W.A.R.P. ... nothing new here.

[HeXploiT]

CPU Time Avg FPS Min FPS Max FPS
Core i7 8-Core @ 3.0GHz 271.75 7.36 3.45 15.01
Core 2 Quad (Penryn) @ 3.0GHz 351.35 5.69 2.49 10.95
Core 2 Duo (Penryn) @ 3.0GHz 573.98 3.48 1.35 6.61
Core 2 Duo @ 2.6GHz 707.19 2.83 0.81 5.18
Core 2 Duo @ 2.4GHz 763.25 2.62 0.76 4.70
Core 2 Duo @ 2.1GHz 908.87 2.20 0.64 3.72
Xeon 8 Core @ 2.0GHz 424.04 4.72 1.84 9.56
AMD FX74 4-Core @ 3.0GHz 583.12 3.43 1.41 5.78
Phenom X4 9550 Quad-Core @ 2.2GHz 664.69 3.01 0.53 5.46

Crysis on Windows 7 WARP10: GPU Performance Discrete GPU Time Avg FPS Min FPS Max FPS
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 23.58 84.80 60.78 130.83
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 47.63 41.99 25.67 72.57
NVIDIA Quadro 290 67.16 29.78 18.19 79.87
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 59.01 33.89 21.22 51.82
ATI Radeon HD 3400 53.79 37.18 22.97 59.77
ATI Radeon 3200 67.19 29.77 18.91 45.74
ATI Radeon 2400 PRO 67.04 29.83 17.97 45.91
Intel DX10 Integrated 386.97 5.17 1.74 16.22
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Taken from Toms Hardware

So an Core i7 8-Core @ 3.0GHz can run a high end game at a low resolution(800x600).
High end cpu's have ALWAYS been able to play a new game at very low resolutions and low framerates. It's called software rendering. What's new here aside from microsoft sticking it's nose in yet another sector?(oh wait that's not new)

 

[JPB]

AMD FX74 4-Core @ 3.0GHz

Wonder if this is a hint at a new AMD cpu coming

 

[jones377]

Originally posted by: JPB

AMD FX74 4-Core @ 3.0GHz

Wonder if this is a hint at a new AMD cpu coming

It's a very old CPU. Remember QuadFX, 4x4 or whatever it was called?