crysis or crysis warhead

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#1 ThronedFlame21
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i have never played either game, so i was wondering which of them i should get. i know my comp can run them both(i am over the recommended mark on canyourunit.com for both, and they were at exactly the same mark) but i really only want to get one. any suggestions?

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Just keep in mind that both games share different specs, and that Crysis will still crush every gfx card, barring the GTX 280, 4870 X2, and GTX 295. If you don't have any of those cards, you won't be playing it on more than high settings, at a good res tho, but it's still a sight to behold, still unrivaled a year and half later. go for Crysis - even if your PC can't play it WELL, as long as it gets at least 15 FPS you will have some of the greatest gameplay known to man. Warhead is more like Call of Duty - more scripted and much faster paced than Crysis, which diminishes the whole "exploration" thing. They're both fantastic, but the original is still better. Might as well get them both - Warhead is only $30 :P
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Just keep in mind that both games share different specs, and that Crysis will still crush every gfx card, barring the GTX 280, 4870 X2, and GTX 295. If you don't have any of those cards, you won't be playing it on more than high settings, at a good res tho, but it's still a sight to behold, still unrivaled a year and half later. go for Crysis - even if your PC can't play it WELL, as long as it gets at least 15 FPS you will have some of the greatest gameplay known to man. Warhead is more like Call of Duty - more scripted and much faster paced than Crysis, which diminishes the whole "exploration" thing. They're both fantastic, but the original is still better. Might as well get them both - Warhead is only $30 :P IMaBIOHAZARD
do u know how well a radeon 4670 will run it with a quad processor? it does seem that the original is better, but im worried that i will run it but not that good. i can also tell you that i run empire total war 1280x780 on all full settings with 2x aa perfectly

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#4 Litchie
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Get Crysis. It's longer, and it's the first.

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Crysis: It's cheaper than Warhead, longer, and for some mysterious reason, it actually performed better than Warhead when I played it.

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#6 Litchie
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Crysis: It's cheaper than Warhead, longer, and for some mysterious reason, it actually performed better than Warhead when I played it.

Legendaryscmt

Same here, actually. I thought it looked better too. Everyone said Warhead performed better, so I got surprised that it didn't for me. Glad to see my comp isn't the only one..

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[QUOTE="IMaBIOHAZARD"]Just keep in mind that both games share different specs, and that Crysis will still crush every gfx card, barring the GTX 280, 4870 X2, and GTX 295. If you don't have any of those cards, you won't be playing it on more than high settings, at a good res tho, but it's still a sight to behold, still unrivaled a year and half later. go for Crysis - even if your PC can't play it WELL, as long as it gets at least 15 FPS you will have some of the greatest gameplay known to man. Warhead is more like Call of Duty - more scripted and much faster paced than Crysis, which diminishes the whole "exploration" thing. They're both fantastic, but the original is still better. Might as well get them both - Warhead is only $30 :P

I have the GTX 260 and I run the game at 1680 x 1050 with the tweaked DX10 autoexec with the texture pack by Rygel and I still run the game at a solid 30 FPS. You don't need a GTX 280/4870 X2 or above.
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#8 VeryBumpy
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Agree with most here, get Crysis. It's the better value by far. Plus it felt more open and not 'on rails' like Warhead did.

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I think Warhead is the better option because of Crysis Wars, the multiplayer component that is actually fun and has people playing.
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if you have vista then go crysis you can use max settings if you have xp go warhead then you can run it on highest settings with out dx10

(still i might sugest for just the game play itself crysis because you get the first part of the storry and more nomad vs north korens sand box style :D

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#11 johnny27
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get crysis its got a longer and more open single player. crysis warhead has a better and improved multiplayer but still not that great altough it should appeal to battle field fans.
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#12 thusaha
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Or wait for Maximum edition.

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if you have vista then go crysis you can use max settings if you have xp go warhead then you can run it on highest settings with out dx10

(still i might sugest for just the game play itself crysis because you get the first part of the storry and more nomad vs north korens sand box style :D

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Ever heard of modiying cfg files?
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#14 guitar_addict
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Or wait for Maximum edition.

thusaha

This.

Wait and get both games in one package.

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#15 ThronedFlame21
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so does anyone know if the radeon 4670 can run crysis and how well?