Witcher 2 and 3 @ 4K Hardware Discussion

[DeathJester]

I'm wondering what video card configuration would be optimal for playing both the Witcher 2 and Witcher 3 when it comes out at 4k resolution, and which Monitor to go for.
I currently have one Geforce GTX 970, and i'm considering getting an SLI motherboard for my Intel Core I5 3570K 3.4ghz processor, and then running an additional EVGA Geforce GTX 970 SC card. I'm looking at the ASUS PB287Q monitor, and more than likely i'll get it.
From what i've researched, one 970 will give me 30-40 fps, where i'm really looking to be at 60+, so a second 970 is probably in order.

thanks!

[Ceejay]

2x970's might play witcher 2 at 4k, but the specs needed for 3 are bonkers. Can only guess, but its possible even 2 970's wont be enough for 30ps in witcher 3 at 4k nevermind 60.

The recommened spcs are these
Intel CPU Core i7 3770 3,4 GHz
AMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4 GHz
Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 770
AMD GPU Radeon R9 290
RAM 8GB
OS 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)
DirectX 11
HDD Space 40 GB

So your cpu does not even meet recommended for 1080. nevermind 4k! The bare minimum for witcher 3 is the i5 2500, which yours is only slighter faster than.

Also the recommended system is only for med-high at 1080, not even max detail @ 1080.


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

Its one hell of a game engine........so yep even with 2 970's your may need to upgrade them to 980's and upgrade your cpu.

I say may, no one knows yet. You could be totally fine once its released, I would not buy another 970 just yet, wait till it comes out and people run it on various existing hardware.

Although if you can run it, you can laugh at the xbox one and playstation 4 owners as the console version suffers from slight frame rate drops, draw distance, as well as texture pop-in issues that usually appear when the quick action sequence is initiated after a cutscene, thats even just at 1080. (though again these issues may have been resolved upon release)

[DeathJester]

Ceejay, thankyou for your post.

The performance difference between an I5 3570k to an I7 isn't that dramatic in most games today, because of the overclock potential on the chip and it being a true Quad Core processor, from the research i've done, most games are GPU optimized. The difference between a 970 to 980 isn't as great a gap as you might suggest from the tests i've been seeing from tomshardware, pcgamer, and maximum pc. Perhaps in an SLI configuration, maybe so.
I guess we won't be sure until Cd Project Red chimes in, or we get some solid benchmarks. Anywhoo, I just ordered an Asus 4k monitor, ASRock4 Extreme Mobo with SLI/Crossfire support, a new CPU cooler, and another EVGA SC (3.5g) 4GB Geforce GTX 970 from Newegg. I received a free Witcher 3 Game for the Video Card purchase.
From the benchmarks i've seen, the 970 and 980 are within 5-10 percent of each other in benchmarks, so most publications are recommending the 970s for the dollar.
Once I get my shipment, build my system, and play the game i'll let you know how it goes.

[[OTS]EchoZenLogos]

Originally posted by Aruul:

Ceejay, thankyou for your post.

The performance difference between an I5 3570k to an I7 isn't that dramatic in most games today, because of the overclock potential on the chip and it being a true Quad Core processor, from the research i've done, most games are GPU optimized. The difference between a 970 to 980 isn't as great a gap as you might suggest from the tests i've been seeing from tomshardware, pcgamer, and maximum pc. Perhaps in an SLI configuration, maybe so.
I guess we won't be sure until Cd Project Red chimes in, or we get some solid benchmarks. Anywhoo, I just ordered an Asus 4k monitor, ASRock4 Extreme Mobo with SLI/Crossfire support, a new CPU cooler, and another EVGA SC (3.5g) 4GB Geforce GTX 970 from Newegg. I received a free Witcher 3 Game for the Video Card purchase.
From the benchmarks i've seen, the 970 and 980 are within 5-10 percent of each other in benchmarks, so most publications are recommending the 970s for the dollar.
Once I get my shipment, build my system, and play the game i'll let you know how it goes.

Well, to be fair, scaling up resolution is pretty much entirely gpu-based - so how powerful your cpu happens to be should have very little effect on whether or not you can run a game in 4k. With that being said, I doubt it will be feasible to run TW3 in 4k at launch unless you pretty much buy the most expensive setup imaginable, and even then it might not run that well.