The Witcher System Requirements: Can You Run It?

The Witcher
Developer:
CD Projekt RED
Publisher:
Atari
Release date:
Metacritic score:
81 / 100
Our user score:
4.3 / 5 (194 votes)

Official The Witcher system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run The Witcher at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.

PassMinimum requirements

Pass Graphics card:
128 MB Video RAM or greater with DirectX9 Vertex Shader/ Pixel Shader 2.0 support (NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or ATI Radeon 9800 or better)
Pass CPU:
Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz or AMD Athlon 64 +2800
Pass Memory:
1 GB RAM for Microsoft® Windows® XP / 1536 MB for Microsoft® Windows® Vista
File size:
8.5 GB available hard drive space
Operating system:
Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2, Vista (Operating System must be up to date with the latest fixes)
DirectX:
DirectX 9.0c

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX or ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
Pass CPU:
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz or AMD X2
Pass Memory:
2 GB RAM
File size:
8.5 GB available hard drive space
Operating system:
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Vista (Operating System must be up to date with the latest fixes)
DirectX:
DirectX 9.0c

The Witcher performance on your PC

The Witcher performance with your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

RTX 3060
minimum
Any
recommended
GeForce 7900 GTX
30 fps @ low
1366×768
60 fps @ medium
1920×1080
60 fps @ ultra
1920×1080

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). FPS may vary depending on your operating system and other factors.

low settings / 768p
60−65 FPS
medium settings / 1080p
120−130 FPS
ultra settings / 1080p
130−140 FPS

The Witcher performance with your CPU

Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

i5-12400
recommended
Core 2 Duo T5900

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