What card for Crysis?

[aooga12]

Hey if anyone here knows what video card i should buy to play the game Crysis on, please help me out.

I was thinking, Nvidia Geforece 8600 GT, or MSI RX2600XT Diamond Plus Radeon HD 2600XT, my price range is $150.00.

My computer specs are

Vista Home Premium
1680x1050 Resuolution
2.3 Ghz Dual processors
2GB RAM
(new video card)

I need to know if either one of those vieo cards i listed would be able to crank out the graphics on crysis and play the game smoothly.

[Owned]

I know it might seem dumb but just cough up the extra $100 and get an 8800GT. It will be worth it man, I promise.

[Papero]

I'd spent an extra $1,500 on SLI and run that Crysis on High.

Honestly, Crysis will be extremely extremely disappointing for you if you don't buy a better card.

low-medium settings literally look completely different from very high.

Low medium is like Doom 3, High is RL.

[aooga12]

papero, i played crysis on my freinds computer all the way down, its still good. Maybee i will just cough up some extra money though, but how will i do that, i can't get a job! :-( i'm trying to sell shit on ebay, and i figured out that i have a 20$ golden coin that is worth almost $1,000.... So i might just sell shit on ebay.

[Papero]

Oh it does look good, but the gap between low- medium and high is the biggest I've ever seen in a game.

Eh, I'd keep the coin. It'll only become more valuable and your computer will be outdated in a year.

Wait till your 65 and sell it, buy yourself a space ship.

If you're happy with your friends settings, absolutely go with what Owned said. I'm sure there's some way you could earn another $100 through your parents?

[aooga12]

Yeah, but i would like SOME good lookin' graphics.. ur right about keeping the coin, but i'm not rich, middle-class.... its about 172, then with the rebate its 145$.... i will work something out.... GOTTA GET THIS!

[yamahadrummer]

my dad's 8800gts can run it on high, my 8800ultra can do very high
there is actually a very noticeable different between high and very high

[h4z4rd]

I agree the gap between medium and high settings is huge. Definitely get an 8800gt, it's worth it.

[silverspade14]

Go 5 years into the future. Buy what at that time would be a 3 year old computer for 100 bucks. That way when you come back to now, it will be from 2 years in the future. And since its from the future, all games from now, and games from up until 2 years in the future will work on it.

[Owned]

my dad's 8800gts can run it on high, my 8800ultra can do very high
there is actually a very noticeable different between high and very high

Your dad has an 8800 GTS? Wtf?

[potatopaper]

PC gaming is so expensive.

[aooga12]

I agree the gap between medium and high settings is huge. Definitely get an 8800gt, it's worth it.

you may be right, but i just have a dell inspiron 531, i think thats all that my motherboard can handle actually, and yes pc gaming is very expensive, i quit buying games for my 360, and now i'm using gamefly, probably the best thing you could ever do to save money.

Edit, just found a great deal, i heard this card runs crysis on MAX with 1680x1050 resolution (mine) http://www.eaglebit.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=EB-570-00466&Click=14 only $94.00... 512MB memory too!

[dysphunktion]

Stay away from that card. Please, for the love of god, stay away. You would be better of with an 8600GTS OC than that POS. Brother has an 8600gts, AMD 6000, 2gs 6400 and can play at medium/high at 1440x900 (LCD native)

[JesusTheJedi]

you may be right, but i just have a dell inspiron 531, i think thats all that my motherboard can handle actually, and yes pc gaming is very expensive, i quit buying games for my 360, and now i'm using gamefly, probably the best thing you could ever do to save money.

Edit, just found a great deal, i heard this card runs crysis on MAX with 1680x1050 resolution (mine) http://www.eaglebit.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=EB-570-00466&Click=14 only $94.00... 512MB memory too!

lulz, you'd be lucky to play it on low with that card.

Seriously, get an 8800GT. $260, and nearly the power of a GTX. Best deal on the market right now.

[fuzzninja7]

i have the 8600 GT.

its not powerful enough for crysis, but it will run cod4 on all high with 4xAA

[Rootraz]

How good is this video card? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814241050(not necessarily for Crysis, but in general)

[aooga12]

lulz, you'd be lucky to play it on low with that card.

Seriously, get an 8800GT. $260, and nearly the power of a GTX. Best deal on the market right now.

Uhm, i played it on low/med with a ati radeon 1600x pro, i think its good enough to run it on max.

[Papero]

Uhm, i played it on low/med with a ati radeon 1600x pro, i think its good enough to run it on max.

Because you don't seem tech savy I'm just going to put this in $$ terms because it holds true.

If two 8800GTS running in SLI at a cost of $900.00 only run Crysis on max settings at 28FPS(though high reso, it's 44 on a lower reso) , what makes you think a $95.00 card even comes with the technology to use all the features Crysis has or even hold a decent FPS?

The difference between low/medium settings and high on crysis is massive, I and many others have said this before.

Crysis is almost a completely different game when you play on low settings than when you play on high settings.

Sure, you can run Crysis with a $100.00 card, but you'll need to pile another $800 to play it well on high.

[JesusTheJedi]

Uhm, i played it on low/med with a ati radeon 1600x pro, i think its good enough to run it on max.

That card may be newer than the 1600x, but that does not mean it is faster. Video card manufacturers create their cards in families, and in terms of speed, these families can overlap. The card you posted is part of a new family that was created for DX10, but that card is the lowest card in the family, and while it may be DX10 capable, it will not be faster than the high-end cards in the family below it.

You can even tell from looking at the card, it doesn't produce enough power for it to need anything other than a minimal heat-sink.

[dysphunktion]

Shader quality has to be at at least medium and shadows the same for any sort of visual enjoyment. The rest, meh. I can pull of high shaders, medium the rest at 30+ fps on an AMD 6000, 8600GTS OC, 2gs..so yeah.