Crytek Specs Out An Affordable Crysis PC

[Bamboo]

Crytek Specs Out An Affordable Crysis PC -- Link

This might help some of you looking to upgrade your rig for Crysis/ Obsidian Edge 2.

CPU - Intel Core2Duo E6750
GPU - GeForce 8800GT 512MB
Motherboard - NVIDIA nForce 650i Socket 775
PSU - 600W ATX12V
RAM - 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit
HDD - SATA 250GB 7200RPM
DVD - 20x DVD±R Burner
Case - ATX Midi Tower Computer Case
OS - Microsoft Windows XP Home with SP2

A very quick price out of the above components totaled $875 at reasonable online retailer NewEgg, give or take a few choices, but I typically went for the cheapest option across the board and didn't include shipping or tax. I'm sure that more frugal, more experience component shoppers could do better.

Thing is if you wait about a week or 2, intel is about to release their new chips (some people already reporting them for sale), so you could make an even better system. And it would be more than worth it to spend the extra $50 and get another 2 gigs of ram, and since you are spending almost the same amount for XP, which won't give you DX10 on a DX10 capable system, why not just go ahead and get Vista. A rig like that is more than powerful enough to run Vista and not give you the "problems" most people are having with Vista due to them trying to put it on an older system.

Check out this review of intel's new stuff:
Legion Hardware

[[uBp]Irish]

i've got an 8800gtx OCed vid card, e6600 dual core, 2gb, and i think a 700PS, and i ran the demo on maxed settings.

[Mora]

i got this:

Manufacturer: INTEL_
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6420 @ 2.13GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.1GHz
Memory: 3326MB RAM
Hard Drive: 320 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
Monitor: normal PnP-beeldscherm
Sound Card: (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC)
Speakers/Headphones: Sennheiser (Really good quality)
Keyboard: Standard
Mouse: Trust Predator Gameing mouse
Mouse Surface: Max 2000 dpi 4 buttions 1 3x fire bution
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.071009-1548 )

and i can run it all on max except AA with about 10 to 15 fps lol

[Dr2B Rudd]

damnit, i just spent my student loan on my rent!

Good price tho

[SiN|ScarFace]

Not bad but, I'd wait for the 9800geforce to come out and the intel chips and the prices will drop even more for that setup.