Crysis 3 PC requirements revealed

[DKT27]

If you want to play Crysis 3 on your PC when it comes out in February 2013, you might want to save up some money to upgrade your gaming PC rig. The official website for the sci-fi shooter sequel has now revealed the minimal, recommended and high performance PC system requirements for Crysis 3, developed by Crytek and running on CryEngine 3.

Brace yourself; here's what you will need to run the game:

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

You may have noticed that Windows XP is not shown as being supported on any of the three tiers of system requirements. The previous game in the series, Crysis 2, did in fact support Windows XP but it looks like Crytek is moving on from supporting the over 10 year old OS for Crysis 3. The game will also support DirectX11 graphics cards only as well.

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[rudrax]

yummy :wub:

[calguyhunk]

I always find these 'recommendations' etc. largely weird. How do they even 'recommend' system specs without knowing the monitor resolution? I mean will the recommended 5870 work equally well on a 1080p monitor as it will on a 1024x768 monitor? Does anybody even need a 5870 (or equivalent) for that res? For anything? Is it even physically possible for it (or any GPU for that matter) to give the same FPS count on the same settings on two vastly different resolutions? :o

And to say that the 5770 won't be good enough on smaller resolutions is laughable (even by Crysis standards). If you're on a 1600x900 or lower res monitor, methinks a 5770/460 SE are gonna be plenty good for decent settings if not on ultra (even with a dual core CPU) ;)

And that CPU recommendation for the 'High Performance PC' made me LOL! it's just a way to make the noobs spend more on hardware in a classic display of 'you scratch my back I scratch yours'. To say that an i5-7xx / i7-9xx / i5-2xxx / i5-3xxx are not gonna be good enough for Ultra on 1080p is just a bad joke. Seriously. It's gonna be GPU dependent and not CPU. :mad2:

Standard Disclosure: I own an i7-920 + VaporX 5770 with a 1360x768 (18.5") monitor :P

[rudrax]

I always find these 'recommendations' etc. largely weird. How do they even 'recommend' system specs without knowing the monitor resolution? I mean will the recommended 5870 work equally well on a 1080p monitor as it will on a 1024x768 monitor? Does anybody even need a 5870 (or equivalent) for that res? For anything? Is it even physically possible for it (or any GPU for that matter) to give the same FPS count on the same settings on two vastly different resolutions? :o

And to say that the 5770 won't be good enough on smaller resolutions is laughable (even by Crysis standards). If you're on a 1600x900 or lower res monitor, methinks a 5770/460 SE are gonna be plenty good for decent settings if not on ultra (even with a dual core CPU) ;)

And that CPU recommendation for the 'High Performance PC' made me LOL! it's just a way to make the noobs spend more on hardware in a classic display of 'you scratch my back I scratch yours'. To say that an i5-7xx / i7-9xx / i5-2xxx / i5-3xxx are not gonna be good enough for Ultra on 1080p is just a bad joke. Seriously. It's gonna be GPU dependent and not CPU. :mad2:

Standard Disclosure: I own an i7-920 + VaporX 5770 with a 1360x768 (18.5") monitor :P

This is why there are 3 categories..

• Minimum: Less capable hardwares, Will play the game in lower resolution than your native display resolution to keep the minimum FPS necessary, if you manually switch to higher resolution; it may not do well.
• Recommended: In this level, the hardware have comparatively higher capabilities so you can deploy a comparatively higher resolution display upto the hardware limit for rendering the game with minimum playable FPS (may be higher).
• Hi-Fi: This level meets the enthusiasts who want the optimum (even there are limits). So this level may include multi-monitor business, optimum game setting like Anti-Aliasing/Anisotropic filtering/physX acceleration to its highest level, an effort to provide the gamer a real-time gaming experience.

There is nothing to be concerned with monitor resolution. It will be adjusted by the game as per the hardware capabilities.

(P.S. It's just a random idea what I have..it is not intended to prove something right or wrong)

[Snowdrop]

I always find these 'recommendations' etc. largely weird. How do they even 'recommend' system specs without knowing the monitor resolution? I mean will the recommended 5870 work equally well on a 1080p monitor as it will on a 1024x768 monitor? Does anybody even need a 5870 (or equivalent) for that res? For anything? Is it even physically possible for it (or any GPU for that matter) to give the same FPS count on the same settings on two vastly different resolutions? :o

And to say that the 5770 won't be good enough on smaller resolutions is laughable (even by Crysis standards). If you're on a 1600x900 or lower res monitor, methinks a 5770/460 SE are gonna be plenty good for decent settings if not on ultra (even with a dual core CPU) ;)

And that CPU recommendation for the 'High Performance PC' made me LOL! it's just a way to make the noobs spend more on hardware in a classic display of 'you scratch my back I scratch yours'. To say that an i5-7xx / i7-9xx / i5-2xxx / i5-3xxx are not gonna be good enough for Ultra on 1080p is just a bad joke. Seriously. It's gonna be GPU dependent and not CPU. :mad2:

Standard Disclosure: I own an i7-920 + VaporX 5770 with a 1360x768 (18.5") monitor :P

If I were to guess, the recommendations for hardware specs are based on the standard 1080p screens most people own nowadays.

[DKT27]

I always find these 'recommendations' etc. largely weird. How do they even 'recommend' system specs without knowing the monitor resolution? I mean will the recommended 5870 work equally well on a 1080p monitor as it will on a 1024x768 monitor? Does anybody even need a 5870 (or equivalent) for that res? For anything? Is it even physically possible for it (or any GPU for that matter) to give the same FPS count on the same settings on two vastly different resolutions? :o

And to say that the 5770 won't be good enough on smaller resolutions is laughable (even by Crysis standards). If you're on a 1600x900 or lower res monitor, methinks a 5770/460 SE are gonna be plenty good for decent settings if not on ultra (even with a dual core CPU) ;)

And that CPU recommendation for the 'High Performance PC' made me LOL! it's just a way to make the noobs spend more on hardware in a classic display of 'you scratch my back I scratch yours'. To say that an i5-7xx / i7-9xx / i5-2xxx / i5-3xxx are not gonna be good enough for Ultra on 1080p is just a bad joke. Seriously. It's gonna be GPU dependent and not CPU. :mad2:

Standard Disclosure: I own an i7-920 + VaporX 5770 with a 1360x768 (18.5") monitor :P

With so many Crysis 2 based new GPU benchmarks I have seen, many many graphics cards have failed to reach 60FPS in the medium settings (atleast that's how I remember). Less resolution with powerful card always means more FPS and more smoother.

[manju]

Direct X 11 graphics card with GB Video RAM

will this mean that if you got a Direct X 10 GPU the game won't run???

crap...... i got a HD4670 1GB DDR3 witch isn't by today's standards a major GPU but before, i've played Crysis 2 with a 8600GT 512MB on XP... it was playable on a XP... now i got Win 7 and i'm hoping that Crysis 3 may run on my rig :rolleyes:

E6500 @2.94GHz, 2GB (could put an extra 1GB but sometimes the PC BSODs, still trieing to trobleshoot why lol), HD4670 1GB, SO HDD 320GB sata, Data 500GB sata.

[DKT27]

Direct X 11 graphics card with GB Video RAM

will this mean that if you got a Direct X 10 GPU the game won't run???

crap...... i got a HD4670 1GB DDR3 witch isn't by today's standards a major GPU but before, i've played Crysis 2 with a 8600GT 512MB on XP... it was playable on a XP... now i got Win 7 and i'm hoping that Crysis 3 may run on my rig :rolleyes:

E6500 @2.94GHz, 2GB (could put an extra 1GB but sometimes the PC BSODs, still trieing to trobleshoot why lol), HD4670 1GB, SO HDD 320GB sata, Data 500GB sata.

Nope. Won't run on DirectX10. I too am using 4870.

I'm playing NFS MW right now, and even though the OSD is saying it's running on DX11, in real, the game compatibility specifically mentions DX10.1. On above Crisis 3, however, it doesn't mention anything about DX10.1, hence, there won't be any support.

[mara-]

Although I won't play this game, I wonder how it would run on my computer (specifications in signature). My GTX460 support DirectX 11 but I have only 768MB.

Cheers ;)

[manju]

thanks DKT27... that was a bad move by Crytek... not everybody can make upgrades to a PC just to meet a game specs <_<

i was hopping that i was going to be able to kill some squidy aliens lol

[DKT27]

Although I won't play this game, I wonder how it would run on my computer (specifications in signature). My GTX460 support DirectX 11 but I have only 768MB.

Cheers ;)

I think it will run ok with minimum settings. And as you know, the minimum settings at times also means low resolution.

[MAXS]

Lies. Game is developed in Crytek Engine 3. They said that you'd need a powerfull configuration for Crysis 2, and I played it on medium with E7200 and 9500GT...

But for this game, I have XBOX :)

PC is expensive to upgrade, with today's gaming evolution. Every new game needs more power...