I copied the most interesting stuff about hardware, sorry i am on a tablet so i cant quote etc.
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Q: PC recommended specs will be able to run the game on 30 or 60 frames per second?
Adam: I think, we'll stick with 30 FPS. We're not going to stop working on performance until the very end, it's crucial matter to us, there are different PCs with different specs. Programmers insisted on avoiding tricking the players by lowering predicted specs. As I mentioned before, It can only get better.
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Additionally, Adam stated that PC specification/requirement for The Witcher 3 aren't exaggerated, although the team is still working on the optimization of the game. PC gamers will also be able to import saved state from previous game or take decision about their character's past. However, for Xbox One and PS4 players, only the latter option will be available.
In addition to this, Adam stated that PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One use the same build, textures and models of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and it looks identical on all platforms, although Xbox One version will be showed in 900p, scaled up to 1080p.
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other info
- Breast physics
- USK 18 rating (W2 got 16). They think due to graphic finishing moves.
- 260 designers worked on W3, compared to 5 in W2.
- Save game import for PC only.
- Can talk about important decisions from previous game with barber.
- Played W3 on all 3 platforms. PC: i74790, ASRock Z97, 8 GB RAM, GTX 980 4 GB and a SSD.
- Ultra setting still disabled. Not optimized yet. PC was set to high.
- PC has better shaders, textures, more colorful and better AA compared to consoles.
- Grass and similar detail pops in ~5m on consoles. Double that on PC.
- PS4>X1. PS4 textures blurrier than PC high.
- PS4 runs at 1080p/30FPS
- XB1 runs at 900p/30FPS, slightly blurrier than PS4.
- Still looks great on any platform.
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Recomended specs
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/12446/?p=r
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
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I think it will be pretty interesting to see how PC cersions will look in the end. If its true you will need a gtx 770 which is pretty much considered a higher end graphicscard costing 250-300 bucks vs 350-400$ consoles. But if the game in the end performs at recomemded setting like console versions and if the versions pretty much look the same it would proof that consoles can come close to higher end PCs. And this is a PC devoloper, these guys are not ubisoft so keep that in mind.
Whats your opnion on that?
