The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - PC System Requirements are here!

[Thebull94]

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As to performance and power of the Maxwell and Volcanic Islands cards, it is well known and clear from objective and publicly available evidence that performance per unit power is very much on the side of the Maxwell cards.

We'll use gigaflops per watt, since that measure is important to eskiMoe and anybody else who has to pay utility bills.

The most efficient single Volcanic Islands is the R9 290X. 5632 gigaflops, 290 watts, 19.42 GF/W, 69.9 PF/KWh (that's petaflops per kilowatt-hour).

Compare the most efficient Maxwell to date, the 980. 4612 gigaflops, 165 watts, 27.95 GF/W, 101 PF/KWh.

Looked at one way, you're crunching 44% more numbers per unit operating cost; looked at the other way, you're saving 31% of your operating cost to crunch the same numbers.

So I have to say @eskiMoe was absolutely correct in an important matter.

When you're comparing reference cards.

Throw an after market 290x vs an after market 970?

http://i.imgur.com/3TOGTXZ.png

http://i.imgur.com/5xqDfTA.gif

Under a 10W difference and the 970 ironcally runs hotter.

 

[Giovanni1983]

When you're comparing reference cards.

Throw an after market 290x vs an after market 970?

http://i.imgur.com/3TOGTXZ.png

http://i.imgur.com/5xqDfTA.gif

Under a 10W difference and the 970 ironcally runs hotter.

With respect to what you posted, that is not the whole picture with those pics you posted. Being an owner of an MSI R9 290x gaming 4G and then a Palit gtx 970 i can tell you that there is a huge difference in both temperatures and power consumption.

I'm posting 3 reviews below. One for a Sapphire R9 290X vapor X (probably the best of the R9 290X's) and two for GTX 970's, an Asus and an MSI.

Sapphire R9 290X Tri-x
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014/08/01/sapphire_vaporx_r9_290x_trix_oc_video_card_review/9#.VTEqp5PddmE

GTX 970's
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014/09/29/msi_geforce_gtx_970_gaming_4g_video_card_review/10#.VTEqzJPddmE
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014/11/03/asus_gtx_970_strix_directcu_ii_video_card_review/9#.VTEqwZPddmE

The tests ran on pretty much the exact same system and the same PSU.

Long story short: Sapphire R9 290X - power consumption 437Watts @73c,
MSI gtx 970 - power consumption 342Watts @ 69c,
Asus gtx 970 - power consumption 308Watts @68c.

Overclocked values: Sapphire R9 290X - power consumption 570Watts @72c,
MSI gtx 970 - power consumption 369Watts @71c.
Asus gtx 970 - power consumption 308Watts @68c. (posting the same since it's already overclocked)

Not to mention that my R9 290X which was not reference mind you, was 3 times louder than the gtx 970. Nothing more to say on the matter.

EDIT: I'm sorry, i got carried away cause i always post tech stuff in here. I'll not do it again.

 

[dragonbird]

Pretty sure I suggested moving this discussion to the other thread hours and hours ago...

Please leave this space vacant for people trying to find if their PC will play the game.

 

[exgreyfox]

Hello,

So how am I looking with this machine: ?

i7 3770k 4.6GHz
2x SLi 780 Ti Superclocked by EVGA
8GB RAM
SSD

I know there will likely be no SLi support right at release but say when eventually there is, how would my machine fair at 3240x1920 (I use 3 monitor portrait surround)

 

[Giovanni1983]

Hello,

So how am I looking with this machine: ?

i7 3770k 4.6GHz
2x SLi 780 Ti Superclocked by EVGA
8GB RAM
SSD

I know there will likely be no SLi support right at release but say when eventually there is, how would my machine fair at 3240x1920 (I use 3 monitor portrait surround)

I'm pretty sure that there will be SLI support for the witcher. They are working with nvidia for the game so it should be supported upon release.

As for the resolution you're after i really can't say. I'd tell you you would be great for 1440p with 2 780 Ti's but above that i really don't know.

 

[exgreyfox]

thanks Giovanni

 

[Ziggymackenzie]

Well, i'll throw in on this thread as well because I'd love your guys advice on my system and whether I should attempt to buy this for my PC or if it really won't do well as suggested by will it play it and get it for ps4 instead though I would of course rather have it for PC.

Any advice is very much appreciated guys, and just a heads up this is for a laptop so I really can't upgrade the processor or video card even though they're both brand spanking new for the most part.

Thanks all,
Z

PS. Just for a refresher here's the min and rec specs.

Minimum
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 940
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870
RAM: 6 GB
OS: 64-bit Windows 7, 8 or 8.1
DirectX 11
HDD Space: 40 GB

Recommended
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8350 4 GHz
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 or AMD Radeon R9 290
RAM: 8 GB
OS: 64-bit Windows 7, 8 or 8.1
DirectX 11
HDD Space: 40 GB

 

[Giovanni1983]

@Ziggymackenzie I'd suggest you get it for the PS4.

With that laptop you will probably get to play on low if you can play at all, so the PS4 will probably outshine it by a lot.

 

[Cloudeadmind]

My pc specs are:
i7-4790k
asus gtx 970 strix
8gb ram
At what graphical specs can i run the game and would ultra be playable on my configuration?
thank you
ps-i will be playing on res of 1920x1080

 

[Giovanni1983]

@Cloudeadmind From what we know, you will be able to run ultra settings pretty nicely

 

[Cloudeadmind]

hope you are right mate,thx

 

[Thebull94]

With respect to what you posted, that is not the whole picture with those pics you posted. Being an owner of an MSI R9 290x gaming 4G and then a Palit gtx 970 i can tell you that there is a huge difference in both temperatures and power consumption.

I'm posting 3 reviews below. One for a Sapphire R9 290X vapor X (probably the best of the R9 290X's) and two for GTX 970's, an Asus and an MSI.

Sapphire R9 290X Tri-x
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014/08/01/sapphire_vaporx_r9_290x_trix_oc_video_card_review/9#.VTEqp5PddmE

GTX 970's
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014/09/29/msi_geforce_gtx_970_gaming_4g_video_card_review/10#.VTEqzJPddmE
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014/11/03/asus_gtx_970_strix_directcu_ii_video_card_review/9#.VTEqwZPddmE

The tests ran on pretty much the exact same system and the same PSU.

Long story short: Sapphire R9 290X - power consumption 437Watts @73c,
MSI gtx 970 - power consumption 342Watts @ 69c,
Asus gtx 970 - power consumption 308Watts @68c.

Overclocked values: Sapphire R9 290X - power consumption 570Watts @72c,
MSI gtx 970 - power consumption 369Watts @71c.
Asus gtx 970 - power consumption 308Watts @68c. (posting the same since it's already overclocked)

Not to mention that my R9 290X which was not reference mind you, was 3 times louder than the gtx 970. Nothing more to say on the matter.

EDIT: I'm sorry, i got carried away cause i always post tech stuff in here. I'll not do it again.

Seems we have conflicting results.

http://i.imgur.com/RASy4La.png

http://i.imgur.com/3TOGTXZ.png

http://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/temps3.png

@cloudeamind

Unless the game is optimized terribly like Shadow of Mordor where VRAM becomes an issue you should hit Ultra extremely well @ 60fps 1080p, the 970 is quite a beast i'd be surprised (and worried) if you couldn't. (maybe with some gimmicks turned off, didn't the 980 have drops below 60 on full Ultra?)

 

[Giovanni1983]

@Thebull94 The card you're posting about is the 8GB vapor-X. That's a different card to the Sapphire R9 290X with 4GB's of RAM which is the one compared to the GTX 970 which also has 4GB's ( 3.5+5). I do not know how that cards plays when it comes to performance and temperatures.

 

[Thebull94]

@Thebull94 The card you're posting about is the 8GB vapor-X. That's a different card to the Sapphire R9 290X with 4GB's of RAM which is the one compared to the GTX 970 which also has 4GB's ( 3.5+5). I do not know how that cards plays when it comes to performance and temperatures.

Yea,

http://static1.gamespot.com/uploads/original/1123/11234230/2602269-6455197658-temps.png

Similar stats (i'm assuming gaming is on full load as that's what the prior sources I used based their findings off).

The 290x Idle (Tri-X 4GB) is ironically slightly lower but higher on the Furmark.

Like I said, plenty conflicting sources that all show the 290x and 970 as being more or less similar heat wise. Nothing wrong with clearing up misinformation in regards to the two GPUs, it leads to people making uninformed purchases and later regretting it :^)

 

[Kinley]

I swear a moderator told you two to take this in another thread twice now.

 

[Ziggymackenzie]

@Giovanni1983

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I was afraid that might be the case, thanks for the input. If anyone else cares to chime in and reinforce that idea I would appreciate it. Even though it is bad news haha.

Thanks all.

 

[natejagger]

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Given that it gives me a red flag around my CPU I'm officially hesitating to pre-order...
Should I go for it or not?

 

[dragonbird]

Given that it gives me a red flag around my CPU I'm officially hesitating to pre-order...
Should I go for it or not?

That site is notorious for being totally crap, in both directions. Either telling people to waste their money on unnecessary upgrades, or telling people to spend money on games that they can't then play.

In your case, it's "unnecessary upgrade". You should be fine with that CPU, but if you have doubts, wait until the game is released and you can see real-life benchmarks.

(And, regarding the off-topic discussion "Clearing some misinformation" is not a valid reason for continuing, as it then encourages further responses. If you want to discuss other stuff fine, just take it to the appropriate thread.
We're already deleting posts. Soon it will go further.)

 

[mavowar]

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Given that it gives me a red flag around my CPU I'm officially hesitating to pre-order...
Should I go for it or not?

Cpu will not be an issue. The 660 will be more of an issue. It will play it but only at min/med settings 1080p(30fps) or 720p med/high 45fps(best guess anyways!!)

 

[cyberpunkforever]

is there a demo or review or something like that, that tried the game with a gtx 970?