The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered launched earlier today with sweeping graphical and gameplay upgrades, but players on AMD Radeon hardware are already reporting a wave of visual glitches that have left much of the game unplayable. While the remaster runs smoothly on Nvidia graphics cards, AMD users are describing missing trees, flickering foliage, and water surfaces that flash like a strobe light, all of which point to a driver compatibility problem that CD Projekt Red has yet to resolve.
The issues surfaced almost immediately after the game went live, with players flooding Reddit and Twitter with screenshots and video clips documenting the artifacts. The common thread running through every complaint is AMD Radeon graphics cards, suggesting the problem is tied to the current generation of AMD drivers rather than any individual piece of hardware. Nvidia owners, by contrast, have largely reported a clean experience.
A Flood of Visual Glitches
According to a thread on the /r/Radeon subreddit, some players are seeing entire trees vanish from the environment, while others report black artifacts streaking across the screen during play. Another Reddit post captured the foliage in the game’s opening region, White Orchard, rendered in a way that resembles a photographic negative, with colors inverted and washed out. On Twitter, user NikTek shared a clip filmed outside Novigrad that showed the same category of glitches, adding that when the character steps into the river, the water’s surface begins blinking rapidly, mimicking the effect of a strobe light.
One player summed up the situation bluntly, advising fellow AMD owners not to bother launching the title until AMD ships a new driver, calling the current state of the game “the ultra glitchy special limited edition.” The consensus among affected players is that the game is simply not ready for AMD hardware in its current form.
“If you’re on AMD, don’t bother playing the game until AMD releases the new drivers because it doesn’t work. For now we have the ultra glitchy special limited edition.”
The Witcher 3 Player via Twitter
CD Projekt Red Points to a Missing Driver
CD Projekt Red appears to be aware of the problems and has responded on X (formerly Twitter) by recommending that players upgrade to a supported graphics driver version. The catch is that the specific Radeon driver the studio is pointing to — Adrenalin 26.9.2 — has not yet been released to the public. The most recent version currently available, Adrenalin 26.8.1, shipped on August 20, leaving AMD users with no officially supported software to fix the issue.
For anyone determined to play The Witcher 3 Remastered on AMD hardware right now, the safest course of action is simply to wait. It remains unclear why CD Projekt Red shipped the game without confirming compatibility with existing AMD drivers, though it is possible that AMD’s updated driver was delayed and never made it into the final build. A representative has reached out to both AMD and CD Projekt Red for comment, and further details will be provided as they become available.
Looking Ahead
Despite the temporary AMD hardware troubles, the remastered edition delivers a substantial overhaul of the original 2015 release, packing a host of gameplay and graphical improvements that bring the beloved RPG firmly into the current generation of consoles and PCs. Players should be aware, however, that pushing the game to its absolute limits with full path tracing requires an incredibly powerful gaming PC, well beyond the specifications most systems can handle.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered is available as a free update on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2, meaning existing owners can upgrade at no additional cost. Whether you are returning to Velen for the first time in years or preparing to tackle Geralt’s road anew, the remaster offers a fresh, visually stunning way to experience one of the most acclaimed role-playing games ever made — you may just want to hold off on AMD until the drivers arrive.
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