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The Witcher 3 presents new DLC, simultaneously increases system requirements on PC

Benedikt Schlotmann Benedikt Schlotmann Reading time 2 minutes
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The Witcher 3 gets new system requirements with the new DLC “Songs of the Past”. Particularly very old hardware is affected. The requirements currently apply only to the PC version, not to the consoles.

Recently, the new DLC for The Witcher 3 was accidentally leaked. Now, the development team has not only officially confirmed the DLC but also presented new information.

At the same time, CD Project Red has pointed out that the system requirements for The Witcher 3 on PC will change. MeinMMO has the details for you.

The Witcher 3: New System Requirements

ComponentMinimum Requirement
CPUAMD Ryzen 5 2600, Intel Core i5-8400
GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB
VRAM6 GB
RAM12 GB
Storage70 GB SSD
Operating System64-bit Windows 11
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What is changing? Some details are actually changing. This mainly affects people who are still using outdated PC hardware. The console version (Xbox and PlayStation) are unlikely to be affected for now. Specifically, the following things are changing:

  • HDDs will no longer be supported; an SSD is mandatory. From experience, we know that you can still install games on an HDD.
  • The game runs exclusively under DirectX 12. The disadvantage: Especially older hardware will no longer be supported, even if it would be fast enough for The Witcher 3.
  • Only processors supported by Windows 11 will be supported. All supported Intel CPUs and all supported AMD CPUs can be found in the official documents from Microsoft about Windows 11.
  • Only graphics cards for which driver support for games is still active under Windows 11 will be supported. This also excludes older models that no longer receive updates today.
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Next year, not only will the new DLC be released, but also a completely new Witcher game: You can find more information about this directly with us at MeinMMO, where we will keep you updated: The Witcher 4 is set to be released next year and will be one of the most expensive games worldwide

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