rocketpig said:
While, as a PC gamer for years, I agree with most of what you're saying, I have a hard time believing any 2002 computer could run Crysis. In the PC gaming world, you probably have more like three years (if you drop $1k on parts, not including monitor) of high-to-mid gaming on a PC. After that, you'll be struggling to run newer games at even midrange resolutions and horsepower hogs like Crysis won't run at all (though those types of games are pretty rare). |
There are a few issues with your statement.
First of all, we crossed the Operating System barrier in there, which creates a leap in technology. If you see each operating system as a console generation, then it's fairly unreasonable to assume an early XP machine could play late Vista games.
Second of all, a 2002 gaming machine may not be able to run Crysis, but it could run CoD4, Bioshock, and the Orange Box with no trouble. The only real limiting factor for a PC is its CPU, and CPU recommendations for these games are simply not that high. Crysis was a technology leap game, and there is only one of these released every 5 years or so. Every game is not Crysis, nor will be every game released after Crysis.