The Witcher III - Wild Hunt: Can I Run It?

Wolfshadw · Apr 30, 2015

The Witcher III System Requirements: PCGamer System Requirements and System Requirements Lab,

I think it would be useful to our community if we created a repository of systems that can and cannot play The Witcher III: Wild Hunt. So if you would, please fill out the following and post a) If you are able to play the game and b) what average frame rate you see as well as c) Your system specs.

Copy and paste what follows into your response:

System Specifications
Operating System:
Processor and Speed:
RAM and Speed:
Graphics Card:

Can I play the game - Yes/No:
What Resolution am I set at:
What are my avg FPS:

Just as an example:

System Specifications
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium - 64-bit
Processor and Speed: Intel Core I5-760 @ 2.8GHz
RAM and Speed: 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1333GHz
Graphics Card: EVGA Geforce 8800GTS-640

Can I play the game - Yes/No: NO
What Resolution am I set at: 1920x1080
What are my avg FPS: N/A

I think if we can get a good collection of data, people might have a better idea of what to expect from their systems or perhaps, if they need to upgrade their systems.

Help out, if you would

-Wolf sends

*Note. I don't actually, nor have any intention to play the game

ccoo84 · May 2, 2015

Well I'm not sure why you would want to do this thread but, it might help to wait until the games released in 18 days...

Wolfshadw · May 2, 2015

The same reason I did it for GTA V. So we can tone down on some of these, "Can my system run it" threads.

-Wolf sends

Judd Lehmkuhl · May 3, 2015

Great idea, but there is low low-end test systems as yet.. I will update on the 18th

sz0ty0l4 · May 3, 2015

I'll add the information what i've gathered so far from previews:

i7 4790 ( no information on speed)
16gb ram ( no information on speed)
GTX 980 ( no information on speed)

Runs the game on solid 60 fps 1080p max settings, but the nvidia hair physix is still unoptimised and hits performance. according to youtube previewers this will be fixed until release and the same system will be able to maintain solid 60 with hairworks turned on.

Judgeing by the ingame density i saw in videos i'd say the cpu speed won't be a limiting factor, at least i hope because i have a locked version i7 4790, however this is just speculation.

Alex T · May 3, 2015

System Specifications
Operating System: Windows 8.1
Processor and Speed: A8-5500 3.6ghz
RAM and Speed: 12 gigs 1600mhz
Graphics Card: GTX 760 (Overclocked)

Can I play the game - Yes/No: Unsure
What Resolution am I set at: 1920x1080
What are my avg FPS: Unsure

Can I run it?

(I can run most games at 1080p with 45+ FPS)

WhiteSnake91 · May 4, 2015

You should be fine with 1080p high settings, just with no taxing msaa or ubersampling.

It honestly irked me that my hd 7950 is barely above the minimum spec of gtx 660/hd7870 for this game, but yet it'll run perfectly fine on the way weaker consoles. I figured a $330 gpu would last longer than 2 and a half years before being pretty much bottom of the barrel....geez....in 2 and a half years is the gtx 970 going to be scraping above minimum specs? >_> at the time, everybody swore the 7950 was the best for the money, just like they say the gtx 970 is now.

1080p really isn't that demanding. a gtx 750ti can play most stuff on 1080p high with no msaa pretty well, and an hd 7870ghz played 64player bf4 multiplayer conquest on 1080p ultra(no msaa) with my stock i5 3570k at a constant 60fps, so I find it hard to believe this game is going to be as taxing as it claims. Maybe with the ubersampling on and all the AA. But I don't turn those on anyway.

James Mason · May 14, 2015

System Specifications #1
Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro
Processor and Speed: i5-4670k @ 4.0Ghz
RAM and Speed: 16GBs @ 1866 CL9
Graphics Card: GTX 770 4GB

Can I play the game - Yes/No: Yes
What Resolution am I set at: 1920x1080
What are my avg FPS: High Preset, Hairworks off: 43, Hairworks Geralt: 34 Hairworks All: 33

System Specifications #2
Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro
Processor and Speed: i3-4130 @ 3.4Ghz
RAM and Speed: 8GBs @ 1600 CL9
Graphics Card: GTX 750ti 2GB

Can I play the game - Yes/No: Yes
What Resolution am I set at: 1920x1080
What are my avg FPS: Low 45-55 FPS, medium 35-40, high 25, Customized Settings: 40-45 FPS:

deezyboa · May 17, 2015

My Specs are:
i7-4790 3.6 GHz
8 GB RAM
64-Bit OS
GeForce GTX 760 (Nvidia)
I meet all recommended requirements for the game except my 760 (Requirement is 770). How well do you guys think I can run it with ~60 FPS. Could i get that Frame Rate with Medium settings, or even get away with Med-High settings?

Dubnoman · May 18, 2015

I have a question about The Witcher 3. I know the devs have not locked the framerate to 30 fps on the PC version, because some people with powerful hardware will be able to run it at a high framerate. But I'd like to know, has the developer allowed the option to manually lock the framerate to 30 fps in the graphics settings? I think some games allow that. I think MGS V Ground Zeroes is one of them.

It would be good for some of us if we could lock the framerate at 30 fps. Maybe we could get a rock solid, consistent 30 fps with the right settings. My PC could probably get a consistent 30 fps with the right settings (I have 8 GB of RAM, my GPU is a Radeon HD 7950 and my CPU is an i5 3570k).

Dubnoman · May 18, 2015

WhiteSnake91 :

I don't think it is the Radeon HD 7950 so much as it is what the developers were able to accomplish. I have that same GPU, and an i5 3570k along with 8 GB RAM, and I can run MGS V Ground Zeroes better than the PS4 version. I can run MGS V Ground Zeroes with some good AA and AF settings and every setting on high at 1080p, and it is a rock solid 60 fps. No dips in framerate whatsoever. Plus, where my CPU and GPU are under the recommended specs for The Witcher 3, they are both above the recommended specs for GTA V.

Another thing, about how it may be the fault of the developers...they were working hard to make the PS4 version good and the XBO version good, when it came to the PC version, they had so much work to be done already on multiple platforms, they must have just went for optimizing the game for nvidia only, and decided to not do much optimizing for AMD GPUs, instead just opting for...well, with little optimization for AMD GPUs, it just turns out that you need more powerful GPUs than the nvidia counterparts just to match up to the nvidia counterparts.

NPKpraveen · May 18, 2015

Minimum:
CPU: Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz / AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940
CPU Speed: Info
RAM: 6 GB
OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)
Video Card: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 / AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870
Free Disk Space: 40 GB

Required:

CPU: Intel CPU Core i7 3770 3.4 GHz / AMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4 GHz
CPU Speed: Info
RAM: 8 GB
OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)
Video Card: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 770 / AMD GPU Radeon R9 290
Free Disk Space: 40 GB

WhiteSnake91 · May 18, 2015

I saw an article earlier stating the game still looks very good even on medium, I was worried since my pc is minimum specs for the game pretty much, that I'd have to play it on low, it honestly doesn't look THAT horrible on low.

http://www.pcgamer.com/witcher-3-graphics-options-performance-and-settings/

they tested with a gtx 970, stock i5 2500k, and 16gb ram, on 1080p

James Mason · May 18, 2015

Welp first results are in, updated my post.

king3pj · May 18, 2015

Specs
i5-4690k stock clock
2 EVGA ACX2.0 Superclocked GTX 970s SLI
8GB 1600MHz RAM
1920x1080

With VSYNC on and all settings maxed out including hairworks I'm getting a rock solid 60fps. SLI scaling seems to be good. GPU 1 averaged 65% usage and GPU 2 averaged 62% usage over a 3 hour gaming session. This is the highest average usage I have seen both GPUs get in SLI on any of the games I play.

Vice93 · May 19, 2015

System Specifications
Operating System: Windows 10 x64 TP
Processor and Speed: AMD FX-8350 4GHz
RAM and Speed: 8GB HyperX 1600mhz
Graphics Card: MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4gb, OC core: 1557mhz, memory 3763mhz

Can I play the game - Yes/No: Yes
What Resolution am I set at: 1080p
What settings do I play with: Everything Ultra/maxed out
What are my avg FPS: 60

Keep in mind you have to turn OFF Nvidia Hairworks or else it will tank 10-15fps.

Vynavill · May 19, 2015

System Specifications
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)
Processor and Speed: i5 4670 @ Turbo
RAM and Speed: 8gb @ 1600 Mhz CL 9 (2x4gb)
Graphics Card: ASUS R9 290x DirectCU II OC (4gb) @ stock

Can I play the game - Yes/No: Yes
What Resolution am I set at: 1920x1080 (Fullscreen)
What are my avg FPS: 50

Additional details:
- Motion Blur, Blur, Bloom and Vignetting disabled out of personal preference. I hate them, and they feel horrifying on my eyesight.
- Hairworks off. AMD GPU...I'm not even bothering to try, but my guess, judging from what I've read, is that it'll go down to 40~30 with Geralt Only, or 20 on everyone...
- Sharpening low. Absolutely no difference in framerate between high and low, but high gives out a slightly comic-like feeling to everything, as if a very slight rotoscoping effect was being applied.
- SSAO. Difference between it and HBAO+ is minimal in both performance and visuals. I'd rather have some processing headroom and leave the GPU some more breathing.
- Everything else enabled and/or at highest details.

MSI AB + Rivatuner SS OSD reports about 2GB VRAM consumed, and around 5.5GB in system RAM
Gorgeous...and running much better than I expected as well, considering there's still no optimized driver (I'm running Omega, as the latest beta gives me a couple issues with other games).

cincity · May 19, 2015

my PC Specification..

my current specs

CPU 3960 extreme edition ( overclocked through gaming profile which is 4.7)
Motherboard rampage iv Extreme
Titan Hydro-copper 2x Sli
power supply E-VGA Supernova N ex 1500
Ram 32 GB corsair 2400
Asus rog swift G-Sync monitor

and best i got at maximum Resolution 30s with sli and all at ultra and high..

at 1080p Resolution i got like 45s to 50s ??

i still didnt oc`d my cards never needed to do so sli titans hydro copper out of the box were always good enough for me but now i`m angry i cant play the game at 60 fps + and i have 1440P / 144hz monitor.

please help if u know anything can be done,

king3pj · May 19, 2015

cincity :

As I said in my post a couple up from yours I'm getting a perfect 60fps on a 1080p 60Hz display with VSYNC on. This is with all graphics settings including Hairworks set to maximum. My specs...

i5-4690k @ stock (3.5GHz with turbo boost up to 3.9GHz)
GTX 970s in 2 way SLI
8GB RAM @ 1600MHz

Here are some things I did before playing the game that may or may not have made a difference. First, I downloaded the Nvidia Witcher 3 Game Ready drivers that came out yesterday. The notes for these drivers specifically said they were for Witcher 3 optimization and SLI support. Like always I had to manually turn SLI back on in Nvidia Control Panel because they delete my settings every time I do a driver update.

I received a game update from the GOG Galaxy game launcher just before the game launched last night. The current version is 1.02. I also switched from borderless to fullscreen even though they looked the exact same on my display. I'm not sure if that makes any SLI performance difference.

As I said before, SLI scaling looks pretty good. GPU 1 averaged 65% usage and GPU 2 averaged 62% usage over a 3 hour game session. My temperatures were also good. You can see this information and a lot more with a free program called HWInfo.

VictorLimaMike · May 19, 2015

Me:

System Specifications
Operating System: Win8.1 Pro 64-bit
Processor and Speed: 3570K @ 4.7
RAM and Speed: 16GB GSkill RipjawsZ @ 2133 CL9
Graphics Card: Strix 970 in SLI (no OC)

Can I play the game - Yes/No: Meh
What Resolution am I set at: 1080 ULTRA
What are my avg FPS: 40s

I'm a bit miffed that I can't run 60FPS ATM, will try the above updates/tweaks to see if this improves.

cincity · May 19, 2015

Still same when i go to 1080P it goes up to 61 fps and drops to 50s with hairwork off and shadow on high i dont think with my setup i need to lower any settings so am not quite sure why i cant reach 60 fps + on ultra and 1440P anyone found any solution

king3pj · May 19, 2015

cincity :

Did you get Nvidia's Witcher 3 Game Ready driver and update the game to version 1.02 like I suggested? Did you make sure you re-enabled SLI in the Nvidia control panel since it resets your settings every time you update the drivers? Did you switch from the default borderless option to fullscreen?

I agree that you shouldn't have to lower resolution or settings but you didn't mention whether you tried any of the things I suggested in my earlier post. Again, I am getting a solid 60 fps with everything maxed out so it's worth trying these things even if you don't think they will make a difference.

VictorLimaMike · May 19, 2015

cincity :

Boggles the mind! I'm going to try DDU tonight for a super clean driver install. This has worked at times for me in the past.

If that doesn't fix it, I going to be highly suspect of king3pj's claims :heink:

cincity · May 19, 2015

yes i have used DDU and downloaded the driver and clean installed and even tried nvidia inspector profile and still not getting the results my machine should get

king3pj · May 19, 2015

VictorLimaMike :

You can doubt me all you want but I don't see what the possible gain would be for me lying. I'm just trying to help people get the same experience I am with this game.

Hell, this guy in another Tom's Hardware thread is complaining that he only gets 65fps with SLI 970s maxed out when some youtuber is claiming to get 80+ with the same setup.

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