The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt developer CD Projekt Red revealed the system requirements for the open-world game's Windows PC version today, and while the game's recommended setup is quite a beefy system the game's minimum specs are actually somewhat reasonable.
Your gaming rig will need to be running 64-bit Windows 7 or later, with DirectX 11 and at least 40 GB of hard drive space. In today's PC gaming world that shouldn't be difficult to achieve. But check out the rest of the specifications below:
MinimumProcessor: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 940
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870
RAM: 6 GB
OS: 64-bit Windows 7, 8 or 8.1
DirectX 11
HDD Space: 40 GB
RecommendedProcessor: Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8350 4 GHz
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 or AMD Radeon R9 290
RAM: 8 GB
OS: 64-bit Windows 7, 8 or 8.1
DirectX 11
HDD Space: 40 GB
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be launching May 19th for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. How does your PC match up to these specs? Passable? Let us know in the comments!
Posted 01:34pm 08/1/15
i5-4690 and 560ti, so CPU should be fine, GPU will be a little wanting though. Perhaps I may have to put my brand spanking new (and totally free) Ps4 to work (thanks ausgamers woot).
Posted 01:53pm 08/1/15
I wonder what does "recommended" mean? does it mean high settings? very high, ultra? at 1080p?
I am hoping to run it at ultra or close to ultra at 1080p 60fps
Posted 04:38pm 08/1/15
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Posted 01:51pm 11/1/15
Never played a CD Projekt Red game before have their previous titles been decent on the PC or bad ports ?
Posted 04:37pm 11/1/15
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 940
so does this mean a 2500 is ok, or not??? (I mean in a non overclocked state) I thought the 2500 was the more powerful, dont know why they would throw the K at the end for a spec sheet,
but those specs are pretty nice, means an older rig should be able to handle it nicely, and I might be able to put off an upgrade for another year
Posted 04:40pm 11/1/15
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Posted 10:49am 12/1/15
Their PC games aren't ports. They develop on PC as lead platform, console versions came about a year later with The Witcher 2. First Witcher game was PC only. It's safe to assume PC is lead platform for Witcher 3 as well.
Definitely play The Witcher 2, it's easily one of the best games of the past 5 years. You don't need to have played the first game either, it explains what you need to know well enough. That, and it's on special for less than $10 pretty often.
last edited by Midda at 10:49:13 12/Jan/15
Posted 10:57am 12/1/15
Not that I mind, as it's looking pretty good I'll be getting it for PS4 :(