The Witcher 3 for PC requires a beefy machine

The Witcher 3

CD Projekt released today the system requirements for the much awaited PC version of The Witcher 3.

Gamers who are thinking of playing The Witcher 3 on PC, you should make sure that your machine is beefy as it requires at least an i5 and a GTX 660. Yep, if you have those shoddy old video cards installed on your PC, don’t expect to run the game smoothly when it becomes available later this year.

Minimum System Requirements

  • 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
Recommended System Requirements
  • 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

The Witcher 3 is due out on May 19, 2015 for PC, Xbox One and PS4.