Can I run the Witcher 3?

[cryptoguys]

I have read The Witcher 3 system requirements and have found that apparently I can NOT run it.

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)
DirectX 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)
DirectX 11
HDD Space 40 GB

My Rig:
CPU: AMD X4 860K 4.0GHz Quad Core
GPU: VIsionTek R7 260X 2GB OC
RAM: 8GB 1600MHz
HDD: 1TB
OS: Windows 8.1 64-Bit

But here's the thing! How can an Xbox One run The Witcher 3 at 900P-1080P Dynamic Scaling at high settings @30FPS? The Xbox One is only using a GPU equivalent to a R7 260, and a CPU that is only at 1.7GHz when clearly, my GPU is higher than the Xbox one, and CPU basically destroys the Xbox One's 8 core CPU. How is it that my PC that is better than an Xbox One (Benchmarks) apparenty not run The Witcher 3 at 720P Low? I find this extremely weird, because that's basically saying a Honda Civic can go faster than a Lamborghini. Did the Devs not test my GPU and CPU? Someone please explain this. **PS: No Intel fanboys saying "ohhh but the single core performance for an AMD CPU is shit."**

Thank You!

 

[Tzn]

you can run it, don't worry, never trust system requirements, never.

 

[spdragoo]

Probably because, like with GTA V, Witcher 3 will have higher resolutions available & larger texture sizes, things not possible on the console hardware.

That being said, you might be able to run at Low settings at 1080p, but your major bottleneck is actually the GPU. game-debate.com's analysis says that, were you to replace your R7 with a GTX 580 SLI (or an equivalent single GPU), you would be able to reach Medium quality at 1080p. So, I would worry more about upgrading your GPU than anything else.

 

[callofDEEP]

its all in theoptimisation.. u see an iphone's A8 1.4ghz dual core cpu outperforms sd800's 2.3ghz quad core.. console games are tightly optimised for for their respective consoles...

 

[TheDudeeee]

you can run it, don't worry, never trust system requirements, never.

Probably the most true thing on the internet