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

[Wolfshadw]

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

 

[gamingwoop]

System Specifications
Operating System: Windows 10 Preview 64-bit
Processor and Speed: i5 4460 @3.2Ghz
RAM and Speed: DDR3-1600 1x8GB
Graphics Card: XFX R9 290x

Can I play the game - Yes/No: YES
What Resolution am I set at: 1920x1080
Settings: Maxed out, except Hairworks
What are my avg FPS: Solid 60fps (with hairworks on, solid 35fps)

 

[nikoli707]

353.06 nvidia drivers came out yesterday and have supposed fixes for kepler cards(670,680,760,770,780,780ti, etc).

my 780 saw a marginal improvement.

 

[JuX]

Hello guys, here is my contribution:

Operating System: Windows 7 professional x64
Processor and Speed: Intel Core i3 530 two cores at 2.9 GHz (tried 3.2 GHz without fps improvement)
RAM and Speed: 2x2GB 800 MHz and 2x2GB 667 MHz
Graphics Card: Sapphire HD7770 GHz OC Edition (I overclocked it even further, but just a tiny bit)

Can I play the game - Play? No. Run? Yes.
What Resolution am I set at: 1980x1080, LOWEST settings, post-processing all set off.
What are my avg FPS: It's always on 13-15 FPS


This is the first game I've ever played that is actually unplayable! x)
Shadow of Mordor ran perfectly smooth on medium settings, as did Far Cry 4 on med/low. DA: Inquisition runs smoothly on medium settings.
It's kinda weird seeing terrible graphics quality on lowest settings while FPS is taking a crap. Lower resolutions look like deformed versions of the game so I will not even try them.
Hope the CD Project RED makes some changes

 

[Vynavill]

@Jux
You do have Hairworks and all the "eye-candy" disabled, don't you?
The former especially kills performance on higher end systems, can't imagine it on yours. (oldish i3, 1GB VRAM and a hybrid memory configuration...)

Still, I get the feeling you should be able to hold up medium if you literally tone down to minimum/disable EVERYTHING else.

 

[Slesreth]

[strike]-_-; Lost My edit on a page refresh, maybe rewrite it ltr....[/strike]

Edit: 0544 AM:

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

System Specifications
Operating System:[pre]Windows 7 Ultimate x64[/pre]Processor and Speed:[pre]Intel i7-4720HQ Haswell 4-Core 2.6GHz-3.6GHz Turbo[/pre]RAM and Speed:[pre]8GB 1x Samsung DDR3-1600MHz[/pre]Graphics Card:[pre]GeForce GTX 970M 3GB 1037 core & 1500 Memory(mild OC)[/pre]

Can I play the game - Yes/No:[pre]Yes[/pre]What Resolution am I set at:[pre]1920x1080[/pre]What are my avg FPS:[pre]30-35 on High[/pre]

Even though its not a K, with unlocked multipliers, I have recorded in 3DMark a turbo as high as 3.97MHz over a 99.7 bus speed. If I could raise the BCLK and keep it there, fps would push closer to 40+.

I can also raise the GTX 970M to 1050x1600 for a stable benchmark. I keep just a wee bit less for stability in multitasking and general use.
Stock clocks are 924x1253.

 

[JuX]

@Jux
You do have Hairworks and all the "eye-candy" disabled, don't you?
The former especially kills performance on higher end systems, can't imagine it on yours. (oldish i3, 1GB VRAM and a hybrid memory configuration...)

Still, I get the feeling you should be able to hold up medium if you literally tone down to minimum/disable EVERYTHING else.

Well, that was yesterday.
After seeing your reply I decided I'd give it another shot.
So I tweaked everything in the rendering configuration settings, set everything in.game to low.
And it runs 25-40 fps now. Didn't rally change much but it's definitely playable now, will be enjoying the game now, thanks!

 

[Vynavill]

I hate not being able to quote on mobile...

@slesreth
You might want to remove the subject off that quote. It appears as if I said that, and it might put people on the wrong track 😛 (starts out with "Vynavill said:" on my screen)

@Jux
Yeah, as I said, you should've been able to hold up medium, but I guess I overdid it a bit. "hold up" unfortunately doesn't mean it'll go smooth, but at least it's playable.
You might have drops in especially crowded areas or particularly intensive moments, but that's that. Anyway, you're welcome.

 

[Blingbo]

Operating System: Windows 8.1 64-bit
Processor and Speed: FX-8350 4.2 GHz
RAM and Speed: Kingston HyperX Genesis (2x4GB) 800MHz (2200MHz NB freq)
Graphics Card: 7870 XT Tahiti

Can I play the game - Yes/No: Yes
What Resolution am I set at: 1440x990
What are my avg FPS: 10-40 FPS

 

[captainblammo]

Just put this on my 8 year old old workstation and runs a treat on medium,

Operating System: Windows Vista business!
Processor and Speed: dual xeon e5450 3.0ghz
RAM and Speed: 16GBs @ 1333
Graphics Card: radeon hd6870

Can I play the game - Yes/No: Yes
What Resolution am I set at: 1920x1080
What are my avg FPS: medium settings no lag, whats the best software to find this out please?

I might try pushing it a bit further but obviously not hair works!

 

[Vynavill]

@captainblammo (average FPS question)
I use Steam's own FPS counter and just take notes. Otherwise, Fraps or MSI Afterburner + RivaTuner statistics server.

 

[captainblammo]

@vynavill That's great, thanks. I'll download something tonight because i was too busy slaying monsters, i guess having 8 cores across 2 processors might be paying off somewhere other than rendering. To be honest I'm suprised it ran after I'd read the specs.

 

[WhiteSnake91]

My gtx 660 is the minimum GPU but yet I was playing the game smoothly on the default medium preset 1080p with hairworks on for Geralt only, 8gb ram, stock i5 3570k..not sure of the fps. But feels at least 30

 

[MrAB34]

This game is quite well optimised, I must say.

System specifications
Windows 7 64-bit
CPU- i5 660@3.33 ghz
Ram- 4gb ddr3
Graphics Card- Nvidia Zotac Gtx 960 2gb

Can I run the game- YES
Resolution- 1920X1080
Settings- Low
Avg fps- 25ish

You should be getting higher numbers than that. Try turning off Nvidia Hairworks, tone down foliage and draw distance. Set shadows and grass to medium/high.

My dual-core CPU is much lower then this game's minimum requirements. And so is my RAM. So how would I be getting higher numbers then this? I am actually surprised that the game manages to run this well. The only good thing in my rig is my graphics card.
But I will try what you said, and inform about performance improvement.

 

[WhiteSnake91]

I agree those FPS numbers seem low. I run better than that with a regular 660 superclocked on medium with terrain decoration I believe on high, hairworks I turned totally off.

I've been playing through it slowly. I like the game but the combat does feel clunky and not nearly as good as Dark Souls combat. Been playing through on the hardest difficulty

maybe the 4gb ram is the cause? I remember a few years ago 4gb ram was considered good but now I'm feeling cramped with 8gb

 

[MrAB34]

I agree those FPS numbers seem low. I run better than that with a regular 660 superclocked on medium with terrain decoration I believe on high, hairworks I turned totally off.

I've been playing through it slowly. I like the game but the combat does feel clunky and not nearly as good as Dark Souls combat. Been playing through on the hardest difficulty

maybe the 4gb ram is the cause? I remember a few years ago 4gb ram was considered good but now I'm feeling cramped with 8gb

It's probably both my ram and my CPU that is responsible for this..

 

[WhiteSnake91]

if you could nab a quad core i5 1156 cpu, or even i7, and overclock it to about 3.4-3.8ghz that would help greatly along with getting 4gb more ram for a total of 8gb for more breathing room.

That would help performance a lot, wouldn't have to change mobo or OS install, and would be cheap, maybe $75 total for the cpu and more ram if you just go with a quad core i5 750.

There's still many people out there gaming on the old i7 920 for example, so an older quad core can certainly still hold up.

If you needed a new mobo/cpu combo totally on a budget I'd recommend the fx 6300 and cheap 760g mobo and just let the cpu do the default 4.2ghz turbo boost, 6 cores will be good for years to come. Or even athlon x4 860k and fm2+ mobo

 

[jessterman21]

Operating System: Windows 7
Processor and Speed: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.1GHz
RAM and Speed: 8GB DDR3-1600
Graphics Card: GTX 960 2GB

Can I play the game - Yes/No: YES
What Resolution am I set at: 1920x1080
What are my avg FPS: 50fps @ High (no HairWorks)

 

[Sam_Khan]

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

Can I play it , Please suggest
System Spec
Operating System - Windows 10 64 Bit
Processor - I7 @2.2Ghz
Ram - 8 GB DDR3
Graphic Card - 2GB AMD Radeon 7500/7600M

 

[JustMe27]

Hey,
do you think that it is possible to run TW3 with a simple Radeon HD 5770 1GB? I've read that this is way too low but if the other components are good enough, may it work?

rest of my PC:
Win 7 Home 64bit
AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ ~3.2Ghz
8GB RAM
Resolution: 1440x900
FPS: 60 normally, but I guess 40 would be fine.

I hope this thread is not too old to get some answers. Thanks for your help.
Greetz
Justme

 

[Wolfshadw]

It might work, but if it does, I would not expect great game performance even on low settings.

-Wolf sends

 

[turbopixel]

do you think that it is possible to run TW3 with a simple Radeon HD 5770 1GB?

Seems to work with lowest quality settings and low resolution. You would probably get around 30 fps with some slowdowns. Not sure if we can trust this video:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuGrRyxHBO8

On this thread, someone says it will work on his computer:
> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2651923/witcher-5770.html

By the way, you could have search it yourself...
> https://www.google.com/search?q=Radeon+HD+5770+witcher+3