Hardware update might be required for witcher 3 wild hunt

[Frozem]

Hellow first of all community,

as witcher 3 is making its way to the pc and first gameplays are going live, i thought to myself "damn that looks awesome, i wonder if my 2,5~ year old graphic card can handle it).

So here´s my setup ( was build back in september 2012 ),

Mainboard: Biostar TZ77B (which is kinda buggy, i can only use my ps2 keyboard before windows starts up (usb legacy and everything activated))

CPU: Intel I5 3570K (clocked at 3,5GHz, boxed fan)

RAM: 16GB @ 800MHz

GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850

HDD: 2TB Seagate and 3TB Toshiba

SSD: 128GB Adata

Power Pack: be quiet! Pure Power L8-CM 530W

So i had a few ideas on what i could do with my system,

Option 1 would be pretty simple, if i would add a second GPU and use CrossfireX it would probably be enough Power, but i´m not sure if my current Power Pack can handle 2 ATI Cards also i only have 1 PCI-e 3.0 x16 the second card would be in the PCI-e 2.0 x16.

For the second card im thinking about the Radeon R9 270X Double Dissipation or the R9 290/290X.
Additionally i could change the Mainboard to something like the ASRock Fatal1ty Z77 with 2 PCI-e 3.0 x16 Slots

Option 2 also simple, changing the graphic card completly, i might simply add a new graphic card (although im very happy with my card, didnt have problems with somewhat new games (Far Cry 4 Ultra @ 83FPS)

Option 3 would be changing the Mainboard/CPU and adding the Crossfire from above

1. Intel 1050, i still have a MSI Z97S SLI Plus here so i would simply need a CPU, most likely Intel Core i5-4690S, and the graphic card from above.

2. AMD FM2, Mainboard MSI A88X-G45 Gaming , with CPU AMD A10-7800/7850 and the graphic card.

Would be grat if you could advice me 😀. BTW about money I´m thinking about 300~500 would be ok, About the resolution i play on full HD currently and might upgrade to a TV with 4k soon.

Thanks for helping me, already 😀.

 

[badboyrog2]

witcher 3
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

''Power Pack: be quiet! Pure Power L8-CM 530W'' get a real psu like seasonic/xfx/antec hcg-truepower/evga B2-G2
''Mainboard: Biostar TZ77B (which is kinda buggy, i can only use my ps2 keyboard before windows starts up (usb legacy and everything activated))

just upgrade to the new bios release


get a gtx 970 or r9 280 or up for witcher 3

 

[Frozem]

hmm okay, well then i think i will update my psu to a brand, you suggested since i aggre mine is kinda week, about the r9 280 is it really worth it? or should i simply go with a 290 or 290x?

 

[badboyrog2]

'' about the r9 280 is it really worth it? or should i simply go with a 290 or 290x? ''
its up to your judgement ...i mean if you can get a good deals on the r9 290 or 290x ...go for it of course thoses gpu card have a better performance then 280 or 280X ... gtx 770 = r9 280X

 

[Frozem]

that sounds good to me 😀 thanks for help