Crysis PC requirements: a new PC

So what should we be spending our money on wise one?

I bet.

I think "I make six figures" means that he can draw 6 different stick figures while wearing a helmet and drooling on his desk.

You're not supposed to count the "cents"

Just try to play Pirates on an 80286 without turning off the turbo or using turd party software to slow it down.

EDIT: for me the the framerate on high was playable for me, it just got annoying in those intense battles where people are running and jumping around like idiots with explosions everywhere.

And the guys at crytek also said no matter what card you have, the higher the resolution, the more gpu memory you will need for better framerates. My card is only 256 mb, which is probably why it wasnt too good on high

YOU WIN THIS ROUND!

It should run really, really well given Nvidia's current drivers. The 640 MB version of the Geforce 8800 GTS only starts to really pull away from yours (in terms of performance) around that resolution; hypothetically (I can't run the beta, so I can't tell you how the game currently performs), if you were to run the game at 1600x1200, your card would struggle to render things at an acceptable framerate since your card is hitting the limit of how many textures it can store while the 640 MB version wouldn't have anywhere near the amount of trouble since it has more RAM to play with.

Also, take into consideration that most games run faster in DX9 than they do in DX10 since Vista isn't very streamlined at this point in the game (XP wasn't optomized for performance when it first came out either) and most dev's just sloppily shoe-horn DX10 support at the ass end of the development cycle without optomization (Capcom, I'm freaking looking right at you); if Crytek does as good of a job implimenting DX10 support as 2K did with Bioshock, your performance loss will be negligible at best should you move to Vista. IF you're really worried that your card won't make the cut, you can wait until November and see what ATI and NVIDIA are releasing. ATI's R670, from what I've read, embarasses the R600 (HD 2900 XT), is a single slot card (or double slot if you want the 825+ MHz OC version), runs almost whisper quiet (it's a 55 NM chip) and will retail for around $230-$250.00. NVIDIA's relaunching the Geforce 8800 GTS 640 MB with more shaders (16 more scalar shaders, I think), but I'd expect it'll remain around the same price.

Barely. Look, the requirements are up there, take a guess.

But I think you'll run it. But barely. Pentium D's aren't as good as C2D's, and I can say from personal experience that having a C2D is a better way to go.

Arch,
I have an X1950 pro and It runs really well on medium settings in the beta that I'm in right now, not to mention, the beta isn't optimized and surely not the final code so I'm more than confident you'll be fine. I have very similar specs as well, 1 gig of ram and an Athlon 64 3700+ running at 2.4ghz and Win XP. Your 2 gigs is about the same as 1 gig in XP.