What Could CryEngine 2 could do for Sony?

Crysis is one of those games that it really doesn't matter what kind of rig you have, the game is going to chew up your computer and spit it out and ask for some real sustenance.

Who spends $7500 on a pc?

You could get 8800GTS 768MB for under/near a grand... another grand for a high end Quad Core Intel, $100-300 for a few gigs of high speed RAM, $700 or so for a really fast 500-750gb HDD another hundred or two for the motherboard. Those prices are jsut an estimate, but how do you spend $7500 on a PC? Was it prebuilt? If so, he could have gotten it way cheaper ordering from newegg.com and building it himself...

Who spends $7500 on a pc?

You could get 8800GTS 768MB for under/near a grand... another grand for a high end Quad Core Intel, $100-300 for a few gigs of high speed RAM, $700 or so for a really fast 500-750gb HDD another hundred or two for the motherboard. Those prices are jsut an estimate, but how do you spend $7500 on a PC? Was it prebuilt? If so, he could have gotten it way cheaper ordering from newegg.com and building it himself...

forgot_my_name

My friend bought the new Blackbird from HP and well he kinda maxed his pc out so naturally it went around that number. I have seen myself that those Blackbirds can go around 7000 dollars if you want best of the best. but stil $5000 or maybe less can give you a pretty cool rig in my opinion but he got money to burn so he did.

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Who spends $7500 on a pc?

You could get 8800GTS 768MB for under/near a grand... another grand for a high end Quad Core Intel, $100-300 for a few gigs of high speed RAM, $700 or so for a really fast 500-750gb HDD another hundred or two for the motherboard. Those prices are jsut an estimate, but how do you spend $7500 on a PC? Was it prebuilt? If so, he could have gotten it way cheaper ordering from newegg.com and building it himself...

Mcgnnis1

My friend bought the new Blackbird from HP and well he kinda maxed his pc out so naturally it went around that number. I have seen myself that those Blackbirds can go around 7000 dollars if you want best of the best. but stil $5000 or maybe less can give you a pretty cool rig in my opinion but he got money to burn so he did.

4 worrds: Build your own computer.

The trouble is, no console can run CryEngine 2 in it's full glory. The 360 and PS3 don't have enough RAM, nor a strong enough GPU.monco59

But surely they can modify it to run with the system's capabilities. If Epic can do it to their Unreal Engine 3 then sure Crytek can do it too.

Last week I went to visit a friend of mine who was playing the demo of Crysis on a $7500 rig and OMG!!! I was blown away by the graphics of that game. I mean it was like thhe game was being played in a real jungle. Too bad i don't have money like that but i have a PS3 and i started thinking that Sony could make some killer games using CryEngine 2. I mean imagine the the next Ratchet and Clank game with graphics powered by that engine or maybe a new Shooter IP using Cry Engine 2, The possibilities are endless with what you can do with that kind of powerful engine.but hey this is just me doing some day dreaming. What do you guys think about that?Mcgnnis1

The cryengine 2 is only as powerful as the hardware being used.

Like you said it take's an expensive system with at least 2gb or ram $300+ GPU expensive dual core to play this game on its higest settings.

Crysis is so taxing on hardware and the 360/ps3 could not run a game at the highest level of detail as crysis.

Nobody knows wheter the cryengine is any good for console gaming, everybody knows the problems sony/epic have had getting the UE3 up and running.

Also it's not the engine it's the developers, we have already seen medicore games using the UE3 engine.

Who spends $7500 on a pc?

You could get 8800GTS 768MB for under/near a grand... another grand for a high end Quad Core Intel, $100-300 for a few gigs of high speed RAM, $700 or so for a really fast 500-750gb HDD another hundred or two for the motherboard. Those prices are jsut an estimate, but how do you spend $7500 on a PC? Was it prebuilt? If so, he could have gotten it way cheaper ordering from newegg.com and building it himself...

forgot_my_name

Ya 7500 is pretty crazy. I built my computer from the ground up and with re-using a couple things from my old computer i dropped 4k on it. I could quite easily built a computer by myself for 7500 but ya that's pretty insane. I hope there is dual 8800GTX Ultras or something in that lol

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Who spends $7500 on a pc?

You could get 8800GTS 768MB for under/near a grand... another grand for a high end Quad Core Intel, $100-300 for a few gigs of high speed RAM, $700 or so for a really fast 500-750gb HDD another hundred or two for the motherboard. Those prices are jsut an estimate, but how do you spend $7500 on a PC? Was it prebuilt? If so, he could have gotten it way cheaper ordering from newegg.com and building it himself...

karmageddon2k4

Ya 7500 is pretty crazy. I built my computer from the ground up and with re-using a couple things from my old computer i dropped 4k on it. I could quite easily built a computer by myself for 7500 but ya that's pretty insane. I hope there is dual 8800GTX Ultras or something in that lol

He bought one of those Blackbird from HP. I think that just the Tower was around $5500 but he also added oen of those big HD monitors so that also increased the price pretty much. But still i have seen just the tower worth 7500 of Blackbird. and besides if VOODOO pcs can have a $14000 pc then i think that $7500 is not that much.

[QUOTE="monco59"]The trouble is, no console can run CryEngine 2 in it's full glory. The 360 and PS3 don't have enough RAM, nor a strong enough GPU.Mcgnnis1

But surely they can modify it to run with the system's capabilities. If Epic can do it to their Unreal Engine 3 then sure Crytek can do it too.

Sure they can, but it won't look anywhere near as pretty as Crysis maxed out. And UE3 doesn't hold a candle to CryEngine 2.

what in the hell costs 7500?

a 30 inch dell/apple display, dual 8800's, quad core overclocked and liquid cooled?, 4gb of the fastest ram?

cant you build that for half the price?

[QUOTE="Mcgnnis1"]Last week I went to visit a friend of mine who was playing the demo of Crysis on a $7500 rig and OMG!!! I was blown away by the graphics of that game. I mean it was like thhe game was being played in a real jungle. Too bad i don't have money like that but i have a PS3 and i started thinking that Sony could make some killer games using CryEngine 2. I mean imagine the the next Ratchet and Clank game with graphics powered by that engine or maybe a new Shooter IP using Cry Engine 2, The possibilities are endless with what you can do with that kind of powerful engine.but hey this is just me doing some day dreaming. What do you guys think about that?shadystxxx

The cryengine 2 is only as powerful as the hardware being used.

Like you said it take's an expensive system with at least 2gb or ram $300+ GPU expensive dual core to play this game on its higest settings.

Crysis is so taxing on hardware and the 360/ps3 could not run a game at the highest level of detail as crysis.

Nobody knows wheter the cryengine is any good for console gaming, everybody knows the problems sony/epic have had getting the UE3 up and running.

Also it's not the engine it's the developers, we have already seen medicore games using the UE3 engine.

was Hour of Victory really tht bad..??