Crysis

Riddick · Oct 12, 2007

As any PC gamer can attest to, the system's lack of uniform hardware that helps distinguish it from consoles is a double-edged sword. Although a high-end PC is often capable of outperforming even the latest and greatest console tech, high-end PC games make a habit of pushing the technical envelope, which forces PC gamers to upgrade regularly in order to meet ever-escalating system requirements.

The latest such PC game is Crytek's first-person shooter Crysis. With the game set to arrive November 13, Crytek today revealed the minimum and recommended system requirements for the game.

Minimum System Requirements:
OS--Windows XP or Windows Vista
Processor--2.8GHz or faster (XP); 3.2GHz or faster* (Vista)
Memory--1GB RAM or 1.5GB RAM (Vista)
Video Card--256MB**
Hard Drive--12GB
Sound Card DirectX 9.0c compatible

* Supported Processors: Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz (3.2GHz for Vista) or faster, Intel Core 2GHz (2.2GHz for Vista) or faster, and other similar CPUs.

** Supported chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT + or similar GPUs. 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
Memory--2GB RAM
GPU--NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS/640 or similar

No doubt those specs will inspire a number of gamers to upgrade their rigs. So with Crysis nearing release and countless gamers' credit cards dangerously close to being maxed out, GameSpot took the opportunity to discuss the system requirements with Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli.

GameSpot: Let's talk about the minimum system requirements. How would you describe the graphics on this setting, and how do they compare to other games? What do you lose, in terms of graphical fidelity, at the minimum system compared to the recommended system?

Cevat Yerli: The quality of Crysis running on [minimum spec hardware] does equal the shading and texture quality of games that are about three years old, but with polygonal detail that is bigger then games from that same generation. The scaling happens in various areas, such as shading-quality, texture-resolution, shadows. View distance and interactivity are close to Far Cry. Our goal was to reach a quality with the game on the various specs to compete with games that are from the last two generations until today's generation, respectively for low, medium, and high [specification setups], with the very high [spec setups] hoping to define the upcoming and introduced generation with Crysis.

GS: Crysis requires a minimum of 256MB of video card memory, which is pretty unprecedented for a PC game. Are you afraid that a lot of PC gamers won't have powerful-enough hardware to run the game? Is there no way around that?

CY: The 256 MB 6800 was [available] in 2004 as the high-end card, so hence we picked this. Further compromises were possible but quality and frame rate would have suffered more. We are not afraid, since we know by statistics from our partners like Nvidia and Intel and from PC manufactures the base to play our game is theoretically bigger than the consoles, plus we hope Crysis inspires people to play at very high configurations that--like in the past with top-tier titles--usually required you to upgrade your PC.

GS: What's more important to have for Crysis: A powerful CPU or a powerful video card?

CY: Actually they should be in sync. Low CPU and high GPU makes little sense, since the game might then become CPU-bound; likewise, if you have a strong CPU and low GPU, your game may not render fast enough. So you should align the generations of hardware when building your PC, in general. If you have a CPU and GPU both from the last 12 months, though, and you want to upgrade one of the components, then it should be the GPU.

GS: How important is system memory to the performance of the game? Are the load times a lot shorter if you have 2GB or more of memory? Does the game run smoother?

CY: More memory means usually less stalls, more stable frame rates, and loading times will speed up indeed. So yes, 2GB or more is better.

GS: The game will ship with support for DirectX 9 and DirectX 10. However, all recent events have shown the game running in DX9. Does the DX10 version offer the same, or slightly better, performance? If gamers have Vista and DX10 cards, do you recommend that they play in DX10 over DX9?

CY: Players who have DX10 will get a better-looking experience, with all of our settings dialed all the way up, but this will take up more of your hardware's resources. This is what our "Very High" settings are reserved for, and if you have the hardware, we fully recommend it. Our "High" settings can be used by DX10 and DX9 users, and will perform better in DX10, though our DX9 players will have nothing to worry about because we are really pushing that technology to new levels.

GS: When we talked last year it was said that Crysis will ship with 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Is 64-bit still in the box? Does it offer any kind of performance improvements as predicted?

CY: Yes, 64-bit in general runs better than 32-bit. In fact I would recommend gamers run 64-bit only under very high configurations. We ship both 32- and 64-bit out of box.

GS: As demanding as Crysis is in terms of technology, Crytek has always stated that the technology serves the gameplay. So what does all of this power let you do with Crysis?

CY: Higher interactivity with physics, [and] more intense analysis of artificial intelligence for dynamic obstacles, since obstacles are created through breakabilities. Shadows and lighting impact gameplay perception and decision making; so does the environmental art. Impacts in general exist in all aspects of Crysis gameplay.

GS: Finally, any last thoughts on Crysis' technology and its system requirements?

CY: My final thoughts are, I am happy that we managed to scale down Crysis--which is on average 10 times more pushy than Far Cry--down to Far Cry specs. But Crysis is a high-end game that shall define what's now and in the future. Enjoy it as such as much as you can. It's like a concept car available and affordable now. I like also this quote somebody gave: "It's like a sexy blond girl with a PhD degree," upon which I said, "But with curly hair."
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Izvor: www.gamespot.com

Peacemaker-HS · Oct 26, 2007

Prvi utisci: Fenomenalno! Far Cry curi na sve strane. 1280X720 pri high postavkama neigrivo ali sam htio da vidim kako izgleda. @ 3 checkpoint, level je mracan, moram sacekat' vani aksam a sabah u igri...

dmr · Oct 27, 2007

Na koje postavke moras postaviti da dobijes prihvatljivi broj fpsa?

Shenron · Oct 27, 2007

1280x1024@LOW - na mom kompu bez vecih problema. Igra mi i nije nesto kao sta sam ocekivao. Istina odjelo je fora, ali sam ocekivao ipak da me demo malo vise impresionira.

Peacemaker-HS · Oct 27, 2007

high postavke nisu igrive, na momente ~15 FPS, medium postavke su dovoljno igrive.

AdoSA · Oct 27, 2007

Ne bi da pehiram ali uvijek kad se oko necega digne previse prasine ne ispadne bash onako kako raja ocekuje po najavama tipa Naj-ovo, Naj-ono ali ostaje da se vidi ... jos samo par dana

Riddick · Oct 28, 2007

Raja na netu sa extra racunarima ne mogu fino igrati CrySis na Very High postavkama i malo vecim rezolucijama. Tek ce naredna generacija grafickih kartica moci fino pokrenuti CrySis.

CrySis + Windows Vista:

MEDIUM, 1680x1050:

HIGH, 1680x1050:

VERY HIGH, 1680x1050:
N/A
Sa 8800GTS 320MB igra se ne moze pokrenuti.

P.S. Na slikama se vidi da igra veoma slabo koristi 4 CPU jezgre, znaci igra je dosta vise ovisna o grafickoj kartici.

sgtPepper · Oct 28, 2007

Ma ovo će biti isto kao Far Cry samo sa boljom grafikom. A svi znamo da Far Cry nije imao "ono" kao što ga ima HL2. Mislim da će ovo biti samo tehnološka demonstracija bez duše. Far Cry 2 biti bolji od Crysisa, ako ne zbog grafike, onda zbog atmosfere.

Haker · Oct 28, 2007

Jesam rekao da će Far Cry obrisat pod s ovim :lol:

Pelikan · Oct 28, 2007

Igram sinoc na high, 1024 rez i negdje na pola demo-a kad izadjes na ono brdo odakle vidis cijelo ostrvo, "zamrzne" igra. Ne ide preko 15 FPS-a. I sve to zbog onolikog broja trave :lol:

Haker · Oct 28, 2007

Na kojoj konfi igraš??

Pelikan · Oct 28, 2007

3500+, 8600GT, 2GB. Bez AA.

Very High se ne moze ni ukljucit, vjerovatno treba kartica s vise memorije. Na onom mjestu ko kod ridika na SS-u mi pocne trzat i poslije nekolko sekundi skroz smrzne.

dj_vux · Oct 28, 2007

The Riddick said:

Sa 8800GTS 320MB igra se ne moze pokrenuti.
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Gdje to procita, oci moje lijepe? :lol:

Evo ovakva je situacija, iz prve ruke i bez puno "zamazivanja" (posto sam vidio na netu levate kojima, citiram "sve ide u 1280x1024 na very high postavkama bez AA i to na 8600GT). Da se ne lazemo, navescu kompletnu konfu a na screenshot-ovima se vidi i framerate (kod spomenutih 8600GT-asa se sve na prici zavrsava, screenshotova ni za lijeka).

Elem, konfa je sljedeca:
ASUS M2N
5200+ X2 (2 MB)
4 GB DDR2-800 TakeMS
EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320 MB SuperClocked
WD 250 GB SATA2, 16 MB cache
i Vista Ultimate 64bit

Screenshotovi...

1280x1024

1024x768, identicne postavke (shadows na "low" jedino)... obratite paznju na fps. :lol:

I za kraj, 1600x1200, bez AA, sve na "low" i sve na "very high"...

Eto tako to, drugovi i drugarice, ide na 8800GTS 320 MB sa najnovijim driverima (169.01 beta). Nadam se da ce se to jos malo ispeglati do izlaska finalne verzije i da ce driveri da se "stabilizuju" posto sa ovima ima manjih problema. Neko kaze da na XP-u ide bolje, volio bih da vidim razliku u prikazu i performansama ali nazalost nisam u mogucnosti.

artemis · Oct 28, 2007

Optimizirano do bola... :lol: :lol:
Jos ako bude na free zoni,ima da skinem demo i igram u cijelih 10"slicica". :lol:

Riddick · Oct 28, 2007

Haker said:

Jesam rekao da će Far Cry obrisat pod s ovim :lol:
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Naravno :mrgreen:

dj_vux said:

The Riddick said:

VERY HIGH, 1680x1050:
N/A
Sa 8800GTS 320MB igra se ne moze pokrenuti.
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Gdje to procita, oci moje lijepe? :lol:
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Nauci citati sa razumjevanjem i ispravno citirati druge!

Bimbrlok · Oct 28, 2007

Moze li se demo pokrenuti na windows xp-u ili je samo directx 10 verzija

artemis · Oct 28, 2007

Moze na xp-u.

jeretik · Oct 30, 2007

http://www.crysis-online.com/forum/inde ... #msg203789

Toliko o tome.

Kad sam ja govorio da treba preskočit DX10 i DX9.0 kartice mijenjat sa budućim DX10.1 karticama, niko me nije slušo. Eto sad

Esh · Oct 30, 2007

jeretik said:

http://www.crysis-online.com/forum/index.php?topic=11837.0#msg203789

Toliko o tome.

Kad sam ja govorio da treba preskočit DX10 i DX9.0 kartice mijenjat sa budućim DX10.1 karticama, niko me nije slušo. Eto sad
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sreca pa se salis =)

artemis · Oct 30, 2007

Konacno nakon 11sati skidanja sa free zone,skinuo se demo.
Ide dobro,bez stopanja.Reza 1280x1024 medium/high kombinacija.Cetiri jezgre ne benda ni 1%>>
http://www.max-save.org/viewer.php?id=936049t.jpg
http://www.max-save.org/viewer.php?id=8 ... 201%20.jpg
http://www.max-save.org/viewer.php?id=6 ... 207%20.jpg
I da,AA nema sanse da se ukljuci,jednostavno 2xAA=2fps=slideshow

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