{"id":34063,"date":"2015-01-07T10:05:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T18:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=34063"},"modified":"2015-01-07T10:06:26","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T18:06:26","slug":"youre-going-need-better-rig-play-witcher-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2015\/01\/07\/youre-going-need-better-rig-play-witcher-3\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re going to need a better rig to play The Witcher 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CD Projekt RED has published the <a href=\"http:\/\/thewitcher.com\/news\/view\/927\">system requirements<\/a> for the PC version of The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt. The game will take up at least 40GB, and require DirectX 11 and a 64-bit Windows 7 or 8 operating system, which isn&#8217;t crazy for a modern game, but the rest of the specifications may call for some upgrading.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Minimum System Requirements<br \/>\nIntel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz<br \/>\nAMD CPU Phenom II X4 940<br \/>\nNvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660<br \/>\nAMD GPU Radeon HD 7870<br \/>\nRAM 6GB<\/p>\n<p>Recommended System Requirements<br \/>\nIntel CPU Core i7 3770 3.4GHz<br \/>\nAMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4GHz<br \/>\nNvidia GPU GeForce GTX 770<br \/>\nAMD GPU Radeon R9 290<br \/>\nRAM 8GB<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For comparison, the average gamer&#8217;s system according to <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/hwsurvey\">Steam&#8217;s hardware survey<\/a> has a 2.3 to 2.69GHz processor, and 1GB of video memory. Of course, you can always opt to play the game on Xbox One or PlayStation 4 if your PC isn&#8217;t up to snuff. 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