I wish my computer could display graphics like this.

[karadan]

I just upgraded my PC so i thought i'd get the game Crysis. It does look sweet on my machine but i'm only able to display on medium to high graphics settings. Ultra high is greyed out for me unfortunately. I put everything up as far as it would go and got a blistering 12fps!!

I don't have five grand to spend on a machine but if i did, the graphics would look this good!

*drool*

[Tanker]

When my brother graduated from college I gave him $3500 for a computer he could build any way he wanted (he got a degree in computer programing so I figured it was fitting). I don't remember all he put in it but its fairly ridiculus and all his friends have geek envy. Anyway he bought crysis and since max settings wearn't maxing his system he found a special windows company test setting that basically like setting the amp to 11 and he still plays it with no problems. If I had $3500 to just mess around on a computer I don't need I'd have him make me one too.

[joeactor]

How about Crysis on a laptop?
http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/blog/po ... aptop.html

Alienware has some cool gaming stuff... not 5 grand, but not cheap either...

[karadan]

How about Crysis on a laptop?
http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/blog/po ... aptop.html

Alienware has some cool gaming stuff... not 5 grand, but not cheap either...

Nice. That's pretty damn good for a laptop. I'd get a laptop if i could guarantee it would get used often. Unfortunately i doubt it would. Simply upgrading my machine at home should do for now.

[Godless]

I just upgraded my PC so i thought i'd get the game Crysis. It does look sweet on my machine but i'm only able to display on medium to high graphics settings. Ultra high is greyed out for me unfortunately. I put everything up as far as it would go and got a blistering 12fps!!

I don't have five grand to spend on a machine but if i did, the graphics would look this good!

*drool*

I actually play Crysis on Very High on 1920x1080 resolution on my self-built computer. You don't need to spend 5 grand to max out Crysis... that'd be ridiculous lol. You could probably do it for around $1500-$2000 with a NVidia's new GeForce GTX 295 video card ($500) and a Core i7 920 processor ($290). I run it on an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 and an Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 overclocked to 4GHz and it runs just fine for me on my current settings.

[jcm]

I just upgraded my PC so i thought i'd get the game Crysis. It does look sweet on my machine but i'm only able to display on medium to high graphics settings. Ultra high is greyed out for me unfortunately. I put everything up as far as it would go and got a blistering 12fps!!

I don't have five grand to spend on a machine but if i did, the graphics would look this good!

*drool*

I actually play Crysis on Very High on 1920x1080 resolution on my self-built computer. You don't need to spend 5 grand to max out Crysis... that'd be ridiculous lol. You could probably do it for around $1500-$2000 with a NVidia's new GeForce GTX 295 video card ($500) and a Core i7 920 processor ($290). I run it on an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 and an Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 overclocked to 4GHz and it runs just fine for me on my current settings.

liquid cooled cpu?

[jcm]

I just upgraded my PC so i thought i'd get the game Crysis. It does look sweet on my machine but i'm only able to display on medium to high graphics settings. Ultra high is greyed out for me unfortunately. I put everything up as far as it would go and got a blistering 12fps!!

I don't have five grand to spend on a machine but if i did, the graphics would look this good!

*drool*

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  Spec-23: - Intel Core i7 1-Day Shippout & Free Shipping
- Free Shipping & Ready to Ship in 3 Business days
- Antec: Gamer [ Three Hundred ] ( Front USB, Audio ), Black
- aBX, 850W Power Supply [ PSU ]. Model: BLACK-850
- Intel Core i7 940, LGA 1366, 2.93GHz, 64-Bit Quad-Core, 4x256KB Cache
- Thermaltake Gaming CPU Cooling Fan (Excellent Overclocking + Silent Proof + Smart CPU ) [ V1 AX ]
- Asus Intel X58, 12GB Max, Crossfire/SLI, RAID,1394, S/PDIF, eSATA, Audio, GbLAN. [ P6T ]
- 12GB (6 x 2GB) DDR3 at 1333 MHz Triple Channel
- Radeon HD 4870X2: 2048MB
- 500GB SATA-II 7200RPM
- 500GB SATA-II 7200RPM
- Extreme Performance ( RAID - 0 ) with 2 Identical Hard Drives
- 20x Dual-Format/Dual-Layer DVDRW Driver
- 12-in-1 Flash Media Reader / Writer
- Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer, 7.1 Channels 24-bit, PCI [ 70SB073A00000 ]
- Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
- Windows Vista Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 - 64 Bit Edition - DVD set
- - Ultra Enhanced Packaging Solution.
- Professional Wiring for All WIRING Inside The System Chasis with High Perormance Thermal Compound
- Fully assembled and tested. 3-Years Labor, 1-Year Parts warranty plus lifetime tech support.
 
$2,250

[Godless]

I just upgraded my PC so i thought i'd get the game Crysis. It does look sweet on my machine but i'm only able to display on medium to high graphics settings. Ultra high is greyed out for me unfortunately. I put everything up as far as it would go and got a blistering 12fps!!

I don't have five grand to spend on a machine but if i did, the graphics would look this good!

*drool*

I actually play Crysis on Very High on 1920x1080 resolution on my self-built computer. You don't need to spend 5 grand to max out Crysis... that'd be ridiculous lol. You could probably do it for around $1500-$2000 with a NVidia's new GeForce GTX 295 video card ($500) and a Core i7 920 processor ($290). I run it on an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 and an Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 overclocked to 4GHz and it runs just fine for me on my current settings.

liquid cooled cpu?

Nope, 4GHz is not high enough to produce so much heat that I need liquid cooling. I have an after market heat sink, the Asus V60 Vapo Bearing Cooler along with Antec Formula 5 thermal paste.

[Godless]

I just upgraded my PC so i thought i'd get the game Crysis. It does look sweet on my machine but i'm only able to display on medium to high graphics settings. Ultra high is greyed out for me unfortunately. I put everything up as far as it would go and got a blistering 12fps!!

I don't have five grand to spend on a machine but if i did, the graphics would look this good!

*drool*

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  Spec-23: - Intel Core i7 1-Day Shippout & Free Shipping
- Free Shipping & Ready to Ship in 3 Business days
- Antec: Gamer [ Three Hundred ] ( Front USB, Audio ), Black
- aBX, 850W Power Supply [ PSU ]. Model: BLACK-850
- Intel Core i7 940, LGA 1366, 2.93GHz, 64-Bit Quad-Core, 4x256KB Cache
- Thermaltake Gaming CPU Cooling Fan (Excellent Overclocking + Silent Proof + Smart CPU ) [ V1 AX ]
- Asus Intel X58, 12GB Max, Crossfire/SLI, RAID,1394, S/PDIF, eSATA, Audio, GbLAN. [ P6T ]
- 12GB (6 x 2GB) DDR3 at 1333 MHz Triple Channel
- Radeon HD 4870X2: 2048MB
- 500GB SATA-II 7200RPM
- 500GB SATA-II 7200RPM
- Extreme Performance ( RAID - 0 ) with 2 Identical Hard Drives
- 20x Dual-Format/Dual-Layer DVDRW Driver
- 12-in-1 Flash Media Reader / Writer
- Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer, 7.1 Channels 24-bit, PCI [ 70SB073A00000 ]
- Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
- Windows Vista Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 - 64 Bit Edition - DVD set
- - Ultra Enhanced Packaging Solution.
- Professional Wiring for All WIRING Inside The System Chasis with High Perormance Thermal Compound
- Fully assembled and tested. 3-Years Labor, 1-Year Parts warranty plus lifetime tech support.
 
$2,250

Also, some of those parts of unnecessary. A Core i7 920 is $200-300 less than the 940 and can be easily overclocked to match or surpass it. A 650W-750W power supply is sufficient for running a 4870X2 rather than having an 850W power supply that you are not going to fully implement. Having 12GB of RAM is absolutely pointless, since 6GB is normal for Core i7 systems and is still already a lot of memory. Instead of getting two 500GB hard drives, a single 1TB hard drive is more energy efficient and saves room.

[jcm]

Also, some of those parts of unnecessary. A Core i7 920 is $200-300 less than the 940 and can be easily overclocked to match or surpass it. A 650W-750W power supply is sufficient for running a 4870X2 rather than having an 850W power supply that you are not going to fully implement. Having 12GB of RAM is absolutely pointless, since 6GB is normal for Core i7 systems and is still already a lot of memory. Instead of getting two 500GB hard drives, a single 1TB hard drive is more energy efficient and saves room.

some of it is bragging rights, but the two hard drives are configured as a raid-0 array and will deliver 25% more performance. i thought you could overclock the 940 further than the 920. the power supply was not that much more in cost, and i'd rather not ever have to worry about it restarting due to power issues.

i've never built this kind of machine, but i would if i had the money  

[Godless]

Also, some of those parts of unnecessary. A Core i7 920 is $200-300 less than the 940 and can be easily overclocked to match or surpass it. A 650W-750W power supply is sufficient for running a 4870X2 rather than having an 850W power supply that you are not going to fully implement. Having 12GB of RAM is absolutely pointless, since 6GB is normal for Core i7 systems and is still already a lot of memory. Instead of getting two 500GB hard drives, a single 1TB hard drive is more energy efficient and saves room.

some of it is bragging rights, but the two hard drives are configured as a raid-0 array and will deliver 25% more performance. i thought you could overclock the 940 further than the 920. the power supply was not that much more in cost, and i'd rather not ever have to worry about it restarting due to power issues.

i've never built this kind of machine, but i would if i had the money  

Overclocking past a certain point will barely give you any noticeable performance gains, probably only up to around 3-3.2GHz so there is no point in getting the 940 because you're just wasting your money for unneeded processing power. A high quality power supply from a top manufacturer is better than one with a higher wattage rating from a manufacturer that is not as good. Some good power supply manufacturers include Corsair, OCZ, PC Power & Cooling, Antec, and a few others.

[nik999]

for the batter result on your game you have update your graphics driver means install upgrade graphics card.

[Will]

Even though I'm a Mac user (gasp!), I do like the whole self-made computer thing.

For Crysis at a decent frame rate (in 40fps territory), I'd go with a ATX Intel mobo, a Wolfdale processor, a Radeon 5770 1GB graphics card, 4GB RAM, a Western Digital Caviar 320GB hard drive, a Sony Optiarc disc drive, and a Roswell case and power supply. If I've done my maths right ($84+$64.50+$179.99+$94.99+$47.99+$33.99+$69.99), this will run about $575 plus the cost of Windows 7, which so far is doing well with games.

[Ellainix]

I have a pink Acer Aspire One.