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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: System Specs Revealed
SBFord
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CD Projekt Red has released the system specifications for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The game is set to be released in May of this year. Check the specs to see how your system will fare.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt launches on May 19th, 2015. If you are looking to play the game on PC, here are the minimum and recommended system requirements.
Minimum System Requirements
Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz
AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940
Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660
AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870
RAM 6GB
OS 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)
Direct X 11
HDD Space 40 GB
Recommended System Requirements
Intel CPU Core i7 3770 3,4 GHz
AMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4 GHz
Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 770
AMD GPU Radeon R9 290
RAM 8GB
OS 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)
Direct X 11
HDD Space 40 GB
Read more at The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Facebook page.
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Crazkanuk
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Azarelos - 90 Hunter - Emerald
Durnzig - 90 Paladin - Emerald
Demonicron - 90 Death Knight - Emerald Dream - US
Tankinpain - 90 Monk - Azjol-Nerub - US
Brindell - 90 Warrior - Emerald Dream - US
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Ouch... seems I need to upgrade if I want decent fps...
The load is strong with this one
I'll wait to the day's end when the moon is high
And then I'll rise with the tide with a lust for life, I'll
Amass an army, and we'll harness a horde
And then we'll limp across the land until we stand at the shore
Whew, got lucky on choices for my new system build (first in just over 7 years). I crossed my fingers and skipped on the newest Intel generation (not really the best CPUs for gaming really anyway with what is out now - especially bang for buck versus going back to the last Haswell generation). I needed a new system anyway, but 80% of the reason I built it versus procrastinating another year or two was Witcher 3 (I knew it would hammer systems) and DA: Inquisition (well, other games too, but those two especially).
Pricing was great on a lot of parts leading up to (and over somewhat) Black Friday this year, especially the Samsung 1Tb EVO SSD. Some prices were the lowest they have ever been. After about 8 different comparison builds for pricing on a spreadsheet I realized that it was better to try and future proof more and toss out the idea of expanding / upgrading later (except maybe, just maybe the video cards in a few years, maybe).
Get a good case with good air flow and the ability to really run your cables clean. After the hemming and hawing, I went Corsair 750d - all case fans replaced with AF140s adding another AF140 to top next to the 280mm cooler and two AF120s to the bottom.
Asus Maximus VII Formula Mobo
Intel i7-4790k (without much effort have it running right now @ 4.6Ghz all cores, 4.2Ghz uncore and @ 2.2volts). I might see if I can finesse more later but no need right now and runs cooler than pushing to far.
Corsair Hydro H110 CPU cooler (swapped the retail 2 fans with 3, could not do 4, Noctua SSO redux grey so it is 100% push with only 50% pull). Contrary to most over clockers postings and lots of testing I think push-pulling in cool air into the case runs cooler than push-pulling air out from the case and over the radiator. Of course I have a 140mm exhausting out the top right next to the radiator and right above the MOSFET with the rear 140 exhausting also right next to the MOSFET. Only two fans exhausting. Everything else bringing air in so should be pretty high pressure inside to keep dust low and push air out the various vent holes.
2x SSDs for most stuff with 2 WDD Black 2Tb for general storage and older games. Win 7 on one SSD; Win 8 on the other.
32Gb RAM (Corsair Dominator Platinum - not worth the savings to just get 16Gb RAM only to be tempted to upgrade later, and I also do lots of video encoding and graphics).
2 EVGA GTX970 FTW (in SLi) - like the RAM, just not worth being tempted later to add a second card only to not be able to not get it or have it cost more if it was out of production.
EVGA SuperNova 1000 P2 80+Plat. PSU
Anyway, dang, I rambled, sorry, but the comment about the fan noise triggered my brain as this case actually runs very, very quiet which is saying a lot when you consider the sheer number of fans in it plus the two video cards. While certainly audible if I hammer the system and push the CPU to 100% usage and / or run a hardcore 3dMark benchmark, it is not horrendous considering what is being calculated.
Sounds like they have bad programmers or a poor engine. If those are the minimum specs for running at 30fps that is pretty bad. I can run battlefield 4 multiplayer at 100+ fps on almost max with a gtx 670 so it's hard to understand that I will probably get <60fps on minimum settings.
The ai and engine for calculating things do not use the GPU(s). From what I gather, those are pretty extreme in this game. They have both the CPU and the GPU requirements high though I'd argue the CPU reqs. are higher in comparison. The fact that they even named a specific minimum model and have a speed over 3Ghz on both min and rec. says a lot. Also, they DO have an i5 listed - the minimum and notice it is one of the best i5's made in the past few years and an unlocked one at that (partly imho, partly reality). Most games I've seen released in the past few years do not name specific generation models to meet or exceed, they just name i5 or i7 or dual core, or quad core (DA:I) and a Ghz.
Semi-correct. I believe the 2500k has a turbo mode, which I bet W3 will cause it to use, that the regular model does not. That turbo mode might be what sets it as the min. CPU versus just using a 2500. Pure guess obviously.
Out of the box, the 3770 outperforms the 2500k, has hyperthreading, uses less power, and has more instructions so it is theoretically a higher end CPU for some uses, though OCing the 2500k can have it outperform when it crosses a certain threshold a 3770 (for some tasks though usually gaming ones which is all that matter here - IF the game does not take advantage of hyperthreading which W3 might and might explain the min. versus max. reqs.). No need to post links, but benchmarks comparing the two out of the box as well as OC exist to verify this statement. I agree though that it is an odd min. versus max CPU. Heck, there isn't a huge difference between a 660 and 770 GPU in performance.
Basically, the min. versus max reqs. seem like nickel and diming, heheh. 6 v. 8Gb RAM? o.O I wonder what fps they got in the game versus the two.
Originally posted by laokoko
"if you want to be a game designer, you should sell your house and fund your game. Since if you won't even fund your own game, no one will".
Turbo mode is by default a +4 multiplier setting for both regular and K pieces. The ones marked with a K have their multiplier cap unlocked so that you can set it any high you want. A regular i5-2500 3.3 GHz has a turbo mode at 3.7 GHz by default. I have used 2500K and 3770 as well and I can pretty confidently tell you that a 2500K@4.5 GHZ performs better at 3D rendering and gaming than a non-K 3770@3.8 GHz (turbo) regardless of the hyper-threading capabilities of the i7. It's pretty safe to say that most 2500K pieces can reach a clock rate of 5 GHz with decent water cooling so by just simply raising the multiplier to 45 and setting nothing else in BIOS 4.5 GHz is pretty standard with air cooling for almost any 2500K's.
That's why I found the requirements confusing.
Sorry but reply doesn't seem to work at the moment.
The one thing I don't really get....
Sandy bridge or Phenom II X4
That is a pretty wide gulf in CPU specs
Don't be daft man... they are obviously counting unclocked hardware. Plus 5Ghz is more than most would be able to squeeze out of a 2500k.
Pretty sure this will run like crap on a PS4 tho. Or they reduce grafics A LOT.
Better buy it for your beast computer anyways ;-)
MMOs finally replaced social interaction, forced grouping and standing in a line while talking to eachother.
Now we have forced soloing, forced questing and everyone is the hero, without ever having to talk to anyone else. The evolution of multiplayer is here! We won,... right?
Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz
or
AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940
These chips are pretty far away from each-other in performance. Either the game is extremely well optimized for AMD or it's not optimized worth a shit for Intel.
i have a 2570k i always have to add volts to it to get it to 4.5 witht his new mobo i havent been able to get it stable at that diffreant volt settigns that my last mobo
I can run every modern game on high settings with 30 to 60 fps and my system is 3 years old now.
I want to upgrade but i am certainly not going to do it for one single game. So yeah if this is the recommended settings then i am going to pass on it.
Thanks but no thanks.
heh card processor will do the trick for a minimum .. eh ... another expense