How GPU heavy is this game?

[tex]

Was wondering because I may buy it but I only have a 750 Ti until my Birthday in March.

[trek554]

well you are slightly below minimum requirements so what does that tell you? and the rest of your specs matter too you know.

[Lunar Fox]

very. Sucks I can play almost all games from this year at least on high, some settings on ultra others on medium. But w3? Cant even play it on low in native res (1080p). So yea its pretty gpu heavy, I wish they made a more efficient engine like FOX engine ( i can run that game maxed out)).

[trek554]

TBH its not very demanding on lower settings and someone would have to have a complete pos of pc to struggle on low. even a dinky 750 ti would have no issues at all getting over 30 fps on medium even at 1080.

[Luxia]

I'm running it on a 550 Ti 1 GB + i3 2120 3.30 GHz.
Every setting on lowlow (but no mods further making it worse) and 1280x720 gives me framerate above 30 (That's 40-50, sometimes 60) except when in Novigrad.

[jclosed]

With that GPU you will be able to play the game, but keep in mind you won't be able to play the game in better quality settings and high resolution at acceptable frame rates. You probably have to experiment an bit to get optimal results.

As said - you are even below the minimum that is advised, so a lot depends on the rest of your system. If your processor is above minimum, then you do not have to worry in that department, and upgrading to a better GPU later on is an good option. However - if your CPU is below specs it really will be an struggle.

Also - keep in mind that 6Gb memory minimum is needed to play this game. Go below that and you could be in trouble. Especially if other hardware is also not up to minimum needed.

I use the GTX970 to play this game, and for me this GPU is in the sweet spot between price and performance. The GTX 980 (Ti) will perform better, but is very expensive. The GTX 960 is cheaper, but lacks some performance (altough it's not that bad at all).

So - you could give your CPU spec and amount of memory here if you are unsure if you can run the game, but I think you have enough information now to do an educated guess..

[Gabriel Angelos]

Originally posted by Max:

Was wondering because I may buy it but I only have a 750 Ti until my Birthday in March.

Its one of the most demanding games on the market. Only a handful of games are so GPU intensive.

Assassin's Creed Unity, Metro Last Light redux are two that spring to mind. Dying Light is another.

[trek554]

Originally posted by Mumm-Ra:

Originally posted by Max:

Was wondering because I may buy it but I only have a 750 Ti until my Birthday in March.

Its one of the most demanding games on the market. Only a handful of games are so GPU intensive.

Assassin's Creed Unity, Metro Last Light redux are two that spring to mind. Dying Light is another.

again on lower settings its not and a 750 ti will never go below 30 fps on medium at 1080 if the rest of the pc is up to snuff. even a few high settings are doable. its only some of the high and especially the ultra settings that make this game very demanding. heck without hairworks and with only foliage distance turned down one notch a 980 ti can play this fine at 4k.

and also Metro LL is only demanding on its very high setting which looks nearly indistinguishable from high anyway.

with most games its all about common sense and finding the setting or two with the biggest hit.

[Gabriel Angelos]

Originally posted by trek554:

Originally posted by Mumm-Ra:

Its one of the most demanding games on the market. Only a handful of games are so GPU intensive.

Assassin's Creed Unity, Metro Last Light redux are two that spring to mind. Dying Light is another.

again on lower settings its not and a 750 ti will never go below 30 fps on medium at 1080 if the rest of the pc is up to snuff. even a few high settings are doable. its only some of the high and especially the ultra settings that make this game very demanding. heck without hairworks and with only foliage distance turned down one notch a 980 ti can play this fine at 4k.

and also Metro LL is only demanding on its very high setting which looks nearly indistinguishable from high anyway.

with most games its all about common sense and finding the setting or two with the biggest hit.

I don't see the point in running a game unless i can max it or just about max it. You are losing out on the full experience otherwise.

30 fps is unplayable for me as well, spoiled i know.

Your a 980 ti owner so im guessing your not so different in mind set.

[Rafael Freeman]

Originally posted by Mumm-Ra:

Originally posted by trek554:

again on lower settings its not and a 750 ti will never go below 30 fps on medium at 1080 if the rest of the pc is up to snuff. even a few high settings are doable. its only some of the high and especially the ultra settings that make this game very demanding. heck without hairworks and with only foliage distance turned down one notch a 980 ti can play this fine at 4k.

and also Metro LL is only demanding on its very high setting which looks nearly indistinguishable from high anyway.

with most games its all about common sense and finding the setting or two with the biggest hit.

I don't see the point in running a game unless i can max it or just about max it. You are losing out on the full experience otherwise.

30 fps is unplayable for me as well, spoiled i know.

Your a 980 ti owner so im guessing your not so different in mind set.

Agree about the need for 60 fps, although above 50 fps is playable for me.

Disagree strongly about the need to max out the settings.

I have two game PCs and only one is capable of making out the settings for most games. The actual visul differences are underwhelming.

Plus with TW3 tweaking the settings might make the game more visually appealing, based on personal preference.

[LeftCrusade™]

I have 7870 and i play at medium/high so you should be fine

[Ðexter]

Originally posted by Murk_King:

very. Sucks I can play almost all games from this year at least on high, some settings on ultra others on medium. But w3? Cant even play it on low in native res (1080p). So yea its pretty gpu heavy, I wish they made a more efficient engine like FOX engine ( i can run that game maxed out)).

They had to do downgrade because of consoles. Otherwise it would be even far more heavy than it is now :D

[jclosed]

Originally posted by °Ðexter°:

Originally posted by Murk_King:

very. Sucks I can play almost all games from this year at least on high, some settings on ultra others on medium. But w3? Cant even play it on low in native res (1080p). So yea its pretty gpu heavy, I wish they made a more efficient engine like FOX engine ( i can run that game maxed out)).

They had to do downgrade because of consoles. Otherwise it would be even far more heavy than it is now :D

If they did not "downgraded" it, then probably 0.4% of the PC gamers would be able to run the game. And I am optimistic now. I guess you are thinking they did not need any income from "normal" PC gamers, but only from those few that have Top-Of-The-Range blindly expensive über hardware.

Face it - If they did not "downgraded" it, probably 99,6% of the PC gamers where not able to run the game at more than 0.05 frames per second.

[Rafael Freeman]

Originally posted by jclosed:

Originally posted by °Ðexter°:

They had to do downgrade because of consoles. Otherwise it would be even far more heavy than it is now :D

If they did not "downgraded" it, then probably 0.4% of the PC gamers would be able to run the game. And I am optimistic now. I guess you are thinking they did not need any income from "normal" PC gamers, but only from those few that have Top-Of-The-Range blindly expensive über hardware.

Face it - If they did not "downgraded" it, probably 99,6% of the PC gamers where not able to run the game at more than 0.05 frames per second.

True. Personally I believe that the game still is too GPU dependent. It's in the interest of all PC gamers that games sell well on PC.

I don't mind if my GPU isn't fully utilized, as long as I can play great games.

[Gabriel Angelos]

Originally posted by rafaelherschel:

Originally posted by Mumm-Ra:

I don't see the point in running a game unless i can max it or just about max it. You are losing out on the full experience otherwise.

30 fps is unplayable for me as well, spoiled i know.

Your a 980 ti owner so im guessing your not so different in mind set.

Agree about the need for 60 fps, although above 50 fps is playable for me.

Disagree strongly about the need to max out the settings.

I have two game PCs and only one is capable of making out the settings for most games. The actual visul differences are underwhelming.

Plus with TW3 tweaking the settings might make the game more visually appealing, based on personal preference.

The Witcher 3 is one game that does look drastically different. It looks awful on medium for instance.

The first few patches for the game reset all my settings and i booted it up on the default. Noticed straight away something was wrong.

Medium settings is the same Ps4.

[Lunar Fox]

Wish they'd keep optimizing for PC.....instead of just fixing bugs, which is awesome tht they did, but keep optimizing the graphics....