As you certainly know by now, the big hit in video games for the PC platform is expected to by Crysis which should be ready by November 16th according to the designer. However, the demo which was announced earlier is now postponed to October 26th. We hope that this is not created by a real problem to finish what should be one of the biggest First Person Shooter games of the decade.
In the mean time, I propose to give you a few useful elements. First, we had inside information about the minimal PC configuration to run this game. We all know that the bigger will be the better (and if you want to go multiplayer, Crytek wants you to have DirectX 10 and matching high-end graphics card) but it will start at a much more reasonable level. Minimal requirements:
- CPU: Intel P4 2.8Ghz or AMD equivalent (2800+)
- DRAM: 1GB
- Graphics card: 6800GT (256MB) or ATI/AMD Radeon 9800 Pro (256MB)
- HDD Space: 16GB
- OS: Microsoft Windows
- Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible
As we can see, the video card is still quite affordable (I even have two such cards at home). Nobody said nothing about the exact performance you’ll get then. Certainly, most of the effects will be denied to the low-end user, but it is nice to see that the CPU and RAM requirements seem quite reasonable.
If this was not sufficient to have your mouth watering, here is a tutorial (thanks to GameTrailers) that will prepare you for your deadly mission in Crysis.
I can’t hold my breath until November to go and buy my own copy (for those of you Crysis lovers who thought that being a web site designer would allow to have Crytek sending free copies to me, I am deeply sorry to say that the reality is grimmer in blog-land; But it’s still fun to write here).
But if you want to see nice pictures and high-quality graphics, do not forget to check (whatever your game style) BioShock, Team Fortress 2, World in Conflict, Call of Duty 4, and Unreal Tournament III.
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