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Crysis 3 PC System Requirements Detailed
Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/03/2012 10:19 AM | 75 comment(s) ]
The much anticipated and upcoming Crysis 3 specs / requirements now have been released. So you can start your 'But wil it run Crysis' puns again :) EA has provided the system requirements for the third installment of Crytek's first-person shooter. Set for a February 2013 release. The first-person shooter will require a Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 operating system in addition to needing a Dual core CPU and at least 2 GB of memory in order to run. For the best performance, the publisher suggests the latest DirectX 11 graphics card and quad core CPU with 8 GB of memory.
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 Operating 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
Hi-Performance PC Specifications:
- 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
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So after yesterdays public oozing of Beta keys,
Crysis 3 Alpha Trial Keys available - 10/31/2012 09:31 AM
NVIDIA have worked with EA to offer some exclusive Crysis 3 Alpha Trial keys available on GeForce.co.uk – there’s only 5000 and once they’ve gone that’s it! First come, first served. the first 5,000 people who sign up starting at 8am UK time / 9am CET on October 31st, 2012. Play will begin on November 2nd and will proceed until November 10th.
Crysis 3 Multiplayer Introduction Video - 10/10/2012 05:18 AM
n this Crysis 3 video, Producer Mike Read explains some of the new gameplay elements introduced to the Multiplayer of Crysis 3. Tactically adapt to any combat scenario with the stealth and armor abili...
New Crysis 3 trailer out - 09/19/2012 05:41 AM
Crytek and Electronic Arts have released a new trailer for their upcoming FPS title, Crysis 3. The game is currently planned for a February 2013 release, and the PC version will feature - among other ...
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#4471435 Posted on: 12/04/2012 11:05 PM
Come on, surely my eye strain comment made it obvious that i don't consider 60fps to be identical to 30fps, framerate and visual fidelity are not the same thing.
It's like your trying to argue that a screenshot from a game running at 60fps will look better than a screenshot from a game at 30fps.
Attention all 570 owners, this GPU has a 30fps framerate cap, lets petition Nvidia
What do you know about what i can or cannot afford, i just wasn't 100% convinced by any of the Kepler cards, the 690 is a huge waste of money that due to the 256bit bus and 2GB of vram will absolutely crumble with Crysis 3 and again with Metro Last Light and probably every other compute heavy game that is out in 2013.
2 7970's would be much better and much cheaper.
Anyway, my original point about Crysis 3 is that it won't be a port and even if it was, who cares when the footage we have saw shows that it look far beyond any other game we have ever saw.
Whine on Redemption Whine on.....
Come on, surely my eye strain comment made it obvious that i don't consider 60fps to be identical to 30fps, framerate and visual fidelity are not the same thing.
It's like your trying to argue that a screenshot from a game running at 60fps will look better than a screenshot from a game at 30fps.
Attention all 570 owners, this GPU has a 30fps framerate cap, lets petition Nvidia
What do you know about what i can or cannot afford, i just wasn't 100% convinced by any of the Kepler cards, the 690 is a huge waste of money that due to the 256bit bus and 2GB of vram will absolutely crumble with Crysis 3 and again with Metro Last Light and probably every other compute heavy game that is out in 2013.
2 7970's would be much better and much cheaper.
Anyway, my original point about Crysis 3 is that it won't be a port and even if it was, who cares when the footage we have saw shows that it look far beyond any other game we have ever saw.
Whine on Redemption Whine on.....
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#4471442 Posted on: 12/04/2012 11:19 PM
I plan on it
I plan on it
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#4471463 Posted on: 12/04/2012 11:53 PM
i dont get it, im running I7 2600k, 8gb 1600mhz RAM, GTX 570 1.2GB sli and windows 7 x64 and crysis 2 with all the gubbins and maldo plus FXAA with 32xCSAA and 2xSparsgrid runs a constant 60 fps for me, this is running @ 1920x1080
how are most of you running so bad?
even alpha crysis 3 was smooth for me, take farcry 3, maxed out im getting 50fps altho al move to one are it drops to 20fps then move out of that area its back to 50fps during gunfights so i took MSAA off and everything else maxed and constant over 60fps.
i dont get it, im running I7 2600k, 8gb 1600mhz RAM, GTX 570 1.2GB sli and windows 7 x64 and crysis 2 with all the gubbins and maldo plus FXAA with 32xCSAA and 2xSparsgrid runs a constant 60 fps for me, this is running @ 1920x1080
how are most of you running so bad?
even alpha crysis 3 was smooth for me, take farcry 3, maxed out im getting 50fps altho al move to one are it drops to 20fps then move out of that area its back to 50fps during gunfights so i took MSAA off and everything else maxed and constant over 60fps.
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#4471465 Posted on: 12/04/2012 11:54 PM
I dont even wanna know what Veteran would have to say about someone with a card under a GTX 570... I personally dont GIVE A F*CK if a game is a port as long as it we pc gamers get it. I mean even if its a little Black OPS 2 is dx11 and even free to play fps are dx11. Just seems like so many now just have so much time to cry and complain or bicker without some form of a proper discussion.
I personally look forward to what Crysis 3 will be like. I liked Crysis 2 even without dx11 at first.
I dont even wanna know what Veteran would have to say about someone with a card under a GTX 570... I personally dont GIVE A F*CK if a game is a port as long as it we pc gamers get it. I mean even if its a little Black OPS 2 is dx11 and even free to play fps are dx11. Just seems like so many now just have so much time to cry and complain or bicker without some form of a proper discussion.
I personally look forward to what Crysis 3 will be like. I liked Crysis 2 even without dx11 at first.
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#4471487 Posted on: 12/05/2012 12:18 AM
I dont even wanna know what Veteran would have to say about someone with a card under a GTX 570... I personally dont GIVE A F*CK if a game is a port as long as it we pc gamers get it. I mean even if its a little Black OPS 2 is dx11 and even free to play fps are dx11. Just seems like so many now just have so much time to cry and complain or bicker without some form of a proper discussion.
I personally look forward to what Crysis 3 will be like. I liked Crysis 2 even without dx11 at first.
Actually i wouldnt have said anything, Dont matter to me neither do i care what card that you or anybody else has as it does nothing for my gaming experience.
However go back and read post 57 as i was making a valid point.
I dont even wanna know what Veteran would have to say about someone with a card under a GTX 570... I personally dont GIVE A F*CK if a game is a port as long as it we pc gamers get it. I mean even if its a little Black OPS 2 is dx11 and even free to play fps are dx11. Just seems like so many now just have so much time to cry and complain or bicker without some form of a proper discussion.
I personally look forward to what Crysis 3 will be like. I liked Crysis 2 even without dx11 at first.
Actually i wouldnt have said anything, Dont matter to me neither do i care what card that you or anybody else has as it does nothing for my gaming experience.
However go back and read post 57 as i was making a valid point.
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#4471506 Posted on: 12/05/2012 12:31 AM
Actually i wouldnt have said anything, Dont matter to me neither do i care what card that you or anybody else has as it does nothing for my gaming experience.
However go back and read post 57 as i was making a valid point.
I have read it. Thanks for assuming I have done none of the latter, problem with text on a screen is the lack of emotion put into reading text to show sarcasm at any extent. Though maybe I could have mustered up enough wit to possibly portray that in my post.
Its all good either way. Just was stating how things have come across and been around the internet forums for the last 3 or 4 years now.
Actually i wouldnt have said anything, Dont matter to me neither do i care what card that you or anybody else has as it does nothing for my gaming experience.
However go back and read post 57 as i was making a valid point.
I have read it. Thanks for assuming I have done none of the latter, problem with text on a screen is the lack of emotion put into reading text to show sarcasm at any extent. Though maybe I could have mustered up enough wit to possibly portray that in my post.
Its all good either way. Just was stating how things have come across and been around the internet forums for the last 3 or 4 years now.
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#4471517 Posted on: 12/05/2012 12:44 AM
So no x64 version? It should really be the standard in 2013. I'm guessing no Directx 11.1 either!...
The
Interesting in the requirements they list Vista even in the hi-spec category where they also list the HD7970/Gtx 680 and i7-2600K etc.
In that sense, it is interesting they list the i7-2600K, and not the i5-2500K. It's also interesting they list the i7-2600K and the AMD FX4150. I realise they are only examples, but one would think the i5-2500K would be a better suit.
Hmm, im confused. Dont the sysreq say something about more that 4gb of ram.
To those saying there are to many ports lately, i agree. (Play Transformers FOC - best port ever seriously osum!!)
The days of STALKER (rip) and Crysis were the last and dying days of PC dev love imo.
So no x64 version? It should really be the standard in 2013. I'm guessing no Directx 11.1 either!...
The
only
reason why some Directx 11.1 features were backported to Windows 7, despite Microsoft's original claims, is that they know there would be zero developer support for it if it were limited to just Windows 8. Even with support on Windows 7, it will be hard pressed to find Directx 11.1 games I think.
Interesting in the requirements they list Vista even in the hi-spec category where they also list the HD7970/Gtx 680 and i7-2600K etc.
In that sense, it is interesting they list the i7-2600K, and not the i5-2500K. It's also interesting they list the i7-2600K and the AMD FX4150. I realise they are only examples, but one would think the i5-2500K would be a better suit.
Hmm, im confused. Dont the sysreq say something about more that 4gb of ram.
To those saying there are to many ports lately, i agree. (Play Transformers FOC - best port ever seriously osum!!)
The days of STALKER (rip) and Crysis were the last and dying days of PC dev love imo.
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#4471548 Posted on: 12/05/2012 01:15 AM
Hmm, im confused. Dont the sysreq say something about more that 4gb of ram.
To those saying there are to many ports lately, i agree. (Play Transformers FOC - best port ever seriously osum!!)
The days of STALKER (rip) and Crysis were the last and dying days of PC dev love imo.
Star Citizen is strictly PC, Dont know wether your into that kinda game though.
Hmm, im confused. Dont the sysreq say something about more that 4gb of ram.
To those saying there are to many ports lately, i agree. (Play Transformers FOC - best port ever seriously osum!!)
The days of STALKER (rip) and Crysis were the last and dying days of PC dev love imo.
Star Citizen is strictly PC, Dont know wether your into that kinda game though.
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#4471557 Posted on: 12/05/2012 01:20 AM
Hmm, im confused. Dont the sysreq say something about more that 4gb of ram.
To those saying there are to many ports lately, i agree. (Play Transformers FOC - best port ever seriously osum!!)
The days of STALKER (rip) and Crysis were the last and dying days of PC dev love imo.
Yeah, the Hi-Performance specs mention 8GB ram, so we will have to wait and see.
I'm sure i read
Transformers FOC really?
That doesn't even make my top 10 best ports, nice art style, but it's on a old engine and there was no advanced graphic options, presets is never the sign of anything other than a serviceable port.
Dishonored was a much better port if we are going to compared games on UE3, but there are several other games that are better than both of them.
Is there any specific technical area of the game thats been enhanced since C2?
Corbetta: As I mentioned, Crysis 3 will already ship with hi-res textures, advanced graphics settings, tessellation and DX11 support. Additional tech areas that have been enhanced since Crysis 2 are: AI navigation system, animation system, water, fog volumes, cloud shadows, POM, AA, cloths, vegetation, particles, lens flares and grass.
For Crysis 3, the past year has involved a lot of performance and memory optimization work on many areas and for all platforms, as well as work on the rendering side. One of our big goals was to improve image quality, and a lot of work went into developing several DX11 based anti-aliasing techniques for PC, which means gamers will now be able to pick their favoritethis is relatively involved on a deferred-based engine, since it involves selecting every technique and accessing multi-sampled buffers, versus the usual flip the switch approach. On top of an improved tessellation system weve also introduced character/vegetation tessellationand since tessellation performance was still not optimal for the level of detail we wanted to achieve, we also did research into different areas and introduced what we called Pixel Accurate Displacement Mapping for macro details with nice real-time self-shadowing.
Star Engine won't be out until around 2015 and is using CryEngine3 which by then might be outdated as knowing Crytek they will have CE4 out by then.
Hmm, im confused. Dont the sysreq say something about more that 4gb of ram.
To those saying there are to many ports lately, i agree. (Play Transformers FOC - best port ever seriously osum!!)
The days of STALKER (rip) and Crysis were the last and dying days of PC dev love imo.
Yeah, the Hi-Performance specs mention 8GB ram, so we will have to wait and see.
I'm sure i read
Transformers FOC really?
That doesn't even make my top 10 best ports, nice art style, but it's on a old engine and there was no advanced graphic options, presets is never the sign of anything other than a serviceable port.
Dishonored was a much better port if we are going to compared games on UE3, but there are several other games that are better than both of them.
Is there any specific technical area of the game thats been enhanced since C2?
Corbetta: As I mentioned, Crysis 3 will already ship with hi-res textures, advanced graphics settings, tessellation and DX11 support. Additional tech areas that have been enhanced since Crysis 2 are: AI navigation system, animation system, water, fog volumes, cloud shadows, POM, AA, cloths, vegetation, particles, lens flares and grass.
For Crysis 3, the past year has involved a lot of performance and memory optimization work on many areas and for all platforms, as well as work on the rendering side. One of our big goals was to improve image quality, and a lot of work went into developing several DX11 based anti-aliasing techniques for PC, which means gamers will now be able to pick their favoritethis is relatively involved on a deferred-based engine, since it involves selecting every technique and accessing multi-sampled buffers, versus the usual flip the switch approach. On top of an improved tessellation system weve also introduced character/vegetation tessellationand since tessellation performance was still not optimal for the level of detail we wanted to achieve, we also did research into different areas and introduced what we called Pixel Accurate Displacement Mapping for macro details with nice real-time self-shadowing.
Star Engine won't be out until around 2015 and is using CryEngine3 which by then might be outdated as knowing Crytek they will have CE4 out by then.
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#4473750 Posted on: 12/07/2012 03:13 AM
I hope my trusty old socket 775 rig can run this on med with decent framerate. I won't upgrade til Haswell come out.
I hope my trusty old socket 775 rig can run this on med with decent framerate. I won't upgrade til Haswell come out.
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#4473756 Posted on: 12/07/2012 03:20 AM
port or not, i don't think todays PC hardware is quite as amazingly capable as some like to think they are. even the best PC exclusives don't look much better than any good "port"
port or not, i don't think todays PC hardware is quite as amazingly capable as some like to think they are. even the best PC exclusives don't look much better than any good "port"
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#4473764 Posted on: 12/07/2012 03:33 AM
That's the point i have been arguing recently, i just haven't saw any proof that exclusives have better visuals or are better optimised.
Most PC exclusives are MMO's and indie games, which need to be reasonably low spec to sell.
While the big ones likes Serious Sam 3, Witcher 2 and Hard Reset were all DX9 and suffered from some performance issues compared to how they looked, Serious Sam 3 is particularly bad and also suffered from "console quality" textures.
So if Crysis3 is a port and looks like that, then bring on alot more ports.
That's the point i have been arguing recently, i just haven't saw any proof that exclusives have better visuals or are better optimised.
Most PC exclusives are MMO's and indie games, which need to be reasonably low spec to sell.
While the big ones likes Serious Sam 3, Witcher 2 and Hard Reset were all DX9 and suffered from some performance issues compared to how they looked, Serious Sam 3 is particularly bad and also suffered from "console quality" textures.
So if Crysis3 is a port and looks like that, then bring on alot more ports.
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#4473769 Posted on: 12/07/2012 03:43 AM
Have you played Crysis 2 on consoles!? Its a mess!! I simply can not see why console gamers put up with it. Its frame rate is insane and makes the game unplayable for the most part and has terrible jaggies as its all upscaled and the textures are hideous! (I got it free last month with Playstation Plus subscription and was in shock at how bad it ran and looked!) Even with Crysis 2 vanilla on PC it ran smack bang at 60fps on max settings @ true 1080p and looked pretty nice. Then DX11 patch and hi-res textures came out making the game unplayable for most only those with super high end rigs could play it maxed. I will take slightly less graphical features any day in favor of having 60fps true 1080p or higher any day of the week!
I smell Port.
Have you played Crysis 2 on consoles!? Its a mess!! I simply can not see why console gamers put up with it. Its frame rate is insane and makes the game unplayable for the most part and has terrible jaggies as its all upscaled and the textures are hideous! (I got it free last month with Playstation Plus subscription and was in shock at how bad it ran and looked!) Even with Crysis 2 vanilla on PC it ran smack bang at 60fps on max settings @ true 1080p and looked pretty nice. Then DX11 patch and hi-res textures came out making the game unplayable for most only those with super high end rigs could play it maxed. I will take slightly less graphical features any day in favor of having 60fps true 1080p or higher any day of the week!
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#4473807 Posted on: 12/07/2012 05:07 AM
Agreed, PC is much higher res, has better textures, DX11 features on some games and you have way more options.
Framerate is much higher and its a joy to play games on, especially with a keyboard and mouse for fps games.
There are some games that take a while to get patched to work properly, but thats my only complaint.
If you must have everything working perfect from day one, you arent going to be happy with either a console or PC.
PC is way better than console imo, which is why I dont own a current gen console.
I have played on friends PS3 and XBox360 and I dont envy them
Games are also cheaper on PC ironically.
Agreed, PC is much higher res, has better textures, DX11 features on some games and you have way more options.
Framerate is much higher and its a joy to play games on, especially with a keyboard and mouse for fps games.
There are some games that take a while to get patched to work properly, but thats my only complaint.
If you must have everything working perfect from day one, you arent going to be happy with either a console or PC.
PC is way better than console imo, which is why I dont own a current gen console.
I have played on friends PS3 and XBox360 and I dont envy them
Games are also cheaper on PC ironically.
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Just be glad they didn't write it as a Metro-only app so it only works with Windows 8, because I'm sure Microsoft would have been glad to drive a convoy of trucks loaded with cash up to Crytek and say: "Hi there, would you like to help us sell Windows 8?"