@sqrl:

Any idea of how CPU dependent Crysis is? My system goes like this, and I know my CPU is not exactly a powerhouse...

Intel Allendale 2140 OC@2.0Ghz
2GB DDR2800
Radeon X1950GT 256MB (not here yet, actually a stopgap for a NEW 8800GTS or a 9800)

I'm not planning to change the CPU soon, so how do you think it will do? Any hardware comparison out there?

I'm gonna load up the game and toss a grenade into a house and watch the CPUs on my second monitor will edit in a moment.

 ^^^

PINK - Idle/Standing around

BLUE - Exploding Jeep

YELLOW - Tabbing out to take Screenshot

PINK - IDLE

BLUE - Shooting trees...lots of trees and watching lots of trees fall and interact

PINK - Idle

BLUE - Grenade collapsing a house to rubble

 I have a 2160 cpu, but it's overclocked to 3.0ghz though.

Wow, thx, great graphs Sqrl :D. It seems quite CPU dependent, so I may try to add some more Mhz to my CPU just like IllegalPaladin.

I just checked at Tom's HG for the difference between your CPU Sqrl (A64X2,5200) and mine, and seems to be quite more powerful... at least when mine is @1.8Ghz.

I have the best computer of anyone I know in real life, but I have zero confidence that I could achieve more than 10 frames per second with this game. It's all relative.

It's a double-edged sword for them. Their unbelievable graphics are what got people talking about this game, but those same graphics are limiting their potential userbase to a very, very small section of the PC market. It will be interesting to see how it sells.