Prepare Your PCs: Crysis Demo Next Month

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• ASE FTW. : thesubtlesnake
• This could ship without mp for all I care, the main game seems good enough. : d fluke

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  There won't be a 9800 for a while. The 8800 was such a leap that they torched the competition. Now we w... : Jobos
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    depends. they could follow the intel method and not let him while your ahead, but instead pount ati hard... : smacknca
    • If Crysis needs a faster card what have they been demoing it on? I'm looking forward to the graphics t... : nudel
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    the 9800gtx is slated for a november release. : luke1111
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      Yeah, but at what price? The reason the 8800 Ultra is so expensive is because there's no competition to ... : Jobos
      • Hopefully ATIs R700 will bring back the competition. : matthaeus
• Will a radeon 9800 work? :D : ArbyBean

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• How much more in-game footage do you need? I dont wanna see more of the game at this point. The trailer i... : buzzfunk
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  Uhm. You actually saw 0 seconds of in-game footage there. It was all blatently created in an offline rend... : etherealrhythm
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    I've actually played the game (at GDC this past spring), and the parts with the first-person perspective ... : Arcanum
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      I agree with you, it does look that good. But this is obviously NOT in-game footage. The stylisation of t... : etherealrhythm
      • Oh, ok, I see what you're saying now. I misinterpreted your original comment as an "it can't possibly lo... : Arcanum
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    This is why I'm slowly going over to console gaming. Just can't trust these tricky pc developers any more... : te[R]ror
    • Because console devs would never dream of using pre-rendered movies to hype up their games... : jtthe2nd
    • Lol.. it's not even a troll! You're serious aren't you? : Pneum0
    • Have fun. I left console gaming a long time ago, during the PS1 era. Being a hardcore gamer I still bough... : samduhman
• Your so 110% correct. Glad to see that I'm not the only one that thinks a trailer that consists 50% of lo... : tcs

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• Anyone remember Phantasmagoria? OMG I played that game from the Friday I picked it up till the next M... : stupidduke
• Phantasmagoria was Ok but Shivers was awesome. Not too creepy and with great puzzles. Those were awesome ... : omontero
• Hehe, I remember The 7th Guest! Too bad my computer was all f***ed up with a virus or something back then... : code-e255
• Phantasmagoria couldn't be released today, it was hilarious and I have no idea how my brother got our par... : spazzium
• I love your post! IT shows that pc gaming hardware has drastically decreased compared to 10+ years ago.... : samduhman
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  You know, I have to laugh and shake my head at certain kids (not all kids) that make comments on how a ga... : jeffmace3917
  • So true. The changes from ghetto "software accelerated" graphics and SoundBlaster 16s to 3DFX and "3D" so... : code-e255

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• There's a difference between running a game acceptably, and running it at max settings. I suspect quite ... : Arcanum
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  id Software, for a while there, made it its business to develop and release games that pushed the envelop... : Matt Burris
  • Damn straight!!! Matt Burris, you preach it, brotha! : wytefang
  • Amen. The hardware industry needs these kinds of games (BioShock included) to push sales of hardware. Oth... : brushbaron
  • agreed. Develop for PC first, then dumb down the interface for consoles later. Note when i say dumb down ... : ballystix
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    no, things are very different these days. there are video cards that sell for 800-900 dollars now... ... : chilln
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      That's the extreme end of the spectrum though. The cards that cost $400 like the GeForce 8800GTS are the... : Matt Burris
      • I currently have an 8600GT which cost me AU$147 and it can run every game out on max settings. And i'm su... : thewindcriesmary
    • Uh, you can get an 8800 GTS 320 (which will run everything great) for about 300 bucks. Who cares if one c... : hellspit
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      Back when id was pushing the envelope, a decent midrange computer cost $3000. Now, you can buy a screame... : treefingers1
      • Less if you did like me, and kept your current case, soundcard, dvd burner, and monitor. I spent $942 an... : Matt Burris
• I'm sure Crysis will run on a range of computers and look good doing it at the same time. It's a DX9 game... : SpaecKow
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  I read recently that memory was a big problem with porting Crysis to consoles. I can imagine that these ... : Jobos
  • Wouldn't surprise me at all. All that terrain and such has gotta eat up a lot of RAM. : Arcanum
  • taken from an interview on eurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=82210&page=2) Ce... : changeling

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  "We included a fugly mode so that you can run it! It makes the game indistinguishable from Quake 2" : Schnapple
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    I lol'd. : lookitzpancakes
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      Most of us didn't. Yawn. : wytefang
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        go back to lurking : freakord
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          says the lurker ... : Matt Burris
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            why don't you go lurk somewhere else, lurker. : dewdman
            • You're all lurking for a beating. : deadhorse

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  Oh god I didn't plan on building a new PC any time soon. But can I actually hope a good game doesn't hav... : DinK
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    If this game has a good co-op mode, I'd maybe even buy it, even though I'll only be able to play it on lo... : code-e255
    • If this game has a co-op mode I'm going to eat it out. : SockMonkeh
• That's a very good suggestion, actually. : SlamDunk

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• Uncanny Valley.. Games will reach it eventually for everyone : ShadowRam
• I actually get a boner when I stab someone. : SockMonkeh

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  Dude if you have a wacom it's causing the problem bcause I had a problem with GF8 and vista too. Go to ru... : tKillbox
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    How odd. I'll have to keep that in mind when I build my DX10 rig. : Dynotaku
    • Weirdest bug I have EVER seen. : tKillbox
  • holy shit! : AroundTheFur1380
  • lol i'll need to keep this in mind : johnny rotten
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  The benefit in Bioshock is pretty minimal. Water ripples that deform the water itself instead of just be... : Arcanum
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    I don't understand why BS's soft particles require Dx10.. :( : pillzer
    • I'd guess it's a matter of them being much easier to implement in DX10 using geometry shaders. They may ... : Arcanum

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• Sorry, wrong thread :) : MaverickUK
• for a second there, i really thought Crysis was coming to Wii naah, i didnt. : doomed

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• SLI IS NOT THE WAY NOOBS. : deadlycookie
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  Haha, I don't think it's going to be that bad. And like the above guy said, SLI is never the answer, too... : Matt Burris
  • Oh im not for SLI at all i think its a waste of money. I just doubt that there will be a faster single c... : supercromp
  • Agreed, SLI is for breaking 3DMark records. Crysis isn't going to be anywhere near that bad. One thing I'... : etherealrhythm
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  i'm hoping the 8900gtx will be out by November : gyokuro
  • As far as I know the 8 series is done isn't it? GF9 is the next thing around Christmas right? : TabsAZ
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  That Yerli guy said it will run on the 'Ultra' setting with an 8800gts and an e6600. Now, 'Ultra' at whi... : Jobos
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    Also, will it run at 10 FPS or a constand 60+ FPS? : code-e255
    • You can't play any FPS at 10fps, so I doubt he'd say it'd run at Ultra settings if it was at 10fps or eve... : Matt Burris
  • Yeah, at 800x600. : Pettytheft

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• Yeah. It is really well done. The cloak mode is missing though. : SlamDunk
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  Yeah, kickass trailer, but too much logo-showing. I'll be pissed off if EA will force us to watch that sh... : code-e255
  • if you watch any promo movie from an EA game the logo screens usually take up a full 1/3rd of the total s... : cell9song

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  Crysis is for PC only. : SlamDunk
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    What? I'm pretty sure it's PC/360 : wykd
    • Negative. : hellspit
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      Nope, last official word was that the 360 is simply incapable of handling the graphics and areas that the... : Arcanum
      • "They" in this case is Ubisoft's internal team. Not Crytek. : SlamDunk
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      4th and final negative. PC only ;) : SlamDunk
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        I have a hard time believing that a 360 couldn't at least run it with DX9. : wykd
        • me too, after all, you dont need a dx10 card to play this game on the pc : X-GOUKI
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          Maybe it could, but they just don't want to bother with it. : razlebol
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            The developers themselves have said that they have looked at the 360 hardware and said that it could not ... : kodt
            • And we know how awful those Xbox Farcry games turned out. 100% pure turds. : jtthe2nd

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• I'd bet rule 34 is to be enforced soon : zehh

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  or there's no system that meets the minimum requirements until September... : grandmasterlee
  • lol. Nah, it just needs to be optimized. : Jobos

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• I think I played that game at like 12fps. Surprisingly the experience was just the same, in retrospect. ... : Jobos

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  My Cousin will be playing H3 while I get to try out a piece this. : thejm4n
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    quake wars is oct 2 isnt it? : Iwannaacura
    • pretty sure it's oct 3. : flasher 907
    • October 2nd, for North America. : SyncError
    • Yeah. I was off a week. : monofurioso
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  I really like Far Cry's MP, so if Crysis is at all similar then it will be fun. Dunno how much fun the na... : moshman
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    I've truly never heard that before. It's great that you enjoyed FC's multi. I'm not sure of anyone el... : hawke
    • Word. : thejm4n
    • I think if they could've varied the maps a bit more instead of the endless jungle environments which I go... : cell9song

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• That's what I have. Can you get much of a CPU upgrade cost effectively? : DinK
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  I think the 4400+ can handle the game. I think the video card, like in Farcry, will play the most import... : omontero
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    You can get one for under 300 now. I got the 320MB XFX 8800GTS with Lost Planet and a $30 rebate on newe... : jigstah
    • He meant CPU not GPU and no I think the 4400 with the 2mb cache is the fastest thing left for the socket ... : tKillbox

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• Unless you have a Core2 Duo now, wait for the penryn. As for he N9800 series....Don't count on it. : sheepraper
• Meh, wait for the 9800 and then get the bestt cpu you can. Penryn is a pretty minor upgrade over the cor... : johnny rotten

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• As opposed to all the difficult decisions you make in most FPS games? : Chris Remo
• I hope to god this is a joke. I think I might stop leaving latestchatty.x : marmite
• My sarcasm detector is iffy right now. You were being sarcastic, right? :P : Matt Burris
• Far too few shooters these days, yup. You know what, somebody should make a game about WW2! That'd be fuc... : tcs
• bioshock was a good game. i loved the underwater enviornment. The decision making part was okay imo but i... : gyokuro

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• lol..... : thewindcriesmary
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  You'd get the red ring of death as soon as the Xbox sees the disc pulled out of the box. : Matt Burris
  • hahaha : gyokuro

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  You gotta be kidding me. This is pure shit. 50% of the video is logos, the rest is 5sec of gameplay foota... : tcs
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    I think it's really great stylistically, and the short gameplay clips actually give a pretty decent idea ... : Arcanum
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      Maybe I'm just allergic to pre-rendered stuff and endless flashing of logos. I could see this being a goo... : tcs
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        They've already released a metric shit-ton of in game video, why would they need to release a trailer of ... : Bruzilla
        • http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/99424.html : astrofunk
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        Gameplay trailers are not formatted to summarize the games premise quickly and simply - what this trailer... : SpaecKow
        • Well put, and I agree, it was well put together, and made me look even more forward to the game. I'm lik... : Matt Burris
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          More accurately, it displays what the game is INTENDED to be about. It doesn't actually necessarily conv... : Chris Remo
          • True, but that's what the gameplay videos are for. After the gameplay vids I actually enjoy being sold on... : SpaecKow
• I thought it was badass. : phipple

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  Normally I would've figured a game that pushes the graphics would not have proper widescreen support, but... : Matt Burris
  • Requires some tweak, but yes, supports proper Horizontal + support. http://www.widescreengamingforum.c... : TigerRobocop

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• Full version of Far Cry with Crysis? Far Cry on CryEngine2? Crysis on Steam? SDK with the demo? Multiplay... : rosone

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• ROFL, very nice. I will think of this when I am kickin ass in Crysis now. : sheepraper

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• And I was really expecting that clip to end with the screen going black, then you hear "Maximum Strength"... : Dynotaku
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  Piss their pants? : MH Knights
  • Or jerk off as you asphyxiate them. : Dynotaku

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• *lights match, says "Jesus dude, what did you eat yesterday?!"* : mn3m0n1c

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  If my recent experiences with Bioshock and CoD Airborne are any indication, I'll be running this at 320x2... : Dynotaku
  • I've got an x1800xt and an Athlon64 3700 : marmite
  • I play both on High at 1024x with a 7600GT with no problem ? : gravitazz
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    UPGRADE YOUR DRIVERS, now, www.nvidia.com. : Amnesty_intl2
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      I did. I'm just used to games like CS:S screaming at full res with all the features on, and I've been pla... : Dynotaku
      • Yea, I'm in the same boat. I think George's comment about our 7800 series cards not cutting it was pretty... : shred.
  • ur doin it wrong : Schnapple
  • What? I play both on the highest settings at 1280x1024 :-/ : hardfl1p
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  same. is this coming to 360 too? : mega man
  • nope : SlamDunk

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• By the way, the GC show floor demo that you played was running on WinXP/DX9 :) : SlamDunk