The Witcher 2 5670 yes or no?

[Fullmetalx]

I just upgraded my 3-4 year old pc a bit to play WoW over the summer. But I have also been hearing so many good things about the Witcher 2 that I might want to buy it as well. The problem is that my PC is old, and I mean old!
Here are its specs-http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en/ho/WF06b/12132708-12133156-12133158-12133158-12133158-80230663-80443628.html

I recently upgraded the PSU to 380 watts and bought a 5670 1gb ggdr5 (couldnt get anything better because cpu was bottleneck). I wanted to upgrade cpu as well but then i would have have to by a new mobo. Im not looking to play this game on Ultra (at least medium) but want at least a consisten 25 frames. Im also going to play on a 1440x900 monitor.

So should i even bother picking up the game for pc or should i just wait for the xbox 360 version?

 

[Supernova1138]

Here are the minimum system requirements for The Witcher 2:

Minimum:
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor: Intel 2.2 GHz Dual-Core or AMD 2.5 GHz Dual-Core
Memory: 1.5 GB (Win XP), 2GB (Win Vista/Win 7)
Graphics: GeForce 8800 (512 MB) or Radeon HD3850 (512 MB)
DirectX®:
Hard Drive: 16GB

Unfortunately your CPU does not meet the minimum requirements. You may be able to get around this by overclocking your CPU, but do not expect good performance from such a dated CPU.

As for your video card, the 5670 does perform fairly well at lower resolutions and would probably do okay for most games at 1440x900, assuming you are okay with not maxing everything out. However, that only applies if your CPU isn't a bottleneck with a decent CPU a 5670 could probably pull off medium settings in The Witcher 2 at your resolution. However, with a CPU that does not even meet minimum system requirements, I doubt you will get good performance, even at the lowest settings.

 

[HEXiT]

get a cooler and you will just manage 200mhz on your cpu. the 440 did oc but not very well so 200mhz would put you in minimum spec. but with witcher you will be lucky to maintain 25fps as it does have coding issues. you definitely wont get anywhere near ultra so its a good job you know that. but you will struggle at minimum.
it should play smoothly for about 80 percent of the game and has blurring so any major fps drops wont look to bad.

all i can say is if you can find a playable demo. give it a try.

 

[Fullmetalx]

okay thanks guys. Ill probably pick up the game at a later date if i upgrade my pc or finda a demo to play

 

[Fullmetalx]

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