hey just wondering as im not a computer techy guy. If the System Requirements for this game will be higher than assassins creed or assassins creed higher?? just wondering as my computr can handle Unreal T so far.

There isn't a computer that will run Crysis to it's maximum. Straight from the mouth of the president of Crytek (gfw podcast). The game is made so that computers will scale to it, not the other way around. Although this makes sense from a game engine stand point, I'm not so sure about from a game stand point. Are you really going to reinstall the game in a year or two to replay it in it's full glory? It had better be as good as HL2 if that's what their intentions are.

@Ben:

I hardly run any games at maximum, even though my computer is perfectly capable. I'd rather have a nice steady framerate than even the possibility of lag (yes, I play online a lot). And medium settings on crysis will most likely put any console game to shame, except for crusin' wii.

 It should handle it at everyone's favorite: HD 720p... and maybe 2xAA and some deal of AF.

If you buy a game like Crysis you do not want to play it at low to medium settings. You want to play it at very high, one of the devs also said that the game only gives high settings with a 8800 card and 4gb of ram and even with that the game still has a hard time giving a high FPS. So if you want to play this game the way it was meant to be played you better have dual 8800 cards on 3gbs of gaming ram, and some super quad core to play the game. Now thats going to cost about $500 for each card and $200+ for the ram and whatever the quad core costs, along with whatever cooling system you need and a $500 screen. Talk about cheap

Recommended specs seem low. Will Gears of War PC be similar?

I have a hard time believing this game will run nice and neat on my laptop. My laptop isn't anything to scoff at, but Bioshock was a bitch running on it with less than 2gb of RAM. I had to turn the settings all on low just to get a passable FPS.

Edit: Post 2300 ... I'll rock out with my Castle Crashers character

I just missed having all the recommended requirements by having a 7600 instead of a 7800. I think I will have a fun time with this game.

 theres a difference Epic knows how to use their engine. 

Ok well I am going to address what you got wrong one point at a time:

1) Crysis will look phenomenal at medium and people expect the latest PC games to kick the ass of average Rigs if you try to play them at max. So you're wrong that people buy the game just for max settings. They buy it because it looks fun and the graphics are a step up even if they have to run it at lower resolutions and/or settings.

2) The game very well may require an 8800 to get 1080p+max settings type of detail out of it, but really is that surprising? You don't have to play it at 1080p with max settings, and any notion you have that "to get the best experience you have to max everything" is a very small minority view. If you want to play the game at that level, by all means, have fun. But plenty of folks play the game at much lower settings and are blown away by the graphics and the gameplay. Those folks realise that no console out right now can deliver the type of performance required to play crysis at max everything so we don't expect average PCs to do it either.

3) You will not need 8800s in SLI to play this game on great settings. If you want at least 60 FPS then you might need an 8800 GTX or Ultra (but still not SLI), but once again you don't need 60FPS with motion blur. The entire reason motion blur has been added is not for just another special effect but for the fact that it greatly decreases the number of fps you need to achieve to make the game look and feel smooth.

4) You can get an 8800 GTS for just north of $250 which gives you the 3rd or 4th best card on the market. Or you can get a 8800GTX for $500 giving you the 2nd best card. Or if you really are crazy you can play the game on an 8800 Ultra for about $550-$600.

5) You absolutely do not need quad core to play this game. No way no how. Dead wrong, not even close. The End.

6) You can get 4GB of DDR2 800 for about $125 so I have to question where you shop for your RAM. Anyways, check out Newegg.com, and no need to thank me for the 37.5% savings I found you.

7) I am using a 22" 2ms responce time 2000:1 contrast ratio monitor that I paid $230 for about a year ago. So you have fun on your $500 monitor, but I prefer mine which is not only reasonably priced but is also far bigger than most people find necessary.

In summary, GT your expectations and beliefs about PCs and PC games are so completely outrageous and in many cases dead wrong. So please stop spreading the FUD.

$295 (-$35 MIR) - 8800 GTS
$170 - AMD X2 6000+
$168 (-$60 MIR) - 4GB DDR2 800
$74 - Asus Motherboard
$70 - 250GB
$90 - Antec PSU 80+ Certified
$17 - Case

Total (after MIR) = >>$789<<

If you need a new monitor:$230 - 22", 2ms, 2000:1 (they still have the same MIR i got)
If you need a new copy of windows: $140 - XP Pro -OR- $180 - Vista Ultimate
All told if you need everything its at most $1200, and that computer will play crysis like a dream, and it will probably spank UT3.

Considering my computer laughed at Bioshock with max settings at 1680x1050 and this is computer is just a tad better than mine I am quite confident in its capabilities. Oh and Bioshock uses Unreal Engine 3.

On Friday I'm getting my new Computer
Q6600
8800GTS
4GB ram
22" Widescreen TFT

It should be able to handle Crysis.

I'm still not impressed with the 8800 cards. I've seen over 30 screens with oblivion running on it with max everything and the game still looks about the same as my 360 playing it, please explain that.

I've also seen screens of it running on the 360 on a 720p TV and it blows the comp version away.