Its pretty steep I guess, but the recommended specs are basically a top of the line PC from late last year. 2gb ram is pretty cheap these days and serious PC gamers have had an 8800 series card for months already.

@muffin
I consider myself to be a "serious" pc gamer, and I do not have an 8800 series card, I have an overclocked 7950 gt. Many of us have held off until Crysis to purchase a dx10 card. Why? Because until now, there has been nothing out that takes advantage of dx10, not to mention the drop in prices as of late. Why pay extra for horsepower you can't use?

Perhaps its unfair to say that 'serious' PC gamers have 8800's (I don't think your dedication to the hobby of gaming is measured by your PC specs) but I too am pleased to see that the requirements aren't as astronomical as I expected (even though they are pretty near the best currently available in terms of graphics cards).

Still...

Reading between the lines, I strongly suspect that we will have a similar scenario to that surrounding the release of 'Oblivion'. Even recommended spec PC's encountered difficulties, and the reality will be that this game's graphics are designed with technology not yet available in mind.

Hey, I think my Laptop could run this. It might be a little sluggish but I'm pretty sure it'd pull it off.

It's not that bad. Then again, I spent $1006 on a Athlon64 X2 6000+, 4GB of Memory, nForce motherboard, new case, geforce gt8500 (i'd have to upgrade), new power supply, new dvd burner. i kept my hard drives.
swap out 4gb for 2gb and get yourself a better video card and get a slower CPU and it'll be around $800.

$800 you say? Well a computer isn't just for games you know... while it's only $200 more than a PS3 minus the bluray.

newegg.com

I contemplated building a new PC for this. But I haven't done PC gaming in a while. It'll always be my favorite, but I have people in the house with me. Locking myself in my room to play isn't much fun.


So I bought myself a Rolex instead. Funny.

Actually, those specs aren't as ridiculous as you portray them.

In PC Gamer UK they recently had a feature for 'DX10 PC for £576'. To get an idea of that in dollars, don't use the exchange rate as the UK price includes 17.5% VAT in addition to things being generally more expensive. Compare it as equivalent to the price of PS3: in the U.K. it costs £400.

Basically, for £576 (and component prices in the U.S. are cheaper- so between $600 and $1000 app.) you can get 2Gb RAM, 8800GTS, 700W PSU, 500 GB hard drive, DVD-RW, core 2 duo e6320 CPU, a chassis and an Asus motherboard.

--- That's a PC that can handle Crysis.

And when the next graphically incredible PC-only game comes out (eg Far Cry 2, but it could be anything) those specs are easily and inexpensively upgradeable. What is currently top of the line stuff (like 8800 GTXs and quad core extreme CPUs) will come down drastically in price, and there will be brand new midrange stuff also available. So with a PC you can always be prepared.

I'm not trying to say that PCs are better than consoles, just that PC gaming isn't as unattainable as one would think :)

There is alway a high price for beauty.

You know, your arguement would be more convincing if you didn't use the OMG EXPENSIVE PS3 as an example.

I don't really think so.
I don't play games on the PC but my average joe computer could run this.
Mine doesn't have the real requirements, but better than the minimum ones.

If your video card doesn't meet the specs the rest of your rig doesn't matter. Big difference between a 8500 and a 8800.

The whole "DX10" thing? God rays from clouds? Much better smoke and fire? Ect?

Basically, more pretty without the increased system taxing (thank you, lower DX10 system overhead).

XP is using DirectX 9
Vista is using DirectX 10.

Crysis has more effects, better textures, better presentation on Vista and the bump in system requirements probably reflects the DirectX 10 enhancements to the engine more than it does the unerlying OS.

@Ord

Vista does not make you use DX10, you can still play DX9 Crysis with a DX9 card on Vista.

I think you would see issues much more severe than a poor framerate if your OS gave up 100% cpu to a single process.

Ordeith - Everything you can do in DX10 can be done in DX9. In DX10, it is more efficient and easier. If anything the requirements should be LOWER.

No, the specificatios read a 2.2 GHz processor, non-DualCore model. 2.2 GHz Athlon64X2 or pre-Core2Duo Intel model. The Core2Duo runs on a whole different wavelength and cannot be compared on a clock frequency basis to prior models.

Just read it wrong myself. Those are the recommended. You're a hair shy of what EA says can run it full-blast.

Yes, around medium. Though that processor may hold you back some.

The latest beta update optimized the game a lot. The game runs incredibly well on my 7900GT on medium settings, but still looks amazing. And with 2 months left in development, I can only assume that even more optimization will be done as they are basically done with the game now, i.e., production is complete and all is left to do is polishing.

2 Years for laptop specs to catch up?
I am planning on playing this game with my laptop as soon as it comes out, I may not be able to play a top quality and resolution but I should be able to play at medium settings fine. I just don't quite meet the recommended processor and my graphics card is only a 8600GT.

Anyone have tried the new HP's with the Intel Quad processor? I saw one in Sam's Club.

I'd advise avoiding HP or any other big box PC retailer, they don't configure the software properly and tend to overload their systems with tons of useless junk that kills the performance. If you're not one to build yourself, check out boutique dealers like CyberPowerPC or iBuyPower, which are able to put together decent PCs for not much beyond the retail price of the individual components. They beat the hell out of places like Alienware and Falcon which tend to overinflate the price based on name.

I usually buy HP computers... I like the design, speacilly in my home bussines.. and yes, I know that the this kind of PC (HP, Compaq, Vaio) have a ton of shitless uselles software and everything is bad configured.

But here in Joystiq, we all are geeks here. The first thing I do is uninstall absolutey everything (and I mean, everything) and then reconfigure the PC (it take only like a day, downloading lates software and cracks).

Another huge problem with those companies is they also use low-quality components. HP tends to use cheap RAM, a cheap motherboard and cheap power supplies. These cheaper components can cause system instabilities. Which is why I suggested those two companies, they offer up quality hardware that you can custom select and have a full range of good cases which means you could find something that fits your style.

As LaughingTarget said try to build your own rig but if you are in my possition where I can't friggin adquire the components try Gateway,Liverpool was announcing a gateway especially designed for this kind of games,I check the stats and I'm sure it can handle Crysis smoothly.

"Mac"

Hahahaha...

really?

Yeah yeah, I know...

Still better than a PC, with no games!

Wow, I sound like a PS3 fanboy...

Shenanigans

In spansish (as well in japanese) Vegeta says: "Es de mas de 8000" (Its over 8000)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnrvJajYrKE

ORLY cool.

De donde eres Rocker?

I was gonna type this in Spanish but I'm getting alittle rusty, anyway, are you getting GHIII on the Wii? If so, we need to play sometime, if it's online...

8800's are like $300-400, last I checked... Pretty standard.

Im from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. But I live in Texas.

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