Awesome Screenshots Thread

[Tispower]

Bodhesatva said:

Tispower said:

@Bodhesatva, do you have any idea what kind of PC you need to run Crysis, as I'm hoping to get it, but not sure how much resources it needs?

 

Sorry for not responding sooner.

Recommendations are:

2 GB DDR2 recommended, or 4 GB DDR
DirectX10 (Windows Vista)
NVidia 8800 GTS x 2 (SLI enabled)
Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 or bette

So, a quad core, for starters. If you're simplying buying this from Dell, it will be 2300+ right now; if you're assembling the computer yourself, it will be 1500ish. If you wait until Christmas to buy the game + computer, it would probably be around 1300ish.

 lol, that was soooo long ago! I've since got information from GamesRadar:

http://www.gamesradar.com/gb/pc/game/previews/article.jsp?releaseId=20060130161216125099&articleId=200706129573775081&sectionId=1001&pageId=200706121061280027

Every sane person is wondering how all this is going to run on their system. We asked Cevat Yerli, Crytek CEO, what gamers with a limited budget should buy to make sure they can play Crysis well, and his first answer was two gigs of RAM. The single gig most of us have is going to struggle with environments of this size, and with this much smashable stuff to keep track of. Next on the shopping list is, predictably, a GeForce 8800 - but the GTS model in that range is fairly affordable, and not a huge step down from the GTX. The surprising part is that Cevat says a Core 2 Duo E6600 processor is enough to run Crysis on Ultra High settings with that setup. That chip is likely to undergo another price drop before Crysis comes out, too, so don’t rush.

If you don’t have any of these things and you need a new motherboard too, you’re still looking at a hefty layout, but to play at max settings this seems surprisingly reasonable to us. Well, not quite max settings. Crysis actually has graphical features built in that no PC available this year will be able to make use of. Cevat estimates it’ll be 18 months after release before technology catches up with his game. They put these features in partly to keep Crysis current after release - they say it’ll be the best-looking game for the next three years - but also, let’s face it, because they’re enormous graphics geeks.

Also, with me being 16, and atm, unempolyed, I hardly think I'm gonna be assembling, let alone buying my own system

However, my dad just bought a PC in the last 2 weeks, for about £1100 (so about $2200, but remember us in Europe ALWAYS pay more! Also this included Microsoft Office 2007, which is about £100), with the following specs:

Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz E6600

4gb RAM

500gb HD

nVidia 8600GT (damn, may have to get a new one )

Windows Vista

22" TFT capable of ~ 1600 x 1000