CD Projekt has released the full list of system requirements for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered, a free upgrade for the base edition of the grizzled and cantankerous fantasy action RPG. This covers both the previously announced minimum PC specs and the recommended, ultra, minimum ray tracing, recommended ray tracing, and path tracing configurations.
The Remastered Edition itself launches tomorrow, Tuesday, September 29, so if you’re reading this on a ’90s Casio desk organizer, you’ve got just enough time to rush out and pick up a $2,000+ mega-PC so you can subject Geralt’s pitifully scarred mug to a bombardment of faithfully modeled pseudo-photons. Here’s a table with all the settings dissected in their entirety.
The painting comes from this blog postin which CD Projekt explains in a little more detail how they compared it. “The expected FPS targets in the table above are based on our quality assurance testing,” they warn. “Occasional frame rate fluctuations may occur depending on the scene and gameplay.”
The developers also talk a bit about the new SSD requirement and the end of support for Windows 10. “This does not mean that the game will stop working on Windows 10 with the next game update,” they note. “However, we are no longer developing or testing this system, so we cannot guarantee compatibility or performance in the future. Additionally, we only support components that continue to receive official updates from their manufacturers.”
James was reasonably impressed with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered when he saw it as well as the upcoming Songs of the Past expansion at Gamescom, drawing attention to smoother combat animations and camerawork. You can learn more about the visual improvements, as well as various tweaks to enemy AI, ledge climbing, Photo mode and more, in The latest CD Projekt changelog.
Despite all this, I read mixed reactions among players returning to side-by-side visual comparisons. The most obvious reason you’re disputing is that you can’t afford a hardware upgrade. If you’re one of those who prefer to stay away, it may dampen your spirits to read that “depending on your platform, it is possible to revert to an earlier version of the game (1.32, listed as Classic)”, as CD Projekt explains. “As soon as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered is released, it will also be possible to revert to version 4.04.” For context, version 4.04 is the previous “next-gen” remastered update, originally released in 2022.
Our resident Witcherphile Mark is perhaps even less sure about the Songs of the Past expansion, which launches in 2027, paving the way for The Witcher 4 in 2028. He thinks The Witcher 3 already has a perfect ending in the Blood and Wine expansion.
