---> XFX GTX 260 868mb 192 Core standalone<--- what do you expect lmao! to run smooth? lMAO!
I run this game maxed 50-55 fps average (Very High, 4msAA, advanced physix and 1080p) that's 5 fps less than i have average in crysis maxed without any mods. And the game looks 10x better on this settings compared to anything seen, which makes it greatly optimized. if you dont see that then you have done soething wrong, playing on console or cant play on high lmao.. the ****? you blind?
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Also, those who play on 1440x900 don't consider yourself gamers anymore and please leave this thread
Riiiiiight, so someone that plays on a certain resolution can't be a gamer? When I was still on my 8600gt's in SLI I couldn't handle 1080p in most games, so on my home TV when playing games I would have it at that resolution, including in clan matches and raids, so I am a gamer, I am a hardcore gamer, so well done at making yourself look like somewhat of a dick by saying that.
I didn't even notice crysis had a storyline (.. lol? ) you're here, then you shoot a bit, then you're there and shoot some more (sarcasm ftw?..).. Yea, i get your point.. it's a 3/6 game becouse the story is weak.
a 500 dollar comp wont run the pc-version of cryengine 3.. Maybe on low, 600x800 or something lol.. Cryengine 3 will most likely be demanding the top hardware to max it out. Yet, very playable and enjoyable at lower res with lower settings, or hopefully for those who can't afford better systems.
I personally wont be statisfied before i can max that game, even if i need to spend another 2000 dollars on my comp to do so..
A $500 system will easily run it, not on high, maybe 1280x1024, maybe on low/medium, but I can see it easily playing it. Crysis would play quite happily on an 8500gt, hell my 8600gt (when I had only had 1) without overclocks in my system would handle it in DX10 on medium settings at 1280x1024. To get the "best" out of it you need higher yea, but that doesn't make it look bad.
You seem like one of those that think you are the best, so rage quit and in games call people noobs because when people prove that you aren't the best, which I imagine would happen fairly often, it does with those like you, because it could never POSSIBLY be you that is playing badly, it must somehow be them, and you go for graphics over gamplay, so would claim that crysis is better than the older, classic, amazing games, simply because they don't look as good
You insulted me before i insulted you, that's a fact. Oh, and that makes it one member. I sincerely apologize if i have insulted anyone else than you, thus so far i can't remember anyone else than you.. Maybe because i just came home after 32 hours without sleep?.. A real gamer cares for graphics, therefore a higher than high-end system is often required in the newer games (exeption of older. you know what i'm talking about.)
Or we can split games into some more parts..
Casual gamer (Just for "fun")
hardcore gamer (spending cash on hardware to play new games)
Enthusiastic gamer (Spends thousands of dollars every year to maintain the possibility to max out games in 1080p or beyond)
(look how nicely those words increase compared to eachother
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I don't think your idea of a gamer works...at all. I am a casual gamer because I play just for fun, otherwise I would care about acchievements and being the best and such and I would never spend my life savings on a computer just to play a game.
I am a hardcore gamer because I spend cash on hardware to play new games and because I play games competatively with clans.
I am not an idiot (or as you put it "enthusiast gamer") because I realise for that money I could go outside with real people, rather than virtual people, in my car, while out I could buy us all a round of drinks, I could then return to my home that I own with my friends/family that I have because I don't sit infront of a screen all day, all because I didn't piss money down the drain on bits of silicon, I spent it on the real world.
I am not big headed and don't mean to brag, but look at my specs in my sig. No, it isn't an overclocked i7, crossfired 5970's, 24GB memory, RAID0 SSDs system, but I still sit at the top of the scoreboards in just about every game, I still top healing/dps in WoW, I still complete any game in respectable times, I am better than the "average" gamer or the "casual" gamer.
You don't have to be some middle/upper class tw*t (not twit) that thinks they are better than everyone because mummy and daddy have money, you can be working class, like me, with debt, like me, with what is really a mid range system, which I have and that I worked damn hard to get, and still game properly.
Where the hell do you get off telling me I am not a gamer and shouldn't call myself that? I enjoy playing games with friends, with my girlfriend, with my family, be it with them in the room having a laugh on the xbox, be it playing on my own, be it in a scrim, no I'm not fortunate to have more money than braincells, so ****ing what, if you think that makes you better than anyone else, you will say that to the wrong person one day and they will give you a ****ing good hiding and I so wish I am there when it happens.
while you are sitting there being a pretensious moron, how about we look up the deffinition of "game" and see if it has the word "graphics" or "overpriced, uneeded system" in it:
# a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game"
# a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours"
# an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games"
# animal hunted for food or sport
# (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
# (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win; "the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game"
# the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
# plot: a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"
# the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game; "the child received several games for his birthday"
# your occupation or line of work; "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz"
# crippled: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
# bet on: place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
# frivolous or trifling behavior; "for actors, memorizing lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games"
# willing to face dange
To get more ON TOPIC THOUGH and away from some stuck up plank:
Crysis 2, much like Crysis was, will go for looks over gameplay. Sure, it will look sweet and be worth playing just for that, once, but it will have near 0 replayability, it will have crap gameplay, it will be bugged as hell because they will try to do too much, it will have a weak storyline, it will be in history simply for "being the best looking game of the time", not for anything good like having the great storyline, having characters you can relate to and get attatched to, having inovative gameplay etc etc