Are you part of the PC master race? Do you have a copy of The Witcher 3? Then do I have news for you! It’s that special time – you can now unleash the best on your bandwidth.
People often complain about pre-load times. It’s something that’s been around for ages for PC gamers (still new for the console fans), but for those who don’t have excellent download speeds, even pre-loading doesn’t always ensure that the game is ready to play at launch. Well fear not, this shouldn’t be the problem with The Witcher 3.
It’s officially time to start your downloads as pre-loading is open on Steam and GoG.com; if you are one of the million pre-orders, you can start downloading the game so that it’s ready to play on 19 May when it’s released into the wild. The Wild Hunt is almost upon us. Now for the console gamers to get the same courtesy.
Will you be downloading the game? If you’re one of the sorry people (like me) with ridiculously slow download speeds at home, you may want to download somewhere else or arrange some file sharing with those who have faster speeds. In fact, feel free to make arrangements here – it always warms my heart to see you all meet up and share files over beer or whatever other beverages. Beer, burgers and file sharing – see, local infrastructure does help bring people together… right?
Last Updated: May 12, 2015
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:04
Yum.
I cannot wait to pick up my physical copy.
Hammersteyn
May 12, 2015 at 12:08
Ditto
WitWolfy
May 12, 2015 at 15:20
R700 at BT on preorder. totally gonna get it!
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 16:39
I got the PC version for just over R500 pre-order. Cannot wait. Wish it was the collectors edition though 🙁
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May 12, 2015 at 16:06
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SargonTheBatpandaOfTI5
May 12, 2015 at 12:07
“Are you part of the PC master race?”
That was rhetorical, right? 😛
On a side note. MY FACE IS READY FOR THIS! Someone load up Butt Stallion! We’re going to go riding around whacking monsters soon!
I can get approx. 9 gigs a night out of my line. It’s time for her to earn her keep!
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:09
If I was downloading The Witcher 3, that line would’ve felt violated afterwards from me not giving it a second’s rest.
Hammersteyn
May 12, 2015 at 12:08
*Sees Telkom ad at the bottom of the article.
http://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/ae0MjWq_460sa.gif
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:09
Haha. I’ve got a MOBA add. Now THAT’s funny.
Hammersteyn
May 12, 2015 at 12:09
Play a dark moba?
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:10
Yes
Hammersteyn
May 12, 2015 at 12:10
Developed by Eskom?
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:11
Probably
SargonTheBatpandaOfTI5
May 12, 2015 at 12:10
Hahahaha. A dark moba. Hahahahahahaha.
Hammersteyn
May 12, 2015 at 12:10
It’s true XD
SargonTheBatpandaOfTI5
May 12, 2015 at 12:11
The best dark moba I’ve ever played is the one where someone is in the middle of an epic dota 2 teamfight and they might win the game and the entirety of TI5. And I switch their router off. 🙂
SargonTheBatpandaOfTI5
May 12, 2015 at 12:10
No ads here. I paid for the PREMIUM LAZYGAMER SERVICE.
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:10
I wasn’t willing to do those things for/to Gavin, so I don’t have a premium service ;P
SargonTheBatpandaOfTI5
May 12, 2015 at 12:11
He didn’t ask for much. Only… my… silence…
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:11
LOL
Blood Emperor Trevor
May 12, 2015 at 12:15
That’s all we’ve ever really asked of you. 😀
Hammersteyn
May 12, 2015 at 12:11
But Darryn is starving. I disabled addblock on this site.
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:15
That’s because Darryn is secretly building a Batmobile.
Corrie
May 12, 2015 at 12:17
Out of an old Uno chassis and weed wacker engine?
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:24
Oh there will be whacking in is house all right
Corrie
May 12, 2015 at 12:31
I had something funny to write in this here box but after trying to think what his real whacking was I decided to write this in concern
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:26
Lighter gas can in the back for dem flames
Corrie
May 12, 2015 at 12:32
For that added 1cc boost when needed :p
Blood Emperor Trevor
May 12, 2015 at 12:10
I’m getting a hard copy. No 50gb downloads for me.
BurnZ
May 12, 2015 at 12:11
Was just about to ask what size the download would be. Haha imagine if i had to download this on my 2mb line. it would take at least two weeks running all day!
Blood Emperor Trevor
May 12, 2015 at 12:12
Oh I don’t know how big the dl is, I was just throwing a random number out. 😀
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:12
If Shadow of Mordor was 44Gig for a 4m by 4m map, then this must be bigger
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:12
You forgot to say, don’t support DRM
Blood Emperor Trevor
May 12, 2015 at 12:12
No I didn’t, I don’t give a damn about Steam DRM.
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:13
Nah. I’m not bothered with Steam’s DRM either. It’s not invasive
SargonTheBatpandaOfTI5
May 12, 2015 at 12:16
@Blood Emperor Trevor:disqus and @johnambitious:disqus are both rational men. I would upvote more. But the internet may explode. I applaud thee!
Corrie
May 12, 2015 at 12:20
It’s actually a 26GB download from Galaxy and a 22.5GB from GOG site
Going to start tonight the preload, not going to actually grab a retail copy since I’m a little uneased at their downgrade of visuals, some can call me paranoid but yeah game took a beating in order to run on consoles and before someone screams PC fanboy it’s the truth you can easily see how it went from jaw dropping to okay I mean Ultra on PC doesn’t look ultra.
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:22
How is the galaxy?
I’m thinking of rather using this
Mossel
May 12, 2015 at 12:22
It’s pretty much like the site. Only a stand alone client. Nothing special really.
Corrie
May 12, 2015 at 12:27
It’s okay, still has alot of work needed on it in order to work fine, their gui is a little obtuse and has so many things hidden away, but it’s a bit so it’s understandable, but I prefer just downloading straight from their website, I don’t think I’ll buy much from GOG now, 99% I still use steam even after their mod fiasco
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:29
I got a free key, but on GoG, I too prefer running on Steam
Corrie
May 12, 2015 at 12:35
I honestly cannot see me jumping to GoG when I have over 400 games on steam and all it’s added benefits, Just hope that they damn patch SR2 like they did on GOG, would love a replay of that game, still the best Saint’s Row
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:30
I forgot to install galaxy last night. Still want to give it a try though
SargonTheBatpandaOfTI5
May 12, 2015 at 12:22
My PC couldn’t run it on its highest settings anyway, tbh. I need an upgrade. It’s getting close to that time.
Mossel
May 12, 2015 at 12:23
Same here. My GPU doesn’t make the minimum requirements, so I will have to wait and see how this works out.
SargonTheBatpandaOfTI5
May 12, 2015 at 12:24
Yeah it’s my GPU as well that is the problem. It could handle everything life threw at it a year ago but the last year has just been brutal on it.
Mossel
May 12, 2015 at 12:25
Yup! Struggled with FC4, had to settle for medium graphics! The horror.
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:26
O_O
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:24
What do you have currently?
Mossel
May 12, 2015 at 12:24
I have a 560Ti. If I remember correctly they recommended a 660.
Corrie
May 12, 2015 at 12:29
The 560 is still a damn good card, still have mine in my 970’s box which is a little ironic….
Mossel
May 12, 2015 at 12:29
It is indeed! And I haven’t OC’d it yet, so the little bugger still has some fight in it.
Matthew Holliday
May 12, 2015 at 12:39
i put one of my AMD R9-270s into my 970s box.
is that irony or an insult? i cant tell.
Corrie
May 12, 2015 at 12:44
More like a reminder as to why you went green :p
Matthew Holliday
May 12, 2015 at 12:47
not sure if i went green, or just couldnt tolerate crossfire anymore…
guys talking about 560s running farcry 4 on medium, but the stutter lag from my crossfired R9-270s was just unbearable.
Corrie
May 12, 2015 at 12:52
Like the idea of SLI/Crossfire but still prefer single card since less problems
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
May 12, 2015 at 12:55
Same this side, also power consumption….I have had many graphics cards before, but none make a better room heater than a GTX 580, not even the sun, nothing….
Corrie
May 12, 2015 at 13:18
Well for now my cpu is making a nice warm vibe, well it’s more the noise than anything else
Matthew Holliday
May 12, 2015 at 13:24
i liked it aswell.
untill i didnt…
its a cheaper upgrade option, but then you suddenly discover you have R5000 worth of graphics cards installed, but are getting just really sub par performance.
never again.
Matthew Holliday
May 12, 2015 at 12:41
the difference between the 500 and 600 series was mostly efficiency, the Ti versions are pretty strongk, so it should be ok.
Blood Emperor Trevor
May 12, 2015 at 12:25
I also have to see how it goes, min for AMD is a 7870 & I’ve got a 6950. Should be fine I think.
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:25
I have the 7870 OC, so yay!
Blood Emperor Trevor
May 12, 2015 at 12:27
What does the OC stand for? Over Compensating? *run*
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:28
Nah, overly cool!
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:30
You didn’t use capital letters, so this must be a fake statement then
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:30
Meh, DON’T CARE, WITCHER 3 IS ALMOST HERE!
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:31
Yes. Let’s all be friends and kill monsters
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:32
Don’t forget the ploughing
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:33
Yes, but ploughing with friends might be taken up the wrong way.
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:34
TAG TEAM?
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:35
O_o
Corrie
May 12, 2015 at 12:36
o_O
Lord Chaos
May 12, 2015 at 12:44
Spit-braai?
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:45
XD
Skoobaz
May 12, 2015 at 12:58
Suid Afikaaner Eiffel Tower?
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
May 12, 2015 at 12:59
Backing away slowly, do not look into his eyes…
Skoobaz
May 12, 2015 at 13:09
You got a problem with heterosexual eiffel towers? Why?
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
May 12, 2015 at 13:19
One eiffel tower surrounded by Frenchies is more than enough for the whole world to handle, I would love to not see it crumble around me….
Skoobaz
May 12, 2015 at 13:35
Agreed. I’ll give that one to you! Down with the filthy frenchies, Boycott Ubisoft!
Blood Emperor Trevor
May 12, 2015 at 12:33
Now you’re making it weird.
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:35
Just knowing you is weird, so I’m just following suit
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:29
Must be
Corrie
May 12, 2015 at 12:28
Thought you had a 280?
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:28
Nope, still oldschool, not sure how the models/performance equate after the rebranding
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
May 12, 2015 at 12:53
Reading the comments to here makes me wonder about some really interesting topics in games, that could potentially result in an arrest for public indecency…
Blood Emperor Trevor
May 12, 2015 at 12:24
They must have some nice compression on that dl. I’m not too worried about that, I’ll only get to see what that would be like after I upgrade – I’ll be running on minimum so long.
Matthew Holliday
May 12, 2015 at 12:38
since ive moved to capped, these 50gb downloads make me nervous.
capped myself last month and had to drop an extra R200 for 10gb cap… scary scary.
retail copy for me too thanks.
FreddyBear
May 12, 2015 at 12:11
Already finished my pre-load on the 5th….can’t wait!
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:13
JISSSSSSS
Blood Emperor Trevor
May 12, 2015 at 12:33
Oh! Look at that blurred text on the top right of the screen shot! GRAPHICS DOWNGRADE CONFIRMED! 😉
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:34
You have opened my eyes oh great one.
Jonah Cash
May 12, 2015 at 12:34
I am already 5.3% in… Runs of crying
Telkom has my 10mb line running at less than what my 4mb line ran… Its running at only 1.98mb.
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:34
Urgh. Shame man.
Jonah Cash
May 12, 2015 at 12:35
Phone call centre, guys says restart router everything should be fine now. Now I am running at under 1.7mb… Man they are really some special kind of stupid at Telkom and Eskom!
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:37
Infrastructure idiots.
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:41
I have some contacts that can do behind the scenes magic, I’d ask for your Telkom number, but we all know you can’t just post that in public
Matthew Holliday
May 12, 2015 at 12:44
snap, my 4mb is also running at 1.7mb aswell…
should just be daytime usage though.
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:35
Mine just kicked off the download, 2.15mb
I MAY JUST OVERTAKE YOU
Jonah Cash
May 12, 2015 at 12:36
………
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:42
XDXD
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
May 12, 2015 at 12:58
It’s a race, the admiral is winning!!
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 13:01
I’m already at 1%
WHOOOOOSH
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 13:02
That means 41.6hrs to go!
🙁
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
May 12, 2015 at 13:05
Hahaha!! I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to laugh, at least if it continues, please touch a piece of wood, without any load shedding you should be ok…. I’m currently waiting for a physical copy… 3G is…well…useless really…
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 13:09
Well, I think I’ll have it before the 19th!
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
May 12, 2015 at 13:18
Hehehe, well, I’ll only be able to start playing it after work anyway, so I suppose I can wait, in the meantime I still have to finish TW2…
Kensei Seraph
May 12, 2015 at 12:40
http://media0.giphy.com/media/JG4iKdJamPHNK/giphy.gif
Admiral Chief
May 12, 2015 at 12:46
Is that….steam coming out it’s nose?
Kensei Seraph
May 12, 2015 at 12:48
her*
She’s so excited her brain is overheating.
Captain JJ Browman
May 12, 2015 at 12:53
I simply love the overly expressive faces of anime.
Sir Faulty
May 13, 2015 at 10:43
Already preloaded and ready to go. It came down suprisingly fast on my 4mb Internet connection
I was averaging 1mb a second on Steam which was double what I normally get. Came down the pipes in 5hrs considering its a 23GB game.
On the other hand it took me days to get GTA V downloaded – those 60GB plus games 🙂
Skidoodilybop
May 19, 2015 at 02:19
I pre-ordered The Witcher 3 via GOG.com and have still not received a game Key, so I cannot start the download – whereas my husband, who pre-ordered on Steam, already downloaded the game, and has installed it! We live in the US, Pacific time. Has anyone else found themselves waiting to get the registration key so you can start the download?