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Graphics card, crysis

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supermac1

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Hi. I have a pc, dual core, 2.0ghz, 2gb ram, and want to play crysis on medium to high settings. I can get a 20% discount on graphics cards from pny.com Are any of those a good card/good deal with that 20% off or am I better off at somewhere like newegg?
My price range is around $80-150
 
Prepare yourself for a disappointment with Crysis tbh. Medium detail is rubbish, high or highest are the only settings worth going for. To get a decent framerate you need a stupidly good machine. My specs exceed yours (E6750, 4GB RAM, Radeon 4870 and I get 40 fps max. Usually hovering around 30 on highest settings. To give yourself a little bit of a framerate boost I recommend the Windows 7 beta too. It changed my jittery framerate to that above which is playable but still annoying if you are used to 60 fps + in other games (Call of Duty, Left for Dead).

But the card the poster above me recommended is great at that price if you really want to play Crysis.
 
windywoo said:
Prepare yourself for a disappointment with Crysis tbh. Medium detail is rubbish, high or highest are the only settings worth going for. To get a decent framerate you need a stupidly good machine. My specs exceed yours (E6750, 4GB RAM, Radeon 4870 and I get 40 fps max. Usually hovering around 30 on highest settings. To give yourself a little bit of a framerate boost I recommend the Windows 7 beta too. It changed my jittery framerate to that above which is playable but still annoying if you are used to 60 fps + in other games (Call of Duty, Left for Dead).

But the card the poster above me recommended is great at that price if you really want to play Crysis.
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My friend has Intel C2D @ 4.2GHz, oveclocked ATI 4870 and 4GB DDR2 and it runs Crysis on very high settings with constantly over 40fps
 
4.2 GHz Holy hell. Well mine will only go to 3GHz and then its unstable in the hot summer weather. Its better in Winter.

My experience with overclocking graphics cards is little performance gain but then again I haven't tried it with my 4870.
 
dukebound85 said:
Sweet! When did you graduate?

I have played it with a 7800gt and its definitly playable. Granted its not on uber high detail but its not poor detail either
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Wow so long ago. I finished undergrad in 1998. I am going back this weekend Beerfest!! The best party in all of the USA. I miss Fort Fun!!
 
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