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• Crysis
• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: Crytek

Minimus System Requirements

• CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista), Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista), AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or better
• RAM: 1GB (1.5GB on Windows Vista)
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or better
• VRAM: 256MB of Graphics Memory
• Storage 12GB
• Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible
• ODD: DVD-ROM
• OS: Windows XP or Vista
• DirectX: DX9.0c or DX10

Recommended System Requirements

• CPU: Core 2 Duo/Athlon X2 or better
• RAM: 1.5GB
• GPU: NVIDIA 7800 Series, ATI Radeon 1800 Series or better
• VRAM: 512MB of Graphics Memory
• Storage: 12GB
• Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible
• ODD: DVD-ROM
• OS: Windows XP or Vista
• DirectX: DX9.0c or DX10

• Unreal Tournament III
• Publisher:Midway
• Developer: Epic

Minimum System Requirements

• Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista
• 2.0+ GHZ Single Core Processor
• 512 Mbytes of System RAM
• NVIDIA 6200+ or ATI Radeon 9600+ Video Card
• 8 GB of Free Hard Drive Space

Recommended System Requirements

• 2.4+ GHZ Dual Core Processor
• 1 GBytes of System RAM
• NVIDIA 7800GTX+ or ATI x1300+ Video Card
• 8 GB of Free Hard Drive Space

• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Publisher:Activision
• Developer: Infinity Ward

Minimum System Requirements

• Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 2.4 GHz or AMD(R) Athlon(TM) 64 2800+ processor or any 1.8Ghz Dual Core Processor or better supported
• 512MB RAM (768MB for Vista)
• NVIDIA(R) Geforce(TM) 6600 or better or ATI(R) Radeon(R) 9800 Pro or better

Recommended System Requirements

• 2.4 GHz dual core or better
• 1024MB RAM (2048MB for Vista)
• Nvidia Geforce 7800 or better or ATI Radeon X1800 or better

• The Witcher
• Publisher:Atari
• Developer: CD Projekt Red

Minimum System Requirements

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2, Vista (Operating System must be up to date with the latest fixes)
• Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz or AMD Athlon 64 +2800
• 1 GB RAM for Microsoft® Windows® XP / 1536 MB for Microsoft® Windows® Vista
• 128 MB Video RAM or greater with DirectX9 Vertex Shader/ Pixel Shader 2.0 support (NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or ATI Radeon 9800 or better)
• 8.5 GB available hard drive space
• DirectX 9.0c compliant soundcard, plus speakers or headphones
• DVD-Rom

Recommended System Requirements

• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Vista (Operating System must be up to date with the latest fixes)
• Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz or AMD X2 5600+
• 2 GB RAM
• NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX or ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
• 8.5 GB available hard drive space
• DirectX 9.0c compliant soundcard, plus speakers or headphones
• DVD-Rom

• The Orange Box
• Publisher:Valve/Electronic Arts
• Developer: Valve

Minimum System Requirements

• 1.7 GHz Pentium 4
• 512 MB system RAM
• DirectX 8 compatible video card

Recommended System Requirements - Not Available

Actually, before even asking about a particular game versus a particular set of PC Specs, it's best to know the basics about PC game performance.

The order of importance of the main components when considering GAME performance is Video CARD first (and onboard video chips simply DO NOT COUNT). When choosing a video card, the second most important consideration is POWER, so a good brand power supply that produces plenty of Amps is next in importance. An adequate amount of good quality main memory RAM comes next in importance, before the CPU is considered. The overall performance of the CPU is more important than its core speed, but always remember that the CPU is only item four out of the key components to consider when evaluating game performance capability.

The storage subsystem is actually of only minor influence in affecting game performance, and you may safely ignore the Urban Myths about "RAID0". That idea is strictly a chimera.

When shopping for game PCs, or just for a video card upgrade, ignore the first number of the four, if the name has that many in it. The performance level is revealed by the three trailing digits, and game-capable cards START OUT from those with a "600" level in their names, as long as there is not also an "SE", "LE", Hypermemory, or Turbocache modifier included (some of the older cards, such as the Geforce 6600 and Radeon X600, were only borderline or even worse when new, and should be ignored today).

Among power supply brands, there are a great many you cannot trust, and a relative few that you can depend upon. Here are most of the names that you can trust: Enermax, Fortron, OCZ, PC Power & Cooling, Seasonic, Sparkle, and Zalman.

P.S. Please don't waste the members' time, and the forum's space, on unanswerable requests for help from "another dimension" or timeline. If the games under development have no announced requirements (such as Assassins Creed for the PC did not when I wrote my comments originally), queries about it don't belong here.

hi guys

i dont know if my computer can run all 360 games

my computer :

dual core 3 ghz

2 gig dual channel 1 gig per channel

7600 gt 256mb ddr3

120 gig hard drive

can you aswer if my computer are goor or not ?

(i am french so my english are not pretty good

Qs to u, did u overclock ur cpu???:question:

And yea i think u can run it, if u do something with ur mem!;)

hi guys

i dont know if my computer can run all 360 games

my computer :

dual core 3 ghz

2 gig dual channel 1 gig per channel

7600 gt 256mb ddr3

120 gig hard drive

can you aswer if my computer are goor or not ?

(i am french so my english are not pretty good

M-JC

Yea it's pretty good but with the vid u could have some problem with the new games.

hi guys

i dont know if my computer can run all 360 games

my computer :

dual core 3 ghz

2 gig dual channel 1 gig per channel

7600 gt 256mb ddr3

120 gig hard drive

can you aswer if my computer are goor or not ?

(i am french so my english are not pretty good

M-JC

Qs to u, did u overclock ur cpu???:question:

And yea i think u can run it, if u do something with ur mem!;)

AwA-soldier

yeah i overclocked my cpu , it was intel celeron 2.5ghz with a different motherboard but when i overclocked it i changed the motherboard to 945GZ and i also changed the video card,the cpu is now intel pentium IV 3.0ghz (2cpu's).www.srtest.com says its an intel pentium IV 3.0ghz rated at 4.49ghz .see those pics

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5843/14627453zh7.jpg(from my computer)

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/167/36957732jc0.jpg(from srtest.com)

and btw im running Colin McRae DiRT at 1024x768 with Ultra options

and thank u for helping me :D

note: im iraqi so maybe i made some grammar mistakes and im sorry for that :)

Hey guys, Just bought a new PC and wondering on what settings i can run CRYSIS:

Processor:Intel® Core 2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB)
Memory:4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 2 DIMMs
Video Cards:768MB nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX

thanks.

[QUOTE="AwA-soldier"]

Qs to u, did u overclock ur cpu???:question:

And yea i think u can run it, if u do something with ur mem!;)

BLINK1824EVER

yeah i overclocked my cpu , it was intel celeron 2.5ghz with a different motherboard but when i overclocked it i changed the motherboard to 945GZ and i also changed the video card,the cpu is now intel pentium IV 3.0ghz (2cpu's).www.srtest.com says its an intel pentium IV 3.0ghz rated at 4.49ghz .see those pics

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5843/14627453zh7.jpg(from my computer)

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/167/36957732jc0.jpg(from srtest.com)

and btw im running Colin McRae DiRT at 1024x768 with Ultra options

and thank u for helping me :D

note: im iraqi so maybe i made some grammar mistakes and im sorry for that :)

Don't use srtest. It isn't accurate with performance rating.:D

[QUOTE="BLINK1824EVER"][QUOTE="AwA-soldier"]

Qs to u, did u overclock ur cpu???:question:

And yea i think u can run it, if u do something with ur mem!;)

monsterman7893

yeah i overclocked my cpu , it was intel celeron 2.5ghz with a different motherboard but when i overclocked it i changed the motherboard to 945GZ and i also changed the video card,the cpu is now intel pentium IV 3.0ghz (2cpu's).www.srtest.com says its an intel pentium IV 3.0ghz rated at 4.49ghz .see those pics

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5843/14627453zh7.jpg(from my computer)

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/167/36957732jc0.jpg(from srtest.com)

and btw im running Colin McRae DiRT at 1024x768 with Ultra options

and thank u for helping me :D

note: im iraqi so maybe i made some grammar mistakes and im sorry for that :)

Don't use srtest. It isn't accurate with performance rating.:D

ohokandthanksforeverything:)

How well will the orange box run on this?

Intel core2duo @ 2ghz

Nvidia Geforce 8600M GT 256mb DDR3

2gb DDR2

P.s I am aware that the min. reqs. are posted above but these are just min.

I like Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare :)

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http://sexyvideos18.blogspot.com

does the quad and duo stuff make a difference. I want to try this game out it says at least 3.0 on duel but I have a quad at 2.4ghz

How well will the orange box run on this?

Intel core2duo @ 2ghz

Nvidia Geforce 8600M GT 256mb DDR3

2gb DDR2

P.s I am aware that the min. reqs. are posted above but these are just min.

stumunro

High @ 1280x1024 with a constant 30+ FPS.

What's the point of this thread?

Crysis= DEMO

UT3= DEMO

COD4= DEMO

The Witcher= DEMO

Orange Box= HL2 DEMO, HL2: Lost Coast (For nVidia & ATI users)

just after buying a new laptop and im wondering how it will perform with the following games

crysis

call of duty 4 and

world in conflict

specs

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7250 (2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2-cache)

3072MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (1x1024 + 1x2048 MB)

256MB nVidia® GeForce® 8600M GT

will i be able to get any sort of decent display and fps with this??

im assuming world in conflict will be fairly ok but im not so sure about the others

Hey there friends. Can I run Bioshock with this PC or should i get the XBOX 360 version. The same question goes for Assissan's Creed when it comes out for the PC.

WIN XP SP2

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual core 3800 2.01 GHz

2.00 GB of ram

SLI configuration 2x Nvidia geforce 8600 GTS

and the SB X-Fi card.

Thanks alot. I have yet to play these games, but I really want to. Should i go PC or xbox360. Both are in the same spot and are hooked up to the same monitor. So it's not a couch or pc chair issue.

Will this laptop be able to run Crysis at medium with 1440x900?

Gpu: Geforce 8600m

Cpu: Intel centrino duo at 1.8 ghz

Ram: 2 gb

will i be able to play crysis on 512mb of ram

mobile amd sempron processor 3300+ 2.0ghz 128 KB L2 cache

50 gig hard drive

8x dvd+r/rw drive with double layer support

will i be able to play crysis on 512mb of ram

mobile amd sempron processor 3300+ 2.0ghz 128 KB L2 cache

50 gig hard drive

8x dvd+r/rw drive with double layer support

naruto7777

No video card at all ?

If not, forget it, of course.

1. The two cards in Crossfire or SLI must be the same model, with the same characteristics, although brand doesn't entirely matter.

2. I've been most satisfied with BFG and eVGA branded nVIDIA cards, and least satisfied with PNY.

3. The price differences may relate to factory overclocking, but is also often due to far superior warranty and service support from the higher priced ones.

Halo 2?

959 ram(i know its not even the minimum just wondering if it would work)

Nvidia Geforce 6100 video card,

2,20gHz proccessor

Oh, and if i want to play it online with other vistas, do i have to buy a $50 subscription card? or is silver enough? thanks

How will Crysis run?

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40ghz

2gb Ram

Geforce 8800gts 512mb

Vista 32-bit version

I would test it myself, but wont have the machine till a few days.

So any insight on how well it will run?

Cheers guys...

will i be able to play crysis on 364mb of ram

mobile amd sempron processor 3300+ 1.9ghz 128 KB L2 cache

50 gig hard drive

8x dvd+r/rw drive with double layer support

and ATI Radeon Xpress 200M

will i be able to play crysis on 364mb of ram

mobile amd sempron processor 3300+ 1.9ghz 128 KB L2 cache

50 gig hard drive

8x dvd+r/rw drive with double layer support

and ATI Radeon Xpress 200M

Nope. A REAL video card and a real CPU are required, not a tinker toy plus a wannabe.
Crysis Publisher: Electronic Arts; Developer: Crytek

Minimum System Requirements:
CPU: Athlon 64 2800+/Intel 2.8ghz (XP)
or 3.2 GHz and faster (Vista)
Memory 1.0 GB RAM (XP) or 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
Graphics: 256 MB Nvidia 6800/X800GTO (SM 2.0)
HDD: 12GB
Internet: 256k+
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX9.0c with Windows XP
Sound Card DirectX 9.0c compatible

Supported Processors:
Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista) or faster
Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista) or faster
AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or faster.

Supported Video Cards:
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or greater. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Integrated chipsets are not supported.

Recommended System Requirements:
CPU: Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS/640 or similar
RAM: 2.0Gb
HDD: 12GB
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX10 with Windows Vista

halo 2

AMD athon xp 2500 + 1.8ghz

1022 ram

radeon 9700 pro

thanks for any help

AMD athon xp 2500 + 1.8ghz

1022 ram

radeon 9700 pro

zero030

Halo 2

CPU: 2 Ghz Pentium 4 equivalent processor (or x64)
RAM: 1 GB
Hard Drive Space: 7 GB
Video Card: DX9 graphics card: WDDM driver, PS 2.0/32BPP, At least nVidia "6000" or ATI x700 or above (Note: error there)
Online Multi-player: Internet connection for Games for Windows – LIVE
Optical Drive: DVD-ROM drive
OS: Windows Vista

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The CPU is fine, but running on the Minimum of anything is always a problem. The above is a set of requirements that I think were available on the Microsoft Games' site. I copied and pasted them into a text file. I've had to edit the word CL*SS out of the first line and substitute "Equivalent".

I don't immediately recall whether the 9700 Pro is quite the equal of an X700, although I think that it probably is (and I don't look things up on GPU Review every time {once in awhile only} for the posters here. They can do that themselves now that they know there is a good place to do that).

http://www.gpureview.com

You can compare the two at GPU Review if you want to. And while we're at it, that number I see for an nVIDIA card probably should have two 6's and only two 0's, making it a Geforce vanilla 6600. The Radeon 9700 Pro is almost certainly its equal.

I would anticpate that the animations will be occasionally sluggish for you. I can't guess whether you will find that a problem, or if you are used to it by now, as old as the 9700 Pro has gotten (incidentally, I happen to have an "oldish" PC with one of those in it, a loaner that I keep on hand for the grandkids to borrow).

im in desparate need of help can a compaq presario V5201US play pc gameing any one please

WHAT? So what if you couldn't run the new games think of the other great games out there that you can play. Dude, I don't have a graphics card cos' I can't afford one and I use intel extreme graphics

and I still enjoy playin' games like Fallout, Diablo 2, Dungeon Siege 2, etc.

The Sims Complete Collection Help ! Can't Install !! Hi everyone Here's the issue ..

I bought The Sims Complete Collection today. Excited~I went home to install it on my new notebook < running Windows Vista Home Premium, 2 gig Intel duo processor, 160gig HD- partitioned, 1 gig ram ... bla bla > inserted the CD, got to the install wizard and clicked next. Then I got this message - Sorry there is not enough disk space on . 3600mb required and only 0mb free. Huh ?



K so I've been reading and here there are problems of all kinds with this game. The steps I have taken to try to resolve the issue < as per advice of EA.com and the help file on my Sims disk > are as follows:



-I have tried running the set up in Windows Xp compatibility mode - same error,


-I tried in a new user account on Vista - same error,


-the XP compatibility mode in new acct - same error.


-I have tried to run as admin from the set up in the cd folder and I get the same error.



So really I just don't know why I would get an error like that. I've played alot of sims on all kinds of systems and have had many issues, but not enough space on a new machine?



Also, what's with the . in the error message? The wizard had not even asked me which drive or what location I wanted to install, but rather tells me I don't have enough space ON . ??? Whaa ?



Any help would be appreciated. I would really like to start playing



Thanks Mars

i just bought an inspiron 1721 and i want to get bf2. im not a big gamer and don't know a lot bout pc's and games. i ran the system requirements test and i had all of the minimum and recommended specs except for my video card ram ( i have 197MB and i need 256 MB) is there anyway to increase my video card ram? or will bf2 run alright on medium settings?
crewboi

if you got the x3100 then your gonna be looking at low settings at a low resolution sorry to say, thats if it runs, its not a very good card

[QUOTE="crewboi"]i just bought an inspiron 1721 and i want to get bf2. im not a big gamer and don't know a lot bout pc's and games. i ran the system requirements test and i had all of the minimum and recommended specs except for my video card ram ( i have 197MB and i need 256 MB) is there anyway to increase my video card ram? or will bf2 run alright on medium settings?
inyourface_12

if you got the x3100 then your gonna be looking at low settings at a low resolution sorry to say, thats if it runs, its not a very good card

XFX 8800 GTS
4GB of RAM
q6600 CPU

Is this enough to get 20+ fps from Crysis and be future proof or should i just shut up and wait until the 9 series is out and see how it goes?

XFX 8800 GTS
4GB of RAM
q6600 CPU

Is this enough to get 20+ fps from Crysis and be future proof or should i just shut up and wait until the 9 series is out and see how it goes?

hongkingkong

is that the new GTS? anyway a E6750 and 2GB of Ram would be fine. The Cryengine is probably going to be the standard for all games to come so if you play Crysis you're fine for the future.