Digital Foundry has provided a benchmark for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt testing the GeForce GTX 750 Ti vs the Radeon R7 260X, with console level settings.

You can watch the benchmark video below:

It's possible to run The Witcher 3 on PC to console standards using what we'd call entry-level enthusiast hardware - specifically, a Core i3 processor and either a Radeon R7 260X or GeForce GTX 750 Ti. And here we are comparing them, running them on a Core i7 and Core i3 processor. The idea here is that we test the GPU at its highest potential performance with the i7 4790K, and also when paired with a CPU you are more likely to use with a cheap graphics card - in this case a Core i3 4130.

The results are interesting, show here in the form of lowest and average frame-rate.

Core i7/750 Ti - 25.0/32.0

Core i3/750 Ti - 25.0/32.0

Core i7/260X - 25.0/32.8

Core i3/260X - 17.0/32.5

The 260X is actually slightly faster than the 750 Ti but within the margin of error. However, note the frame-time spikes when the 260X is paired with the Core i3, particularly in the final segment in Novigrad City. CPU usage is much higher in this area and frame-rate drops with the 260X because the AMD driver uses more CPU resources than Nvidia's.

So what are console-equivalent settings in the PC game? Well, this is the closest match we could get, and this is what's tested here.

Resolution: 1920x1080

Nvidia Hairworks: Off

Number of Background Characters: Low (console actually seems lower than this)

Shadow Quality: Medium

Terrain Quality: Medium

Water Quality: High

Grass Density: Medium

Texture Quality: Ultra

Foliage Visibility Range: Medium

Detail Level: Medium

Ambient Occlusion: SSAO

All post effects on except vignetting.

A new mod for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has been made available, named E3FX which as the name suggests it tries to mimic the E3 2013 trailer. You can check out and download the mod here.

CD Projekt RED has finally released the new update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with the free DLC on Xbox One, PC and PlayStation 4.The update includes a sexy new look for Yennefer and a new mission for Geralt.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt had the biggest UK release of the year so far, crashing Battlefield Hardline's week one sales by 53 per cent.63% of physical sales were on the PlayStation 4, followed by 32% on the Xbox One and 5% on PC. The majority of PC sales were digital though. On top of that it seems that it managed to top both the Steam and Green Man Gaming charts as well.

The game has received another patch and the patch notes state an improvement of the texture rendering quality on High and Ultra settings.

The Witcher 3 Hunter’s Config is a nice little tool offering easy access to graphical options, and it's certainly worth a look.

As we have previously covered a few adjustments in the ini files can improve thegrass quality in The Witcher 3, as well as the performance. Aworkaround on how to run HairWorks on AMD GPUs without crippling performance, has also been made available, enabling AMD GPU users to enjoy The Witcher 3 with HairWorks enabled, while getting better performance than GeForce users not using a Maxwell architecture Nvidia GPU.

A set of beautiful4K screenshots of the PC versionand some4K gameplay footage, demonstrates just how amazing The Witcher 3 can look.

The Witcher 3 is available for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. We will bring you any new information on The Witcher 3 as soon as it becomes available.