No wonder..

Submitted by auwingr1 on Thu, 2008-10-30 14:00

and they wonder why the PC gaming community is getting smaller and smaller. Now with your new state of gaming you get included for only $699.00 the PC to play it on. That's like buying a new XBox everytime you buy a new game. What's next?

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Im in

Submitted by FrydChicken on Wed, 2008-10-01 06:55

Yes, they did  make the game easier to run on slower systems, but do to a tight buget, I have a freaking e machine... piece of shit computer. Anyways, i'd buy it. Seems like it'd be a great system for someone with a lower budget and less money to spend on computers. Thank you Dell. I'd either buy this, or build a computer myself...

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Just remember that they

Submitted by Casey K on Wed, 2008-09-24 23:51

Just remember that they have made improvements on the Crysis CryEngine 2 in Warhead so that its more compatible and easier to run on lower-grade systems. 

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Going cheap

Submitted by b_boy_69_00 on Wed, 2008-09-10 08:14

The more I look at the specs for the rig the more I think that they have $699 in the hardware.  You are probably going to get Vista Basic and thats it.  I don't even think it would be worth it.  I may be wrong but I don't think so.  Also, what resolution were they playing at to get 30 fps?  I don't know what the default is set to but I can't imagine it was to high.

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The ad

Submitted by NAYRhyno on Wed, 2008-09-10 05:50

Shouldn't they have put four dollar signs ($$$$) in the ad to emphasis that you don't need to spend a thousand?  When I see $$$ I would think of a price in the hundreds..

 

Also, the resolution is very important.  Are they talk 800x600, 1024x768, or 1280x1024?

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I also wanna see those results..

Submitted by WindowsXP on Tue, 2008-09-09 20:34

Hopefully this PC is meant to be upgradable too. I wouldnt want a gaming box that requires upgrading 2 or three parts when you intended to make just one purchase like my Dell XPS 400 :(

This setup looks good but why dont they get a cheap Quad Core? Almost all popular setups like this avoid QC like the plauge. It wont hurt to future proof this.

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Optimized?

Submitted by pcwizmtl on Tue, 2008-09-09 19:31

not i the same way as NV30 I hope

:S

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u kno for 700$ this is

Submitted by -it- on Tue, 2008-09-09 19:08

u kno for 700$ this is pretty damn good so dont be complaining about it. and if they use industry standard parts, it wouldnt be that hard to upgrade it in the future

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Crytek has stated that

Submitted by sirphunkee on Tue, 2008-09-09 19:06

Crytek has stated that while Warhead will still use CryEngine2, they've worked a lot on optimizing the game in all the ways Crysis should have been from the beginning...that's what lead to the idea to put their money where their mouth is and see how inexpensively they could put together a rig that would play it on high at 30fps.

And since the "high" settings in the game don't invoke the DX10 goodies (you have to use "very high"), it's quite possible that they could put XP on it, we'll see.  And yes, I know there's hacks available to invoke DX10 in "high" settings, but I doubt Crytek/EA will mess with anything like that.

Now we just need to wait and see if user-created content (maps/mods) for Crysis will port to Warhead, there's still no official word on that yet.  

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G31?

Submitted by Elitech on Tue, 2008-09-09 18:38

Their using a WHAT chipset MATX board?!?! G31? MATX? Where's the expansion? Won't the chipset be a bottleneck?

-Rey

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What res

Submitted by Gailim on Tue, 2008-09-09 18:21

the goal of this machine is to play warhead at 30FPS on high

 

what they never say is at what res they plan to do this at. and on what part of the game. 

 

as for the OS it will be vista, what else would the use? XP? no, crysis was the poster boy for DX10, for that they need vista

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I wonder what OS they are

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Tue, 2008-09-09 18:06

I wonder what OS they are using and if they have the OS and the drivers and Crysis optimized to run smoothly and fast on this so so hardware config.  

 

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looking forward to MPC review

Submitted by plaskon on Tue, 2008-09-09 17:39

interested in test results.

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if it is better optimized

Submitted by Stephenh1984 on Tue, 2008-09-09 17:18

does that mean it will not look as good

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