Maximum Thread(Crysis Demo)

[Kaldaris]

So, the Crysis demo will soon be in our grubby mits on Friday October 26. Inarguably, this is going to be the best looking game of 2007/2008 and will also be pushing the boundaries of PC Hardware. So is everyone Crysis ready? or is your rig going to be euthanized?(via incineration of course).

System Requirements
Minimum system requirements
from Crytek and EA:
OS - Windows XP or Windows Vista
Processor - 2.8 GHz or faster (XP) or 3.2 GHz or faster* (Vista)
Memory - 1.0 GB RAM (XP) or 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
Video Card -256 MB**
Hard Drive - 12GB
Sound Card - DirectX 9.0c compatible

Recommended System Requirements
from Crytek and EA:
OS - Windows XP / Vista
Processor - Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Memory - 2.0 GB RAM
GPU - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS/640 or similar


* Supported Processors: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or faster.

** Supported chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or greater. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Integrated chipsets are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.

Other Links

US Military is using CryEngine 2 (http://www.iedvigilance.com/index_fl.html)

Crysis Demo Countdown (http://www.crysisdemo.com/)

Crysis Videos (http://www.gametrailers.com/game/2509.html)

[Genome]

i dont think il bother with the beta/demo. i like to wait for the final product with games like this. But my machine should be able to handle it on average settings. It will be a far cry from the top settings but if i can run bioshock (not dx10) on full i should be able to get a reasonable output from it.

[Bonnet]

I BARELY, scarpe on the mins for that.

[Raptor Jebus]

I have the 8800GTS 320MB version not the 640MB, everything else is recommended or better. Hope I can run it fine.

[Zir]

Pff. The day I trade my hardware in for a bit of eye candy that will wear off after a week is the day I eat my socks.

Really though, the specs for new games are starting to look absolutely insane. I can't decide wether mine is that outdated or game developers are just being reckless. I can't even believe a game can take up 12GB without expansions.

[Atreides]

I can't play Bioshock, no pixel shader 3.0 it makes me sad.

This game seems to be OK, I'll give it a go.

[Langy]

Holy crap, I got a brand-new system in January and it doesn't even meet the minimum specs. Well, it doesn't because I run Vista and only have a gig of memory:( Hopefully I'll be able to somehow scrounge up some cash to purchase the mem and perhaps that DX10 video card I've been wanting...

[jorulius]

Raptor Jebus, the 640 mb is only useful if your going to run it at very high (2400 x1600 ) resolutions, so the 320 mb version should do ok.
I recently bought a 8800 GTS 320 mb OC'ed to 575 Mhz and it runs things like Bioshock and the UT3 demo at very high settings, without any problem, although the rest of my rig is pretty outdated 3700+ athlon and 3 gigs of ddr memory.

[Raptor Jebus]

@jorulius

I know about the resolution situation, but I was told by a friend that Crysis would eat video card memory alive.

[TheDeadlyShoe]

Someone needs to implement a unified processor rating system based on maximum performance.

I think maybe i've had enough of D/Ling huge demos. I hope this comes out on some magazine i can buy.

[DatonKallandor]

I can't even believe a game can take up 12GB without expansions.
Vanguard, vanilla, 18 Gigs. Was 25 before optimization.

[Ammon Ra]

my X2 3800+ only runs at 2Ghz*. Should I overclock it and buy a huge heatsink? :-\

*although source reports the speed between -13.7Mhz and 90Ghz... :trix:

[Takashi_Kurita]

Bah. Screw the hardware rat-race. I'll be happy with my 360 for a long time to come. Crytek can port the game over to it, or not, whatever.

[SubakuGaara]

jesus christ! what specs! 12 gig on your harddrive? 8800gts just to play on recommended??? and this game has been in development for how long before the 8800 gts even came out?

[Ammon Ra]

New games that are still in the early stages aim for rediculous technical and hardware standards since development will take a few years, and high-end hardware will become more prominent.

My old pc is a 6800LE, 1.5Gbram, & Athlon 3000+, which is just below the minimum specs (Gpu). it will probably work if i set the resolution to 800x600. maybe. current pc is sort of in between minimum and recommended.

[Kaldaris]

A 8800GTS is probably to to max it out at high, they've stated that a 7800 can run it on High in dx9.

[Black]

If they use certain technologies that place a strain on the video card, like supersampling for texture anti-aliasing, not even an 8800GTS will be able to max out the game's settings. I've tried to play Episode 2 with that sort of setting forced on and my fps died at certain scenes.

As for my rig, it is well past the reccommended settings so I'm looking forward to much glorious Crytek eye candy, though I am pessimistic about being able to max out the game. I'm betting on it taking G90-generation GPU's, or SLI to really make the game run at max settings.

[SubakuGaara]

i should be fine except for my vid card. all I have is a wimpy x1900gt... :(

[DatonKallandor]

Actually, I've found complaints that the Ultra graphics mode is disabled in the Beta. The Cryteks response was "There is no hardware that can run Ultra mode yet, so we locked it".

[Langy]

Woops, I was wrong. I do have 2 gig of mem. Now if only I had the cash lying around to buy a new vid card...

I really don't see a problem with the high HD space requirement - I've got over 200 gigs left free still on my 290 gig HD;) Though my 100 gigger is almost full:(

[Sovereign002]

Meh, I have a 7600GT, only a Gig of RAM and a 2.6 Ghz duo core. :(

[SubakuGaara]

man I'm running like 500 gig of total harddrive space and I'm down to just 80 gig left. I seriously need to shell out for a new 500 gig harddrive and maybe some memory and a new card. but man crysis better not just be another boring shooter with decent visuals. I want some action. I want to be climbing giant robots, and sleeping with hot alien chicks. Wait... ok maybe not the alien chicks, but the robot thing at least.

BTW, whatever happened to chrome 2? it was at talked about heavily like 2 years ago and since then nothing.

[TheDeadlyShoe]

just delete crap

[Maximus Decimus]

Being in the beta I found I could run on everything high (except shadows, that was on low) at 1280x1024. My specs are:

AMD Opteron 165 overclocked to 2.25
2 gigs of 500mhz OCZ ram
XFX Nvidia 7900 GT 256mb

I expect the game will run a lot better in the demo version that is released as well.

[Zir]

To be honest most of the stuff that strains your video card isn't technologically advanced processes, it's them using textures so high in resolution that they'd fit on the wall of a house.

I'm wondering what we're actually doing with graphics now. We've always wanted photo realism, and now it's basically possible. It's not even especially hard to do if you use prerendering. Games are meant to "look better" but I don't actually get why. They're using visual techniques that don't resemble real life at all but are for some reason meant to be visually appealing. All that soft-glow in games these days is a strain on hardware and where do you see it in real life unless you're drugged up to the eyeballs?

I don't even know what "good graphics" is now, other than "more hardware intensive".

[Ramrod]

"Waiting for tuning..." ¬_¬


Damn it.

[Plasma]

Cant wait for this demo,I've been looking for something to make my pc sweat a little since Bioshock failed :(

Even doing patently stupid (and oh so pretty) things with oblivion hasn't fazed it and whats the point of spending money on a new rig if you cant bring it weeping to its knees and tweak it to life again :(