Help Needed to Run Witcher 3

[Splinter Man]

I just purchased Witcher 3 and it plays very choppy even on low settings. What do I need to buy to run this game? I hope not a new system .

System Specs:

FX-6120 6 core AMD Processor
Radeon HD 7450 Graphics Card
10 GB DDR3 Memory
Windows 10

Please Help!!!

 

[nymzy]

the graphics card is too weak.
http://www.game-debate.com/hardware/?gid=714&graphics=Radeon%20HD%207450M
if u look at the right you can see the system requirements for popular games.
you can see that the graphics card needs to be 833% faster to meet the minumum requirements and 1310% faster to meet the recommended requirements

 

[Splinter Man]

the graphics card is too weak.
http://www.game-debate.com/hardware/?gid=714&graphics=Radeon%20HD%207450M
if u look at the right you can see the system requirements for popular games.
you can see that the graphics card needs to be 833% faster to meet the minumum requirements and 1310% faster to meet the recommended requirements

Thank you very much for your reply. I will buy a new graphics card, any suggestions $200-$300 Budget.

 

[nymzy]

what motherboard are you using?

 

[Splinter Man]

what motherboard are you using?

H8-1414

Thanks in advance!

 

[Splinter Man]

http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03353629

This is the MB Specs

 

[nymzy]

when keeping that processor that you have in mind I could say that you should get the gtx 970, but there will be a bottleneck if you do that so the gtx 960 is what i would recommend, its also almost half the price and great for 1080p gaming.

your motherboard has 1 pciex16 gen2.0 slot so that is compatible aswell.
but here comes the problem, you have a 300w powersupply and the minimum that nvidia recommends is 400w.
so you could shop around and find a good 500w powersupply but I'm afraid that the cables won't fit in that motherboard ( im not 100% sure i need someone else to confirm this) if this is the case then you need a new motherboard and that means another processor so you will be looking at a new build.

another problem is that your pc case only supports cards up to 9" and the gtx 960 and other similar cards are bigger then that so it will not fit.

the best that i can recommend you is the 750 ti, but that is not going to give you the gaming performance you need.


if you are planning to do a lot of next gen gaming then i suggest you to make an entire new build because there is almost no upgradeability in that pc

 

[Mercian]

You can get a small form GTX 960. This is from a UK site but you get the idea.http://www.ebuyer.com/707195-evga-gtx-960-superclocked-2gb-gddr5-dvi-i-dvi-d-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-02g-p4-2962-kr?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products&gclid=Cj0KEQjwg9-vBRCK7L7wmO2u0JcBEiQA_tzoaCmCVuKVCbomLVrNfz1Mr_IQqA5QFNHnBZZJExw47NwaAkR_8P8HAQ#fo_c=951&fo_k=861153c51a6c8c7fe148ddfe2aa124d1&fo_s=gplauk&mkwid=sOkDfjjgU_dc&pcrid=51508054259&pkw=&pmt=
The new GTX 950 is also decent card.

 

[Splinter Man]

when keeping that processor that you have in mind I could say that you should get the gtx 970, but there will be a bottleneck if you do that so the gtx 960 is what i would recommend, its also almost half the price and great for 1080p gaming.

your motherboard has 1 pciex16 gen2.0 slot so that is compatible aswell.
but here comes the problem, you have a 300w powersupply and the minimum that nvidia recommends is 400w.
so you could shop around and find a good 500w powersupply but I'm afraid that the cables won't fit in that motherboard ( im not 100% sure i need someone else to confirm this) if this is the case then you need a new motherboard and that means another processor so you will be looking at a new build.

another problem is that your pc case only supports cards up to 9" and the gtx 960 and other similar cards are bigger then that so it will not fit.

the best that i can recommend you is the 750 ti, but that is not going to give you the gaming performance you need.


if you are planning to do a lot of next gen gaming then i suggest you to make an entire new build because there is almost no upgradeability in that pc

Thanks guys! Installed a new 960 Card and an upgraded power supply and game is working very smooth and very much playable! Best part the two were within my budget. My only concern is that the card is getting pretty warm. I'm assuming this is normal but leaving side off of the box just in case. Awesome suggestions.

 

[nymzy]

im glad it worked, I think the gpu is getting warm because the are flow isn't that good. do you know the temperatures?