The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Tomithy · 15 May 2015 at 13:24

Any predictions as to whether I'll be able to run this game even on low settings on my 7850? It's JUST below the required GPU :/

Pighardia · 15 May 2015 at 13:31

benjii said:
Thanks for the heads up! That's exactly the sort thing I might look at.

I usually don't care at all about spoilers, and often even look for them, but in this case, one of them on that page is actually quite big, and I wish I had not seen it!

Clairvoyant · 15 May 2015 at 13:35

opethdisciple said:
We're all complaining about downgraded graphics, but if you look at the bottom of this page, it looks like it is still going to crush systems.

Nvidia article.

My 970 is not happy about not being strong enough to run Game Works....

Oh no My 780Ti isnt even listed. What am I going to do. (Not buying a new GPU). lol

Winky_The_Winking_Turtle · 15 May 2015 at 13:38

Tomithy said:
Any predictions as to whether I'll be able to run this game even on low settings on my 7850? It's JUST below the required GPU :/

I have a 7850 too, albeit a bit overclocked. One of the more recent graphically demanding games I've been playing as of late is GTA V, which my card runs surprising well with most settings on very high (which is the highest setting in a lot of cases) and some settings turned down to high, averaging at about 50fps. So I have high hopes that I can play it at at least higher than low settings

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Tomithy · 15 May 2015 at 13:45

Winky_The_Winking_Turtle said:
I have a 7850 too, albeit a bit overclocked. One of the more recent graphically demanding games I've been playing as of late is GTA V, which my card runs surprising well with most settings on very high (which is the highest setting in a lot of cases) and some settings turned down to high, averaging at about 50fps. So I have high hopes that I can play it at at least higher than low settings .

I was pleasantly surprised too, here's hoping then!

n00b question: (Seeing as I've never had to worry about minimum requirements since building my pc 3 years ago), will the game simply recognize the GPU and fail to startup, or will it startup as normal, but at a reduced framerate?

Heisenberg · 15 May 2015 at 14:20

Tomithy said:
I was pleasantly surprised too, here's hoping then!

n00b question: (Seeing as I've never had to worry about minimum requirements since building my pc 3 years ago), will the game simply recognize the GPU and fail to startup, or will it startup as normal, but at a reduced framerate?

The game will startup fine.

francky · 15 May 2015 at 14:36

I wonder how my 2GB GTX 680 will fair.....its quite heavily overclocked, but has that limiting factor of 2GB VRAM....

I have been playing The Witcher 2 these past few weeks leading up the release and with all the patches applied its a rock solid 60fps on the highest settings (without ubersampling)....that game still looks amazing, even if the Characters animation is a bit stiff.

Gjiir · 15 May 2015 at 14:45

I have a 670 but i think im gonna upgrade to a 970.

My thinking is i like to get a good 2-3 years out of my GPUs (and CPU....the 2500k is still doing well), and it about that time now and a good 2nd hand 670 is selling for around £70 on auctions sites i have noticed, add in another say £40 for the 2 free games.

I always try to get the best price/performance in my purchases and the 970 looks that. Its also DX12 ready so should fit nicely into my 2-3 year upgrade plan, and with the above being sold, is a good price.
Its also very quite which is a big thing for me too.

kinger8938 · 15 May 2015 at 14:57

Gjiir said:
I have a 670 but i think im gonna upgrade to a 970.

My thinking is i like to get a good 2-3 years out of my GPUs (and CPU....the 2500k is still doing well), and it about that time now and a good 2nd hand 670 is selling for around £70 on auctions sites i have noticed, add in another say £40 for the 2 free games.

I always try to get the best price/performance in my purchases and the 970 looks that. Its also DX12 ready so should fit nicely into my 2-3 year upgrade plan, and with the above being sold, is a good price.
Its also very quite which is a big thing for me too.

Do it

we have the same CPU too, mines OC'd to 4.5 and its still a beast imo! works well with the card no issues at all!

Drake5 · 15 May 2015 at 15:05

The obvious choice for which platform to get this on is going to be PC? I do have a PS4 also though

i5 4670k, 16gb ddr3, 290

TonyTurbo78 · 15 May 2015 at 15:07

anyone heard any rumours about crossfire and whether or not it works on this title? I see Sli being mentioned but not crossfire.

Witcher1979 · 15 May 2015 at 15:09

Gjiir said:
I have a 670 but i think im gonna upgrade to a 970.

My thinking is i like to get a good 2-3 years out of my GPUs (and CPU....the 2500k is still doing well), and it about that time now and a good 2nd hand 670 is selling for around £70 on auctions sites i have noticed, add in another say £40 for the 2 free games.

I always try to get the best price/performance in my purchases and the 970 looks that. Its also DX12 ready so should fit nicely into my 2-3 year upgrade plan, and with the above being sold, is a good price.
Its also very quite which is a big thing for me too.

Go for the sc 980

Kerplunk · 15 May 2015 at 15:21

Do you think its possible to run a AMD R9 290x on a 650 watts PSU?

Heisenberg · 15 May 2015 at 15:25

Kerplunk said:
Do you think its possible to run a AMD R9 290x on a 650 watts PSU?

Yes, a good 650W psu that is.

PraxxtorCruel · 15 May 2015 at 15:27

Here is Guru3D's power supply recommendation:

AMD Radeon R9 290X - On your average system the card requires you to have a 550~600 Watt power supply unit.

Neil79 · 15 May 2015 at 15:33

New screenshots

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_the_witcher_3_launch_cinematic-16539_en.html

benjii · 15 May 2015 at 15:38

TonyTurbo78 said:
anyone heard any rumours about crossfire and whether or not it works on this title? I see Sli being mentioned but not crossfire.

I'm sure we'll get Crossfire at some point, but as it's a Nvidia title, we might have to wait a bit.

sharpygsxr · 15 May 2015 at 15:45

Neil79 said:
New screenshots

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_the_witcher_3_launch_cinematic-16539_en.html

Pfft if those screenshots are not impressive people need to goto specsavers as far as im concerned. Looks awesome and i expect those are pc shots

grant666uk · 15 May 2015 at 15:52

If my GTX 680 can match how it looks on PS4/Xbox but sit at 60 fps I will be over the moon, I dont bother about 16 x uber hair and boaby physics etc.

Bennie-Mac · 15 May 2015 at 16:08

Has anyone any experience with pre-ordering from cdkeys.com? Trying to get an idea of whether or not they release it early for pre-loading, im on 3.5Mbps so will likely take a couple of days of downloading.

grant666uk said:
boaby physics.

But how is boaby formed?