The Witcher 3 System Requirements 2024

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Can I run The Witcher 3?

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a game that is widely-known for its outstanding gameplay, narrative, world design, combat, and more importantly, visuals. In order to run this game, you need to meet the minimum requirements provided by the developer itself. You may run The Witcher 3 at any PC with Windows 7 64-bit OS and a 6 GB RAM. It is mentioned in the developer’s site that having DirectX 11 is also necessary. In terms of graphics specifications, your GPU should be Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 or AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870 and your CPU is not lower than Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz or its equivalent capacity.

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The developer advised that this game is both graphics- and processor-intensive and it’s those two main components will often be responsible for performance problems with the game. In avoidance with unnecessary glitches and poor visuals, the recommended CPU are Intel CPU Core i7 3770 3,4 GHz or AMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4 GHz while your GPU must be Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 770 or AMD GPU Radeon R9 290. 

The Witcher 3 System Requirements (minimal):

  • OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1). DirectX 11 is necessary to run the game
  • Processor: Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz, AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940
  • Graphics: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 or AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870
  • RAM: 6GB
  • Disk space: 40 GB

The Witcher 3 Recommended System Requirements (recommended):

  • OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1). DirectX 11 is necessary to run the game
  • Processor: Intel CPU Core i7 3770 3,4 GHz, AMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4 GHz
  • Graphics: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 770 or AMD GPU Radeon R9 290
  • RAM: 6GB
  • Disk space: 40 GB
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The Witcher 3 Details

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an action role-playing game released on May 19, 2015 and is based on a fantasy novel series by Andrzej Sapkowski. The game was developed and published by CD Projeckt and is a sequel to the The Witcher 2: Assassin Kings from 2011. Geralt of Rivia is the main protagonist of the game which the players control within its open world. He is a professional monster hunter known as the Witcher. It is conveniently up to the main character on how he wants to attain certain possible endings of the story depending on the player’s decision-making. That is how interactive you can be with non-player characters.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt received numerous Game of the Year awards and is a commercial success, shipping over 20 million copies by June 2024. Two expansions of the game was released as well, titled Heart and Stone and Blood and Wine

Recommended Hardware:

The simple mathematics for a fantastic gameplay falls under the capacity of your computer’s hardware. In all fairness for marvelous graphics, you should have a build that is in line with the below requirements.

  • Processor: Intel CPU Core i7 3770 3,4 GHz, AMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4 GHz
  • Graphics: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 770 or AMD GPU Radeon R9 290
  • RAM: 6 GB

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Jamie Nasser
Jamie Nasser
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