Crysis 3. General PC requirements analysis.

The most anticipated upcoming first person shooter is expected to march on February 2013. Though PC requirements will be an issue for most players.

The game is characterized like a "dynamite" since it's system requirements are quite a lot for users that have more than 4 year old PC systems.

To begin with, DirectX 11 is a minimum support feature , Not equivalent with Windows XP.

Minimum specs are a 1GB graphics card and dual core CPU, with EA detailing Nvidia GTS 450 & Intel Core2 Duo 2.4Ghz (E6660) and AMD Radeon HD5770 & AMD Athlon 65 X2 2.7 Ghz (5200+)

The full list of specifications:

Minimum system requirements

• Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
• DirectX 11 graphics card with 1Gb Video RAM
• Dual core CPU
• 2GB Memory (3GB on Vista)
• Nvidia/Intel example setup: Nvidia GTS 450, Intel Core2 Duo 2.4 Ghz (E6600)
• AMD example setup: AMD Radeon HD5770, AMD Athlon64 X2 2.7 Ghz (5200+)

Recommended system requirements

• Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
• DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB Video RAM
• Quad core GPU
• 4GB Memory
• Nvidia/Intel example setup: Nvidia GTX 560, Intel Core i3-530
• AMD example setup: AMD Radeon HD5870, AMD Phenom II X2 565

Hi-performance system requirements

• Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 •
• Latest DirectX 11 graphics card •
• Latest quad core CPU
• 8GB Memory
• Nvidia/Intel example setup: NVidia GTX 680, Intel Core i7-2600k
• AMD example setup: AMD Radeon HD7970, AMD Bulldozer FX4150

Though the result is unquestionable since a lot of work has been done in Cry Engine 3:

So gamers who want to play Crysis 3, need to upgrade their PCs according to what spec they can afford and achieve.

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