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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12:40 PM on 08.08.2008
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All that bullshit aside, I'm still creaming my pants and will get the PC version.
Seriously those spec requirements are really nothing.
:3
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.
PS3 would be nice though!
Pentium 4 proc
Nvidia 7600
4 Gigs of ram
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.
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.
Whoo!
I could run it.
Now, if only I wanted to.
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...
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)
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
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!)