Can I Run The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?
CD PROJEKT RED released The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in 2015. It is a role playing game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. Critics scored it 93 on Metacritic. With more than 825 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. At more than a decade old it predates every current graphics architecture, which helps compatibility and limits how well it exploits a modern card. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. Completionists have 78 achievements to work through. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. 17 languages are covered by the store listing. Workshop content is supported, so the published requirements describe the unmodded game only.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz / AMD A10-5800K APU (3.8GHz) |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 / AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870 |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 50 GB |
| OS | 64-bit Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1) |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-7400 / Ryzen 5 1600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 1070 / Radeon RX 480 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 50 GB |
| OS | 64-bit Windows 10/11 |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt places its action in a fantasy world, and the player works through one continuous open world. It is played from a third person view. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt can never assume the player will stop and let it load. There are 18 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is demanding
The graphics requirement for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is light. Hardware around Nvidia GTX 1070 / Radeon RX 480 is enough, so The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt runs on machines never bought for gaming. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. DirectX 12 is named, so The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt takes about 50 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt targets a mainstream modern PC: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 / AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870 and 6 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Nvidia GTX 1070 / Radeon RX 480 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.93x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.09x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.48x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?
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What are the minimum system requirements for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz / AMD A10-5800K APU (3.8GHz); GPU: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 / AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870; 6 GB RAM; OS: 64-bit Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1).
How much storage does The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt need?
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt needs about 50 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?
The RTX 3060 runs The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the GPU.