Crysis

nice box and well its gonna be a more than nice game the game that will live up to the hype which hasn’t been that much really its been more like yea not on my rig kind of game but there may be a shred of hope. well not really but yea

ok recommended spec for this bohemeth.

CPU:	Core 2 Duo/Athlon X2 or better
RAM:	1.5GB
Video Card:	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:	Microsoft Windows XP or Vista
DirectX:	DX9.0c or DX10

now ok that a recommenced spec so thats what you need to run this evil thing but if you want the best of the best you need a new rig really so yea sod off.

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)
Video Card:	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:	Microsoft Windows XP or Vista
DirectX:	DX9.0c or DX10

now theres the min which i fit into nicely really

ok lets do this one by one

CPU ok i need an Athlon X2 because core 2 duo is well a new rig job and let just say not until atleast easter. so currently i have an AMD athlon 3500+ (overclocked to 2.58 Athlon 4000+ spec) so i think the cpu is ok but just for the sake of its not X2 lets throw this in.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/112960/show_product_specifications

which is a 2.2Ghz chip… so that’ll need overclocking to about 2.5… so thats a pointless upgrade… damn the aged 939… ok cost of that is £49.99

now RAM i need 1 GB ok thats easy already got that but for the sake of the fact more RAM will help

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/92011

there we go another 1GB at £42 nice… mine cost me nearly £100 20 months ago had to get this one as well because its the only one at CL2… damn cheap sakes.

Graphics card oh now this is the problem for recommended you need a 512 graphics card (who the hell looks at ram card now…)

so for this it would have to be

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/128027

at £141 so sod that because graphics RAM is only needed for stupid high res so bascially throw one of these in and you should be ok

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/133540

and at £63 its less that half price infact buy 2 and you have 512 RAM for less…

so with next day delivery this would cost

£165.79 now thats not too bad… shame about the CPU. but that should run it not with blazing graphics but it will run in DX9 and it will even run under vista but lets be reasonable here 165.79 and £40 for the game its £205 all i can say is no thanks i’ll get it with my next rig after i finish this yea of uni and get some spare cash.