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Ubisoft dishes out Far Cry 2 PC specs
12:40 PM on 08.08.2008, Jordan Grim Devore 37 comments

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Far Cry 2's showing at this year's E3 throroughly impressed me, but sadly, I knew that my PC would not be able to run the game at its full graphical capacity.

With Ubisoft's announcement of the PC specs for Far Cry 2 today, it looks like my assumption was correct. Here are the minimum requirements, followed by the max:

CPU: Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better
Video card: NVIDIA 6800 or ATI X1650 or better, Shader Model 3 required, 256 Mb of graphic memory
Memory: 1 GB
Media reader: DVD-ROM

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Family, AMD 64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better
Video card: NVIDIA 8600 GTS or better, ATI X1900 or better, 512 Mb of memory
Memory: 2 GB
Sound: 5.1 sound card recommended

So, will anyone else be sticking with the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 version of Far Cry 2 when it finally comes out?


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moocow21's Avatar
moocow21 at 08/08/2008 12:49
It should run alright on my laptop, but I'll wait for a demo first.
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 08/08/2008 12:51
I'll play it on PC, since I has more than the recommended... but I am a PC gamer :D
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Spotlight51 at 08/08/2008 12:53
i think ill get it on my pc, but i mean idk about this game for some reason i have really feel like its not going to be at all as good as it looks, maybe its because ubisoft is involved
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taumpytears at 08/08/2008 12:55
Looks like I fit comfortably into the recommended section. PC version here I come.
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JynxShot at 08/08/2008 12:55
I should be able to run this on my PC, but maybe not maxed. As it is, I can run Crysis maxed but the framerate drops to 20-30 fps whereas I take a few options from "very high" to "high" and I get 60fps.

All that bullshit aside, I'm still creaming my pants and will get the PC version.
killias2's Avatar
killias2 at 08/08/2008 12:58
Sweet, I just made the recommended requirements.
byrc's Avatar
byrc at 08/08/2008 13:03
Wow those are some low specs, why wouldn't you choose the pc version over the 360

Seriously those spec requirements are really nothing.
Alexradl's Avatar
Alexradl at 08/08/2008 13:11
It looks like I'll be buying the PS3 version. I need a new PC...
ceark's Avatar
ceark at 08/08/2008 13:12
my new pc could run this without breaking a sweat probably. and I can probalby do it without turning on SLi

:3
Jon2309's Avatar
Jon2309 at 08/08/2008 13:34
Hmm, looks like we've got another Crysis case on the go.

I'll probably get the PC version, but I'll wait to see what settings "recommended" is, and notch 'em one up. If it looks crap, 360 all the way.
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Mr Bas at 08/08/2008 13:43
Wohoo, almost Max requirements :D
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TheDreadHawk at 08/08/2008 13:45
I'ma get the 360 version, simply because of friends and those damn achievements that taunt you until you get them. Damn Achievement whoring. >_<
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chuck the hijacker at 08/08/2008 13:52
It's like Afrika, only with bullets and balls. I'll also be playing it on my PC, but really these requirements aren't that bad considering we live in a post-Crysis world now.
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mix at 08/08/2008 13:53
My PC has an AMD 64 x2 4600+ but it also has an 8800GTS...I should be ok.

PS3 would be nice though!
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Primo at 08/08/2008 13:55
i'll get this on PS3 because my 360 smells bad
TheBlackLotus's Avatar
TheBlackLotus at 08/08/2008 14:06
Well, i can handle it all, cept the CPU... I hate my pc..

Pentium 4 proc
Nvidia 7600
4 Gigs of ram
MATTFOO's Avatar
MATTFOO at 08/08/2008 14:06
well CHEEBURGA, this game would run very nicely on my TURNING POINT GAMING RIG...lulululul
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 08/08/2008 14:23
Wow, that's surprisingly low. I'm not much of a PC gamer, but I'm almost close to being able to run it. Still, my preference is console, so...
Eschatos's Avatar
Eschatos at 08/08/2008 14:24
That's not bad at all, I meet recommended except for my graphics card.
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Oo Marcus oO at 08/08/2008 14:38
Yeah those specs aren't to bad, think i will stick to console version tho just for simplicity :D
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Brandon2520 at 08/08/2008 15:50
Who the fuck still plays PC games? 360 version for me. My computer would explode if I even held the FC2 disc within a few feet of it.
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The Bozz at 08/08/2008 18:27
Hmmm. I needed to upgrade my graphics card anyway, and a 8800GT aint' that expensive these days. The processor is a different matter tho, I'm way behind the recommended :(
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Wedge at 08/08/2008 18:50
Anything that's coming out on console you should be able to run on a comparably priced gaming PC. And I doubt much of anything is going to be made that pushes far past the consoles anytime soon (blah blah Crysis gtfo). It's nice not really having to worry about specs anymore, certainly at least until the next set of consoles come along.
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Blackhat at 08/08/2008 20:54
My 4-5 year old PC beats the recommended ones. Those are pretty low.

And as to Wedge's comment, seriously, 'I doubt much of anything is going to be made that pushes far past the consoles anytime soon.'? Come on - any game that comes out on PC/PS3/360 always looks/plays/has better A.I. on the PC version. That's just how it works.

You can thank PC games for HD lighting, Bloom, and so on as well. That stuff doesn't just get made for consoles, it starts on PC's.
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 08/08/2008 22:49
It started on PC's, but there is nothing coming out now or anytime soon that is pushing the graphical envelope in a relevant way on PC. Seriously, point something out to me, would you? Right, and nothing WILL come out to do that, because it would be idiotic to devote resources to making something ultra-high end on the PC for the forseeable future anyways. Any game to be marketable needs to A) Run on consoles or B) Run on a wide range of PCs.
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Wedge at 08/08/2008 22:54
And by the way, it's a fucking good thing PC graphics have largely leveled out over the last couple years. Prices have fallen into the basement for making a high end gaming PC, and the console hardware is now so similar many games will get PC versions simply because it's not difficult to do.

If you still believe the PC versions look/play/hasbetter AI anymore though, that's simply a myth. You may get slightly better framerates and potentially higher resolution and AA, but that's about it in most cases. The advantage PC still holds is in easily updated and custom content, which is always the real reason why it's been awesome.
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AKK at 08/08/2008 23:31
Wahaha! My computer just hits the recommended settings. My Processor is a slight bit better than the one recommended, and I have SLi 8600 GTSs, along with a Creative X-Fi and 2 GB of memory.

Whoo!

I could run it.

Now, if only I wanted to.
Knyte's Avatar
Knyte at 08/09/2008 00:48
At what res are we talking about?

Recommended = NVIDIA 8600 GTS or better, ATI X1900 or better???

That's got to be for only 1024x768. There is no way those cards could give you 60fps+ @ 1900x1200.

Though a pair of 9800GTXs on the other hand...
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apocsymph at 08/09/2008 03:55
My pc could run this currently but I plan on buying a quad core and an ATI 4870 soon.(Maybe 4870 X2) So pc all the way.

I'm a pc gamer first and foremost. You spend less on a pc game most of the time and you get more replayability. (Mods, patches etc)
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mistic at 08/09/2008 04:02
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Family, AMD 64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better
Video card: NVIDIA 8600 GTS or better, ATI X1900 or better, 512 Mb of memory
Memory: 2 GB
Sound: 5.1 sound card recommended

=> I just made the cut! woooot
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Jetsetlemming at 08/09/2008 17:42
@Wedge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M30G5KMjzk
You can't get THIS on a console (Or in English, yet :( They're working on the translation now, though!)
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PhazonYoshi at 09/20/2008 09:57
fuck yeah, I make the cut too :D
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