Crysis - Official System Requirements

[Skjalg]

Why would people want to buy a direct x 10 PC if they were going to play direct x 9 games with it?

The world doesn't only consist of rich gaming enthusiasts and developers who are willing and able to spend money on high end hardware :roll:

you'right, obviously. But the people that buy games consists highly of those two.

[Pericolos0]

Why would people want to buy a direct x 10 PC if they were going to play direct x 9 games with it?

The world doesn't only consist of rich gaming enthusiasts and developers who are willing and able to spend money on high end hardware :roll:

you'right, obviously. But the people that buy games consists highly of those two.

Actually thats not true at all.

[Sindwiller]

Why would people want to buy a direct x 10 PC if they were going to play direct x 9 games with it?

The world doesn't only consist of rich gaming enthusiasts and developers who are willing and able to spend money on high end hardware :roll:

you'right, obviously. But the people that buy games consists highly of those two.

Sure, but lots of people still don't have enough money to enjoy Crysis at a high level

[Rick_D]

they need a job then

[insta]

Don't know if everybody has seen this, but voodooextreme posted a comparison of Very High to Low specs on Crysis.

http://ve3d.ign.com/images/fullsize/17453/PC/Crysis

[FrieChamp]

But this is not the philosophy of Crytek. It's not about looking at the clientbase of the competition and build a game optimized for their PCs, this is about setting a new benchmark in FPS gaming (and a new franchise), in the footsteps of FarCry (which was quite hardware demanding back in the days as well). You create a great game and people will buy the equipment to run it, or enjoy it on a smaller scale or a few months later. And it's not like you're going to buy the rig for "just for Crysis", equally demanding games will follow its release sooner or later, but somebody has to give it a head start otherwise everybody is just treading on the same spot!

I agree. Crysis is a pretty awaited/hyped game and even if not that much people actually improve their computer to be able to play it, it'll probably push the computer market one step forward in next-gen hardware features.

When 14yrs old Jimmy goes to the supermarket with his father to buy a family computer for Christmas, he'll ask if it supports the latest next-gen games they are buying aswell. If not, he'll sure convince dad to put in 200€ more and have a computer that'll be on top *for years*!

I think games such as and following Crysis will have a similar (even if lesser) effect that all the Vista-Ready stuff has had on the minimal hardware sold in your local store: a small sticker "Next-gen games ready" might not be out of the question, if it doesn't exist yet somewhere.

That being said, I don't know much about hardware and my computer was cheap 3 years ago, so don't beat me too hard!

No you are right, this is exactly what I mean. Also in response to e-freak's post - many of the people on this board started to play FPS games with half-life and probably even more with games before that, but if you think about today's teenage generations, these guys first action games are halo 2 or Gears of War! The 14 years old (or most likely slightly older..rating *cough*) going to Wal Mart to see what games are available for their new PC.

In fact there is already something like the stickers you are talking about, it's the "Games for Windows" shelf. These games meet special requirements and are tagged by Microsoft, because they realized that the PC as a gaming platform has fallen behind after pushing the X-Box so hard.

Of course all this corporate talk, by the hardware manufacturers, microsoft as OS distributor or Crytek the software developer, is spawned by financial interests, but us gamers profit from the new technology as well.

[Skjalg]

Why would people want to buy a direct x 10 PC if they were going to play direct x 9 games with it?

The world doesn't only consist of rich gaming enthusiasts and developers who are willing and able to spend money on high end hardware :roll:

you'right, obviously. But the people that buy games consists highly of those two.

Actually thats not true at all.

Well, guess my opinion is a little biased since I'm from Norway and every kid I know could go into the "rich gaming enthusiast" group...