Crysis. DirectX 10 (Vista). Very High All Settings.

What Is OB?

Agreed; Crysis will only disappoint you because it will not run smoothly... OB is great value for money.

witcher, whether it is inefficiency or just that it is demanding i don't know, but it looks damn good, one of the best around when everyhting is high, just kicks the crap out of my system at least.

What Is Orange Box Excactly?

You can snag a demo of Crysis if you want to check it out and play around with it. Nvidia demo page has a decent list.

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_demos.html

Arghh, why the hell do people feel the need do put Capitals At The Start Of Every Word? It's much harder to read and there's just no need for it. Surely it's also much harder typing like that?

If you want to test your system out, i recomend Crysis, Bioshock and COD4.

Is The New Crysis Going To Have High Graphics? "Crysis: Warhead" I Think??

U can also try oblivion. It would take your system to the max. It's a huge game to.

was that place in germany? all german Nouns have to have Capitals.... and damn its bad for me seeing as i rarely used to capitalise in the right places for england....

nope, here in the uk.

Guys stop hating on Crysis ONLY for the fact that ure com can't run it. I can accept your opinion if you have tried it and don't like the gameplay, but I get the feeling a lot of people hate it just because they were hyped for all the good graphics and then realized that their coms can't run it. Crysis is awesome and it's fun. I've replayed it many times on Delta and have still enjoyed it. I can also run it on all High/Very High with no AA at 1680X1080 very smoothly.

Also, the Orange Box will NOT stress your system at all. Granted, I liked it more than Crysis, but Half Life 2+episode 1 don't have all that stunning graphics by today's standards. Episode 2 had some nice changes graphically. TF2 and Portal's graphics aren't that good at all IMO. I really don't like the whole comic style of TF2.

TF" is a very stunning game visually, don't be fooled by the style, the facial expressions and lighting are top notch.

coolio made a mistake.... "Haha I'm More of A nVidia Guy......"

he didn't capitalize the o in of

Oh my system ran Crysis fine with all on Very High but water and shadows @ 1280x1026 (of course I have no clue what system you have). I just felt that it wasn't very "open" except that you could change the way you played the particular mission you were on and in the end got bored. It just felt like I was doing the same thing in the end when I started to replay it.Maybe if they actually let you fully explore the island without having to go somewhere it would have been more fun. That or they could have had Gordon Freeman. Hes just the best.

As for what you said about HL2, dude HL2 revolutionized gaming graphics. Crysis has improved a bit past it but its nothing amazing. The one thing that I do know for sure that HL2 has that seems much better than even Crysis is the character facial animations (this goes for Portal and TF2 as well). As for it not stressing his system, it wont stress it as much. But if you run it maxed out it does take a bit more muscle to run Source very smoothly since it is not only GPU but aslo CPU bound. The physics and particle system in Source are very CPU dependant.

I agree. The game is amazing in terms of visuals. And when you use face poser to sync the audio and its insanely good. A guy made a tutorial and used Pinky and the Brain and the syncing was amazing. Looked so real. TF2 PWNs Crysis online any day. Nomad wouldn't have the strength to handle Sasha....

Exactly, So I Think I'm Going For Crysis Rather Than OB, Mabye Some Day I'll Try Something Newer Like Crysis Warhead Or What Ever...

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Hey Coolio,

You got yourself a descent card to play current games and should be good to go for the next while.

I have similar system as yours but use both XP and Vista. I have no problem running all games at 1650x1050 including crysis at descent Framerates (other than Crysis - Vista).

So if you want to beat your new card to the ground, then there are a few things I recommend.

XP: Crysis or 3dMark 2006
Vista: Crysis, 3DMark Vantage, or Lost Planet.

All other games should run fine on your system.

Oh yes Crysis is an extremely intense graphic/performance demanding PC game, probably the best one if you're looking for a very high end game to throw at your computer.

My pc:
Gateway FX laptop, dual-core processor, GFORCE 9800, 4GB ram, I run everything on VERY HIGH settings and It's simply amazing, zero lagg, extreme quality, the graphics are almost life-life, for real.
it's definitely your game to get if you're looking for something really challenging to throw at your pc.

might I add the game is really fun too, first person shooter, very fun on multiplayer.
just go around lighting people up with your guns, it's fun.