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Witcher 3 - system requirements

Witcher 3 is a game that has been released on few gaming platforms. The creators of this guide have played the PC and PS4 versions of the game. PC version requires a powerful hardware. During the game glitches haven't happened frequently, only once in Novigrad not all textures has loaded completely. It might lead to some funny situations but it's not a bug that happens regularly and after loading the saved game, everything went back to normal. There were some troubles with the horse - after summoning it, the animal sometimes appeared at places where it couldn't move. The game sometimes stopped working after frequent minimizing, especially when the equipment window was opened. We haven't noticed any more serious bugs like disappearing textures or invisible objects.

PlayStation 4 version is sadly far from perfect. The game regularly suffers from frame drops. The number of frames per second drips below thirty during larger battles, in situations when there is much fire on the screen, when Geralt uses his witcher senses and while traveling through the largest cities in the game. The good news is we haven't experienced any bugs related to completing quests and the looks of the game world. Only after using the quick travel, the game sometimes needs more time to load all textures.

Important! Our impressions are based on the 1.04 version of the PC game and 1.03 version of the PlayStation 4 edition.

Game modes

Singleplayer: Yes

Offline cooperation (split screen/hot seat): No

Internet cooperation: No

Multiplayer: No

Our hardware

In case of PC version we used the following configuration:

OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit
Processor: Intel i5-3450S
RAM: 8 GB
GPU: Radeon HD7970

On the above configuration the game worked fluently at medium details with all post-processing effects and HBAO+ activated. 30 FPS was achieved with no drops. Using an SSD disc is recommended because long loading times occur when using quick travel to move between locations and when loading the game saves.

PC - general information

OS: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, only 64-bit versions
Windows XP: No, the game doesn't work on Windows XP and previous versions
Internet connection when playing: not required
Internet activation: Yes
Controllers: Keyboard and mouse
Achievements: Yes (Steam achievements on PC version)

Witcher 3 system requirements PC

Minimal system requirements

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500 3.3 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 940
RAM: 6 GB
GPU: GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon HD 7870 or better
OS: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 64-bit
HDD space required: 35 GB

Recommended system requirements

Processor: Intel Core i7 3770 3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz
RAM: 8 GB
GPU: GeForce GTX 770 / Radeon R9 290 or better
OS: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 64-bit
HDD space required: 35 GB