Minimum PC system requirements revealed for Crysis 2

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1. February 3, 2011 12:34 PM
   

   red1776, Omnipotent Ruler of the Universe, said:

   SNGX1275 said:

   There were plenty of great games without great graphics.

   There were, one of my favorites was a game called 'Amber' it used graduating stills, First person point and click, much live Riven/Myst did.

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2. February 3, 2011 5:27 PM
   Guest said:

   I have a question, mi hardware is a C64 (1 Mhz clock) with a 1541 diskette drive 5 1/4" and a 14" TV, can i play with a reasonable FPS???

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3. February 3, 2011 7:42 PM
   

   captaincranky, TechSpot Addict, said:

   I have a question, mi hardware is a C64 (1 Mhz clock) with a 1541 diskette drive 5 1/4" and a 14" TV, can i play with a reasonable FPS???

   Oh goody, another drive by comedy attack......

   No sorry, these games under discussion, (Crysis and Metro 2033), have only been ported to the Atari 800.

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4. February 4, 2011 5:47 AM
   

   Sarcasm said:

   Guest said:

   Nice fail links there :|

   Yeah I know, damn it.

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5. February 4, 2011 6:01 AM
   Guest said:

   on February 2, 2011

   8:05 AM Back in 2007 when first Crysis was released, there was no available hardware capable of running the game maxed out. After two years only (2009) we started to have power CPU and GPU powerful enough to let us experience what is Crysis with maximum details at 1080p.

   These minimum reqs for Crysis 2 are ridiculous. You won't be able to play it, not even the first one if you haven't yet.

   After being a gamer for more than 20 years, I simply ignore the minimum requirements.

   Go get yourself a treat and buy a LGA 1366 platform, overclock the CPU and definitely go for a SLI or CrossfireX.

   Don't forget the big display (Full HD standard, i.e. 1080p) and a 5.1 or 7.1 Surround Sound System (pump up the volume!) [great sound card required as well].

   Then, you'll experience the real Crysis!

   Do you think you'll be ablt to play Crysis 2 in 3D with the minimum hardware required? Really?

   The PC games are so great these days you can't rely on minimum specs to enjoy them!

   Cheers!

   Dude, crysis was not runnable on 2007 pc hardware, not because it WAS SOO GREAT... it was because of **** **** **** optimisation..

   honestly have you ever tried out the cfg and full settings.ini hacks and mods???

   With them, under DX9using cfg hack and some careful tweaking of settings.ini(like edge aa, it's wonderful, put to 4x and disable in-game aa otherwise) the game looked a lot lot lot i repeat LOT better than under DX10 maxed out settings.

   The difference being one game better frame rate and even betetr visuals, the other showed shoddy coding.

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6. February 4, 2011 10:28 AM
   

   DAOWAce said:

   Steve said:

   I know what you guys mean, those systems wont play the original

   Wrong. I played through Crysis and Warhead with a 3850 AGP GPU and an Athlon x2 CPU on medium-high tweaked settings. (20-25 FPS @ 1024x768)

   Those specs will be fine for MINIMUM requirements in Crysis 2

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7. February 4, 2011 10:29 AM
   i3rucei3ruce said:

   Guest said:

   Back in 2007 when first Crysis was released, there was no available hardware capable of running the game maxed out. After two years only (2009) we started to have power CPU and GPU powerful enough to let us experience what is Crysis with maximum details at 1080p.

   These minimum reqs for Crysis 2 are ridiculous. You won't be able to play it, not even the first one if you haven't yet.

   After being a gamer for more than 20 years, I simply ignore the minimum requirements.

   Go get yourself a treat and buy a LGA 1366 platform, overclock the CPU and definitely go for a SLI or CrossfireX.

   Don't forget the big display (Full HD standard, i.e. 1080p) and a 5.1 or 7.1 Surround Sound System (pump up the volume!) [great sound card required as well].

   Then, you'll experience the real Crysis!

   Do you think you'll be ablt to play Crysis 2 in 3D with the minimum hardware required? Really?

   The PC games are so great these days you can't rely on minimum specs to enjoy them!

   Cheers!

   Actually, I have a system weaker than the min req. for Crysis 2, and it played Crysis 1 on medium settings. And you definitely can rely on the minimum specs to enjoy them... College kids across the US are playing StarCraft 2 on their $500 laptops. And loving every minute of it. And some people just don't care about 3d. So that extra money isn't worth it to many. I'd be willing to bet that even though I have a system weaker than the minimum required, I will be playing Crysis 2 on all low settings. I might not be getting everything out of it the game, but I'll still play it and have fun.

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8. February 4, 2011 10:43 AM
   

   red1776, Omnipotent Ruler of the Universe, said:

   Dude, crysis was not runnable on 2007 pc hardware, not because it WAS SOO GREAT... it was because of **** **** **** optimisation..

   I will be the first to admit that I would not know bad coding if it bit me on the ***, but I am not so sure bout that. Now that I have the hardware it runs smoothly way over 60+ FPS at 1920 x 1080, It could be that it was true when they said that 'very high' and 'enthusiast' was written for future hardware.

   With them, under DX9using cfg hack and some careful tweaking of settings.ini(like edge aa, it's wonderful, put to 4x and disable in-game aa otherwise) the game looked a lot lot lot i repeat LOT better than under DX10 maxed out settings.

   If you are speaking of the same tweaks that I am familiar with, they modify things like blur,max shooters, DOF, view range etc, in effect lowering the settings., not 'fixing the code'.

   I would like to hear from someone who knows if in fact which is true, poorly coded...or ahead of its time.

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9. February 4, 2011 11:01 AM
   Zaim said:

   The minimum requirements look pretty low, lol wonder what the recommend specs will be. quad core @4ghz with 8gb ram and a GTX 580+ :P

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10. February 4, 2011 3:42 PM
    otester said:

    Hope they set it as high as possible, GPU market needs a good kicking.

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11. February 5, 2011 3:44 AM
    

    siiix said:

    LOL wonder how many years it will take before they make a game that actually needs a hardware upgrade, this will be a good game for a change but damn even this only needs 3-4 year old hardware, developers are REALLY pathetic this day

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12. February 5, 2011 7:07 AM
    otester said:

    LOL wonder how many years it will take before they make a game that actually needs a hardware upgrade, this will be a good game for a change but damn even this only needs 3-4 year old hardware, developers are REALLY pathetic this day

    It's another console port, that's why it's so low.

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13. February 5, 2011 8:49 AM
    

    MaXtor said:

    Sure they will, I played through the first with an 8800 and mostly high settings.

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14. February 6, 2011 5:03 PM
    compu4 said:

    Steve said:

    I know what you guys mean, those systems wont play the original

    What the heck are you talking about? The original would run on a 6800gt for god's sake. It would not look pretty, but it would run.

    http://www.gamespot.com/features/6182806/p-5.html

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15. February 6, 2011 8:17 PM
    Guest said:

    I don't have a problem at all with the minimum specs except the GPU. 3850 or higher eh? I currently have a 5570 and I don't game at high resolutions anyway. I'll try to get away with it and force Crysis 2 to play on my system but if it really is unplayable then I guess it's time for a better video card.

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16. March 2, 2011 10:55 AM
    

    isamuelson said:

    On my XMD X3 720BE (with the 4th core unlocked) and no overclocking and using an AMD 5750 video card, the demo runs smooth on the Advanced setting at 1280x1024 (don't have widescreen).

    Of course, that was with just me on the server and no one else. Have to try tonight with other people (and watch getting my butt spanked royally) and see the performance.

    I already pre-ordered my copy via Steam.

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17. March 2, 2011 11:02 AM
    

    isamuelson said:

    isamuelson said:

    On my XMD X3 720BE (with the 4th core unlocked) and no overclocking and using an AMD 5750 video card, the demo runs smooth on the Advanced setting at 1280x1024 (don't have widescreen).

    Of course, that was with just me on the server and no one else. Have to try tonight with other people (and watch getting my butt spanked royally) and see the performance.

    I already pre-ordered my copy via Steam.

    Oops, I meant AMD Phenom II X3, not XMD.

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