Run for the hills! Crysis: Warhead's minimum specs have been revealed!

"CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista), Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista), AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or better

RAM: 1GB (1.5GB on Windows Vista)

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or better

VRAM: 256MB of Graphics Memory

Storage: 15GB

Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible

ODD: DVD-ROM

OS: Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Microsoft Vista

DirectX: DX9.0c or DX10"

For comparison, here are the minimum specs for Crysis.

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So perhaps they've optomized the game a little better? I'm also wondering if we'll be able to tweak the files like with Crysis to bypass any artificial limitations.

"When the original Crysis released in late 2007, it raised the bar for graphics. However, since the graphics were so impressive, the system requirements intimidated many PC owners who didn't have killer gaming rigs. The German developer is attempting to alleviate that fear to reach a wider install base.

Yerli told German publication PCGames.de to expect Warhead to run any where from 30-35 frames per second at high settings on a $620 rig.

While Yerli said Warhead's optimizations were possible to implement in the original Crysis, it would take a lot of time and resources away from Warhead, which is the company's main priority at the moment."

http://www.gamegrep.com/news/10921-better_optimization_for_crysis_warhead/

Yeah, I remember reading something similar as well. Presumably, it just runs better (higher framerate/ quality) on the same system compared to Crysis. I'm a bit surprised they didn't design it to run on lower system specs though. Still, I suppose it is a year on since the original and a lot of people will have upgraded since.

Those specs don't seem as spectacular as they did last year. Except for the VRAM and video card, my laptop could run that. and it has Windows Vista.....

Cool...Wii port confirmed?!?!? :)

My pc plays crysis all on very high settings anway, so i think im fine :)

I guess you could play it on ''Extreme'' now, that's if it's really, really optimized this time (like Valve did with their Source engine).

Maybe I could play it on 1440x900 resolution at Medium instead of 1024x768... I can only wish.

*EDIT: Didn't notice the ''very,'' I thought you said high.

"Have more fun punching out Korean soldiers with 'Crysis: Wiiarmed', now with realistic input through the Wii-remote and nunchuck to control your left and right arms!"

You need $2000 to afford those minimum requirements!

^_^

Soon I will buy my Radeon 4850.