeForce GTX 970, we didn’t want to settle the issue there.

Why? Because The Witcher 3 features Nvidia’s proprietary GameWorks middleware technology—most notably HairWorks, which enables incredibly realistic hair. Social media has been full of widespread fears that HairWorks would hinder performance on AMD cards. With the PhysX-enabled Project CARS (which is not a GameWorks title) still running like crap on AMD hardware, some gamers are understandably skittish.

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Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2925074/amd-radeon-graphics-run-witcher-3-just-fine-unless-nvidia-hairworks-is-enabled-and-thats-ok.html#tk.rss_all

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