View Full Version : Crysis Warhead Will Run on $653 Machine!!
Yep! Just imagine what a GTX280 can do :drooling:
According to the latest PCGamer issue recent CryEngine 2 optimizations will make Crysis Warhead run silky smooth on a $653 machine, with all the bells & whistles enabled.
$653 Machine Specs:
* Shuttle SG31G2S Barebone case : $234.99
* Intel Pentium E2180 2.0Ghz Dual Core CPU : $69.99
* Samsung SH-S203B DVD Burner : $26.99
* Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160 GB hard drive : $44.99
* A-Data 2GB DDR SDRAM : $45.99
* MSI Geforce 8600GT 512MB videocard : $88.99
* Microsoft Windows Vista 32-Bit Home Premium : $109.99
Parts priced through Newegg.com (prices may vary slightly)
http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=53135
check link for Newegg links.
Total bull****, atleast until they release a demo and the game actually runs at 40-50fps. I just can't imagine a radical amount of optimisation done in such a short time. But that's just me. I also wonder what their definition of silky smooth is. For me, it's 60fps.
six_storm
06-19-08, 09:53 AM
Yeah, it'll run silky-smooth with everything turned down. :D
Show me this in person and I'll believe it.
Yeah, it'll run silky-smooth with everything turned down. :D
Show me this in person and I'll believe it.
I believe that Crysis : Warhead will ship with a couple of bells & whistles .. hence what they said :cool:
Total marketing hype. They don't say what resolution and they probably only mean high settings.
slaWter
06-19-08, 11:25 AM
The German PC Games Website has a tidbit from an interview with Crytek boss Cevat Yerli that will appear in an upcoming issue of their print counterpart. The story is in German, but a translation tells us Yerli is offering reassurances to gamers that Crysis Warhead should be able to achieve frame rates of 30-35 FPS in "high" detail mode on a PC that costs around 400 Euros. He also says changes may possibly be retrofitted into Crysis in a future patch to offer similar performance improvements, but that this will be a timely process, as the optimizations involved are complex, so if they revisit Crysis performance, this will be after development of Crysis Warhead is complete.
Marketing blabla...
Dreamingawake
06-19-08, 11:34 AM
yeah what a joke, as if we're supposed to believe this.
that's pretty much what was said about crysis.. that it will scale back to older
hardware..
lol
we all know it didn't even run well on hardware we had at the time..
i'll believe it when i see it
ALien8ed
06-19-08, 11:50 AM
Yerli talking shít again.
No surprises there.
Igor Vitaly
06-19-08, 11:52 AM
Ummm buy a normal case with a ATX PSU, and put the money left on a HD4870 or 8800GT+. Then it will be completly credible. It only has to run at 720p for it to be valid, any resolution higher can be consider 'deluxe'! lol
Igor Vitaly
06-19-08, 11:56 AM
Yerli talking shít again.
No surprises there.
If you actually read the "article" in the link to begin with it never states that Yerli said it nor Crytek. It says...
According to the latest PCGamer issue recent CryEngine 2 optimizations will make Crysis Warhead run silky smooth on a $653 machine, with all the bells & whistles enabled.
trivium nate
06-19-08, 12:18 PM
Sweet!!!!
If you actually read the "article" in the link to begin with it never states that Yerli said it nor Crytek. It says...
On the other article though that slaWter posted Yerli said so ..
The story is in German, but a translation tells us Yerli is offering reassurances to gamers that Crysis Warhead should be able to achieve frame rates of 30-35 FPS in "high" detail mode on a PC that costs around 400 Euros.
Igor Vitaly
06-19-08, 12:40 PM
On the other article though that slaWter posted Yerli said so ..
May be to low of a price, say 500-600 euros and it is correct. A 8800gt has no problem with Crysis at 720p with high settings. Considering that Warhead will sport improvements regarding perfomance and yet maintain better image IQ sounds excellent. :)
|MaguS|
06-19-08, 12:43 PM
May be to low of a price, say 500-600 euros and it is correct. A 8800gt has no problem with Crysis at 720p with high settings. Considering that Warhead will sport improvements regarding perfomance and yet maintain better image IQ sounds excellent. :)
Yeah I also remember them saying that DX10 would bring performance and graphics improvements far beyond what DX9 was capable of...
six_storm
06-19-08, 12:53 PM
DX10 is a joke right now and will be for a little while.
If this is the case then my Opteron 165 @ ~2.6, 3gb DDR @ ~550 and overclocked HD 3850 should kick this game's ass at 720p (the resolution I game at)!!
I'm ok with this announcement whether it's marketing hype or not. It does give a baseline that I can work with, lol.
I'm sure it will run on that machine at those settings.
But I will triple guarantee you that those settings of "high" won't look the same as Crysis on "high".
|MaguS|
06-19-08, 01:06 PM
I'm sure it will run on that machine at those settings.
But I will triple guarantee you that those settings of "high" won't look the same as Crysis on "high".
Yeah the new "high" is probably the old "medium"
Igor Vitaly
06-19-08, 01:06 PM
Yeah I also remember them saying that DX10 would bring performance and graphics improvements far beyond what DX9 was capable of...
True true, DX9 very high hack was better in perfomance (lol) but I wonder how many had object motion-blur in DX10 very high when comparing. Since object motion-blur doesnt work in DX9 (well it is borked, broken and CPU emulated) and would make it unfair. I've yet to emigrate to Vista so I cant make my puppies run it in DX10.
Igor Vitaly
06-19-08, 01:09 PM
Yeah the new "high" is probably the old "medium"
You know that could be, high=> medium,,, very high => high,,, ultra high => very high!
But then you would only need around 7900GT/GTX perfomance for a smooth experiene.
|MaguS|
06-19-08, 01:09 PM
Object Motion blur is possible in DX9... has been for awhile, they opt to lock it out to make DX10 look better.
Igor Vitaly
06-19-08, 01:11 PM
Object Motion blur is possible in DX9... has been for awhile, they opt to lock it out to make DX10 look better.
Its borked, blocky artifacts becouse it is emulated by CPU. Precision is far less than when a GPU does it in DX10.
|MaguS|
06-19-08, 01:17 PM
Maybe in Crysis but in actuality DX9 can accomplish Motion Blur perfectly and identical to that of DX10.
Igor Vitaly
06-19-08, 01:22 PM
Maybe in Crysis but in actuality DX9 can accomplish Motion Blur perfectly and identical to that of DX10.
We are talking about Crysis though. Then you have techdemos for windows XP which have object motion-blur but those seldom run on the DX API. :)
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