So according to some sites that were present in the hands on event, it was quite confirmed that the PS4 version runs the witcher 3 at 1080p 30 fps with some slight less detail than the pc (high). I know that this wasn't confirmed by CDPR yet, but i really want to understand the minimum specs.
I have a gtx 660ti and fx 4300( hoping to upgrade to 970 and 4790k) and on DA: Inquisition I run a mix of Ultra/High with 40 fps with some dips to 32 on very populated areas, and compared to the setting on PS4 that is most medium with some effects and texture on high.
I know that i can't compared the two games but the requirements are really complex to me.
I live in Brazil, so hardware is really expensive, and the salary quite low.
The PC that was in use has been said to be a 4690 (that's a Haswell "refresh" Core i5) with a GTX 980. That's what will get you high settings at 1920x1080, 30fps, apparently. So the rumors that the game chews up and spits out GPUs have some foundation.
We don't know whether the CPU is limiting, but an FX-4300 is pretty far down the list of high-performing CPUs, somewhat more than half of the "minimum" Core i5 2500k. However, if you have a motherboard that takes an AMD FX, you can upgrade within AMD and still get a high-performing CPU on the same motherboard, for a lot less money. Watch compatibility of specific models when upgrading, as some motherboards cannot handle the high power demand of some of the FX-8xxx CPUs.
The 660Ti is quite a bit stronger than the stated minimum 660, it should compare well to anything less than a 770 or 970.
So I would be reluctant to upgrade the CPU at this point, because we don't know whether it would be limiting. If I did upgrade, I would consider an AMD FX-8xxx first. I would be reluctant to upgrade the GPU, because you already have a high-performing GPU. I would see how the game performed for me and see whether anybody comes up with good bargains in hardware to get high performance out of the game.
We know you can throw a lot of money at the game and get something that will play it well. We don't know how little you can get by with and play it well. When you have a good starting point and money is tight, I would want to know the latter (how little you can get by with) before spending hard-earned money.
This is one of the main things about PC gaming anyways. You are not limited to "presets". I literally cannot imagine a game that I did not tweak at least once (First thing to do when I open a game for the first time, is to go to the graphics options).
