ok i think im all set on my new system, just want to know if it will be able to play crysis at respectable frame rates.


CPU: Q9550(going to clock it to about 3.4ghz)
Video Card: BFG 8800GTS OC 512
Motherboard: EVGA 780i
RamCZ 4Gb PC2-6400 DDR2 Dual Channel Reaper CL4 HPC Edition (4-4-4-15)
CPU cooler: zalman 9700
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Power 900W(might get a second 8800GTS for sli in the future, thats why im getting suck a large psu)

Hard Drive: 74GB raptor and 150GB raptor.
Sound card: audigy 2 platinum (might use the EVGA's onboard sound depends on how good it is compared to the audigy 2)

Viewsconic 24" widescreen monitor.

I'm assuming your monitor's native resolution is 1920x1200, and if so, that should play it quite well. My guess is around 30+ fps on a mix of medium and high settings, mostly high. If you overclock the graphics card as well, you could probably pull of all high settings with a few very high settings with 30+fps.

You will be able to play it at high with about 30 fps.

My system is a tad slower then yours. The only advantage I have is 6GB of memory, but that's not an advantage in this case. I put it at high and I do 12 fps (no lag at all even with such slow fps). All this at 1920x1200, no AA and AF. I'm doing 30fps at high, so no worries for you, believe me.

Define play. I don't think anything can play it much above 40FPS.

Well if folks didnt feel the need to push there graphics to insane extremes, most computers built in the last year could play crysis quite well. 30 fps is considered "acceptable" but ideally you want around 60. The problem is the game just has insane graphics.

if you play at 1920x 1200 and get 30+ with high settings... be happy, you're doing way better than most.