[Tannosuke]

Guy N said:

I do not believe your lag issues are caused by CPU and RAM. I've played this game too many times on obsolescent PCs with good GPUs to think that. Whoever told you that did not understand this game. But it's your money. ›››

Nobody played The Witcher 2. My nephew played it in XBOX 360, which I avoid at all costs, and I played it in PC a bit. It lagged like hell.

My old PC is this

AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+ 2.50GHz
RAM 4GB
NVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Power supply the same 200W
I don't know the motherboard model, not even her manufacturer.

Like this it could only run Amnesia at the highest. I had a lag issue due of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and I had to upgrade it to 4GB RAM. Like this I couldn't afford to upgrade it anymore, so I had to upgrade the rest and stick with these(power supply, GPU and Sound card) I have.

[Guy N'wah]

You may have misunderstood. I said that I have played The Witcher 2 on PCs with no more CPU power than yours, without lag. So no matter what you may have found with other games, you should not blame poor performance in this game on the CPU, and replacing the CPU will be an expensive undertaking that may have no benefit at all.

Part of your problem may be that you have a power supply that is already underpowered for the 550Ti. Graphics cards with an underpowered supply are a little unpredictable. They may refuse to start, or not run at full speed, or fail.

[Tannosuke]

Guy N said:

You may have misunderstood. I said that I have played The Witcher 2 on PCs with no more CPU power than yours, without lag. So no matter what you may have found with other games, you should not blame poor performance in this game on the CPU, and replacing the CPU will be an expensive undertaking that may have no benefit at all.

Part of your problem may be that you have a power supply that is already underpowered for the 550Ti. Graphics cards with an underpowered supply are a little unpredictable. They may refuse to start, or not run at full speed, or fail. ›››

I see... Now that makes sense why... I'll inform my mates about it. Thanks.

[dlevere]

Nvidia updated the GeForce 8400 GS card. My computer now runs the beginning intro of the Witcher 2 perfectly, with no lag. Link is here. Haven't played the game with the new driver yet.

[riderat]

Hey! I just finished the first Witcher game and im really eager to try the next one. however, im not sure about my laptop, will it be able to run it. the specs are -
Processor: i3 M380 @2.53GHz
Ram: 4GB
OS: 64bit win7
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

I ran Skyrim some while back, and it worked almost without lagging, but the Witcher seems a bit more demanding when it comes to hardware. Any thoughts?

Also, are there any moods or something that lowers the effects and graphics so the game is playable on older machines?

[*Tommy*]

riderat said:

Hey! I just finished the first Witcher game and im really eager to try the next one. however, im not sure about my laptop, will it be able to run it. the specs are -
Processor: i3 M380 @2.53GHz
Ram: 4GB
OS: 64bit win7
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M

I ran Skyrim some while back, and it worked almost without lagging, but the Witcher seems a bit more demanding when it comes to hardware. Any thoughts?

Also, are there any moods or something that lowers the effects and graphics so the game is playable on older machines? ›››

Except for the graphics card which is kinda low for the game everything else looks ok . Not saying you can`t run it but if you do it will be on low specs and definitely not in full HD but more like 1280 x 720 screen resolution or lower .

[Swordsman83]

I just bought Witcher 2 collectors edition, I'm 2 years late to the party.

Below is my current rig

Processor Intel® Core I5 760 2.8GHZ
Graphic: HIS 5870 1GB iCooler V
Ram: Kingston 2GB DDR3 1333mhz x 2
OS: 64bit win7

I highly doubt my rig can play Witcher 2 smooth like a hot knife through butter on high settings much less max settings with everything on.

Any recommendations on a rig that can play Witcher 2 smoothly on max settings with everything on ?

[Guy N'wah]

Swordsman83 said:

I just bought Witcher 2 collectors edition, I'm 2 years late to the party.

Below is my current rig

Processor Intel® Core I5 760 2.8GHZ
Graphic: HIS 5870 1GB iCooler V
Ram: Kingston 2GB DDR3 1333mhz x 2
OS: 64bit win7

I highly doubt my rig can play Witcher 2 smooth like a hot knife through butter on high settings much less max settings with everything on.

Any recommendations on a rig that can play Witcher 2 smoothly on max settings with everything on ? ›››

Sorry to respond late. You should do well on High or Ultra settings, with the exception of the expensive features Ubersampling and Cinematic DOF. You may not want to run Motion Blur, either (just because it's ugly).

The GPU is key to getting good performance out of TW2. The HD 5870 is better than the "recommended" GPUs for this game and has a good record running it.

Because Intel broke compatibility between Nehalem and Sandy Bridge, there is no upgrade path for the CPU without replacing the motherboard. Your CPU and memory are adequate as they are; your CPU will be lightly loaded, and the game doesn't use more than 2GB memory for itself.

[Swordsman83]

Guy N said:

Sorry to respond late. You should do well on High or Ultra settings, with the exception of the expensive features Ubersampling and Cinematic DOF. You may not want to run Motion Blur, either (just because it's ugly).

The GPU is key to getting good performance out of TW2. The HD 5870 is better than the "recommended" GPUs for this game and has a good record running it.

Because Intel broke compatibility between Nehalem and Sandy Bridge, there is no upgrade path for the CPU without replacing the motherboard. Your CPU and memory are adequate as they are; your CPU will be lightly loaded, and the game doesn't use more than 2GB memory for itself. ›››

lets say i wanna build a new rig so that i can play smoothly on ultra settings with ubersampling? consider it as future proof for witcher 3.

Any recommendation ?

[coastie65]

@ Swordsman83 - It is obvious that gaming is in the cards for your build, so the next question would be, What is your budget?

[coastie65]

dlevere said:

Nvidia updated the GeForce 8400 GS card. My computer now runs the beginning intro of the Witcher 2 perfectly, with no lag. Link is here. Haven't played the game with the new driver yet. ›››

First, the driver you linked to is the wrong driver. Second, THe 8400GS is NOT a gaming card. It is only 64 bit and you should have at least 128bit for gaming. I had one and in fact, tried to run "The Witcher" on it. It was a no go and I can tell you that "the Witcher 2" will not even come close to playing on that card. In my case I bought an 8600GT and that did fine.

[Swordsman83]

coastie65 said:

@ Swordsman83 - It is obvious that gaming is in the cards for your build, so the next question would be, What is your budget? ›››

$2.5k is my budget.

my friend got SLI gtx 680 and ubersampling totally crippled his system..