Witcher 2 system reqs are out

[Lesifoere]

As translated from Polygamia

Recommended specs:

Processor: Intel Quad Core or AMD equivalent
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 260, 1 GB memory / Radeon HD 4850 with 1 GB memory
Memory: 3 GB for Windows XP / 4 GB for Windows Vista and Windows 7
Hard Disk: At least 16 GB of free space

Minimum specs:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD equivalent
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 8800, 512 MB memory or ATI equivalent
Memory: 1 GB for Windows XP / 2 GB for Windows Vista and Windows 7
Hard Disk: 8 GB for the game installation and 8 GB for bonus materials

Truly a game made for the PC master race; good thing I just upgraded my GPU. Not sure what they'll do to tone it down for the maybe-maybe-not console ports considering, but it'll be a shitload of toning-down they'll have to do.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Awesome, I meet recommended.

 

[made]

Is my Athlon X2 5400 equivalent to an Intel Quad Core? Apart from that I'm good to go. Bring on the Witcher!

 

[Crooked Bee]

Awesome, I meet recommended.

+1
Here's hoping Twitcher2 will be a decent action-adventure.

 

[JarlFrank]

Yay, I meet recommended. Finally a game made with the PC in mind again \o/

 

[visions]

Awesome, I meet the minimum.

 

[Captain Shrek]

I meet recommended requirements too!

Hoping for a good game though... :/

 

[Andyman Messiah]

I have no idea if my PC meets any requirements because I am not a nerd. I'll have to ask the neighbour's kid if he knows.

 

[Falkner]

Now let's hope that it will also be well optimised and those specs are actually worth anything. I'm somewhere between required and recommended for this and I can't even get 30 fps in Act III of the first game.

 

[Krash]

Higher resolution tits?

 

[Mrowak]

Ok, I am slightly below the recommended specs. Should be fun

 

[circ]

Well I can run it on rec, just like DA 2. But do I want to, just like DA 2.

 

[Jaesun]

I meet Recommended, yay.

 

[ghostdog]

Specs mean shit.

We'll have to wait and see how the actual game looks like and how well it runs.

And what really matters is the level/map design that goes along with those graphics and not the derp-effects. Are we going to have to wait 30 seconds of loading time each time we enter/exit a house ? Are the areas big enough, or are we going to have the usual shit in order for the console ports to handle it ?

 

[Monocause]

My CPU is below minimum specs but that haven't stopped me before and won't stop me now.

 

[Mrowak]

Specs mean shit.

We'll have to wait and see how the actual game looks like and how well it runs.

And what really matters is the level/map design that goes along with those graphics and not the derp-effects. Are we going to have to wait 30 seconds of loading time each time we enter/exit a house ? Are the areas big enough, or are we going to have the usual shit in order for the console ports to handle it ?

Actually from the videos we could see, this time around the world is more open - think Gothic. You can enter a house at your leisure, just like that. You will see loading screens only while loading huge locations, or a save.

 

[ghostdog]

Specs mean shit.

We'll have to wait and see how the actual game looks like and how well it runs.

And what really matters is the level/map design that goes along with those graphics and not the derp-effects. Are we going to have to wait 30 seconds of loading time each time we enter/exit a house ? Are the areas big enough, or are we going to have the usual shit in order for the console ports to handle it ?

Actually from the videos we could see, this time around the world is more open - think Gothic. You can enter a house at your leisure, just like that. You will see loading screens only while loading huge locations, or a save.

Cool, I like thinking of Gothic.


As long as it's not Gothic 3 of course.

 

[Mrowak]

Specs mean shit.

We'll have to wait and see how the actual game looks like and how well it runs.

And what really matters is the level/map design that goes along with those graphics and not the derp-effects. Are we going to have to wait 30 seconds of loading time each time we enter/exit a house ? Are the areas big enough, or are we going to have the usual shit in order for the console ports to handle it ?

Actually from the videos we could see, this time around the world is more open - think Gothic. You can enter a house at your leisure, just like that. You will see loading screens only while loading huge locations, or a save.

Cool, I like thinking of Gothic.


As long as it's not Gothic 3 of course.

Here's a short gameplay presentation of a dwarven town.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/questing-developer-the-witcher/710869

The minigames in the tavern kinda suck, though. :/

 

[Jaesun]

Didn't they ditch the Aurora Engine (constant loading screens) with a new one?

 

[Lesifoere]

Yep, they saw the error of their ways and developed their own engine. From the looks of things, I'd say that's a fine move.

 

[Karmapowered]

The new engine uses streaming to load the resources of the game.

Hence why you shouldn't ever see the infamous "loading, please wait" screen, unless playing on a console outdated computer.

EDIT : Here is an interesting chat with the lead designer (I think), which elaborates some more.

The game seems very promising to me.

 

[racofer]

This is complete bullshit!

How can a better looking game than DA2 have lesser system requirements?!

HOW!?!

THAT!

IS!

IMPOSSIBLE!!

 

[Freelance Henchman]

Hey, I pass minimum, more or less.

 

[Jaesun]

This is complete bullshit!

How can a better looking game than DA2 have lesser system requirements?!

HOW!?!

THAT!

IS!

IMPOSSIBLE!!

Potato power!

 

[Freelance Henchman]

Potato power!