The Witcher 3: Is your system ready - Nvidia official system requirements

ISee said:
PCgameshardware.de posted a Witcher 3 video [click me] . They are running the game in 4k (downsampled) on a single titan x (w/o hairworks). Just incase some wants to see it.

-In general they seem to be very pleased with the game (no day1 patch and no nvidia optimized drivers so far)

-Multicore CPU useage is good.

-The game doesn't seem to be very CPU heavy (they mention that they were able to downcloak their test CPU to 2 ghz and the game still ran good).

-High End GPUs can render the game in 1440p (ultra, w/o hairworks).

-Mid range GPUs run the game in 1080p (ultra, w/o hairworks).

-VRAM usage is pretty moderate: 2560x1440 ~ 2.5 gb vram (max usage).

-No loading screens.

-Tessellation is not that high (8x-16x), but it still looks good.

-NVIDIA Hairworks is very performance hungry and should only be used with high end GPUs.

PC options screenshots

Downsampled (5k) PC ultra screenshots

4k Youtube Video

EDIT: It was already posted.... sorry.
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BBboy20 said:
...I don't think I'm going to play this game for the next two weeks.

Aren't you suppose to attach some coolant device to it?

That's nice to know.
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Guys, do not use PCGH as a reference at this point. The build they played has come under scrutiny, so there is a possibility that their results are off. Unless something changes over the weekend, you might want to wait till launch before drawing conclusions from it.
 
So I have been tooling around with Precision X on my EVGA 970 FTWs in SLI...


Running +115 GPU and +330 Memory seemingly stable.

So that's 1544 GPU Clock and 3829 Memory Clock.

So far I have just been running Valley Benchmark, Bioshock Infinite Benchmark, Hitman Absolution Benchmark, and redownloading TR now.

According to the benchmarks of stock SLI 980s, running the sames settings as the benchmarks @4K, I am netting usualy 2-5 FPS better than the SLI 980's.

Though these benches are from the release of the card obviously, so some of my success could be from improved drivers I would assume. But looks like right now I am getting >980 SLI performance out of my 970 FTW SLI. More than happy as long as these remain stable. Going to try some actual gaming sessions and see how it holds up.
 
BigTnaples said:
So I have been tooling around with Precision X on my EVGA 970 FTWs in SLI...


Running +115 GPU and +330 Memory seemingly stable.

So that's 1544 GPU Clock and 3829 Memory Clock.

So far I have just been running Valley Benchmark, Bioshock Infinite Benchmark, Hitman Absolution Benchmark, and redownloading TR now.

According to the benchmarks of stock SLI 980s, running the sames settings as the benchmarks @4K, I am netting usualy 2-5 FPS better than the SLI 980's.

Though these benches are from the release of the card obviously, so some of my success could be from improved drivers I would assume. But looks like right now I am getting >980 SLI performance out of my 970 FTW SLI. More than happy as long as these remain stable. Going to try some actual gaming sessions and see how it holds up.
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Nice! Get Crysis 3, max everything at 4k and keep your character idling at the first raining level, looking into the distance from the the first bridge you cross right at the beginning. That's the area where your framerate will get hit HARD. Keep your system running for 2 hours while you go and watch a movie. If your system hasn't crashed to desktop when you are back, you are set for life!

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BigTnaples said:
Not hopeless.


You could probably run it on High instead of Uber, with AA off, at 4K at 30fps.


Give or take a few settings and gameworks.


The 4K would be worth it imo.

Also, 1440p is a great compromise when you can't get 4K running well enough. Still looks much better than 1080p, and the cost is not nearly as great.
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I'm definitely going to try for some kind of settings that can get me 4K/30. Honestly I wouldn't mind no AA at 4K, the real question is how many and which settings I'll have to lower. Because the 970 taps out at 3.5GB of VRAM usage, I'm guessing I will have to lower texture detail to make 4K playable.
 
I have no fear that my Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 will do just fine but I'm a little more concerned for my i7 950 (oc'd to 3.8 ghz) and 6gb of triple channel ram.

Bring it on!
 
BigTnaples said:
So I have been tooling around with Precision X on my EVGA 970 FTWs in SLI...


Running +115 GPU and +330 Memory seemingly stable.

So that's 1544 GPU Clock and 3829 Memory Clock.

So far I have just been running Valley Benchmark, Bioshock Infinite Benchmark, Hitman Absolution Benchmark, and redownloading TR now.

According to the benchmarks of stock SLI 980s, running the sames settings as the benchmarks @4K, I am netting usualy 2-5 FPS better than the SLI 980's.

Though these benches are from the release of the card obviously, so some of my success could be from improved drivers I would assume. But looks like right now I am getting >980 SLI performance out of my 970 FTW SLI. More than happy as long as these remain stable. Going to try some actual gaming sessions and see how it holds up.
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When I got my 970 in September the first thing I did was jack the clockspeeds as high as I could get them stable. I've been noticing over the last couple months, at least with my card, my setup, my drivers, stability has almost been on a game to game basis,when really pushing the card past 1500Mhz. I can hit 1550Mhz completely stable in certain games, but I get Wolfenstein Opengl driver crashes at anything above 1500mhz. 1570Mhz core stable on Unigine Heaven and Valley benchmarks, more than a dozen runs, but nothing else. I'd get pink screen driver crashes playing TF2 at clock values I assumed were stable from weeks of gaming.

It might just be my card though.
 
viveks86 said:
Nice! Get Crysis 3, max everything at 4k and keep your character idling at the first raining level, looking into the distance from the the first bridge you cross right at the beginning. That's the area where your framerate will get hit HARD. Keep your system running for 2 hours while you go and watch a movie. If your system hasn't crashed to desktop when you are back, you are set for life!

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Nice. Trying that out now.

Are you getting 60 in that scene at 4K? Well done.
 
viveks86 said:
Guys, do not use PCGH as a reference at this point. The build they played has come under scrutiny, so there is a possibility that their results are off. Unless something changes over the weekend, you might want to wait till launch before drawing conclusions from it.
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It is not like I do not belive you, but what is wrong with their PC build and what is your source?
 
ISee said:
It is not like I do not belive you, but what is wrong with their PC build and what is your source?
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CDPR said something was off about the graphics in that build, so they contacted the site and they both agreed to take down the video, because it was not representative of the final build.
 
BigTnaples said:
CDPR said something was off about the graphics in that build, so the contacted the sight and they both agreed to take down the video, because it was not representative of the final build.
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hmm interesting... so let's wait and see. thx for info.
 
BigTnaples said:
What rig are you running again?
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Inter 5930k hexacore OC @4.4 Ghz
Titan X 2xSLI OC @+200/+400
16 GB DDR4 3000Mhz Ram
1 TB Samsung Evo SSD
Asus x99-A motherboard
Seasonic 1200W Platinum PSU
Corsair 500R case
Corsair AF120 Fans
H105 Water cooling

ISee said:
It is not like I do not belive you, but what is wrong with their PC build and what is your source?
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Here:

http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/36117-For-those-PC-gamers-who-are-craving-for-Min-vs-Max-comparison?p=1660944#post1660944

Regarding the comparion video, unfortunately we don’t know how this video was created and what PC settings have been used. It compared an early PC version with a PS4 debug build without the day 1 patch. So it's quite an uncommon basic setting. Something went wrong here and therefore we spoke to the editorial team behind it - we both agreed something is not quite right and while we're figuring out what mistake has been made, we have removed the video. We do admit it looked pretty wonky, hence its removal.

It simply made the PC version look pretty bad and YT compression didn't help either. This was not the final build for PC on which we are working till the last moment.

There will be visible differences between console and PC (we always said so), stuff like:
- draw distance
- framerate
- resolution
-exclusive features such as hairworks

We're sorry about the confusion. We are just 4 days away from the release and we can't wait when the PC players will get their hands-on the game.
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And in case this upsets you, you are more than welcome to join us in the downgrade thread and grumble till Monday :)

EDIT: Beaten!
 
viveks86 said:
Inter 5930k hexacore OC @4.4 Ghz
Titan X 2xSLI OC @+200/+400
16 GB DDR4 3000Mhz Ram
1 TB Samsung Evo SSD
Asus x99-A motherboard
Seasonic 1200W Platinum PSU
Corsair 500R case
Corsair AF120 Fans
H105 Water cooling
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Hot damn that's a beautiful rig.


I don't feel so bad about only hitting 31fps in that scene at 4K then.

Had a crash to pink running that scene, dropped 10hz down on the gpu clock, and so far going strong on that scene for around 30-40 min. Hoping it remains stable here.
 
BigTnaples said:
Hot damn that's a beautiful rig.


I don't feel so bad about only hitting 31fps in that scene at 4K then.

Had a crash to pink running that scene, dropped 10hz down on the gpu clock, and so far going strong on that scene for around 30-40 min. Hoping it remains stable here.
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Thanks! :)

Good. That area totally gives you a reality check. The first time I OC'ed and ranked top 10 on 3Dmark, my system would crash in 5 minutes on that level. Run for 2 hours at the very least. Then you can rest assured that you aren't slow poisoning your card.
 
viveks86 said:
Thanks! :)

Good. That area totally gives you a reality check. The first time I OC'ed and ranked top 10 on 3Dmark, my system would crash in 5 minutes on that level. Run for 2 hours at the very least. Then you can rest assured that you aren't slow poisoning your card.
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A went out to grab some T-Bell and came back. Still running like a champ. Things are looking good. Going to give it another 20 minutes or so to be sure.
 
BigTnaples said:
A went out to grab some T-Bell and came back. Still running like a champ. Things are looking good. Going to give it another 20 minutes or so to be sure.
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That scene is great for testing maximum load stability, but you also need to test varying loads where your GPU is constantly adjusting clock speeds and voltages accordingly. For that I'd recommend actually playing Crysis 3 for a few hours with vsync and settings that allow your GPU to downclock itself during less demanding scenes. The idea here is to test for stability while cycling through different power states during gameplay. Good luck!
 
Buburibon said:
That scene is great for testing maximum load stability, but you also need to test varying loads where your GPU is constantly adjusting clock speeds and voltages accordingly. For that I'd recommend actually playing Crysis 3 for a few hours with vsync and settings that allow your GPU to downclock itself during less demanding scenes. The idea here is to test for stability while cycling through different power states during gameplay. Good luck!
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Good point. Yeah I did that a lot as well, though didn't realize how important that would be. What I did realize was how terrible the game really is.
 
viveks86 said:
Good point. Yeah I did that a lot as well, though didn't realize how important that would be. What I did realize was how terrible the game really is.
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I hear you!

Yes, it's pretty important. My Titan X could comfortably run that scene for hours on end at +215/+400, but gameplay would often crash while transitioning between p-states. After days of testing, I found that I had to dial things down to +185/+300 for 99.99% stability during gameplay with current drivers.
 
viveks86 said:
Congrats! Your initiation is near complete. The Safe OverClocKers Society awaits you!
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Buburibon said:
That scene is great for testing maximum load stability, but you also need to test varying loads where your GPU is constantly adjusting clock speeds and voltages accordingly. For that I'd recommend actually playing Crysis 3 for a few hours with vsync and settings that allow your GPU to downclock itself during less demanding scenes. The idea here is to test for stability while cycling through different power states during gameplay. Good luck!
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Well so far so good, let that scene run for about 2 hours, then continued to play through the next level. Thank you all!!


Game is gorgeous. Though the water physics seem to operate at a lower framerate than the game itself? Also, is that tall grass supposed to bend more when Ceph run through it?

At any rate. Clock seems stable. Going to play some more Witcher 2 or Crysis 3 in a bit. Thought I would take a break and download some Wild Hunt Gamersyde vids.
 
Buburibon said:
I hear you!

Yes, it's pretty important. My Titan X could comfortably run that scene for hours on end at +215/+400, but gameplay would often crash while transitioning between p-states. After days of testing, I found that I had to dial things down to +185/+300 for 99.99% stability during gameplay with current drivers.
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Damn… Titan X can do better than that for sure. Wonder what's limiting you. Are you running default fan profile?
 
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Anyone else seeing this "Release in less than an hour" on GOG Galaxy?

Edit: Also, achievements list seems to have just popped up.
 
viveks86 said:
Damn… Titan X can do better than that for sure. Wonder what's limiting you. Are you running default fan profile?
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I'm running a fairly aggressive fan profile actually. My particular card probably needs a higher power limit to sustain overclocks higher than +185/+300 when suddenly going from a lower p-state to maximum load under certain scenarios. A custom bios would probably do the trick, but then the card would get hotter and I'm not willing to watercool it, so c'est la vie I suppose.
 
Is the a thread where I can seek advice about over clocking my card? I only recently built my pc, thinking about OC'ing for the witcher, but don't know what I'm doing.
 
Bright-Light said:
EVGA 970
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My suggestion would be to install something like MSI Afterburner, then increase the power limit % to its max, followed by increasing the core clock in steps of 10 MHz, starting from 100 MHz and testing for stability. Once it gets unstable, dial it back a bit. Then start increasing memory clock in steps of 20 MHz.
 
Bright-Light said:
Is the a thread where I can seek advice about over clocking my card? I only recently built my pc, thinking about OC'ing for the witcher, but don't know what I'm doing.
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There will be a witcher pc performance thread that would invariably show up at launch. Would be a good place to seek advise if you need more help
 
Is my MSI GTX670 PE 2GB be able to run this at 1080p high/max settings? :/

Rig is I7-4790K, 6GB RAM, Samsung ssd 840 pro
 
BigTnaples said:
A went out to grab some T-Bell and came back. Still running like a champ. Things are looking good. Going to give it another 20 minutes or so to be sure.
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It's worth pointing out that this testing methodology will only tell you whether the card has remained stable enough not to crash, not whether the the card is completely stable. You really need to play a variety of games to make sure there are no visual artifacts. For example, my 780 Ti seemed stable gaming at its overclock for ~9 months, it hadn't crashed once. Then I played Shadow of Mordor and noticed occasional graphic glitches. I had to dial down the overclock slightly to make them go away.
 
Thank god I got a job, now I can buy this with clear conscience. Does anyone know if the physical PC release activates on steam?

Also, fuck my 970 G1 with poor mem overclocks. Hopefully the core oc of 1530 brings me close enough to that sweet Uber/Gameworks setting.

Edit: Okay seems like physical version is DRM free so maybe no steam activation.
 
viveks86 said:
Nice! Get Crysis 3, max everything at 4k and keep your character idling at the first raining level, looking into the distance from the the first bridge you cross right at the beginning. That's the area where your framerate will get hit HARD. Keep your system running for 2 hours while you go and watch a movie. If your system hasn't crashed to desktop when you are back, you are set for life!

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Are you sure that's not because of this? The bug was still present when I played through the game around two years ago.
 
curlycare said:
Edit: Okay seems like physical version is DRM free so maybe no steam activation.
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Yeah, no Steam key, but I think there's an optional GOG one.

Edit:
Q: What is the GOG.com game code found in the box used for?
A: The game code grants you access to a digital backup copy of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on GOG.com. You will also receive full software support, i.e. future updates, as well as all the additional content like the 16 Free DLCs, the FLAC & MP3 soundtrack, comics, wallpapers, art book, all voice over packs and more.
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