Crysis 3 was officially announced way back in April following a premature leak on EA's Origin the week before. We already know a great deal about the title and the storyline at this point and Crytek even offered up some free alpha trial keys last month but one thing that has remained a mystery up until now was system specifications.
Gamers are no longer in the dark on this category as Crytek has revealed the minimum, recommended and high performance requirements for the PC version of Crysis 3. As you likely have already guessed, you'll need a pretty beefy system in order to play the game with all of the eye candy enabled.
Rather than regurgitate the specifications for each category, they have been reproduced in full below as published on EA's website.
Minimum system operating requirements for PC:
* Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
* DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB Video RAM
* Dual core CPU
* 2GB Memory (3GB on Vista)
* Example 1 (Nvidia/Intel): Nvidia GTS 450, Intel Core2 Duo 2.4 Ghz (E6600)
* Example 2 (AMD): AMD Radeon HD5770, AMD Athlon64 X2 2.7 Ghz (5200+)
Recommended system requirements for PC:
* Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
* DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB Video RAM
* Quad core CPU
* 4GB Memory
* Example 1 (Nvidia/Intel): Nvidia GTX 560, Intel Core i3-530
* Example 2 (AMD): AMD Radeon HD5870, AMD Phenom II X2 565
High performance system requirements for PC:
* Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
* Latest DirectX 11 graphics card
* Latest quad core CPU
* 8GB Memory
* Example 1 (Nvidia/Intel): Nvidia GTX 680, Intel Core i7-2600k
* Example 2 (AMD): AMD Radeon HD7970, AMD Bulldozer FX4150
Granted you already have a DirectX 11 graphics card, odds are that most gamers will at least be able to run the title with minimum graphics. A solid mid-range graphics card appears to be needed for the recommended class while a serious gaming system is likely the only thing that will run Crysis 3 at max settings.
The game is expected to launch in February 2013 for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.