The Witcher 3 runs at 1080p ULTRA ~60 fps on a 980

Majukun said:
and here i thought i would be ok with my 8gb and 970
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Just because they used the game on a system with Intel i7-4790 with 16GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GTX980, does not then mean that you have to have those specs to get "1080p Ultra ~60fps". There simply isn't enough info to conclude that. They never state trying any other systems / specifications
 
matrixman92 said:
Blasphemy, but I dont really care about frame rate. I could play everything at 30 and be fine. With that said, would a 970 and i5-3350p be able to play high-ultra at 30 fps? I dont know much about my cpu. Still have to upgrade my 760 4GB to the 970, but will defintely do so before launch
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Yep, you'll be fine.
 
BigTnaples said:
Someone did say they are natively supporting the dual shock 4. Will be interested to see more on that, if it comes complete with button prompts I will definitely use it over my XBO/360 gamepads.
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Could swear they said they only officially support Xbox 360 and Xbox One controllers, if you want to use the DS4 you'll need a 3rd party solution.
 
NoMoreTrolls said:
...so if I'm trying to build a PC for 4k, high settings, how fucked am I lol
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4K now is the 1440p of 4 years ago. You're really looking at SLI for 60 FPS, and even then, not necessarily ultra in all settings, at least not for fully locked 60 FPS.

That was me back in the day. Now a days a single igh end GPU is enough for 1440p, and that will eventually (maybe even as early as next year) also eb enough for 4K.

So yeah, two GTX 970's and a latest gen i7 processor is your ticket (980's if you want more vRAM headroom for a little bit of AA), so about at leat $800 in GPU's and CPU and RAM. You'd still need a mobo and case and hard drives and OS though (more if you go GTX 980's).

Basically, at least, personally, I'd wait until a single GPU can do it, or GTX980's fall in price. By which time Gsync + 4K will also be cheaper.
 
Kinthalis said:
4K now is the 1440p of 4 years ago. You're really looking at SLI for 60 FPS, and even then, not necessarily ultra in all settings, at least not for fully locked 60 FPS.

That was me back in the day. Now a days a single igh end GPU is enough for 1440p, and that will eventually (maybe even as early as next year) also eb enough for 4K.

So yeah, two GTX 970's and a latest gen i7 processor is your ticket (980's if you want more vRAM headroom for a little bit of AA), so about at leat $800 in GPU's and CPU and RAM. You'd still need a mobo and case and hard drives and OS though (more if you go GTX 980's).

Basically, at least, personally, I'd wait until a single GPU can do it, or GTX980's fall in price. By which time Gsync + 4K will also be cheaper.
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I feel like getting a 4k monitor with out Gsync should be a questionable decision these days. The GPU power isnt reasonably there yet to maintain a good 60 (at a good price at least)... so Gsync would definitely improve people's experiences given this hardware reality.
 
As a big Skyrim-fan this seems interesting. I have not touched any Witcher game earlier on.
Game + expansion pass is pretty expensive. Will await reviews...
 
GwyndolinCinder said:
Anyone know the if there will be a significant difference between these two 970 cards?

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...tm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=PCPartPicker

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-...ddr5-gpu-1076mhz-boost-1216mhz-cores-1664-3xd
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If you dont plan to overclock the GAMING TWIN FROZR V OC is the better buy as it comes pre-overclocked and guarenteed to work at the higher frequencies, along with a better cooler.

If you do plan to overclock and mount your own cooling system then it wont matter as much (though you may find better headroom with the GAMING TWIN FROZR V OC due to it being a higher binned chip.)

Also, I hate MSI and found them to be the only GPU maker who i've had a DOA card and issues with another card. They were not easy people to work with during the RMA process.
 
GwyndolinCinder said:
Anyone know the if there will be a significant difference between these two 970 cards?

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...tm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=PCPartPicker

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-...ddr5-gpu-1076mhz-boost-1216mhz-cores-1664-3xd
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The first one has a slight factory overclock, so it shoudl perform a bit better. Not by much at all though. A few frames here, a few frames there. And it's possible you could OC the other one too a bit.

The main difference here is cooling solution. The first one is better, so long as you have adequate airflow in your case. That card will be dumping hot air into your case. The other one is the standard shroud which will spew hot air at the back of your case, but won't be as good at keeping your card cool (and will probably be louder).
 
I'm normally a frames per second whore, but with this game I'm going to try and push as many of the pretties as possible and see what I can get away with at 30fps on my 780ti.

Hoping I'll get close to reveal trailer level quality.
 
Kama_1082 said:
This makes me sad. I JUST put it together
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I'm sorry to hear that. Your CPU is very strong, and it's not a bad choice.
But in the future (1+year) more cores, be them physical or logical, will come in handy you can be sure of that.

DX11's limited multithreading is partly to blame for the saying "I7s don't matter for gaming" but that won't be true when Directx 12 games start coming out.
However, don't assume your I5 will not cut it, that's not what I'm saying. I just see 8 cores CPU flexing their muscles.
 
Kinthalis said:
4K now is the 1440p of 4 years ago. You're really looking at SLI for 60 FPS, and even then, not necessarily ultra in all settings, at least not for fully locked 60 FPS.

That was me back in the day. Now a days a single igh end GPU is enough for 1440p, and that will eventually (maybe even as early as next year) also eb enough for 4K.

So yeah, two GTX 970's and a latest gen i7 processor is your ticket (980's if you want more vRAM headroom for a little bit of AA), so about at leat $800 in GPU's and CPU and RAM. You'd still need a mobo and case and hard drives and OS though (more if you go GTX 980's).

Basically, at least, personally, I'd wait until a single GPU can do it, or GTX980's fall in price. By which time Gsync + 4K will also be cheaper.
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thanks for the tip. At this point I guess I'll just stick to a single card and do 1080p at 60 frames per second until there's a single card option that's viable for 4k.
 
Kama_1082 said:
I just want to run games at 1080p/60 at high to very high settings
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You'll be just fine.

For your budget, recommending the i5 is an easy choice. DX12 will help even further with performance as it will make better use or your cores. The increased cache on an i7 does help a little bit, but not every game truly takes advantage of hyper threading. For example, if a game ends up being GPU bound, it won't matter a whole lot.

Not sure if you got a stock cooler or after market, but later on, you can always switch to an aftermarket and overclock to get more life out of the CPU. That's what I would personally recommend.
 
Kinthalis said:
The first one has a slight factory overclock, so it shoudl perform a bit better. Not by much at all though. A few frames here, a few frames there. And it's possible you could OC the other one too a bit.

The main difference here is cooling solution. The first one is better, so long as you have adequate airflow in your case. That card will be dumping hot air into your case. The other one is the standard shroud which will spew hot air at the back of your case, but won't be as good at keeping your card cool (and will probably be louder).
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Thankyou and Pagusas!
I'll probably go with TWIN FROZR then, just need to check if 500W PSU is fine for it
 
as someone who has g-sync, it's hard for me to participate in FPS conversations. My 970 and i7-4790k will do ultra at probably 45-50 fps... but it will look like 60 fps. the only time i can tell the difference between frames now is if i go back to my ps4.
 
GwyndolinCinder said:
Thankyou and Pagusas!
I'll probably go with TWIN FROZR then, just need to check if 500W PSU is fine for it
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Depends on the brand and quality, along with what else is in your system. If you have 4 HDD, an i7, that GPU and 4 banks of memory, I'd say your are pushing it.
 
My Specs:
i7-3770
8 GB RAM
GTX 980
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Pagusas said:
I remember when my 8800gtx lasted FOREVER and could handle everything. Miss that card :(
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Not quite everything. Running Crysis at very high settings brought everything to their knees. I remember I couldn't even run it at native resolution without turning a number of settings down with that same card.
 
Let's suppose I'm buying a new PC just to play this at the max, how much an I supposed to pay for a setup like this (not even considering the motherboard/cooler/power supply/cabinet/SSD):

Intel i7-4790
16GB of RAM
NVIDIA GTX980

?
 
I wonder what my system will run this game on:

-Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge
-CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000)
-EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support

GTX 980, I want you! But I'm hoping for 980 Ti release in June :/
 
RadioHammer500 said:
does that mean PC ultra...everything is at ultra settings?
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I would imagine so.
Hairworks is only available in the PC version however, that has been confirmed a long time ago.
Same goes for HBAO+. GPU Physx will likely be Nvidia exclusive.

Aside from that we can't be adamant.
 
batman2million said:
You're looking at $1000 +
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Yeah right around there. @Syntsui Keep in mind that is a near top-of-the-line system, and you can run this game at high settings for far, far less money. For a full build from scratch (not including monitor or KBAM), you'll looking at around $1400-1500, depending on your choice of Mobo/power supply/case.
 
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