Final Crysis Requirements...Don't kill the messenger for the bad message

Minimum System Requirements
OS – Windows XP or Windows Vista
Processor – 2.8 GHz or faster (XP) or 3.2 GHz or faster* (Vista)
Memory – 1.0 GB RAM (XP) or 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
Video Card –256 MB**
Hard Drive – 12GB
Sound Card – DirectX 9.0c compatible

* Supported Processors: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or faster.

** Supported chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or greater. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Integrated chipsets are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.

Recommended System Requirements
OS – Windows XP / Vista
Processor – Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Memory – 2.0 GB RAM
GPU – NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS/640 or similar

http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=46598&mode=thread&order=0

That is some steep recommended system requirements....
We should be fine on high and medium. Very high doesn't look much better than high in my opinion.

 

Holy cow.....looks like some people need to upgrade their video cards(like me).

Well, at least I'm going to buy a new computer.

Anyways, 12 gigs for HD...Not as bad as FLight Simulator X(16 gigs).

 

well according to http://www.yougamers.com/news/12589_crysis_final_system_requirements/

Crysis requires SM3.0 so that rules out the radeon 9800 (and any ati card before the x18xx or x16xx series)

Well at least that finally answers "Can my laptop run Crysis" => NO! (unless it is a 12lb monstrosity with an SLI setup)

 

Do people actually buy anything that doesn't have a dual core processor any more?

I'm fine for everything recommended 'cept the graphics on my lappy Which isn't surprising tbh. 'Twill be interesting to see how I can run it.

 

It does say it supports pentium 4s. But it's recommended to get a dual core

 

I play the Crysis BETA on my laptop with 20+ fps.

 

****....my X700 wont run it piece of ****

 

On what settings and res? Not everything at high with a respectable res.

 

Laptop versions of these chip sets may not work.... OMFG You are kidding me... I am going to die if it doesnt work... Recommended 8800gts 320/640 (id say 640) uhm.. anyone own a laptop that pairs up to that?

Well im feeling that alienware or some company like that will offer a laptop made to play crysis ( like ads in computer shopper with laptops that have like bf2 stickers on them)

 

I wonder if the GPU requirements will rule me out after I upgrade my RAM to 3GB. The X1600 as a GPU is pretty close to a 9800Pro, but I only have 128MB of VRAM. Even then I'll probably be scrapping rock bottom frame rates. I guess I'll have to wait for mature drivers and several patches. Tune people tune.

EDIT: In terms of the comment on the laptop GPUs, I think they just meant that the minimum requirements are stated as desktop GPUs. Since laptop equivalents are slower, when they say a 9800Pro is the minimum, they just don't want people complaining when the Mobility Radeon 9800 is too slow to run.

 

well, SLI 7950GTX's should be fine :|

 

well im hoping rig will be able to play it with some respectable settings...otherwise im gonna be well upset...

 

how does x1900 perform in the current games?

 

These requirements definitely won't make me preorder. I'm gonna wait till 8600 guys on the forums get em. Guess no crysis review from me.

 

Well, lol I owna gma950 and I preordered lol Jk Im waiting to purchase a gaming lappie soon ( come on Nvidia!!! or ati... BRING THEM OUT!!!)

 

They just say that because technically laptop video cards aren't "officially" supported (particularly in the driver department, since we have to use places like LaptopVideo2Go for updated drivers). Also because of the difference in naming structure (Go 7600 != 7600 GT, etc.)

The requirements are about what I expected. It's a demanding game, although really, you could build a desktop for <$1000 that would meet the "recommended" settings.

The beta runs pretty poorly at the moment on my lappy: 1280x800, medium settings and getting 30-40 FPS, although the engine and drivers are still unoptimized; I'm hoping it will be playable on mostly High settings by the time it comes out.

 

Im in the beta and my lappy will run at medium to high settings at 1440x900 res. And my gpu is the same as a 7900gtx so it really doesn't look good for laptops for this game. But on a better note the visuals even at med are still great. This is the 1st game that I have not been able to play all high settings at 1440x900. Guess its starting to show its age.

 

I doubt it as the desktop x1600 wasn't much faster than a 9800 pro (and a 9800 pro can't run it anyway as it doesn't support SM3.0) and the mobile version only has like 1/2 the power as the desktop version. Also these minimum requirements will only let you run the game at 800x600 at lowest settings. Running does not equate to running smoothly. Also 800x600 is going to look horrible scaled up on an lcd.

 

I really really hope my lappy can run it at a respectable setting - I'm aiming for med. I wouldn't mind gamblin' and getting it

 

i think you should be fine at med for sure.

 

Crysis does not require a card that supports SM3.0.

That's why the 9800pro and x800pro (neither of which support SM3.0) are on the Supported list.

 

you sure? cause that would be awesome!

 

yeah it does... http://www.yougamers.com/news/12589_crysis_final_system_requirements/

"Update: Some sites are reporting that the minimum supported video card would actually be Radeon 9800 Pro:

Supported chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or greater. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Integrated chipsets are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.

YouGamers asked about the Shader Model 2.0/3.0 support from directly from Crytek, and they stated clearly that Crysis requires Shader Model 3.0 to run. That rules out Radeon 9800 Pro and Radeon X800 series cards, as they do not support Shader Model 3.0."



and for some perspective on what low settings means

low

medium

high

veryhigh

 

Yup, 3.0 is recommended, but only 2.0 is required.

 

Edit: Withdrawn, it seems that Crysis does indeed support Shader Model 2.0...

I pulled out an ancient card =P

 

Please link where crytek says that, as they say specifically that the 9800Pro (in XP) and the x800 Pro (in Vista) are supported, and neither of those GPU's support SM3.0.
http://www.ea.com/crysis/news.jsp?id=rigready

 

Crysis Multiplayer Beta runs on all low at 1280x800 just fine for me on both my X1600's, one with 128MB VRAM and one with 256MB VRAM. I'm not sure about what FPS though, but it's very playable. Just for the hell of it I tried all medium at 1280X800 and the game ran at like maybe 7-10FPS, but not very good. I also tried it on all high and even though it looked amazing it ran like at 2-4FPS.

 

^ Negative fps anyone?

 

Edit: Withdrawn, it seems that Crysis does indeed support Shader Model 2.0...

I pulled out an ancient card =P

 

Yes, I've seen that, and you'll notice that it does not state that SM3.0 is required. It says it's unclear, and frankly for now I'll believe EA over yougamers, as the reply they received from Crytek has not been officially published.

 

Low looks ok - looks totally average of course, but compared to other games on low settings, impressive. A bit like Far Cry.

 

Yay! You've just made my day. I guess there's hope for me yet.

EDIT: And it would make sense that some SM2.0 cards are supported. The X800 series especially, may not have SM3.0 support, but perform at, if not faster than the 6800 series of the same generation. I'm pretty sure the X850XT PE was faster than the 6800Ultra in everything but the Doom3 engine due to OpenGL support. Although the 9800Pro does looks suspicously slow compared to the 6800GT.

 

People with x800 series graphic cards are reporting Crysis is indeed working for them. So it apparently does support Shader Model 2.0...

I too have doubts about how well a 9800 Pro will work though.

 

Those requirements are rather insane, especially for us laptop users. I find that requirements are always overestimated so anyone that doesn't quite make it probably will.

My laptop does not stand a chance of running this methinks . . .

 

Sorry to burst your bubble but low looks terrible. And if you turn it high you are probably looking at 800 x 600 and that also looks terrible. Medium at 1024 x 768 looks ok.

 

yes, u definitely want someting above low for this game if u want to appreciate it. i was playing on low for awhile and then changed it to medium and the difference was amazing. im just a lil PO about the system specs ;\ with a game that has such a wide audience playing it, they could be a little more nicer to us gamers. just a thought.

 

VERY MUCH like far cry. im very near the completion of the game and when i go from crysis to far cry i cant help but think that the graphics are so similar. its too bad that far cry was never so heavy on requirements when it was released. i guess we're in a new age of "make the game look the best possible w.o caring for what gamers can even play" ;o

 

QFT.

Unfortunatly with all the huge leaps in system performance with c2d, and insane video cards like the 8800gtx. Devolopes tend to take the easy road and code the game so that they will play based on the baseline of the highest pc you can build, leaving those of a last year in the dust.

Visuals dont seem to be getting much better imo than games in the old days, but performance numbers for games that look identical take a huge leap in a bad direction.

DX10 is a whole other animal that has to be brougt down, it is supposed to make games easier to render by as much as 30% vs DX9 but so far performance of dx10 vs dx9 has been close to 50% worse!

 

Recommended System Requirements
OS – Windows XP / Vista - XP CHECK
Processor – Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ - T7500 2.2GHz CHECK
Memory – 2.0 GB RAM - 2.0GB RAM CHECK
GPU – NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS/640 or similar - 8600m GT 256MB / MEDIUM SETTINGS?

Of course desktop should be fine, but for on the go with Vostro, should work ok, I would hope @ medium settings consdering minimum is 6800 GT and 8600m seems to achieve about 75% better than the 6800 GT in 1280x800 fps.

 

i have a 8600m gs so i'm probably looking at all low settings with 2x AA right?

 

Ok I'll build my new gaming rig next month.

Hope ATI HD2950XT Crossfire will work fine

 

Well AA seems to kill performance with most all laptop cards, especially 8xxx cards because of their limited bus. Probably run mostly medium settings, maybe some high if you turn off AA unfortunately.

I'll do my own benchmarking depending on what options they offer to change and see what optimum might be.

The 8400m GS isn't far behind the 8600m GT, especially if you can O/C it a bit.

 

How does it run "poorly" your talking 30-40 fps... which is playable... and still unoptimized

 

Whats the point of low with AA?

I mean medium actually looked as good as high... very high was stunning of course.. low looks like farcry...

Those picture kind of let me down... but... in real time effects, physics, shadows, AI, fun fun fun wow wow wowwww lol

Ima probably be playing in a mix of med and high (if anything at all... physics and effects and environment etc... HIGH)

 

I'm downloading beta now... should have feedback for Vostro 1500 / 8600m GT in a couple days. Of course my Vostro is o/c'd decently, but still should give a decent perspective.

 

Are you guys nuts? The desktop 8800s are much much much more powerful than the 8600ms.

 

Well, right now the best i can afford is a Vostro 1500 with a 8400M GS (@ brazil) that has 128mb. Also i will be getting 1gb ram, planning on make it up to 2gb when possible, likely a 2-3 months ahead. I'm not a game maniac so i dont need to play it neither right now neither with high settings.

Would the card be out of chance just because of the 128mb? (always read that video memory is not everything, now this comes with 256!) If not, this has made me happy, i'll be waiting for the 8600 results.

 

theres also 8700gt

8400gs ... hmmm isnt there a 8400gt ? well dont forget hes oc'ing it

Id say... I wait until further notice by Nvidia or ugh... yes ati...

Wheres my new mobile gpu at !?

 

I guess im playing this on very low...

2.0ghz AMD Turion
1gig ram
x1600 256DDR

 

Wow, I'm surprised the minimum isn't higher!

Heck, the 8600M GT's will be able to run that fine.

My lappy should be able to run it fine at 800 x 500 Res with all settings Medium, at least.

For those that are complaining about 800 x 500 being too low res... It's not. It's definitely enjoyable if you can back up the game with some decent settings (Medium or Higher, which I'm quite confident that the 8600M GT should be able to hit--especially if it's OC'd).

Now, 640 x 400... that's a totally different matter (I used to play FEAR with lowest settings at 640 x 480 resolution... and it honestly wasn't that bad).

Just don't even think about touching the AA or VSync option !