Crysis System Requirements Released

23 Jul

Posted by Tobias Dahl as Action, Multiplayer, Online, PC, Rumor, Software, Technology

Crysis is a highly anticipated PC shooter, mostly because of its stunning visuals. But the better they look, the more demanding they are, any PC gamer will tell you that. An admin posted the hardware requirements on the official Crysis forums. Although pure speculation, the admin claims he has researched a lot in order to get the requirements. Sounds pretty accurate, considering it’s Crysis;

Minimum Requirements

CPU: Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8ghz
Graphics: Nvidia 6600/X800GTO (SM 2.0)
RAM: 768Mb/1Gb on Windows Vista
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 256k+
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX9.0c with Windows XP

Recommended Requirements

CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)
Graphics: Nvidia 7800GTX/ATI X1800XT (SM 3.0) or DX10 equivalent
RAM: 1.5Gb
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX10 with Windows Vista

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Tags: Action, Multiplayer, Online, PC, Rumor, Software, Technology

863 Responses

DaMieN

July 24th, 2006 at 1:46 am
1

Wow, looks like anyone who bought an intel iMac will definatley be able to play this!
The Dude

July 24th, 2006 at 2:22 am
2

Ha! An Intel iMac won’t be able to play this without blowing up first.
Anyways, To play this game, I will Definitely need to upgrade lol. I hit the minimum specs perfectly! Except for the graphics card, I have an X800 XT.
And I have 10.9GB left…
PreZ

July 24th, 2006 at 3:30 am
3

Looks like its time to upgrade the system now
doug

July 24th, 2006 at 5:13 am
4

hmmm i meet the minimum perfectly… not quite recommended… ha
Bourke

July 24th, 2006 at 7:31 am
5

Hello all,

Thankyou for posting this information, but there are some incorect comments.

These are not official, only an estimate.
N.R.

July 24th, 2006 at 8:13 am
6

“An Intel iMac won’t be able to play this without blowing up first”

and why is that? silly jealous winsux users
DOOOMKULTUS

July 24th, 2006 at 12:37 pm
7

ITS PC only game
Gaurav

July 24th, 2006 at 3:46 pm
8

Phew , i am in the minimum reqs :p
N.R.

July 24th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
9

wel duh, macs do windows too now … and the intel iMac specs are within the mentioned requirements …
ipodman715

July 24th, 2006 at 6:57 pm
10

Does it have to be Athlon 64?
Jim2K

July 24th, 2006 at 7:14 pm
11

No it doesn’t, but athlon 64 equavalen, that’s a P4 3GHz
Maksud

July 25th, 2006 at 1:35 am
12

hmm i feel like eating some daal of manufacture Haldirams l.t.d.
Amnsilot

July 26th, 2006 at 1:04 pm
13

Ha! lol…

I meet the recommended requirements
Jimmy

July 31st, 2006 at 4:17 pm
14

Gosh those specs r high! I have to upgrade just to reach min!! getting 6600gt and thats barely enough!
Tyler

August 1st, 2006 at 6:08 pm
15

Those iMacs get hotter than my Asus laptop with the same specs and bench less in 3dMark. Sure am jealous…

But really, Crysis on a X1600? That is not going to run well, not at 1440×900 and definitly not at 1680×1050.
kiko

August 2nd, 2006 at 1:03 am
16

hii all …. please help i have intel 2.200ghz geforce6800 gs/xt
1 giga ram … all the games work cleeeeen for me with that setting
you think my 2.200 will crushes the game or something ?!?! in the minimum says 2800 ! please please !
please! i dont have any money to buy new cpu!….
arrr !
thankx !
kiko
Wingless

August 3rd, 2006 at 5:48 pm
17

Dear god, meet the min requirements easily but the recommended… need an extra 512mb ram a new processor and a card that supports dx10, there aren’t any that do out yet.
Syrics

August 4th, 2006 at 7:34 pm
18

MMmm…I cant wait to run this game….Current cards will emulate DX10 by the way so dont worry about your cards not running it…however…if you want some of the special effects…chances are…your card wont support it.

My new system specs:

PD Dual Core 2.8
2GB DDR533 ram
250GB 7200RPM
MSI 1GB GEFORCE 7950 GX2
X-Fi Extreme Music
Dell 24″ 2407FPW
eli

August 12th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
19

hehe my comp rite now has 256mb ram and an old p4 and no REAL grpahics card…the one im getting7600GT
Cheeseman

August 16th, 2006 at 10:04 am
20

WOW, I guess I won’t be instaling windows vista if I’m going to be playing this game, But on the other hand, I have a mid-range system compared to the minimum requirements.

My new laptop:
Intel Duo Core 2ghz
1GB ram (up to 4GB)
100GB 5400RPM
512MB Geforce go 7300
Harman Kardon sound
Toshiba Satellite 17″
TOM CLANCY

August 17th, 2006 at 4:12 am
21

oh man cant wait for this game to come out on x360 i know for sure that it will take it cause it says for ati x1800 or higher the 360 gpu is more powerfull than the x1800 xt the 360 gpu rounds up to the x1900 card and ye anyone planin 2 buy nvidia cards dont bother cryengine best on ati
david

August 17th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
22

i’ve got a 3.8 Pentium with 1.5 gig ram and 6800 GT. I don’t get the new dual core, puntium D scaling system. Am I screwed?
david

August 17th, 2006 at 6:22 pm
23

sorry, 3.6
Cheeseman

August 18th, 2006 at 3:21 am
24

“david Says:

August 17th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
i’ve got a 3.8 Pentium with 1.5 gig ram and 6800 GT. I don’t get the new dual core, puntium D scaling system. Am I screwed?”

No, your system is very good. Pentium 3.8 is a very powerful. Duo core is only useful for multitasking, the thing which many people mistake is that after Pentium 4, Intel started to renumber it’s processors, so if you see Duo core or Pentium D processors with lower numbers don’t be fooled. Other than that your still running at 3.8ghz which is VERY good.
david

August 18th, 2006 at 8:28 pm
25

Thanks for the response. Yeah, the whole renumbering thing is confusing me like crazy. I still don’t get how AMD numbers compare with Pentium numbers. And I hear its only going to change more, depending on whether or not the dual core catches on.
haha

August 19th, 2006 at 9:28 am
26

sorry TOM CLANCY, but it wont be coming out on 360, only for PC
kiko

August 20th, 2006 at 5:18 am
27

ha ha ha my new machine is now:

intel pentium 4 cpu 3.001ghz
2.00 gb of ram dual 400
geforce 6800 gs/xt
Cpt. Cuddles

August 22nd, 2006 at 9:47 pm
28

thats absurd, i only have a 7800GT… not an X
and i got only 2.0 gbs of RAM and a AMD dual core 4400+
… However recomended only means you can play it on ” Ok ” graphics” i dont want to know what youll need to play it on Full/Maxed out settings
ThunderPc

August 24th, 2006 at 1:16 am
29

Omg………. what do you mean only a 4400+ dual core this game is multithreaded and takes advantage of dual core cpus also 2 gb of ram will be enough to run on high and you 7800 gt should be fine. You will probably be able to run n high settings @ 1024×768 @ 30-40 fps. My pc AMD 3800+ @ 2.4 ghz, 1gb ram, 2x 7600 gt KO.
Cheeseman

August 24th, 2006 at 3:21 am
30

My new laptop:
Intel Duo Core 2ghz
1GB ram (up to 4GB)
100GB 5400RPM
512MB Geforce go 7300
Harman Kardon sound
Toshiba Satellite 17″

With my system, I can probably be able to only run it on mid-low settings. Might add another gig of ram to it.
Azza

August 24th, 2006 at 4:13 pm
31

I just built new system…why I get highest settings from it…thanks

AMD dual core 4600 x2
overclocked geforce 7900 gt
2 gig ram
300 gig hd 10000 rpm ( i think)

thanks….just curious…
Azza

August 24th, 2006 at 4:15 pm
32

Ooops…sorry to double post…..
meant to say - will I get highest settings on game…

thanks
Cheeseman

August 24th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
33

JUST look at the system, of course you can, no reason to even ask. Its like asking “will I survive if I jumped off the CN Tower?”
Dmonik1

August 25th, 2006 at 5:19 am
34

Well, My system configuration is

p4 2.66
1 gig Ram DDR1
Nvidia 7600GS

well Will Crysis work on this configuration? The Graphics is a killer in this game, I was blown away. Gaming graphics has reached a killer level and Crytek is the boss. Super job on that. Well I am planning to upgrade my card to a Nvidia 7900GT and to 1Gb Corsairs RAM.
Cheeseman

August 25th, 2006 at 8:00 am
35

Your current system probably can run it on low-medium settings, but a Geforce 7900GT and another gig or ram will certainty give you the best settings this game can offer on Directx9c settings. This means you still wont be able to experience what the game was intended to offer graphically, to the same extend it was made to offer on Directx10. I say wait for the geforce 8 series with Directx10 support to come out and insted of spending a hell of a lot of money on a pricy 7900, go buy a mid-range Geforce 8600(when it comes out sometime around October or November 2006)
leo lord..

August 26th, 2006 at 11:31 pm
36

my pc specs,

3800 x2 athlon
1gb ddr400 ram
120gb sata baracuda
ga-k8n-sli board
sli of 76OOGs. !! (equal to 7800gt)..
x-fi creative 7.1
Cheeseman

August 27th, 2006 at 4:42 am
37

Got me a new laptop.

New specs:

AMD Turion 64X2 Duo core
2gig Ram
160gb SATA harddriver
ATI Radeon X1600 512MB
Behrang

August 27th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
38

i know,i know
my system :
intel P4 E 3200 (2 MB L2)(Up to 3600 with Easy Tune5)
GIGA 8I15P Dual graphic
Geforce 6600
1 GB ram(533)
LCD 17”

cool,i can play crysis in Minimum seting
Alex

August 28th, 2006 at 1:58 pm
39

Are these the actual min requirements? SP double agent is Intel 3.0ghz?
carnage

August 29th, 2006 at 5:29 am
40

just asking well a 3200 athlon 1ghz of ram & a 6800gs play it at 1280-1024 high details
william

August 30th, 2006 at 7:38 am
41

i’ve got a 7900gt, and i’m pysched up about crysis, but do you guys think the visual effects that crysis offers (shown in many demo vids) will perform well with my card? (i dont expect perfect dx10 effects, just the emulated dx10 effects with dx9 shown in the demos) i just upgraded and i’m freaked about having to buy another card in 6 months or less. i also heard that an x1900xt was used in the demo and even that card had a hard time. was it because everything was on max?
Cheeseman

August 30th, 2006 at 8:52 am
42

William, I think you can probebly run the game on mostly high settings(depending on your other specs as will) on dx9c settings without problems. Both the Geforce 7900gt and Radeon X1900 are very close in comparison, but the X1900xt performes a little better than the 7900gt.
http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q1/geforce-7600-7900/index.x?pg=10
So if the rumors about Crysis and X1900xt are true, then you know what to expect from the 7900gt. (plus the Crysis demo at E3 06 is still a game at development so it still has some problems, which might explain some issues with the X1900xt)
Dumbo

August 31st, 2006 at 3:17 am
43

My system:

Intel Conroe 6300 OC’d to 3.2ghz
2gb ram
150gb raptor 10,000 rpm HD
Radeon x1800 XT 256mb
19″ 8ms LCD

Can I run this game on low?
jezzalanco

September 1st, 2006 at 6:35 am
44

hey all
i just got my computer a amd 4400 x2
the rest of it is
1gb ram
360 gb hdd (bout 120gb left)
nvidia 6600gt vpertvision the 256mb version not the 128
im also thinin of gettin another coz i can dual the 6600gt
my comp with this and another 1gb ram would be smoooooth to run btlfld 2142, any queries just give us a bell
also if i clock my 4400 up and with my current hardware, what settings should i have bf 2 on and bf 2142 when i get it
Conroe

September 1st, 2006 at 10:01 am
45

upcoming…my new system

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
1 gb ddr2 667 mhz RAM
250 gb HDD 7200 rpm 16 mb buffer
256 mb ddr3 256 bit x1800gto
gma x3000(support directx 10)
PSU 450 watt true power

i can run mid set
carm

September 3rd, 2006 at 5:10 am
46

just wonder if my specs are good enough .

amd 4200 x2 duel core 1.5 gig ram 120 gig hard drive 7600 gt
Joebrauk

September 4th, 2006 at 6:21 am
47

This is what I am getting next week
Intel Core 2 duo E6600 Conroe
EVGA GeForce 7950gx2 1GB DDR2 Dual GPU
2 GB Corsair xms2 Ram DDR2 800
Asus P5N-SLI Deluxe MoBo

I think that might do the trick : D
MTM

September 5th, 2006 at 6:38 pm
48

lol theres no such thing as a mac anymore, its jus hardware vendor!
p chips make for ibm pc. only thing mac got is os now, and you can run that on any real computer now (i.e atx)

so stop wasting your money on over priced atx machine and build your own noobs!
waylon

September 5th, 2006 at 8:22 pm
49

ok so you need a geforce 7800/radeon x1800 or a dx10 card?
Ian

September 6th, 2006 at 9:23 pm
50

Looks like I need another gig of ram if I wanna get above the default settings. Here are my system specs:

Athlon 64 3700+ 939 pin
Nvidia geforce 7800 gt
Corsair 1 gb twin x
abit kn8 mobo
maxtor 250 gig HD

It’ll Run fine, but I think its time to upgrade soon already.
W00TGAMERSPENDING$$

September 10th, 2006 at 5:06 am
51

Man this is gonna cost allot of $$ just for a game like crysis but it looks so damn nice glad im gonna buy me a new pc but damn i need more info about the specs because what card of 7800 gt is needed 256mb ram or 512mb ram?

gonna buy 7800gtx anyway 2 gigs of ram and processor amd 64 3800+ but dual core is needed wtf need more info!!!?? dual core what kind of dual core dammit!! its will probelly cost me 1500 euro’s total i think its worth it LOL i need and must play this game on high resolution and not on the lowest cr_:P
W00TGAMERSPENDING$$

September 10th, 2006 at 5:23 am
52

im soooooo confused LOL GIMMIE MORE INFO!!!
im gonna buy this i think lol

amd 64 3800+ dual core
2 gigs of ram
7800gtx

that would be enough to play on high settings right……… it must do the trick and if it dont ill bring it back to the shop and says it sucks whant my money back LOL
.::sumone::.

September 12th, 2006 at 8:25 pm
53

will this one work ? (i think itl not work)
Intel Celeron D 2.4Ghz
512mb DDR
Geforce 6800GT AGP8x
80gb HDD

i hope itl work
but i dunt think itl work
Chase

September 14th, 2006 at 5:53 am
54

Remember when everyone saw Half-Life 2 previews and were like OMG can my computer handle this? And then when the game came out Valve did an amazing job with the graphics on lower-end computers.

So i guess the morale of my story is, don’t freak out yet because i’m sure you will be able to play this game since they are continueing to tweak it and make it better/play smoother. The graphics will look amazing anyway you play it at this point
HAHA

September 14th, 2006 at 1:53 pm
55

LOL!!!!!!!!! ROFL!!!!!!!!!

I MEET THE Recommended Requirements perfect!!!!!
exept for 1 thing
I have

“2x” XFX Geforce 7950 ( O YES 2 OF THEM )
2 gig ram DDR2
DUAL DVD WRITER
400 gig hard drive

O and of corse my pross. ITS a “AMD 3800+ 939″
But luckely i’m going 2 “4800 dual core” soon
BUT STILL GUYS “this game is ******* harsh!!! on your pc !!!!!”
Bruno

September 14th, 2006 at 7:54 pm
56

I have a Amd Athlon 3500+ , 1 gb ram and a GForce 7600GT overclocked..can i run bf 2142 with nice quality ?
Alex

September 15th, 2006 at 12:30 am
57

I’m a little concerned about the requirements and the way my PC will be able to run the game…I have an AMD 3800+ X2, MSI 7900GT and 1GBRam…Considering it’s Crysis that we are talking about, I’m not expecting the game to run like NF:MW, Doom3 or FarCry (lots of FPS)…will I need a really considerable upgrade or am I good to go???
will the upgrade be really worth the while? Thank you for your replies and comments as well…
My email is…

raiderstate@hotmail.com
Teknokid

September 21st, 2006 at 7:44 pm
58

Ha.
I will thrash you all. Is directx 10 gonna make the game run faster or just with more effects?

Im gettin this machine just for crysis:
2gb 800mhz
7950gx2 (directx9 :-()
Core 2 duo (oc over 3.0ghz per core :-0
doom

September 21st, 2006 at 7:55 pm
59

Sounds like I gotta wait a few more years till I got a better pc to run crysis then hehee.

Or just buy a ps3 and hook it up on my monitor + usb mouse:P
thomas

September 21st, 2006 at 10:46 pm
60

lol. recomended: dx10
card: a dx9 one. lol. how pointless!
Alex

September 24th, 2006 at 1:02 am
61

Hey yo Thomas dude, everybody here knows what to expect from dx10. Yet, I almost agree with you…almost there with you…check this out…

Recomended: dx10 (not an top requirement)
card: a dx10 (for just a couple of games)
lol…not pointless…..WAY POINTLESS!!!!!.

Note: Discard the previous lines if living, eating, bathing, etc…in front of a PC 24/7.
Alex

September 24th, 2006 at 1:02 am
62

Hey yo Thomas dude, everybody here knows what to expect from dx10. Yet, I almost agree with you…almost there with you…check this out…

Recomended: dx10 (not an top requirement)
card: a dx10 (for just a couple of games)
lol…not pointless…..WAY POINTLESS!!!!!.

Note: Discard the previous lines if living, eating, bathing, etc…in front of a PC 24/7.
Big Boss

September 25th, 2006 at 3:02 am
63

Hi I need to know if my pc will be able to handle Crysis, my pc has -

Pentium D 3.4ghz

2gb ddr2 ram

Geforce 7900gt

Thanks in advance
Jeton23

September 29th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
64

ouuuuuch,this game requires a lot,I only have :
Pentium4 Amd Athlon
NvidiaGeforce 5200
Ram 256,1.700 Ghz
I like this game but I cannot play with this config.
waylon

September 30th, 2006 at 5:53 am
65

i wouldnt bother running this game without at least 1 gig of ram.why well i had that much in my pc and got fear.and it was very laggy then i added 512mb and the game was fine.even if your video card sucks still get more ram to help make up for the lag.
jeton23

October 1st, 2006 at 11:26 pm
66

yea 65waylon…thats true. The Ram memory is more important then graphics.
jeton23

October 1st, 2006 at 11:28 pm
67

heyy..Can anyone tell me a good driver for NVidia G-force 5200 ?
romanian_dirt

October 2nd, 2006 at 2:42 pm
68

My curent system is:
AMD Duron 900Mhz
512Mb DDR333
GeForce 4MX440 64DDR 128bits
60GB IBM 7200rpm, ATA133

Im thinking of buying this:
Athlon 64 3500+
new mobo
GeForce 7900gs/gt
1GB DDR400

What do you think about it?
DIEDOTEXE

October 4th, 2006 at 4:49 am
69

My system:
250 gig sata harddrive
evga 7800 gt
amd 3700+ 939pin
450 watt psu
1 gb Corsair twinx ram pc32000
abit kn8
Creative audigy se platinum
Aspire dreamer X 2

My upgrade plan:
550 watt antec truepower psu
2 320 gig segate hardrives in raid
another gig of ram, same kind
Silverstone tj06 case

Do you think if I upgrade to this, will it last for atleast 2 years? Also, I might upgrade my videocard sometime after the upgrade, mabey in the next year.
TOM CLANCY

October 4th, 2006 at 8:08 am
70

yee um the guy said its not comin out for 360 um ye it mite cause its comin out for ps3 they just need more developers 2 work on the console version and ye if u guys think that 360 cant take it ur wronggg cause x360 runs in Multi core each 3.2ghz thats more powerfull than dual core and it has 1 of the most powerfull gpu its rounds upo to the X1950XTX CARD
ally

October 4th, 2006 at 9:02 am
71

for romanian dirt

get an am2 mobo with an x2 processor
get 2gigs you’ll need it and the gfx card is fine
Hate_Nerds

October 11th, 2006 at 3:16 am
72

All i can say is Damn…Game looks sick..
jeton23

October 11th, 2006 at 1:35 pm
73

no Man…this game is the greatest that I ever seen a first Person Shooter in my life..
gx2

October 12th, 2006 at 8:08 am
74

what about my rig. will it run ok?
conroe e6600
2g corsair ddr2
7950gx2
Anuban

October 12th, 2006 at 9:57 am
75

Yes … of course it will … showoff.
TOM CLANCY

October 12th, 2006 at 11:17 am
76

for sure the guy wid the GX2 NVIDIA CARD yepp thats pretyy good wat u hav ther youl run it finee wats ur cpu? conroe but how much GHZ??
TOM CLANCY

October 12th, 2006 at 11:23 am
77

THIS IS MY system lol IBM POWER PC 3 cores runing each 3.2ghz 512MB GDDR3 ATI CUSTOM 10Mb eDRAM. the card is more powerfull than the x1900 and 7900 lol its a 360
Doom

October 12th, 2006 at 3:29 pm
78

dx 10 is big bullshit. I bet that’s crap comes from the same idiots that cry that windows vista will be better for games.

Pull your heads from the sands people. Watch the tex’s, whatch the framerate, watch the ram/cpu usage, then know that it always gets worse on the sys reqs with silly drivers.

IMO: DX10 SUCKS ! And I havent even used it yet;)
Dave Reynolds

October 15th, 2006 at 2:07 am
79

My specs are: ATI 1800XT, 500GB 7200, Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.13GHz, Creative SB X-Fi and 2GB of DDR2 667 ram, so I hope my comp will be able to handle this game.
BuZe

October 15th, 2006 at 2:14 am
80

I got a amd 3500+..2gb ram..and a Gforce 7600Gt can i run this game with low/mid/hi graphics ?
gx2

October 15th, 2006 at 2:22 am
81

tom clancy= e66oo cpu is 2.4ghz times 2,4.8ghz i had a 360, just sold it, pc kicks it’s ass.
BuZe

October 15th, 2006 at 2:23 am
82

I got a amd 3500+..2gb ram..and a Gforce 7600Gt can i run this game with low/mid/hi graphics ? Plz help me :S
jeton23

October 15th, 2006 at 7:23 pm
83

u all have an exellent graphics..I’m sure u can play with med and high…I used to play 2005 Pc games with my fucking Graphics LOL…
Anuban

October 15th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
84

“# Dave Reynolds Says:
October 15th, 2006 at 2:07 am

My specs are: ATI 1800XT, 500GB 7200, Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.13GHz, Creative SB X-Fi and 2GB of DDR2 667 ram, so I hope my comp will be able to handle this game.”

OMG it won’t man … it’s just not powerful enough … you need a waaay better cpu and gpu and lots more memory .. could you tell I was being extremely sarcastic. What is it with you guys who love to tell the world your PC specs?

Did you even read what the minimum requirements are before you posted? Or did you just feel the need to let everyone know you have a conroe based system? Get over yourself … and that goes for all you people who know your system will run Crysis but just want to blab about how great (you think) your PCs are. Grow up.

READ THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND STOP WASTING PEOPLE’S TIME.
jeton23

October 15th, 2006 at 9:52 pm
85

yea,thats true but dont u think that u couldn’t play this game, its not a big deal.
BuZe

October 16th, 2006 at 8:54 pm
86

Thx guys im happy now
johnnorris(he he)

October 16th, 2006 at 11:02 pm
87

I just got my new Dell XPS M1710, I will max this out easily w/ DX9.

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16
2 gb Ram
Nvidia Geforce 256mb 7900 GS
WinXP
Anuban

October 17th, 2006 at 12:58 am
88

Not with that video card.
jeton23

October 17th, 2006 at 2:02 pm
89

maybe he could play it with low res.
noob_jam

October 22nd, 2006 at 8:45 pm
90

helP

igot a compaq pessario
1.6ghz turion 64 x2
1g ram 2max 667mhz
nvidia geforce go 6150 128mb
creative 3D Sound Blaster Pro

im lost ^^
Anuban

October 23rd, 2006 at 12:17 am
91

You will need to upgrade … memory, GPU and even your sound card … you probably have a slow Hard drive so you’ll want to upgrade to at a 10,000RPM drive. Hopefully your system is PCI-Xpress as well or else you’ll need to replace your mobo also. Good luck.
TOM CLANCY

October 24th, 2006 at 6:11 am
92

yo gx2 u wishh bro as iff u dont know wtf ur talkin about u stupid moron 360 has multi core runin each 3,2ghz and 2 hardware threads per core and 6 in total like some games arnt using full power of da 360 like gears of war is only using 1 core and 93% of the 1 core and call of duty 2 is using 1 core wid the 2 hardware threads 1 for a.i and other for gameplay so thers 4 left and that will shit on ur crappy as pc
noob jam

October 24th, 2006 at 6:16 pm
93

thanks, i think ill run it on my desktop instead
NRG753

October 25th, 2006 at 4:45 pm
94

My system should run it fairly smoothly:

Intel C2D e6600
ATi Raedon x1950xtx 512MB DDR4
4GB OCZ DDR2
Audigy 2 ZS P-Pro on Logitech Z-5500

I might get a DX10 card when it’s worth getting one.
NRG753

October 25th, 2006 at 4:53 pm
95

Tom Clancy, there may be 2 threads per core, but that means that two things can be run at the same time on 1 core, it shares performance, it doesn’t double it. The Xenon isn’t as good as everyone makes it out to be, I’m sure my e6600 would eat it. The Core 2’s can do a tonne of instructions per clock.

But don’t get me wrong, the X360 is a good cheap gaming system, and if console gaming is what you prefer, than by all means go and play it. Personally, I don’t care about platforms, and I’ll play a game no matter what platform it’s on. PC’s will always be faster though, as they are always advancing.
Anuban

October 25th, 2006 at 6:04 pm
96

Another person who knows his UBER PC will run the game but couldn’t wait to showoff and let everyone know he’s got a powerful system … why do people continue to act like this. Damn grow up children. I am so sick of these types and believe me I will call attention to you arrogant puppies everytime.
NRG753

October 25th, 2006 at 7:01 pm
97

hahah, you might want to look at your own attitude Anuban.

Seriously, I used to have pretty shocking PC’s, but I loved seeing other peoples specs, just thinking what they could do with a system like that.
Kizza

October 29th, 2006 at 7:02 am
98

These are merely estimates, made by Tom at CrysisOnline. They are in no way official, nor are they likely to be the official requirements for the game upon release.
NRG753

October 29th, 2006 at 7:49 am
99

Yep, they’re not official. I think they are quite high, and they will turn out to be a lot lower. They have some very talented engine designers at Crytek. Far Cry could run fairly easily on a GeForce 2. My estimate for minimum requirements would be 2Ghz, Radeon 9600, and 512MB RAM.
Kizza

October 29th, 2006 at 7:53 am
100

That estimate is a lot lower than what I’d think. You’d be able to boot it up and get rendering, but I’m almost positive it would look like mud, and play like mud.
RedHat

October 31st, 2006 at 5:55 pm
101

Will my pc run it?
amd sempron 2400 @1667 Mhz and 256mb L2 cache(Socket A)
512 mb ddr ram @333 Mhz
nvidia geforce 6200LE 256mb ddr2 ram
dual layer dvd drive
80 gig 7200 rpm

LOL, wish i had the money to upgrade my compu
RedHat

October 31st, 2006 at 5:56 pm
102

srry 256 kb L2 cache
NRG753

November 3rd, 2006 at 8:34 am
103

How well does it run Oblivion (without mods)? I would expect Crysis to be slower than Oblivion because it’s twice as graphical, however it’s a much more efficient engine. Crysis’s requirements will be similar to GRAWs probably, but of course it will look alot better. If you can see how it runs on Oblivion and Graw, it should give you some idea.
Kizza

November 3rd, 2006 at 8:53 am
104

Oblivion runs on Gamebryo. An engine that isn’t particularly efficient. Crytek is a team of perfectionists, knowing them they’d probably tweak it until it bleeds, then tweak it again.

You can’t really go comparing Cryengine 2 to Gamebryo and GRAW (GRIN’s engine) engine. They’re all coded by different people, use different software and even different APIs. Comparison between engines won’t get you too far.

Michael Khaimzon said he runs Crysis well on a 7800GTX. That is in the computer he uses, and he’s responsible for making the game look good. He didn’t sound too sure, in that interview, though.
Kizza

November 3rd, 2006 at 8:55 am
105

Haha. I just read the article, again. Tom (Crysis-Online) is most definitely not running the official Crysis forums. Those aren’t even operating yet. The closest you’ll get is Crymod.com
NRG753

November 3rd, 2006 at 9:08 am
106

Yeah Crysis-Online is often confused for the official site.

I know it was written by other devs, I was estimating how it would run compared to other games, I know there is no way of telling for sure, but judging by how well they write their engines, and how graphical the game is, I think it would be similar or even lower requirements than GRAW.
GRAW is very unoptimized, it ran pretty badly when I had my 7800GS, which is still a great card.

Michael Khaimzon was saying it ran very well on his card, with maximum settings, and that it’s not even optimized yet.
Kizza

November 3rd, 2006 at 9:29 am
107

If you really needed to go into detail, yes. That is true.

I know what you’re trying to do. I’m just letting people know that game engines don’t run on a sliding scale of performance versus image quality. Not all people know that
I think Crysis will run on a scale similar to Far Cry, personally. Maybe just a bit better, considering Crytek would be wanting to “do it right” this time around. I’m going to try and play it on a 6200, if I still have it, by then =)

Also, we’re forgetting about the processor. It can mean something in the vicinity of 10-30FPS difference between a good processor and a bad one. I recommend Core 2 Duo. That will work very well with Crysis.
NRG753

November 3rd, 2006 at 9:47 am
108

Yeah they will, there are Core 2 Quads just out too, if you have the money to get them :D. C2D’s are more than enough though.

Also, there are some very nice mid-range cards out if you want to get one. There should be enough time between now and when Crysis is released.

The minimum shader spec for Crysis will be 2.0 for sure, and your 6200 will run that, but you know they’re a fair bit slower than a Radeon 9600, so I don’t know how the frame-rate will be.. depends a lot on how far the graphics scale.
Kizza

November 3rd, 2006 at 10:00 am
109

I know it will run it. I just don’t know the framerate or settings I will get. No one does, unfortunately. I’ll get a new one, if I can find the money, by then. =)

So I can get it running, but it might be a slide show.

We’re all going to have to wait and see =)
NRG753

November 3rd, 2006 at 10:14 am
110

yup, well if Far Cry fan on a GeForce 2, than you could be in luck. Lets just hope it’s not too shader heavy when it’s on minimum, because that’s what your 6200 will likely struggle with. But yes, we’re all going to have to wait and see.
NRG753

November 3rd, 2006 at 10:17 am
111

Btw, inCrysis is a great website Kizza, do you run it?
ally

November 4th, 2006 at 4:06 pm
112

i think that the system requirements might be kinda around the GRAW recommended system requirements
Kizza

November 6th, 2006 at 3:40 pm
113

NRG: I am an admin at inCrysis. Yes. Thanks for the compliments =) I don’t do it alone, we have Nappy, PE2, matthew, ceramic.wolf and RTsa behind the scenes as well.

I hope you’re right about me being in luck!

ally: Why do you think that?
ally

November 6th, 2006 at 5:53 pm
114

have you seen the system requirements for rainbow six vegas which is on the unreal 3 engine and the crysis engine is probably needs more power than unreal 3

the system requirements for rainbos six vegas are:

System Requirements:
Supported OS:Windows XP (only)

Processor:P4 3Ghz or AMD equivalent

RAM:1024 Mb

Video Card:128MB, Shader Model 3 and DirectX 9.0c compatible (see supported list*)

Sound Card:DirectX 9.0c compatible

DirectX Version:DirectX 9.0c

CD-ROM:DVD-ROM 4X

Peripherals Supported:
Mouse, keyboard, headsets, Xbox360 Controller, etc.

Multiplay:
Local area network (LAN) and/or 128kbit Cable/DSL connection for online game

these come from the ubisoft website
Kizza

November 6th, 2006 at 6:06 pm
115

Well, Crysis has Shader Model 2.0 and DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card.

I’m not sure about RAM, or Processor requirements, but they seem fairly reasonable, for an Unreal Engine 3 game. That’s hardware that would have been released 3 years ago, from now. Not 2 years, like Cevat Yerli is estimating.
Peach

November 9th, 2006 at 1:08 pm
116

Well, My system easily meets the recommended, excluding Windows Vista and DX10 obviously.
Josh

November 23rd, 2006 at 11:40 pm
117

Will a laptop with a 2.0ghz core 2 duo processor, 2gig ram and a 256mb graphics card run Rainbow six vegas?
NRG753

November 24th, 2006 at 3:21 am
118

Absolutely..
NRG753

November 24th, 2006 at 3:36 am
119

Btw, Core’s and Core 2’s do much more instructions per clock than a P4 or even an Athlon 64, even at 1.8Ghz a Core 2 Duo can flatten a 3.7Ghz P4
Kamerplant

November 24th, 2006 at 7:53 pm
120

This is my rig
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.66Ghz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Hard Drive: 163 GB Total
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX
this wil run it on max settings i think
Anuban

November 24th, 2006 at 9:10 pm
121

Aww man will this need to improve one’s self-esteem by showing off one’s uber PC ever cease … don’t answer that it is rhetorical because we all know what the answer is. This is why so many people can’t stand PC gamers.

“this will run it on max settings i think” … ahhh grow up glory hound.
NRG753

November 25th, 2006 at 1:37 am
122

Yeah, now saying something like “this will run it on max settings i think
Kizza

November 25th, 2006 at 2:22 am
123

Kamerplant:
That all depends on whether you want to fork out for Windows Vista or not.
You’ll definitely be running it very well. Let it be noted, though, that Cevat Yerli promised us the game would scale 2 years in the past and 1.5 years in the future; hardware-wise. Keep that in mind.
Anuban

November 25th, 2006 at 7:16 am
124

I’m not the one being arrogant. And I told you before when I see blatant crap like that I will speak out so stop asking me the same question over and over. Instead learn to live with the fact that I will always say something about that if I see it. That won’t change and there is nothing you can do about it so if it makes you feel better just ignore me. I am NOT going to explain again. Period.
NRG753

November 25th, 2006 at 7:49 am
125

You’re very arrogant, you need to take a look at yourself instead of others.

Why exactly is it that you like “speaking out” about people showing what their rig is like. Isn’t it boring? Seriously, it’s pointless, and a waste of time.. why care about some lousy comment?
Anuban

November 25th, 2006 at 8:00 am
126

Okay I asked you too ignore me if I irritated you so much and you couldn’t do so so now I have NOTHING more to say to you. So if you address me any longer it will be a complete and utter waste of your time as I won’t responding to you anymore. You need to learn to accept other people’s POVs and just move on with there is obviously no way an agreement can be reached. Since you seem oblivious to how to do such a thing I will NOW show you how it is done.
NRG753

November 25th, 2006 at 8:08 am
127

Hahah, I’m not irritated at all, but you obviously are. You see, I’m showing you my POV, and questioning yours.
5ton3y

November 25th, 2006 at 8:21 am
128

heres something for ur ass anuban, see the funny thing about all this is that ur bitchin about someone letting other people know how shitty their pc is, for example… my specs are:
AMD Athlon 1500
ATI Raedon 9600
256MB RAM
1 GHz CPU

TOTAL OWNAGE!!!

but to put things a little bit simpler for ur stupid ass Anuban, the point we are all trying to make is that ur full of shit.. i mean, why would someone post some insufficient whining about someones specs in the first place..?

As for arrogant puppies.. WTF?!? its not arrogance, its just letting people know that there will be one more gamer who can play Crysis, lmao… or are u just so arrogant urself that jealousy of other peoples systems are some-what better than yours?
5ton3y

November 25th, 2006 at 8:30 am
129

heres something for ur — anuban, see the funny thing about all this is that ur whining about someone letting other people know how crappy their pc is, for example… my specs are:
AMD Athlon 1500
ATI Raedon 9600
256MB RAM
1 GHz CPU

TOTAL OWNAGE!!!

but to put things a little bit simpler for ur stupid ass Anuban, the point we are all trying to make is that ur full of it.. i mean, why would someone post some insufficient whining about someones specs in the first place..?

As for arrogant puppies.. its not arrogance, its just letting people know that there will be one more gamer who can play Crysis, lol… or are u just so arrogant urself that jealousy of other peoples systems are some-what better than yours?
Anuban

November 25th, 2006 at 8:55 am
130

You are not even worth a well thought our rebuttal or any further attention of me.
Anuban

November 25th, 2006 at 9:00 am
131

It is very simple PC gamers (oh and I am a HUGE PC gamer … I mod baby … or didn’t know that I was the Project Leader for the HaloUT team … a mod for UT2K% … probably not. All the releases for that mod are thanks to me and my the crack team of devs I along with my co-lead assembled.)

These are the specs:

Minimum Requirements

CPU: Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8ghz
Graphics: Nvidia 6600/X800GTO (SM 2.0)
RAM: 768Mb/1Gb on Windows Vista
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 256k+
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX9.0c with Windows XP

Recommended Requirements

CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)
Graphics: Nvidia 7800GTX/ATI X1800XT (SM 3.0) or DX10 equivalent
RAM: 1.5Gb
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX10 with Windows Vista

So you don’t need to post anything … just read and if you don’t come close you have your answer … if you are way over that well you have your answer again. There is simply no need to spout off about how great your system specs unless you need someone to “appreciate” all the money you spent. If you spout off then you’ll be hearing from me at some point. Learn a little humility PC gamers and you will never see me on this thread again. Otherwise …
5ton3y

November 25th, 2006 at 9:00 am
132

LOL! mate you KNOW you hav lost this sinc the start.. but chin up, things mite turn out better for you in a few years when u realise that listing ur computer specs can actually be helpful for you, cos someone who knows there stuff can put some positiv input to you about what u should save for next…

**points and laughs..** u lost this one, u shouldnt start whining about such things….
Kizza

November 25th, 2006 at 3:06 pm
133

Anuban - You also seem to have forgotten those aren’t official system specs. You could pretty much say if you’re over either of them that “Tom thinks you can play the game”. Tom knows about as much as the rest of us. Period.

We know for sure that Kamerplant will be playing Crysis due to his monster system.

Take your mountain and make of it a molehill.
Danny boy

November 25th, 2006 at 8:06 pm
134

Will the new vaio VGN-FE31H run R6 vegas?
Spec:
1.66GHz core 2 duo processor
1 GIG ram
120Gig HD
256mb graphics card
Anuban

November 25th, 2006 at 9:29 pm
135

More braggarts who apparently can’t help themselves … wow .. you have a great rig … hope that helps your self-esteem issues. Will your system run R6? Of course it will …. just another reason to brag aloud to someone that you have the new Core 2 duo chip. I guess at least here you know some people will be dying of envy.

Let me straighten you all out … I have a great monster rig (no not dual core but the fastest non dual core AMD64 cpu around) and I am never worried about games running on my system. I have the best Single slot GPU you can buy and more then enough memory … these days anything over 2 GB of ram is overkill. So if I … an avid PC FPS player is not concerned nor feel the need to post my specs and get some kind of validation that I am indeed on the cutting edge of technology then none of should either … it is that simple. Of course you will continue to do so … and I will continue to do what I do best … call attention to immature behavior. You want to post your PC specs and be heralded as the next coming then go to guru3d.com … that is what that place is for. But to ask such questions when the answer is obvious is ridiculous.

And I don’t care what you think of me or what you say. It won’t deter me in the least. Actually it only helps to increase my posting count … so please continue to go for it if you are so inclined.
Danny boy

November 26th, 2006 at 12:25 am
136

Actually anuban i wasn’t showing off my spec or bragging. To be honest i don’t know that much about computers so it was a genuine question. The required spec says a 3GHz pentium 4 processor. How the f**k am i supposed to know that a 1.66GHz core 2 duo processor will run it?!?!
I was just checking so i don’t go out and buy R6 Vegas and then find my computer can’t run. Fair enough there are quite a few people out there who know exactly what they’re talking about and are just trying to show off how good their machine is, but I’m not one of those people, so i’d apprechiate it if you didn’t accuse me being immature and a “braggart who apparenty help themself!!!!!!!”
Kizza

November 26th, 2006 at 1:44 am
137

Anuban, now who is being immature? There are some people out there, like Danny boy asking genuine questions. He put “256MB Graphics card” - I put it to you that if he knew what he was talking about he would have told you the brand and model of that graphics card. Sif show off your new system without bragging about the graphics card.

You, Anuban, are the immature one. I think Danny boy deserves an apology from you, due to your disrespect and your cynicism regarding his innocent question. Shame on you, seriously.

Look, have your little crusade but the only one who really cares at all is you. I couldn’t care less about how good your machine, Danny boy’s machine or Kamerplant’s machine is. The fact of the matter is, the only one out of those three that wasn’t bragging is Danny boy. Lay down your ego and GTFO. The simple fact that you’re saying nothing anyone says will stop you proves your immaturity about something so small noone even noticed. Get yourself a life, get a girlfriend, get a dog - but whatever you do GTFO.

@Dannyboy: Your rig should run R6 Vegas as it’s way above the minimum system requirements.
NRG753

November 26th, 2006 at 7:08 am
138

Exactly, Anuban, you’re saying we’re arrogant and immature etc, when in fact you are being like that yourself. You seriously need to get a life.

Dannyboy, yeah your 1.66Ghz CPU is actually very nice, it will flatten a 3Ghz P4 because it does way more instructions per clock. Your Vaio should run R6:V quite well, maybe not on maximum, but pretty close. It should also run Crysis fairly well, somewhere in between Medium and Maximum I’m guessing.
5ton3y

November 26th, 2006 at 7:35 am
139

i swear this whole thing is going no-where.. its obvious that Anuban thinks he is right about all this when clearly he isn’t. the only thing i hav to say about it is that he should really hav a look at the log in his own eye before he attempts to remove the spec of dust in everyone elses… im gettin sic of anuban crapping on about all this stuff that really shouldnt be an issue. if people want to show their specs and ask/inquire about if it will be ok running certain games let them… its not hurting anyone…
dreamer

November 26th, 2006 at 7:45 am
140

I have a:
Commodore 64
128KB RAM
Screen
Mouse
Will it run crysis??
5ton3y

November 26th, 2006 at 7:47 am
141

in fact, posting ur specs is mroe benefit than anything, so u should just relax anuban…

dreamer… erm..??
NRG753

November 26th, 2006 at 8:37 am
142

I hope you dont have a go a Dreamer, Anuban, leave the poor guy alone!
Anuban

November 26th, 2006 at 10:11 am
143

Dreamer … can you read … at all … oh I get it you are making a pathetic attempt at being witty … I take it at my expense. It’s laughable … thanks I enjoyed it. Well anything to keep people from posting specs and the last five haven’t been like that so maybe I am getting somewhere afterall. You know if you give me all this power to keep the subject off of your specs and on me it is only serving my purpose. You have to be more intelligent than that if you plan of matching wits with me.
Kizza

November 26th, 2006 at 10:27 am
144

Are you truly so idiotic as to think that people won’t ask if their computer can run something if we’re ranting at you because you’re clearly a wanker. Matching wits? Please, give me a break. You’re not getting what you want, because if you did, you wouldn’t be here, anymore.

To conclude - everyone hates you and you’re not getting what you want. Go make your own site/forum that you can police all on your own =)
NRG753

November 26th, 2006 at 10:27 am
145

“You know if you give me all this power to keep the subject off of your specs and on me it is only serving my purpose.”

Sounds like some 15yo getting a grasp on egotism.
Kizza

November 26th, 2006 at 10:30 am
146

Now, now, NRG… There’s no need to insult the 15 year olds of today by insinuating they’re anything like Anuban.
NRG753

November 26th, 2006 at 10:31 am
147

I’d better apologize to all the 15 year olds out there then!
Anuban

November 26th, 2006 at 11:03 am
148

My plan is working brilliantly … there have been no mindless posts about system specs for over 12 posts now. All is well on this thread now. That’s it lads … keep the focus on me and off the thread topic … smart guys huh? One thing is for sure … this thread never ceases to amuse me.
Anuban

November 26th, 2006 at 11:06 am
149

… and all you can come up with are infantile insults. Damn I expected so much more from such “smart PC gamers” who stay tech savvy and on the cutting edge of PC technology. You may need some lessons on taking on people who don’t agree with you in the real world … away from the monitor if you get my meaning. Or is that too much for you guys.
NRG753

November 26th, 2006 at 11:06 am
150

Sounds like the words of a defeated man.
NRG753

November 26th, 2006 at 11:28 am
151

“… and all you can come up with are infantile insults. Damn I expected so much more from such “smart PC gamers
Kizza

November 26th, 2006 at 12:23 pm
152

I’m packin a 6200
I have a
P4 3Ghz
512MB RAM
Geforce 6200

Do you call that cutting edge? Yes, yes I am bragging about how crappy my system is. Think it will run the game, NRG? Does anyone know if it will run Medieval 2? I just got it and CBF waiting to install it if it won’t run on my PC. kthx, guys =)
NRG753

November 26th, 2006 at 1:05 pm
153

Oh it’ll fly on Crysis… on minimum… looking at the ground… lol. Nah, if you have troubles with it, your graphics card may need an upgrade, but the rest of your system should be up to the task. But I think if Crysis isn’t shader heavy on minimum, it’ll run fine. I’m expecting to be surprised at how far back they’ll make it run on lower end systems. They did with Far Cry.

As for Medieval II, it’s requirements are :
1.8 GHz processor, 512MB RAM, 8x Speed DVD-ROM drive, 11.0 GB of hard disk space, DirectX 9.0c, 128 MB video card, monitor must be able to display 1024×768 resolution or above.

So that should run ok, your CPU will probably make up for your graphics card.
BuZe =D

November 26th, 2006 at 10:13 pm
154

I got a Amd 3500+..2gb ram..and a Gforce 7600Gt..can i run this game with low/mid/high graphics ?
Anuban

November 26th, 2006 at 11:18 pm
155

Minimum Requirements

CPU: Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8ghz
Graphics: Nvidia 6600/X800GTO (SM 2.0)
RAM: 768Mb/1Gb on Windows Vista
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 256k+
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX9.0c with Windows XP

Well let’s see … how about yes … Maybe since you seem to be unable to perform your own analysis I can do it for you.

You - AMD 3500+ — Min. - AMD 64 3000 so is your AMD a 64 bit processor? I am sure you can answer that question and then you’ll know where you stand from the CPU Perspective

You - 2 GB Ram — Min. - 1GB … do you really need someone to answer this for you?

You - 7600 GT — Min. - 6600 … AGAIN is it so difficult to think for yourself about this one.

So in answer to your question … yes you can run it on Low or med. But since you obviously don’t meet the recommended requirements it is HIGHLY doubtful you’ll be able to run it on high settings.

Now do you honestly believe you couldn’t have come to these same conclusions yourself given the available information … which don’t even have to search for.

People … just use some logic please and I will go away without a second thought. It’s not that I don’t want to be helpful … but in this case people are either being lazy or arrogant and I cannot stand either so right or wrong I will always voice my opinion. And by now it should be obvious what that should be.

You are all supposed to be at the very least semi-intelligent folks so it is absurd you have to ask these questions. Do some research … I know I did when I decided to dive into the fun filled world of PC gaming. Stop asking everyone to do it for you. Learn to be self-sufficient. It will only benefit you in the long run. Google is not hard to use … AT ALL.
Anuban

November 26th, 2006 at 11:41 pm
156

Here is some more info … please read this and understand it and maybe you won’t have to go online and ask the same question again and again. This is straight from the Horse’s mouth so now you really have the full story.

From YouNewb.com

“Hexus.tv has an awesome 20-minute video that shows off Ubisoft’s upcoming title for the PC, Crysis. It has been regarded as the most advanced game ever created with the most realistic graphics, features, interaction, and more. The video is taken in Britain and is a little showcase of the game with a segment of questions and answers.”

“Later in the video they go more into the audience questioning aspect. ”

“Crysis’ minimum pc requirements will supposedly run on current hardware so that much of us can actually play the game (although I highly doubt on highest graphics).”

Now I hope you all get this game and have lots of fun no matter what setting you run it on (and I found this info on the net without spending any real effort looking for it). Personally ANYTHING coming from ANY PART of EA is off-limits to me but that is me. As much I was really REALLY looking forward to this title knowing EA is the publisher is just too huge of a turnoff. You folks can continue to line the pockets of the worst Gaming company in the world but I won’t .. and please don’t be so naive as to think you are only putting money into Crytek pockets … because you are only lying to yourself if you truly believe that.
NRG753

November 27th, 2006 at 3:00 am
157

Crytek isn’t owned by EA, their game is just being produced and advertised by EA. It’s only a partnership, an agreement. So if Crysis is a bad game, it’s only going to be Cryteks fault.

Also, as Kizza has being saying, those are not official requirements, and to me they don’t seem accurate at all. I would guess he could run it on somewhere close to medium, if not a little higher. Get a second 7600, and that would likely change..
Kizza

November 27th, 2006 at 3:09 am
158

Anuban, it isn’t very wise to compare the “fake” minimum system requirements to give people an idea on how it will run. Those estimates came out a while ago and have absolutely no basis on how the game runs on hardware, in real time. They haven’t even optimised it yet, so Crytek people don’t know. How can you expect Tom to be correct?

NRG: Exactly. As far as EA is concerned, he’s talking about a lot of the money spent on the game going to EA instead of Crytek itself. I agree with him, although it works that way for every developer (with exceptions eg. VALVe). Before now it was Ubisoft, which in my opinion is far worse than EA has been recently. Also, Crytek gave its last publisher the boot and I’m sure they have the power to do the same with EA if they so choose.

In an interview on CrysisOnline Michael Khaimzon told a boy named Vinny that he was running it on maximum settings (DX9) using a 7900GTX. Those details are a little sketchy as he didn’t seem sure. He also pointed out they haven’t done any optimisation, yet.
NRG753

November 27th, 2006 at 4:25 am
159

Yeah, afaik, the way it works is that producers will actually pay the developers to make the game before it’s out, then they make the money back by having a larger profit on the game when it’s released.

Also yeah, they were saying things about 6 months ago that you could run Crysis on maximum (of course DX9) with the hardware that was out back then. I wonder if we’ll be able to run DX10 quality graphics with high end DX9 hardware.. it’s very possible as DX10 was mainly written for peformance rather than features, and they’ve said that anything on DX10 is possible with DX9.

When they make DX10/Vista only games, they should be much less bug-free and have much better performace. Currently, developers have to write way too much code to get it running on all different platforms (eg ATi/nVidia), but with DX10, they will only have to write code for DX10, rather than different platforms.

PC gaming should be great 1 year or so down the track.
Sypher

November 27th, 2006 at 4:33 am
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yes, 360 is fucking JUNK compared to the pc, and fyi.. fps games are meant for the pc, NOT FOR THE STUPID CONSOLES

consoles are only meant for fighting games like mortal kombat, and racing games, but the Wii will pwn the lame 360..dont matter about graphics..just about the gameplay..360 lame as shit, pc the dominate in gaming
Anuban

November 27th, 2006 at 8:26 am
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Wow … this is what I mean when I say hardcore PC gamers give the PC gaming industry a really really bad name. Vulgar, uneducated and yet he believes he is an expert in the gaming industry … no hard data … no anything and yet the garbage spews forth like hot ash from an erupting Volcano. What a joke. But at least no mention (yet) of his specs. Should be coming though … I bet.

Newsflash: People who are truly good at FPS games can play them on any platform. PERIOD. PC gamers for the most part are just lazy and love to complain about that one singular thing …. whereas a good console FPS gamer (raises hand) can also easily switch up to any FPS on the PC (again raises hand). Please stop with that ludicrous excuse.

And in any event if you did any research at all before spouting off and looking foolish you would know that a device is coming for the 360 to allow Mouse and Keyboard support for all the PC FPS gamers who can’t make the adjustment to console controllers. Now all you have to do is petition the devs to make sure they include an option to use it. Maybe then all this BS between console and PC gamers/gaming can finally be laid to rest. Maybe but I’m not holding my breath.
Kizza

November 27th, 2006 at 9:38 am
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There’s a lot more than just a controller when it comes to the differences between PC and console. I’ll lay out the other problems I have with consoles for you right now.

I’d rather have a PC, something I can play games on, switch to a project I’m working on, forums, and then back again. I also really like my mods, I like making mods, too. Most of those things can’t be achieved using a console. I’d rather spend $1200 on a PC that will last me 2 years than a console that will be outdated versus the PC in 1 year. I don’t want to have to spend $1800 buying a console and a PC at the same time, if I decide to play console games. That doesn’t include the two different sets of mostly expensive games I have to buy.

One thing I hate and from what I’ve observed it’s true, most of the console gaming community lack any technical knowledge of the pieces of hardware they’re using and to contrast that for some strange reason console games seem far less intelligent as opposed to PC games. I mean, look at Halo, it’s boring for a PC gamer. Then look at something like FEAR, where you actually have to be tactical and outsmart the enemy, instead of twitching your thumb and trigger finger. There’s also one of my favourite genres that will never find a mainstay in the console community - RTS. Company of Heroes will never find its way to success on X360, nor will Medieval 2 Total War. I saw that Halo Wars was X360 only and I laughed my arse off. Good luck trying to rip off yet another PC invention, consolers, it will never work.
NRG753

November 27th, 2006 at 12:48 pm
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I get a lot out of my PC when it comes to games, and it’s my preferred platform, although I’m not biased towards it either, I game on my 360 often, and even my PS2 sometimes too. I’m a very unbiased person, recently I’ve switched from a nVidia/AMD platform to an ATi/Intel platform, I play any genre of game, as long as I enjoy it, I know both ASP and PHP lol, and I also respect OSX and Linux, probably more than Windows. Point is, I think it shouldn’t matter about brand, platform, or game genre, as long as you can afford it, it’s the best deal you can get, or if it’s a game, that you enjoy playing it.

It was wrong of you Anuban to think that anyone who posts their PC specs is a “Hardcore PC gamer”. I also dont believe that the PC gaming industry has a bad name, where is proof of that? I think it’s just as positively looked at as it ever was (well apart from those Hardcore console gamers).
Anuban

November 27th, 2006 at 12:51 pm
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“One thing I hate and from what I’ve observed it’s true, most of the console gaming community lack any technical knowledge of the pieces of hardware they’re using and to contrast that for some strange reason console games seem far less intelligent as opposed to PC games. I mean, look at Halo, it’s boring for a PC gamer. Then look at something like FEAR, where you actually have to be tactical and outsmart the enemy, instead of twitching your thumb and trigger finger. There’s also one of my favourite genres that will never find a mainstay in the console community - RTS. Company of Heroes will never find its way to success on X360, nor will Medieval 2 Total War. I saw that Halo Wars was X360 only and I laughed my arse off. Good luck trying to rip off yet another PC invention, consolers, it will never work.”

This is probably the last time I will directly address you …

You have just demonstrated yet again why most people detest hardcore pc gamers or even pc gamers who appear to have a strong bias against consoles for NO RATIONAL reasons at all. Everything you said is really a bunch of garbage. You PC only types keep HOPING that things will fail for console gamers. That is not only really negative but it is very very mean spirited. Karma doesn’t like mean spirited people or groups … which is why despite all the outcrys from the PC gaming community Console players are getting just about every goody that was once relugated to PC only players.

Again I own both, several different platforms actually and for me it is all about loving each and every one of them and enjoying them all to their fullest. I am far to logical to start casting dispersion on one or the other. They all give me great gaming pleasusre … but again I have taken the time to become skilled on all my various platforms so I never display an ignorant bias towards any particular one. I know PCs will always be on the bleeding edge and that is cool … that is one thing I love about that platform. I know consoles will always have a single price point and that what runs on one will always run on the other given the uniform nature of console technology …. and I love that about consoles. So for me I would NEVER root for anything to fail on any platform because I want ALL gamers to enjoy AS MUCH GAMING as they possibly can. I’m not a PC snob as clearly the majority of the people on this thread are.

So you keep believing that crap about FPS games on consoles being less than their PC counterparts (what an amazing load that is) and you keep hoping that other genres (RTS being one) fall flat on their face on the consoles … believe me much more intelligent than you are working on just the opposite and I have no doubt they’ll find a way to accomplish what it is they set out to. It doesn’t matter if you choose to accept it and partake in it or continue to look down upon it and keeping your fingers crossed it will fail. It won’t and as the years pass the convergence between the two technologies will become greater and greater. You can’t stop progress and that is exactly what PC centric gamers just don’t seem to fully realize when it comes to console gaming.

And again as leader of a great PC UT2K4 mod who plays just about everything on all platforms I am proud to be very very different than my fellow pc centric gamers. All it takes is an open mind and a willingness to understand the very nature of the gaming business. Something it is apparent from your post you lack. Now I feel that there is nothing left for us to debate … not on my part. Anyone as negative as you about any segment of gaming that doesn’t meet with your tacit approval is not worth my time to debate on a continual basis. One day maybe you will understand … try playing Gears of War on Hardcore without co-op and then tell us all how NON tactical console games are and that all shooter games are just Twich and Trigger games … F.E.A.R. on the 360 is the same in every way … I should know since I have and play both … and don’t even think about playing GRAW on the 360 without having some real solid tactical strategy … so come with your facts straight when you debate this topic with others in the future. It will save you from looking like a biased, uninformed, uneducated gamer … just a tip.
Anuban

November 27th, 2006 at 1:39 pm
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FYI to all PC gamers …. good, bad, or indifferent. Hopefully this will bring a smile to some of your faces. To me it is excellent that more options will be available to gamers.

” IGN » Games » Xbox 360 » News
Mouse/keyboard for 360
XCM XFPS brings support to games.
by Bennett Ring, IGN AU

Australia, November 26, 2006 - Along with a brilliant selection of shooters just in time for Xmas (GoW, COD3 and Rainbow 6), 360 shooter fans have yet another reason to get excited. It appears that unofficial mouse and keyboard support for the 360 is just around the corner. We all know that keyboards are already supported in the dashboard, but the XCM XFPS 360 promises to allow both a keyboard and mouse to be used in-game. If you’re aching to use an inferior controller, it also allows the use of Dual Shock Controllers on the 360. It must be noted that the XCM XFPS 360 is not guaranteed to work in all games, and a list of compatible titles has not yet been made available.

This could be a godsend of a device, especially for shooter and RTS fans, as the revered mouse/keyboard combo is noticeably more accurate than control pads. Microsoft has gone out of its way to not support these devices on the 360, claiming they would make the playing field uneven. We think it’s more likely that MS doesn’t want to lose players from the PC gaming market, where MS has a vested interest with its Windows platform.

The original Xbox had a similar gadget in the Smart JoyFrag. This allowed full mouse/keyboard support in Halo 2, giving JoyFrag equipped players a definite edge over their competitors. We’ve contacted the makers of the device so we can try it out - we’ll tell you all about it if and when it arrives. ”

These statements are merely a matter of opinion but take them for what you will:

“as the revered mouse/keyboard combo is noticeably more accurate than control pads.” - After some practice this is just not the case … For me anyway. Take away the “noticeably” and I could be inclined to agree.

“We think it’s more likely that MS doesn’t want to lose players from the PC gaming market, where MS has a vested interest with its Windows platform.” - I don’t believe this is the case at all since MS wants so badly to win the console war of this current generation at any cost so great is the rivalry with Sony … I believe they would actually do whatever it takes to gain more market share on the 360 and what better way to do it than to embrace those PC gamers who simply cannot (whatever the reasons may be) game comfortably on console gamepads. But we shall see once Vista and the 360 are on the market simultaneously. This is one area I am not afraid to admit I may be giving MS too much credit … however only time will tell as I believe it is too early to take either side of this debate.
NRG753

November 27th, 2006 at 1:42 pm
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Well I’m getting one for mine..
Kizza

November 27th, 2006 at 2:09 pm
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While I’d love to chat with you about how great X360 games are but the fact is aside from Gears of War, all you’ve talked about so far are franchises that made their success and originated on the PC. Innovations made on the PC, then migrated to console.

I never said I was hoping they fall flat on their arse, I already know they won’t match up to PC. You’re already discussing it as if people are TRYING so hard to emulate on consoles what many have already achieved on PC, without so much effort. I explained to you the reasons why I’m a PC gamer, not a consoler, I was in no way making a personal attack. I just saw you were misinformed as to why there is a debate against consoles and vice versa. You, sir, have made this discussion a personal attack.

Ultimately, you believe the final solution for your beloved consoles is that they become more like PC. It has always been that exclusivity is the advantage for consoles, the only difference being controls in platform/fighting games, with the exception of the Wii, that’s just too far out of the box (meaning it’s original) and I love it. Not just something repackaged in a nice concave silver box.

Why reinvent the wheel? Why do the console owners prefer their console?
NRG753

November 27th, 2006 at 2:49 pm
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lol, they already flatten consoles, in fact quad cores and DX10 cards are out right now! But even without those, you still have much more RAM in a PC. That’s the problem with current consoles, they have a lot of power, but only half a gig of RAM. But even so, I don’t think graphics are everything, I can still enjoy games on a console, no matter how outdated they are. Hell, I’ve been playing all these SNES games on my PSP!
NRG753

November 27th, 2006 at 3:02 pm
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Oh Windows Vista might take 250, 350MB of ram, but then when RAM prices fall, more and more people will get 2GB or more. People running 1GB already have an advantage over consoles. And also consoles only really have 256 of system RAM because they share with the graphics care, unlike almost all PC’s. Windows doesn’t take any power whatsoever, the only thing that -might- take power are programs running in the background while you’re playing a game. Also if you’re running IE, you already have a whole lot of Adware and Spyware slowing down your PC.

We should see quad cores drop by the time the r600 comes out. I might upgrade a month or two after that.
Anuban

November 27th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
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“And sure you can get quad cores and DX10 cards today, but the price will fall soon, making it far more affordable for the average gamer.”

While the prices will fall … they sure won’t come down in any meaningful way for the masses for some time. Definitely not this first year of Vista. You’ll need a lot more good software applications/games that can make full use of the new technologies before that happens.
NRG753

November 27th, 2006 at 3:09 pm
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I think they will, it wont be long before they have lower-end versions of DX10 cards and Quad CPU’s. I think many applications and probably most games coming out next year will take advantage of them too.
Anuban

November 27th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
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“Hell, you need 2 GB in Windows XP to play FEAR without too much disturbance.”

That is a fact … when running F.E.A.R. on my system I turn everything to max with 1600×1200 res and use soft shadows for a more realistic effect. I can tell you that I use monitoring software on my G15 gaming keyboard and always have the amount of memory being used (in addition to temp reading of my MB and GPU thanks to some utility software) on display. Of all the current PC FPS games (I don’t have BF2 or Oblivion though)this thing takes the most memory I have ever seen and also causes my GPU to become the hotter than when ANY other game runs. It will use 1.92 GB of RAM at its peak if you have a 2GB system.

Now the utilities I use for my gaming Kb are Riva Tuner, SpeedFan, and EzLCD and they do a fine job of constantly keeping me updated of my system status while I am hard at work killing enemy A.I.