People are never happy. There is nothing wrong with these specs, and i didn't expect anything lower on recommended simply due to the scale and complexity of the game, as well as ALL the eye-candy we're been shown and told about.
Many people complaining that specs are too high. Well, what did you expect? You don't get graphics and scale like this without needing some power to back it up. We're in 2015 now. The 2500K was released back in Jan 2011. The GTX660 in Aug 2012.
I'd say it's pretty good that a 4yo PC is able to run a game of this magnitude. It's a big-ass game this. Not only in map size, but in the sheer amount of detail on screen. We've been told about NPCs actually having lives of their own, and doing their own thing, the enviroment changing around you... etc... I imagin all this will make your PC work.
I doubt CD will have NPCs all glitching and bugging in the same way, as other games do.
I think it's a little silly to be angry at CD saying the specs are too high, and they are aweful developers, etc, because you can't play it at max on your old PC.
As every PC gamer knows, that's the problem we face. If you want the best, you need to upgrade.
Developers want to push the most out of their products to show what they can do. And why not? Next gen is here, and it's only going to keep developing. Unfortunetly, we're not all in next gen yet, i think we have a way to go still. Many people still have old hardware, and devs need to decide who to support more, the 'next gen' crowd, or reduce the number of things they could add to also support older hardware.
And so what if a PS4 now looks like PC's min? Isn't that a good thing? When we got news that PS4 was PC's 'high', people accused CD of downgrading because of consoles. Now it's the other way around, and it's still bad?
I want to use all my eye-candy if i have it. So PS4 at min is fine by me. If i understand that right, that just means that there is a whole lot of settings that PC will be able to tweak. To me that says that haven't downgraded it. If fact, i understand it to mean they've added a lot of things to account for what a PC can do.
The one thing i will say though, is that CD really does need to clarify the current list, and provide a 'high' specs list. There are a LOT of people upgrading for this game, and i feel many will spend more than they need to, simply because the specs are a little vague, which i feel is unfair. I understand that the specs given are industry standard and all that. What i'm saying is that CD owe it to their customers to give them a little more information, especially clarification on the i5, i7 thing. Because if an i7 isn't really going to make that much difference, then save your money i'd say.
Even if they gave us a basic graphic setting for the minimum and recommended specs they've listed, that would help.
At this stage, i'd be inclined to to wait, get the game, stick it into the PC, and see what you get. If it's aweful, then upgrade. Because at the moment, we really don't know what's what. Wait for more info. Prices should go down with time, and you can save up in the mean time, and might just be able to afford something better in a few months. Be patient.
Edit - and omg, seriously guys, stop comparing CD and Witcher to Ubi and Unity/Watch Dogs... the 2 don't belong on the same page, let alone the same paragraph.
.I have dx 11 windows 7 64 . If I recall dx 12 will be compatible with os 7.
