Crysis Hardware concerns......answered

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The Crysis system requirements have not yet been released, though here's some general guidelines:

- You will need a DirectX 9/Shader Model 2.0 (or higher) compatible graphics card.

- Crysis will run on 2 to 3 year old PCs (or even 4 year old PCs).

- What framerate is acceptable depends a lot on personal preference. Some people can play well with around 20fps and others will not go below 50fps. Obviously those who can't stand "low" frame rates need better hardware or they will have to sacrifice image quality for performance by lowering graphics settings.

- The only DirectX 10 compatible cards available now are the NVIDIA Geforce 8800 Series, GeForce 8600 Series, GeForce 8500 Series, GeForce 8400 Series, ATi Radeon HD 2900 Series, Radeon HD 2600 Series and Radeon HD 2400 Series. There will be more available before Crysis is released. "Vista ready" is simply a clever marketing trick used on the previous generation cards. A card with this badging is not necessarily compatible with DirectX 10.

- SLI and Crossfire multi-GPU technologies are supported (this only works if you actually have two graphics cards connected with one another).

- Single core, Dual core, Multi-core and multi-threaded/hyperthreading processors are supported in both 32-bit and 64-bit modes. We do not know how much processor power is needed, though in a recent PC Gamer UK magazine preview Cevat Yerli said an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 2GB RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce 8800 card could run the game at "ultra detail" settings.

- You do NOT need a DirectX 10 card or Vista to run Crysis.

- You CANNOT run DirectX 10 on XP. A DirectX 10 card does work on XP but only in DirectX 9 mode.

- Special Vista/DirectX 10 effects and optimizations cannot be enabled with Windows XP/DirectX 9 card.

- Optimizations and features specific to Shader Model 4.0 can only be run with cards that support it. The same is true where optimizations and features specific to Shader Model 3.0 are concerned - this includes true HDR.

- Almost all the older media you've seen has been rendered in DirectX 9, which means that Crysis will look absolutely awesome in DirectX 9 as well as DirectX 10. Many of the features included in DirectX 10 are possible in DirectX 9 also.

- Crysis takes advantage of 64-bit processors although only by using a 64-bit operating system such as Windows XP Pro 64-bit edition or Windows Vista 64-bit edition. According to Cevat Yerli, Crysis will have a 10-15% performance increase per thread running in 64-bit. Thus a dual core processor will run 20-30% faster than a single and a quad will run 40-60% faster than a single.

- CryENGINE 2 is multi-threaded and Crysis thus takes full advantage of dual/quad-core processors.

- Crysis does not have support for the AGEIA PhysX card.

- DVD drive is required.

- Crysis will run only on Windows XP or Windows Vista. There will be a dedicated server package for Linux, however.

- There will be two types of multiplayer server, DirectX 10 servers and DirectX 9 servers. This makes online play fairer, due to features used in DirectX 10 which aren't supported in DirectX 9. DirectX 9 players may enter DirectX 10 servers, where the server software is responsible for gameplay balancing.

- In order to play the game Crysis, the DVD must be in the DVD player.

Latest Crytek statement:An "Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (or AMD equivalent), 2GB of memory, and either a Radeon HD 2900XT with 512MB of memory or a Geforce 8800 GTS with 640MB of memory" computer is "well-within [Crytek's] plans". However, Crysis is expected to scale back to three-year-old hardware, as well as the next-generation hardware. (Maximum PC, October 2007 Edition)

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Thanks for the info

- In order to play the game Crysis, the DVD must be in the DVD player.

DBoCaRnAgE

I am still ticked off about this idea - it's so annoying to put your game disc into your drive just to have it start up and for the game to not use while playing. I mean I know it prevents all that piracy stuff and so, but something like activating it online then not worry about the disc again is what I would like (but not as picky as Bioshock...)

Hopefully my computer will fair well with the game...

Good info. Thanks for the post. I'm looking forward to this game.

Also hate the disc in the drive thing.

Thanks for the info

[QUOTE="DBoCaRnAgE"]

- In order to play the game Crysis, the DVD must be in the DVD player.

TicTac8745

I am still ticked off about this idea - it's so annoying to put your game disc into your drive just to have it start up and for the game to not use while playing. I mean I know it prevents all that piracy stuff and so, but something like activating it online then not worry about the disc again is what I would like (but not as picky as Bioshock...)

Hopefully my computer will fair well with the game...

Isn't it like that for the majority of games?

[QUOTE="TicTac8745"]

Thanks for the info

[QUOTE="DBoCaRnAgE"]

- In order to play the game Crysis, the DVD must be in the DVD player.

G013M

I am still ticked off about this idea - it's so annoying to put your game disc into your drive just to have it start up and for the game to not use while playing. I mean I know it prevents all that piracy stuff and so, but something like activating it online then not worry about the disc again is what I would like (but not as picky as Bioshock...)

Hopefully my computer will fair well with the game...

Isn't it like that for the majority of games?

I know, it's even more annoying with multiplayer.. that's why I always have to look for mini-images on the net - but even then, mounting them constantly is annoying (I know, you can have multiple drives, but I just find that cluttering...)

um.................

will i be able to max this on a 8800gts 320MB VERSION?

nothing will be bottlenecking it

res probbly 1440x900

All that typing to basically say this:

Crysis can run in DirectX 10 and 9, and you will be able to max it out at a completely unknown resolution and frame-rates with $1200 or so of hardware. Which really doesn't tell us anything common hardware sense would have. Hell, you can probably max out Crysis in DirectX 9 with a 6600GT, Athlon 64 3200+, and 1GB of RAM if you don't mind playing at 6x4 resolution.

The only thing that interested me was that blurb about 64-bit operating systems having huge performance gains from a 64-bit OS on multi-core processors, but not a 32-bit OS. Can anyone clarify that further?

that 64-bit stuff is interesting...it seems crysis is finally taking full advantage of it. Anandtech release an article about it a few years ago with far cry. http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2411

Now i wish i had 64 bit... :(
...and an sli-capable motherboard and another 8800

that 64-bit stuff is interesting...it seems crysis is finally taking full advantage of it. Anandtech release an article about it a few years ago with far cry. http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2411

Now i wish i had 64 bit... :(
...and an sli-capable motherboard and another 8800

Darkfire6247

Wow a 20-30% performance increase while using an 64bit OS with any dual core! Looks like I'm gonna have to get me Vista 64bit and dual boot 32bit also. So I think dual booting would be a good idea for allot of people like methat are interested in getting those % gains.gamer082009

lol why would you dual boot 32bit and 64bit Vista? no offense but thats stupid. Vista 64-bit OWNS 32-bit. i run 64-bit and have no absolutely no problems. everything seems faster and smoother too. plus games like HL2, Lost Coast and basically the Source engine take advantages of 64-bit. i even skipped on the idea of dual booting with XP simply coz Vista 64 is sweet.

cant wait for Crysis, i'll be running it maxed out @ 1680x1050.

[QUOTE="gamer082009"]Wow a 20-30% performance increase while using an 64bit OS with any dual core! Looks like I'm gonna have to get me Vista 64bit and dual boot 32bit also. So I think dual booting would be a good idea for allot of people like methat are interested in getting those % gains.gtarmanrob

lol why would you dual boot 32bit and 64bit Vista? no offense but thats stupid. Vista 64-bit OWNS 32-bit. i run 64-bit and have no absolutely no problems. everything seems faster and smoother too. plus games like HL2, Lost Coast and basically the Source engine take advantages of 64-bit. i even skipped on the idea of dual booting with XP simply coz Vista 64 is sweet.

cant wait for Crysis, i'll be running it maxed out @ 1680x1050.

The person could be running old hardware that might not have Vista drivers, let alone 64 bit ones, so dual booting might be a must.

But I agree with you to some degree about just sticking with 64 bit Vista - if all your hardware now have 64 bit drivers, might as well just stick with it ...

[QUOTE="gtarmanrob"]

[QUOTE="gamer082009"]Wow a 20-30% performance increase while using an 64bit OS with any dual core! Looks like I'm gonna have to get me Vista 64bit and dual boot 32bit also. So I think dual booting would be a good idea for allot of people like methat are interested in getting those % gains.TicTac8745

lol why would you dual boot 32bit and 64bit Vista? no offense but thats stupid. Vista 64-bit OWNS 32-bit. i run 64-bit and have no absolutely no problems. everything seems faster and smoother too. plus games like HL2, Lost Coast and basically the Source engine take advantages of 64-bit. i even skipped on the idea of dual booting with XP simply coz Vista 64 is sweet.

cant wait for Crysis, i'll be running it maxed out @ 1680x1050.

The person could be running old hardware that might not have Vista drivers, let alone 64 bit ones, so dual booting might be a must.

But I agree with you to some degree about just sticking with 64 bit Vista - if all your hardware now have 64 bit drivers, might as well just stick with it ...

yeah fair enough. might of been a bit harsh saying its stupid. i could easily understand dual booting Vista 64/XP 32.. not Vista/Vista. but i guess if you needed 32 and 64-bit and didnt wanna lose DX10 support..

[QUOTE="gamer082009"]Wow a 20-30% performance increase while using an 64bit OS with any dual core! Looks like I'm gonna have to get me Vista 64bit and dual boot 32bit also. So I think dual booting would be a good idea for allot of people like methat are interested in getting those % gains.gtarmanrob

lol why would you dual boot 32bit and 64bit Vista? no offense but thats stupid. Vista 64-bit OWNS 32-bit. i run 64-bit and have no absolutely no problems. everything seems faster and smoother too. plus games like HL2, Lost Coast and basically the Source engine take advantages of 64-bit. i even skipped on the idea of dual booting with XP simply coz Vista 64 is sweet.

cant wait for Crysis, i'll be running it maxed out @ 1680x1050.

Hi, Let me know what are your specs!

I hope my 7900GS can handle this in good settings I really don't want to be playing in low setting in 800x600res adam0926

dude its a 7900GS not a 6800. your can max it at 1280x1024, although I'm not to sure how much AA you can apply though.