Can your PC run The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?

8 January 2015
The Witcher 3 news

If you were planning on running The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on high on your PC, you may need to upgrade a component or two first.

CD Projekt Red – the team behind the game – has released the minimum and recommended system requirements for the open-world game. The verdict: your on-board graphics card won’t cut it.

Minimum System Requirements

  • CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz/AMD Phenom II X4 940
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660/AMD Radeon HD 7870
  • RAM: 6GB
  • OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)
  • Direct X: 11
  • HDD: 40GB

Recommended System Requirements

  • CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz/AMD AMD FX-8350 4GHz
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770/AMD Radeon R9 290
  • RAM: 8GB
  • OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)
  • Direct X: 11
  • HDD: 40GB

From the early gameplay videos we saw, such as the one posted below, the title was always going to be demanding on the hardware of your respective platform – beauty of that nature does not come cheap.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is due to release for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One on 19 May 2015.

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  1. Fayainz
    12.01.2015 at 20:12

    I just about make the recommended but I am certain it wont run at a smooth 60fps…

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