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Crysis Warhead Performance Put To The Test

12:20AM Mike Fahey | We know Crysis Warhead has some odd nomenclature for graphic settings, but how well do those graphics settings actually performed. After all of the complaints about the original game’s outrageous system requirements, developer Crytek promised that this side story would be tweaked to run well on a much more affordable computer, but did they deliver? The guys over at TechSpot have gone in-depth to analyse the game’s performance, providing benchmarks for 14 different video cards at each of the game’s three quality levels, and the results aren’t too spectacular. What they basically discovered is that said tweaks are negligible, and only a very high-end video card is capable of breaking past 32 frames per second at the lowest resolution they tested, 1440×900. Hit the link for the full report on Crysis Warhead’s performance, including more comparison shots of the three levels of graphical detail. Crysis Warhead performance in-depth [TechSpot] More »

Crysis Warhead Has Stupid Graphics Settings

6:00PM Luke Plunkett | Did a memo go out saying that the accepted terminology for graphics settings in a PC game were no longer going to be used? We must have missed it. It must have been signed “EA marketing team”, too, because no developer in their right mind (and we hope Crytek are in their right mind) would go changing “low”, “medium” and “high” to “minimum”, “mainstream” and “gamer”. As for “enthusiast”, Lord only knows where that’s meant to go. An enthusiast of what? UFO conspiracies? North Korean military insignia? Cross-stitching? How Not To Make A Video Settings Menu [Rock, Paper, Shotgun] More »

Crysis and Warhead Available on Steam

2:00AM Owen Good | Crytek and Valve have reached an agreement to bring both Crysis Warhead and Crysis to Steam this weekend. So if you drop 7 hundy on your Crysis-branded PC rig but don’t want to shell out or drive to the store for a retail copy of its namesake, there you go. And if you’re keeping your old setup and want to know what you need on board, check the specs. Valve says both titles are available for pre-purchase now, and will release “mid-September.” Warhead’s commercial street date is Monday.

Crysis-Branded PC: Full Specs, Comes Bundled With XP Pro

1:40PM Luke Plunkett | We saw some brief specs for the Crysis-branded “Warhead PC” the other day, but they were just that, brief. Today, ads for the system have started appearing, which not only give us the full tech specs for the machine, but also some new details. For starters – and this is most important considering the price tag – the machine comes bundled with XP Professional, already updated to the latest service pack. Also included is a Realtek HD sound card, keyboard, mouse, 250GB HDD and an assurance that the whole thing will have Warhead running on the highest graphical settings at 30FPS. Warhead PC [GameCyte] More »

Crysis-Ready PC Specs, Price

7:00PM Luke Plunkett | First announced in July at Comic-Con, we now have the first hard details on the official, Crysis-branded PC that’s due for release later this month. The end result of an assurance by Crytek that their games game could run – at “high” settings – on a $US 900 machine, the rig actually comes in at $US 699, has been christened the “Warhead PC” in honour of the upcoming expansion, and will launch alongside it on September 16. Specs are as follows. - CPU: Intel Core Duo e7300 (@2.66GHz) – GFX: Nvidia 9800GT – RAM: 2GB Bear in mind this isn’t an official announcement, just some stuff reported by journo Chris Remo, who had a chance to check the machine out last week. The official word will come down later this week, and should be accompanied not only by the rest of the tech specs, but also some shots of the final exterior, since it’s unknown whether the one pictured is the full retail model, or is just rocking the same hardware. More »

Crysis Warhead System Specs

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | Worried you won’t be able to play Crysis Warhead? Check the specs. EA have posted these on the game’s store page, meaning that while you may not find solace in them, you can at least be assured that they’re official. Basically, if you could play Crysis, you can play this. If you couldn’t, and still can’t, we’re sure you’re still squeezing hours of fun out of Oblivion. Or Starcraft. Or Nancy Drew: Phantom Of Venice. More »

Crysis Warhead Launching Next Month

12:40AM Mike Fahey | Well that was relatively quick, wasn’t it? It was only two months ago that EA and Crytek announced the development of the next installment of Crysiss, Crysis Warhead, and now they’ve revealed the game is only a month away from release. Warhead should be hitting retail shelves in North America on September 16th, four days after the European release on September 12th. “We think Crysis Warhead is going to offer a tremendous experience to a wide range of gamers,” said Cevat Yerli, CEO and President of Crytek. “Fans of Crysis are going to enjoy more of the open-ended gameplay, cutting-edge visuals and huge, epic battles from the first game, while also finally finding out what kind of havoc Psycho was wreaking on the other side of the island. Right now you can pre-order Crysis Warhead from the EA Store for $US 24.95 – $US 5 off retail – or pick up both the original Crysis and the new title for $US 10 off. Be sure to check out GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley this Friday for the exclusive premiere of the new Crysis Warhead trailer, should you be so inclined. More »

EA Looking To Market Crysis Ready PCs

4:00AM Mike Fahey | Now here’s an interesting tidbit that came out of Comic-Con this past weekend. Electronic Arts is looking at marketing a line of desktop PC systems to coincide with the release of Crysis Warhead, branded with the Crysis name. The reasoning? More people who don’t regularly use a PC to game will pick up a PC branded with a game name simply for the assurance that the system will run the title. They are looking at providing multiple systems at a price tag between $US 600-$US 800 to coincide with how well the gamer wants the game to run. This is a brilliant idea. I’ve always felt that PC manufacturers were missing out by not marketing directly to gamers. I’m not talking high-end, higher-priced dedicated gaming systems here. Just a PC with a sticker on it that lists the games it will run out of the box – kind of like how console packaging shows popular titles available on that system. I wish EA the best of luck. Perhaps they’ll start a trend! EA wants to sell you a PC [Chris Remo's Remowned via Destructoid] More »