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Buy A PC Beast, Crysis 3 System Requirements Will Be High
Written by: Warmice
Published on: Aug-16 18:05

Related: Crysis 3

According to CEO of Crytek, Cevat Yerli, Crysis 3 will utilize the full potential of high-end PC's. We already know Crytek is capable of doing this, as the original Crysis was used as a benchmark for gaming up until about 18 months ago.

Crysis had wonderful graphics for the time, however only a small group of people were able to play the game due to it's heavy requirements...

Yerli announced this at the Gamescom which is going on right now. He said the following:

"The fans have their expectations of the PC-version of Crysis 3 sky-high, so we promise the PC-hardware will be utilized to it's full potential. We don't want the PC version to be the vicitm of the console versions. We will do everything we can on the consoles so we can make sure the PC-version will be present."

Crytek has already shown us they are one of the best developers in the world with their previous games, and they claim to make the third one even intenser. Where the first game was a piece of art on the PC, the second part looked amazing on the consoles (and the same on the PC). If they deliver what they promise, Crysis 3 will be another piece of art Crytek is known for.

Crysis 3 is scheduled for release February 2013 on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, the PC version will follow later. The game is currently playable at Gamescom in the EA stand.

So will you upgrade your PC rig to play Crysis 3?




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AvatarIsak
18:48 Nov-04-2012

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This game gonna be the strongest and most requsted game ever!
Core2Quad
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gtx670 or gtx680 recommended and minimum gtx460 :) maybe just guessing :)
tzzsmk
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I think HD6750 minimum, HD7850 recommended :Đ
gregsuarez
15:15 Aug-29-2012

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I didn't think we'd see a game that recommends a GTX 600 series GeForce for at least another 18 months, but the way Crytek is talking up this game's graphics, maybe it that will come sooner. But MNour makes a good point in the posts right below this one, so you should check it out...
Core2Quad
05:08 Sep-01-2012

minimum gts450 and recommended like gtx560 or gtx570 :)
tzzsmk
13:25 Sep-05-2012

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recommended might be GTX660Ti :Đ
Tadas1998
21:35 Aug-27-2012

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If crysis 2 requirements was pretty high , I can't say , no I even can't imagine how high will be crysis 3 requirements ...
MNour
21:49 Aug-27-2012

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Something near the GTX 580 as the recommended and a GTS 250 minimum is what I'd bet my money on. But who knows right now? :D
gregsuarez
22:43 Aug-27-2012

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Crytek has been showing the game running with GTX 680s, so that should give you some indication of the power required.
MNour
06:43 Aug-28-2012

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I know, but I think they were hitting over 60 FPS with it. I still believe a GTX 580 would max it out. Lets wait and see :D
MrPerryTP
07:45 Aug-25-2012

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Just imagine that Crytek fails to make a good port to the PC :3
GTA IV all over again :)
Naveen2195
16:07 Aug-26-2012

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Hope it is well optimised, even though it is demanding :)
MNour
22:06 Aug-26-2012

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I dunno.. Crytek originally had Crysis made as a PC exclusive, so I think it wont be hard making a port for the PC :D
GAMER1998
14:06 Aug-27-2012

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Husshh!! Don't ever s-say th-that! :D
Rainbah
19:09 Aug-24-2012

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So...will i be able to play it? Or should i upgrade my pc?
tzzsmk
19:10 Aug-24-2012

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nobody can say yet:)
gregsuarez
19:18 Aug-24-2012

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He's right... it could be another six months before we know the official specs. Plus, it all depends on how much this ONE game means to you. Spend the money to upgrade if you have a fever and the only cure is more Crysis. Otherwise, you'll probably get away with playing it at lowered settings.
tzzsmk
19:21 Aug-24-2012

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and as you mentioned upgrading, I have a "quote":
is it worth the money you pay for upgrade??
tybyhunter
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the specs for this game should be at least 30% bigger than crysis 2...so if crysis 2 works at medium settings on a rig then crysis 3 will work theoreticaly at low...
jelte1234
14:01 Sep-27-2012

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so, since my rig scores 40% over the requirements for crysis 2 in graphics it should be fine on high/ultra? ( and, does that mean I could run crysis on high and low simultaneously? is there any way to do internal lan?)
tybyhunter
18:02 Aug-24-2012

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i don' think that i will need an upgrade to my rig to play this game...it should work at least at high maybe ultra...
tzzsmk
18:06 Aug-24-2012

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that's not funny:)
adolphite
13:17 Aug-24-2012

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GMA 3100 babe
tzzsmk
13:24 Aug-24-2012

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hahaa, Crysis 3 is not worthy your mighty rig:)
dorklord
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You expect to play it on THAT rig???
No offense but I don't think it would get past the installation.:P
tzzsmk
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LoL most dumb installer has TW1:
I can run TW2 on my rig, but TW1 setup says "you don't meet minimum reqs..."
*it's some Intel HD gfx incompatibility I guess:)
adolphite
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hahahahahahahahaha
Awais643
23:24 Aug-23-2012

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there is barely a difference b/w med and high settings,so dnt upgrade ur pc
alt639
23:29 Aug-23-2012

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Medium in BF3, High in BF3. That's a fairly noticeable difference, at least for me.
tzzsmk
08:11 Aug-24-2012

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LoL medium looks better on those images :Đ
GAMER1998
11:04 Aug-24-2012

hahahaha :DD BTW there's barely a difference..
tzzsmk
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on medium, shadows look blurry, seems more real to me:)
dorklord
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the difference I see is shadow and high looks more realistic and sharp. :)
debat0r
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They should just make a mode that utilises the console graphics, for lower end machines and a normal pc graphics version for the high end pcs...
tzzsmk
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good thinking:)
MNour
09:56 Aug-23-2012

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The mode that utilities the console graphics is called "Low" :D
tzzsmk
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but sometimes "low" makes the game look worse that one might expect:)
MNour
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Not really since advanced gaming engines still look beautiful even with lowered texture work. Take BF3 or Crysis 2 for example :D
tzzsmk
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LoL take any newer NFS, it's awful...
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:D:D:D Lolzz
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For some rigs 'low' is still too high, that's what I meant.
tzzsmk
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exactly:Đ
Tadas1998
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why game developers do not realize that many people do not have a powerful computer, so can not afford such a game that requires a lot. so just very good optimize game and then many peoples will able to run this game :)
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Yeah there are millions out there who still roll on an overclocked pentium 4 , true story. Like i said, this game is just a cash in for the graphics card developers.
Naveen2195
14:05 Aug-22-2012

there is much chance for 'deal' between gfx nand game developers.:(
they must try to optimise the game at its max to make it run on low rigs......
also graphics is a neccessity for Games like 'crysis'..
game makers only try to improve graphics than their previous
games....
here,they want to make it more realistic than crysis 2 .....
Tero
19:47 Aug-23-2012

Yeah they're showing off the new engine ;)
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