Crysis_hardware Wish List

[Jdbody]

Guys that crysis game looks mind blowing.....

What system setup do think will eat that game up?

I need suggestion on my upgrade..can you say, "MAMMOTH SYSTEM?!!!

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

Core 2 Duo - E6600
2 x 1GB G.Skill DDR2 800 Ram (in my sig)
eVGA 680i mobo
eVGA 8800gtx (or r600?)
700w OCZ Powerstream PSU

 

[SlipSlice]

Core 2 Duo - E6600
2 x 1GB G.Skill DDR2 800 Ram (in my sig)
eVGA 680i mobo
eVGA 8800gtx (or r600?)
700w OCZ Powerstream PSU

Yea that setup should definately eat that game up. lol, and even better if you could SLi them someday when you get some more money.

 

[HookeyStreet]

Guys that crysis game looks mind blowing.....

What system setup do think will eat that game up?

I need suggestion on my upgrade..can you say, "MAMMOTH SYSTEM?!!!

Yeah that game is going to be a resource hungry beast

 

[SpoonMuffin]

um, the game was demoed with x19*0 cards and they say it already runs VERY well on them, the games not even optimized yet(makes a huge diffrance)

theres no point buying crazy expincive hardware when you can get parts that caust far less and will game just as well.

im quite sure crysis will run on my current rig at 1600x1200

 

[Casheti]

um, the game was demoed with x19*0 cards

Proof? I'd like to see this...

By the way...what IS your rig?

I bet I could run it 1600x1200 easy... I wish

 

[technicks]

The game won't be released for another 4/5 months. So save your money for then.

 

[SpoonMuffin]

x1900xtx ,3500+ at 3016mhz, 3gb ddr2, and a bunch of other stuff google around, its not a secrete, crysis was demod on x19*0 cards, they said as much in interviews!!!!

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/05/11/crysis_playtest/

[quoteWe saw it running in Direct X 9 mode, and Crytek suggested that DX10 would not bring much more to the table other than increased performance for cards that support it. [/quote]


or

http://digitalbattle.com/2006/07/23/crysis-system-requirements-released/

Crysis System Requirements Released
July 23rd, 2006 by Tobias Dahl in Action, Online, Technology, PC, Rumor, Software, Multiplayer

Crysis is a highly anticipated PC shooter, mostly because of its stunning visuals. But the better they look, the more demanding they are, any PC gamer will tell you that. An admin posted the hardware requirements on the official Crysis forums. Although pure speculation, the admin claims he has researched a lot in order to get the requirements. Sounds pretty accurate, considering it’s Crysis;

Minimum Requirements

CPU: Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8ghz
Graphics: Nvidia 6600/X800GTO (SM 2.0)
RAM: 768Mb/1Gb on Windows Vista
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 256k+
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX9.0c with Windows XP


Recommended Requirements

CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)
Graphics: Nvidia 7800GTX/ATI X1800XT (SM 3.0) or DX10 equivalent
RAM: 1.5Gb
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX10 with Windows Vista

google your self cash, really the codes far from optimized even at this point, they are still working on that, the one thing i may want to do is get an x2, but by the time the games readly avalable k8l will be just just about in my system
all the phsycs are dont without a ppu!!!!

 

[Protius]

even with the x19x0's it looked like the game was chuging a little

 

[SpoonMuffin]

the joys of unoptimized code, look at oblivion, its a great example of unoptimized code, where a compotent company to optimize it/make it the game would run 10x as good or better on current hardware, but i digress

 

[Casheti]

That looked sweet for DX9. Wow...maybe I should just get an X1950 Pro?

 

[xman2007]

That looked sweet for DX9. Wow...maybe I should just get an X1950 Pro?

thats what i think im planning on getting one myself (x1950pro) as soon as ive sold my system and a xfire mobo for when i can afford another

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Hardware: We saw the game running on an Intel Extreme Edition dual core processor, 2GB of RAM and X1900 CrossFire. The frame rate was very good, considering the fact this is still relatively early code

i cant wait for this game.

 

[Casheti]

I wish my PC would blow up. So then I wouldn't have to deal with it's shit anymore.

 

[SpoonMuffin]

Processor: Pentium D 920 2.8GHz Dual Core (Not Stock For Much Longer)
Motherboard: ASUS P5LP-LE Micro ATX (ASUS P5B Deluxe In A Month Or Less)
Cooling: 4x 80mm Case Fans (2x intake, 2x extraction) 1x120mm Extraction, Akasa AK-961 CPU Cooler LED Version
Memory: 2GB (4x 512's) DDR2 533MHz PC 4300 Running In Dual Channel Mode 4-4-4-12 FSBRAM 3:4
Video Card: 256MB SAPPHIRE RADEON X850XT GDDR3 PCI-EXPRESS OVERCLOCKED 576/634 ATi Silencer 5 Idle 36*C
Harddisk: Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 320GB (7200 RPM) SATA 117.8MB/s
CD/DVD Drive: TSSTcorp TS-H552D Dual Layer DVD+/- ReWriter (Broken Motor, Still Works)
CRT/LCD Model: 19" LG FLATRON M1917TM With 8MS Response Time And 700:1 Contrast Ratio (1280x1024 @ 60Hz)
Case: Cooler Master Wave Master Gaming Case No Window
Sound Card: Integrated Realtek HD Audio ALC882 With 7.1 Output (Kinda Broken) (Muwhahaha Not For Long)
PSU: Hiper Type R 480W Dual +12V Rails
Software: Microsoft Windows XP Home Service Pack 2

so do i, honestly, netburst=the devil

 

[Scavar]

If you have the money, there is no reason to not get an 8800GTX/GTS, otherwise it would only make sense to wait to upgrade.

GS: Tell us about the special features in Direct3D 10 that Crysis will make use of. For instance, how, if at all, will the game make use of Shader Model 4.0? Where will we see instances of this new technology in the game--enhanced animated reflections on shiny surfaces, more-detailed textures, and so on?

CY: In general, we utilize the new interface of D3D10 to get better performance. We also use geometry shaders with texture arrays to accelerate shadow map and particle generation. We now can develop render algorithms easier because of the big guaranteed feature set of D3D10. For example, with DX9, the limited number of interpolators often prevented shader optimizations. There are many more useful features we want to utilize as well, such as texture lookups in vertex and geometry shader, stream out, and integer math. D3D10 hardware is now required to do high-quality texture filtering, which can result in better shading quality (such as specular effects or reflections).

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/crysis/news.html?sid=6163791 They talk a little bit more about it in the interview, but it still seems like playing it on DX10 will be better. I can't remember the place now, but I know they said that they are currently using 8800s in their systems.

 

[SpoonMuffin]

whats funny to me is that farcry ran better on ati cards then nvidia cards even ones that where supposedly better(ps3 for example)

i have a feeling this will be true when crysis comes out, r600 will be faster then the nvidia equivlant, also it dosnt make sence to wait 6-9months to get a new card if you want to game now and cant afford/are unwilling to pay for an 8800, the x1950pro or 19*0xt cards are a great choice, and again, read all the reports on crysis, crytech is very clear to point out that the games code had not be optimized yet, it was early pre optimized code.

its just one of those things that if you where a beta tester for games you would understand, early beta versions are normaly very poorly optimized or totaly unoptimized, then they spend alot of time making small changes to improve perf without hurting quility, then they boost quilty a bit and optimize some more to get more perf back with even higher quility.
it takes time to do it properly, halflife2 tho not one of my favorite gams my any masure, IS a great example of optimizing code, they spend over a year optimizing and tweaking code so it could run good on dx7,dx8 and dx9 hardware, try hl2 with a classic geforce mx card, it plays better then you would belive, and has good quility for a card that old, then try a gf3/gf4/radeon card, quility booosts and perfs still excelent, then get a fx card, oh wait, thats dx8 to ,then try say a 9700 and it still runs very good, i saw alot of the betas, i have a friend who was in the beta, buggy and crashprone in the begining, slowly got better then when the stabilty was good and quility on current hardware( he had a 4200ti@4800clocks) they started optimizing a bit at a time, eventuly the game got to the point where he could raise the res to its max and get 60+fps(max for his monotor was like 1280x1024) where as b4 it barly got 30fps at 800x600(but still for the day the water was STUNNING!!!!) .
had more beta leeks happened more people would have see the improvments, but valve was very good at keeping that from happening(well after they faked the code leek anyway lol)

i expect this game to be no diffrent other then i dont think crytech to leak code then use that as an excuse to not relece the game for another year, i expect them to relece it fairly well optimized then patch it up even more, like they did with farcry, you can add HDR to AA /AA to HDR FREE in farcry under current patches as long as you have an x1k card (i drop at most 2fps by adding 4xaa to HDR7 )

im sure that crysis is being tested on current, past and future hardware, manytimes hardware companys have sent developers products that havent been sent to retail yet so that those companys can take advantage of the new kool fetures of that hardware
or in the case of nvidia they also use to pay to have degraded code pathes made for ati cards(tiger woods golf game for example, for ati owners you needed to "fake" having an nvidia card to get decent image quility)

 

[Casheti]

Honestly, netburst=the devil

My baby needs a board to clock with

This P5B seems very far away...more than a month...

 

[SpoonMuffin]

i disslike my asus board, got it because my buddy got one at the same time(both open box from the egg for 68bucks) its a PITA and asus dosnt EVER respond to questions/bug reports, i get better support for my 39$ biostar socket754 board!!!!

next time biostar,epox,or even ECS!!!!

you may want to look at the biostar tforce 775 boards, have seen alot of good reports about them, tho i dont do intel 423-775 here
http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/sis-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum;f=33
i know 2 people using them both have used the rebelshaven moded bios and regular ones, no problems overclocking with decent or even cheap ddr2

like this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138037

or the epox board(good clocking and support in my not so limmited exp(epox will go the extra mile if you ever have a problem)
its 124 at the egg, cheaper then the asus

http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/sis-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=33;t=000001

take a look and read the reviews at the egg, seems its been avalable in the uk for a decent ammount of time!!!!!!

alwase remmber tho, take the reviews with a grain of salt, specly the bad ones, alot of really stupid people buy at the egg and then blame products for problems they causes(a moron on the review list"fred" sounds like hes got a crappy PSU thats blowing the boards!!!!)
also remmber if you email biostar its gonna take a few days(a week at most) to get a first responce, small staff but also very helpfull, as long as your clear with your problem and not rude they will do their best to help you out, they sent my buddy new accessory kit for his openbox tforce6100board(great overclocker!!!!!)

i know other boards have done better, but they cost alot more as well and with asus you can be assured piss poor support and SLOW rma times( took them 6 weeks on the last 2 boards i rmaed at work, almost 2 months on the x800xt pe i sent back in a couple years ago!!!! bad bad bad, biostar, 2-4 week tornaround is avrage, depends on the product, boards normaly they get them out VERY fast, got tforce6100 am2 boards i sent back in 12days(cheap psu's a co-worker used...well ex coworker, used blew and took out the boards) and biostar even sent us back the tforce version not the cheapo version!!!!! i was quite pleased, as where the people who got the almost free upgrade(cost 25bucks shiping for the boards)

 

[Casheti]

To be honest I've heard great things about the P5B Deluxe and can't wait to get it. It's just the freakin' money I think it has the best bang for the buck considering all the features and it overclocks like a mofo. I trust ASUS And it has 2X PCI-E slots.

 

[SpoonMuffin]

hehe yeah, i trust asus to not respond to my emails/requests with more then a formletter tellng me to call my dealer, and to not update drivers to fix known problems that even the chip maker knows about and has fixed!!!!
(ADI1988 audio driver buggs)

 

[Easy Rhino]

why should anyone spend a butt load of money to play 1 game?

 

[Casheti]

Because they're forced to.

 

[pt]

i disslike my asus board, got it because my buddy got one at the same time(both open box from the egg for 68bucks) its a PITA and asus dosnt EVER respond to questions/bug reports, i get better support for my 39$ biostar socket754 board!!!!

next time biostar,epox,or even ECS!!!!

you may want to look at the biostar tforce 775 boards, have seen alot of good reports about them, tho i dont do intel 423-775 here
http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/sis-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum;f=33
i know 2 people using them both have used the rebelshaven moded bios and regular ones, no problems overclocking with decent or even cheap ddr2

like this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138037

or the epox board(good clocking and support in my not so limmited exp(epox will go the extra mile if you ever have a problem)
its 124 at the egg, cheaper then the asus

http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/sis-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=33;t=000001

take a look and read the reviews at the egg, seems its been avalable in the uk for a decent ammount of time!!!!!!

alwase remmber tho, take the reviews with a grain of salt, specly the bad ones, alot of really stupid people buy at the egg and then blame products for problems they causes(a moron on the review list"fred" sounds like hes got a crappy PSU thats blowing the boards!!!!)
also remmber if you email biostar its gonna take a few days(a week at most) to get a first responce, small staff but also very helpfull, as long as your clear with your problem and not rude they will do their best to help you out, they sent my buddy new accessory kit for his openbox tforce6100board(great overclocker!!!!!)


i know other boards have done better, but they cost alot more as well and with asus you can be assured piss poor support and SLOW rma times( took them 6 weeks on the last 2 boards i rmaed at work, almost 2 months on the x800xt pe i sent back in a couple years ago!!!! bad bad bad, biostar, 2-4 week tornaround is avrage, depends on the product, boards normaly they get them out VERY fast, got tforce6100 am2 boards i sent back in 12days(cheap psu's a co-worker used...well ex coworker, used blew and took out the boards) and biostar even sent us back the tforce version not the cheapo version!!!!! i was quite pleased, as where the people who got the almost free upgrade(cost 25bucks shiping for the boards)

not a bad board casheti

 

[Casheti]

Where's the dual PCI-E??