Crysis

[Spawn-Inc]

my god i can't wait for this game!!!!!!! and i even think my gaming rig will be built just in time for it too! my problems is i need a job to get my rig built but i need time off to play! ohwell i will work something out. i'm 90% sure about this but only vista supports DX10 right?


http://www.incrysis.com/

http://pc.ign.com/objects/694/694190.html

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[simon275]

Yeah DX10 is Vista only.

Crysis is a sick game but no one will be able to play it on their hardware.

[.Maleficus.]

Crysis is when I upgrade to DX10 and later SLI. And Vista... Right now all other Vista-only games don't warrant my upgrade (Halo 2 I can get for Xbox, Shadowrun is meh) but Crysis will. And hopefully 8800 cards will have dropped a little in price.

[Ironcat]

Crysis is a sick game but no one will be able to play it on their hardware.

He says right in the interview that if you can play FarCry on high you'll be able to play Crysis on low.

I fully expect my little punkass system to run Crysis just fine.

[rendermandan]

Hopefully by the time they release Crysis, there will be a patch out for Vista to fix all its bugs. Then I will upgrade just to play this game!

[Spawn-Inc]

does anyone know when prices are going to drop for 8800's? thats going to be the last thing i buy for my new system. now i'm going out on a limb here but i think this will handle it.

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[rendermandan]

i'm going out on a limb here but i think this will handle it.


showing off are we???? :)

[Spawn-Inc]

haha, well maybe. 8):D but i don't have all the parts yet, i have the first 6. next thing i will get getting is the psu or ram in a month or more unless the potential job lead i get works out. then i will get things asap.

[FrooP]

check out this fan made trailer thing w0000000000t to cool that s#!t
http://crysis.4thdimension.info/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownloaddetails&lid=163&ttitle=Wesker_-_1st_Crysis_Footage/Trailer_-_WMV

[Durrthock]

They got crysis running fine maxed on on 8800gtx

[Spawn-Inc]

They got crysis running fine maxed on on 8800gtx

are you saying that as a fact or your surprised it's running on a GTX? how much of a powerful pc do you need?

[Durrthock]

No I'm stating the fact that the devs got the game maxed on the 8800gtx and thats what you need I find people always waste their money buying overkill so i'm saying you don't need sli 8800ultras and a qx6800 to max it. Also that was a badly optimized version of the game in an early stage which means it runs worse and I believe that was above 60 fps. Dx10 is a way of optimizing performance by making the files used smalled thus allowing you to put more of something hand have it load as fast as if it was dx9 objects and the graphical stand point people
sometimes seem to forget that dx10 cards are the most powerful dx9 cards on the market as well. The game is probably going to max with good fps on a 2gb of ram/ 8800gts 640/ e6600. So all i'm doing is trying to prevent people from wasting money on buying parts to max it thinking they need sli 8800s or a q6600
Also I urge people to remember that this is an fps and is *not* an rpg because alot of people upgraded for oblivion and were happy they did because people and put 1000s of hours into that game and then people also upgraded for fear and they were not as happy because fear although a good game is not worth 1000 dollars to play.

So yes peoples computers can run this the technology is scaled so that it will work on 3 year olny high end computer and it will scale forward 1.5 years.

Well thats it eh why not :banana:

[.Maleficus.]

I'm probably going to get a 8800GTS 320MB, because for starters, I have a tiny CRT monitor that runs 1024x786, and also I have no money :(. Then I'll do SLI, then new monitor, because mine is fine for now.

So lets hope that I can run Crysis on good settings with that.

[Ironcat]

Also I urge people to remember that this is an fps and is *not* an rpg because alot of people upgraded for oblivion and were happy they did because people and put 1000s of hours into that game and then people also upgraded for fear and they were not as happy because fear although a good game is not worth 1000 dollars to play.

I LOVE F.E.A.R. and it was a big reason for my upgrading my system when I did. I hate Oblivion and if I didn't get it for a birthday present I would never have put as much time into 'giving it a chance' as I did.

Playing Oblivion because it was a birthday present... $1400.00
Playing F.E.A.R. on high and loving every minute of it... PRICELESS!

[Indybird]

I have been keeping a very close eye on all of the Crysis media. Im also going to prepare my computer for the godliness:

With the intel Price drop coming up (July 22nd) I'm going to sell my E6700 2.66GHz for $280 and buy a E6850 3.0GHz for $266. The reason the E6700 is more expensive (and can be sold locally for more) is because the price-drop doesn't affect it. In addition to the new proc, Im getting a 8800GTS 640MB once I sell my X1900XTX and some Corsair Dominator 2GB DDR2 1066 RAM after I sell my OCZ 2GB DDR2 800 RAM.

My comp right now could probably run Crysis at Med-High settings @ 1280x720, DX9. With my upgrades Im aiming for High-Full Settings @ 1680x1050 DX10.

-Indybird

[rendermandan]

I'm going to sell my E6700 2.66GHz for $280 and buy a E6850 3.0GHz for $266. The reason the E6700 is more expensive (and can be sold locally for more) is because the price-drop doesn't affect it.

HUH? if you are saying you can sell your slower processor for more money than you can buy a new, faster one just because the price drop won't effect the cost of a E6700? Maybe I'm just confused but why would anyone in their right mind pay more money for a used slower processor?

[Durrthock]

My comp right now could probably run Crysis at Med-High settings @ 1280x720, DX9. With my upgrades Im aiming for High-Full Settings @ 1680x1050 DX10.

-Indybird

Your computer right now could probably Max crysis in dx9
The better part about the second one is at that resolution (the same on I use)
you need none or minimal aa or af

[Durrthock]

I LOVE F.E.A.R. and it was a big reason for my upgrading my system when I did. I hate Oblivion and if I didn't get it for a birthday present I would never have put as much time into 'giving it a chance' as I did.

Playing Oblivion because it was a birthday present... $1400.00
Playing F.E.A.R. on high and loving every minute of it... PRICELESS!

I wasn't going to cover everyone in those statements. I glad you loved fear but my point was its an fps and unless your a pro gamer the online play will eventually get boring. So I don't want some people to upgrade and then find out theres only 50hrs of gameplay in there or something like that. although its made by the makers of farcry and that still has a huge following

[Indybird]

Your computer right now could probably Max crysis in dx9
The better part about the second one is at that resolution (the same on I use)
you need none or minimal aa or af

Are you sure? Because I can't run DiRT higher than Med-High @ 1280x720. I can't imagine Crysis would take less performance than that...


HUH? if you are saying you can sell your slower processor for more money than you can buy a new, faster one just because the price drop won't effect the cost of a E6700? Maybe I'm just confused but why would anyone in their right mind pay more money for a used slower processor?

Im going to sell the slower one at a local computer store that isn't going to get the faster one for another two months. They're still selling the E6700 at $380. I'd say -$100 for being used is a good deal in their minds.

Anyways I've got a problem here. What game should I pre-order right now? Unreal Tournament III -or- Crysis? I can only afford one and I already have a good place in line on UTIII but that can be cancelled for Crysis.

[Durrthock]

Dirt is badly optimized and also a resource hog. Thus running bad
People with sli gtx's run dirt badly

[Spawn-Inc]

Anyways I've got a problem here. What game should I pre-order right now? Unreal Tournament III -or- Crysis? I can only afford one and I already have a good place in line on UTIII but that can be cancelled for Crysis.

being that i never got into UT, didn't game back then or even hear of it, i would say preorder crysis instead.

[.Maleficus.]

That's a tough one. UT3 looks fricking awesome, but then again, so does Crysis. UT2k4 was one of my favorite games, but damn, so was Far Cry. I hate games. They waste my life. lol.

[Spawn-Inc]

and money... lots of it.

[Durrthock]

I wish I actually had a computer that could run either of them though lol

[Indybird]

Well after seeing that amazon wasn't going to deliver UTIII until 2 months after it's release, I was just like: f$#^ that! So I preordered Crysis! I would've just preordered UTIII somewhere but I gotta spend my $25 gift certificate to amazon. Actually the only reason I didn't want to get Crysis was because I wanted to play it in DX10 the first time. But, now that I'm getting the 8800GTS, Im all for Crysis.
Anyways, I didn't know DiRT was so badly optimized. Do you think they'll ever patch it? If they're anything like Atari w/ Test Drive Unlimited then its hopeless. Even after they patched the game was glitchy and a performance hog.

-Indybird

[Durrthock]

They will probably patch it. But I mean really the graphics definately arent good enough to put sli gtx's to shame.

[Eclecticos]

Hummmn. . I might just have to get this game!
Looking for something to replace Counterstrike . .this may be it.

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Check out the Crysis vs Real life Comparison. Here (http://www.crysisdownload.com/screenshots.php#Comparison) Nothing short of Amazing!
Its toward the bottom below the screenshots.

[Spawn-Inc]

great more awesome clips for this sick game... i can't wait, well i have to but you know i mean. and those game to real life pictures are insane.

here is a good video explaining it more

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[Durrthock]

All though the graphics are amazing ill take my real like ak or 357 mag any day

[xRyokenx]

Damn that game looks awesome. I bet it'd run like crap on my 6800XT, ahh well... if it's for Xbox 360 then it'll be cool to see there. That looks flat out sweet though. What STALKER should almost be when it comes to the weapons (although I haven't played it that much...).

[Durrthock]

Sorry there only porting it to ps3 but its not gonna be the same game. Completely different the ps3 cant handle crysis as it is.
I have a 6800 too were basically screwed we are at absolute minimum. And I cant even run it on my main monitor 1680x1050

[xRyokenx]

I can run some games at reasonably high graphics like CnC3 at 1280x1024 (my monitor's max rez) but I find that other like Oblivion and Supreme Commander (which is a graphics whore of an RTS, I don't like it much due to that) I have to run at low resolutions, Oblivion is from between 640x480 and 1024x768 on High and SC was like 1024x768 (which is **** for an RTS) on low. I'm probably just gonna build a new rig in a few years with really good components and use this as a backup or something. I most likely won't play Crysis anyway as I don't do too good at FPS games, I just suck at shooting in them due to lack of experience (and I can't because of paranoid parents and stupid court crap that they love to drag on) or something like that.
/rambling

Ahh well, I guess my neighbor might get it for PC and I'll watch him play it, that's more fun anyway. But yeah, for games I usually have a lower rez, I don't want an FPS at too high of a rez because it's too taxing on the video card, put it on the lowest and work your way up. With RTS it's a different story, the higher it is the better as I can see more of the battlefield making it easier to manage what I'm doing. I'm pretty much happy with what I've got and I'm broke, no job atm and am starting college, better get used to being broke. :neutral:
/"hijack"

[Durrthock]

You can run crysis its just gonna be really low settings I think the estimate lowest card is the 6600 so you can definately play it. Also keep in mind that crysis fully supports dual/quad core processors and will run better if you have one.

[Silenced_Coyote]

So I saw that if you pre-order the game, you get an in-game exclusive unlockable, the NK Amphibious APC. Does anyone have more info relating to this vehicle. Like is it for single or multiplayer?

Short description of the vehicle itself on GameStop:
http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=B646828A

[Spawn-Inc]

hmm i will have to go to eb games and see if i can preorder it.

in the first video i posted it said no co-op play but nothinng about multi. just have to wait some more or do more looking, hopefully it will be mutli.

[Silenced_Coyote]

You mean no co-op for the whole game or for use with that vehicle? I'm pretty sure you mean for the whole game because I don't recall anything about planning a co-op option. But I do know for sure there will be multiplayer. I remember the developers saying that mulitplayer should be interesting because the nano suit powers will be available. I think this was an interview a long ways back on IGN.

[Spawn-Inc]

yeah i was wondering about that, doesn't the nano suit basically give you invincibility?

ya i meant for the whole game no co-op play. hopefully they do a good job on multiplayer and it should not only be a successful game over all but good a mutliplayer.

[Eclecticos]

Minimum Specs:

* CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+/Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz;
* GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 / ATI Radeon X800GTO (SM 2.0);
* RAM: 768MB/1GB on Windows Vista;
* HDD: 6GB;
* Internet: 256k+;
* Optical Drive: DVD;
* Software: DirectX 9.0c with Windows XP.

Recommended Specs:

* CPU: Dual-core processor (Athlon X2/Pentium D/Core 2 Duo);
* GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX / ATI Radeon X1800XT (SM3.0) or DirectX10 equivalent;
* RAM: 1.5GB;
* HDD: 6GB;
* Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream);
* Optical Drive: DVD;
* Software: DirectX 10 with Windows Vista

These specs are surprisingly low compared to what many of us were expecting, as Crysis certainly contains some jaw-dropping visuals. It is interesting to note, however, that Vista and DirectX 10 are recommended, but a DirectX10 card is not. This may be just because there aren't any on the market yet, but it could also mean all those awesome visuals are just DirectX 9 code...which would mean a substantial bar-raising for other game manufacturers and what they do with the older hardware.

[.Maleficus.]

These specs are surprisingly low compared to what many of us were expecting, as Crysis certainly contains some jaw-dropping visuals. It is interesting to note, however, that Vista and DirectX 10 are recommended, but a DirectX10 card is not. This may be just because there aren't any on the market yet, but it could also mean all those awesome visuals are just DirectX 9 code...which would mean a substantial bar-raising for other game manufacturers and what they do with the older hardware.
Uh, what? There are many DX10 cards on the market. Every 8*00 series card is DX10, the 2900 series ATI cards are... And either way, if Vista and DX10 were recommended, a DX10 card would have to be recommended too, because you can't put DX10 on a DX9 card.

And yes, some of those awesome visuals are using DX9. Same with Lost Planet. It's got some nice visuals too for a game that can run on DX9.

[Silenced_Coyote]

yeah i was wondering about that, doesn't the nano suit basically give you invincibility?

ya i meant for the whole game no co-op play. hopefully they do a good job on multiplayer and it should not only be a successful game over all but good a mutliplayer.

It doesn't give you invincibility, it does give you invisibility for a short period though.

[Eclecticos]

Uh, what? There are many DX10 cards on the market. Every 8*00 series card is DX10, the 2900 series ATI cards are...

I just pulled the specs off a website. . Figured I'd post them.
Good Info! I didn't know that. I have a 7800GT, and a Pentium D 960, 2GB Kingston. . On the PC i'm on now.

Hopefully. . it will run he game without the dreaded sluggish movement.

I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

[Spawn-Inc]

when they say this is the minimum requirements how do they come by that. i tried playing overlord and i beat the minimum requirements by a little and it runs like crap, like 6fps.

[.Maleficus.]

when they say this is the minimum requirements how do they come by that. i tried playing overlord and i beat the minimum requirements by a little and it runs like crap, like 6fps.
I'm really not sure, and I had the same problem with the Lost Planet demo. My system isn't too shabby (at least I think... (E6600 @ 3.2GHz, 2GB Corsair, X1600PRO OC'd...)) and every 2 fricking minutes I got a message "The game may not run well on your system, go into the System Settings and adjust" or some **** like that... But then again on the box the requirements said "Visit online for ATI card requirements" so I don't know.

[Silenced_Coyote]

According to Cevat Yerli (President of Crytek),
"At E3, we were running on a [GeForce] 8800 video card and a dual-core Intel [CPU]with 4 gigabytes of RAM at very high settings. Not the highest, though! Most of the time, it was running smoothly.

Yes, we [are] progressing very well on optimization, and we will achieve our goal. Two-to-three-year-old rigs will run Crysis well, with lower visual settings still competing with the best games of two-to-three years ago."

This was an invterview on Gamestop.com.

[Scotty]

Crytek made FarCry run fine on loads of systems, i think they will be able to do alot to get it running on older machines. I have a feeling this Game is going to need some amazing hardware to run on maximum specs, but it will probably look fine on medium. As long as whatever i play it on can kick it out at a playable FPS on medium settings i'll be happy, i don't need all the graphics to play a game. But theis game is also heavily cpu reliant so a Q6600 OC'd could be very useful for it, mixed with 4gb of RAM, and a 8800GTS/GTX i reckon it'll play fine, and a system like that by the time Crysis hits stores shouldn't be too high.

[Spawn-Inc]

not the highest and 4gbs of ram? i'm definitently am going to have to get 4gigs and vista for this game.

[xRyokenx]

I'd not worry about settings too much, play to have fun, that's my new philosophy when it comes to pretty much anything (certain restrictions apply, durr), especially games. I'll probably try it out on my PC after I get more RAM at the least, 1gb non-dual channel sucks ass. I play Oblivion just fine on my 6800XT (low rez, no HDR lighting, but meh).

It does look like a cool game, like STALKER but pumped up physics and all... speaking of which, not to hijack, but does anyone know about the so-called physics cards that were supposed to be coming out?

[Spawn-Inc]

like i've said before i would stick with 2gb's for now but since its only 169.99 for 2 more gigs then i would gladly get another 2 if it helped alot. part of the reason i'm building a 2-3 grand pc is not only to max out the latest games but to make it last a long time. i'm getting a 8800 ultra so i can add another one instead of two gts's which would be fine right now but not 10 years from now.

as for the physX cards you can get then but theres only a handfull of games that use them properly.
http://www.ageia.com/

http://www.bfgtech.com/bfgrphysx128p.aspx

review (http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=31716) of the Asus PhysX card.

[.Maleficus.]

As Spawn said, those cards are out (and have been for a while..) but only a few games use them (I think they still are at under 20 games). GRAW uses it, and that's the only one that comes to mind right now.

I really thought that these would be cool to have, but with Stream Processors now in graphics cards that can focus on physics, or whatever they need seem to be more promising. There was an article on Bit-Tech about Ageia showing the usefulness of them, but I don't know anymore.

[xRyokenx]

Alright, thanks... I prolly will get new RAM for Decemberween (lol, H*R, don't ask) and maybe Crysis when it comes out or whatever, I could use a first person game besides Oblivion (I can't play STALKER and other PFS games due to court reasons from earlier in the year, no biggie) to play... Although, you can play Oblivion any way you want to... so...

But yeah, Crysis is on my buy list, cool storyline, kickass gameplay, etc.

[Silenced_Coyote]

If I were to get RAM, I would get it soon because prices are pretty low. The sticks I got back in January are now almost half price...

By the way, does anyone have any updates on that NK Amphibious APC assault vehicle with preorders? Like is it for single or multiplayer? And if multiplayer, how is it exclusive? I haven't read much about multiplayer, does anyone have a link to a good article?

[Spawn-Inc]

If I were to get RAM, I would get it soon because prices are pretty low. The sticks I got back in January are now almost half price...
yuppers the ram i'm looking at, this (http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=013426&cid=RAM.812), is only 169.99 for 2x1gb.



By the way, does anyone have any updates on that NK Amphibious APC assault vehicle with preorders? Like is it for single or multiplayer? And if multiplayer, how is it exclusive? I haven't read much about multiplayer, does anyone have a link to a good article?


this is just a guess but since its software related i'm sure there will be ways to get it without preordering. that seems kinda dumb to give that away to only people who preorder.

[Silenced_Coyote]

Nice RAM prices and Intel's Q6600 got a price cut. Sweet deals at a time when I got no money to spare for upgrades....

[Eclecticos]

I've heard there is a Beta demo. .though I don't know were to sign up for it.

[Spawn-Inc]

well i just went looking and only fond sites saying when it's out it will have a cd key, i also found some listed on torrent sites.

[Indybird]

Damn, its release has been moved from Sept. 11 to Nov. 11. Gay. Now I won't get to play it until over 2 months into school! argh.

[xRyokenx]

That sucks. Ah well, it'll give me time to save up for it though, I'll start putting five bucks per week or something into a fund to not touch until it comes out or I can preorder form Newegg or whatever.

[Spawn-Inc]

well i just got back from eb games as i have preordered Crysis. i asked the guy about bonus in game car and he said they will probably give you some kind of key and it will unlock it.

[Spawn-Inc]

i just found a 350mb 18 minute video if you still haven't seen enough of crysis.

Link (http://www.jeuxvideo.fr/telecharger-video-exclu-6-niveau-inedit-e3-2007-50088.html)

Note: for those who don't speak french and can't see where to get it click on one of the following in the link above.

Serveur FTP JeuxVideo.fr 1
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Serveur HTTP JeuxVideo.fr

[Silenced_Coyote]

I didn't know much about multiplayer until I recently saw a video interview on IGN. He talked a bit about Power Struggle and the idea sounds cool. I guess I found the answer to my previous question about the exclusive vehicle for pre-orders. I assume it unlocks the option to purchase the vehicle in one of your captured vehicle factories.

By the way, the video is the E3 2007 Livewire Crysis Demo.
http://media.pc.ign.com/media/694/694190/vids_1.html