Need help for deciding a graphics card for Crysis

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Article in the Maximum PC (10 games that will bring your rig to it's knees) had an interview with Cevat Yerli. When asked hardware he said it's performance proof so it will scale back on any pc to play at good frames, losing eye candy that is. Midrange PC's were defined as an Intel E6600 (or amd eq.), 2BM RAM and Nvidia 8800 GTS with 640MB or ATI HD 2900 XT with 512mb. Oh and midrange will play all candy at 1280x and will require better hardware for 1600x or greater resolution.

Well if you can hold out for abit I would to see what some benchmarks start out at then decide. If your anything like me a 320mb version isnt' going to cut it.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally posted by: Pain999
I agree either 8800GTS/640MB to be safe or wait at least until the Crysis demo is released to see if the 320MB is going to cut it at the resolution you need. Wouldn't it suck to spend $250 on a 320MB only to find out on Crysis you can only do 800x600 or a higher resolution with no eye candy with good fps?

I'd be amazed if that were the case. What developer in his right mind would release a game that only 5% of the gaming population would be able to play? A game developer that releases a game that won't run decently at 1024 x 768 and high settings on a 8800 GTS 320 is essentially committing financial suicide. If that were the case, it would be advisable for the developer to just shelve the game for a while and release it a year later.