Afaik "recommended" was never everything at max, it was always something like, it will look good and run decent, that's it.
Maximum or optimum is usually your everything at max.
Thanks, I'm just hoping to run it at minimum if neededCPU is fx-6100 and 8gb ram
Yeah, you should be able to run it on low settings
Overclocking your CPU if possible might give a few extra frames
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Now that I think about it, I really DON'T know what it means by "recommended". I always assumed that it was close to max, but in reality I have no idea.
Yep, so seems to be the consensus here.
Is it a rare practice for companies to release Maximum requirements? I don't recall seeing such lists.
Recommended is meant to set a level which grants an enjoyable experience with good graphics. In a scale minimum-medium-high-ultra I think would be around "high" at 1920x1080 but FPS count/smoothness level is difficult to predict. If you want to play "ultra" or add some effects or play at crazy resolutions you're gonna need more expensive or recent hardware
Yeah i already got that, W2 had gtx 260 as recommended, and i finished it on a 680, solid 60fps on 1080p (no ubersampling). So yeah, 770 isnt gonna cut it for W3. I expect little more than 60 fps on ultra 1080p no AA from my 980 OC-ed. SO yeah recommended probably is a balance, no eye candy settings and not more than 1080p. Cuz they not say what VRAM usage, i am 100% will eat more than 2gb vram.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt launches on May 19th, 2015. If you are looking to play the game on PC, here are the minimum and recommended system requirements.
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)
Direct X 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)
Direct X 11
HDD Space 40 GB
Great optimization! Thank you CD PROJEKT RED! I am looking forward to play Witcher 3 on mine GTX 780 on ultra settings!
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)
Direct X 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)
Direct X 11
HDD Space 40 GB
Great optimization! Thank you CD PROJEKT RED! I am looking forward to play Witcher 3 on mine GTX 780 on ultra settings!
If I remember correctly Far Cry 4 or Dragon Age Inquisition have used over 3 gigs of my 4GB VRAM on ultra settings so I expect similar amount from Witcher 3
LOL no need to worry there
Hmm the specs seem kinda similiar to MGS Ground Zeroes and my PC runs it just fine.
I know its really old and weak performence wise, but since MGS runs great I'd hope its the case with Witcher 3, since I can't upgrade it in the near future.
@CDP Red
would it run on my PC? I'm worring about my CPU (mostly) and RAM.
CPU: Core 2 Duo E8400
RAM: 4 GB
GPU: HD6870
for comparison, here are the minimum specs for MGS 5 GZ
I know its really old and weak performence wise, but since MGS runs great I'd hope its the case with Witcher 3, since I can't upgrade it in the near future.
@CDP Red
would it run on my PC? I'm worring about my CPU (mostly) and RAM.
CPU: Core 2 Duo E8400
RAM: 4 GB
GPU: HD6870
for comparison, here are the minimum specs for MGS 5 GZ
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They worked hard with occlusion culling. If implemented well, it should heavily decrease VRAM usage. Anyway 2gb VRAM is pretty standard nowadays so if you want to raise texture resolution it's more than possible that you will need more. However TW2 did in fact run well with low VRAM requirements
Except modern video game companies don't know how to properly optimize their games
Yeah, there's that issue. But still, I expect over 2 gigs of VRAM being used on 1080p resolution
If I remember correctly Far Cry 4 or Dragon Age Inquisition have used over 3 gigs of my 4GB VRAM on ultra settings so I expect similar amount from Witcher 3
LOL no need to worry there
Play FC4 right now, eats without AA at 1080p, 2.5, almost 3gb vram. Dragon Age, i dunno, want to play it shortly after FC4. I expect 3.8gb from W3 at max textures and HBAO+, ah at 1080p and NO AA.
I honestly don't. However, I really can't say for sure because the Witcher 3 is going to attempt to push the industry a little further ahead technologically. It's hard to say until we play it.
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