Crysis 2 minumum specs announced

The sequel to a game that spurred a thousand PC upgrades (figuratively speaking) has announced its minimum PC spec. So will Crysis 2 be the same?

Short answer... it doesn't look like it.

However, the long answer...

Well, here's the specs:

Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 2GHz or better
Nvidia 8800 GT or higher
2 GB RAM
Windows XP/Vista/7
9 GB free hard disk space
Internet connection

We got these via one of those wonderfully long chains of information that only the information mega goat-track (it's a series of tubes!) can provide. Crytek released them in German on its Facebook page, the gang over at Gerforce.com translated it, and then Bit-tech reported it via VG247, and then our very own jdog posted it on the forums.

Which is where we spotted it, and now we're re-re-re-re... whatever, reposting it here.

But what's really interesting here is just how underwhelming those specs are. When Crysis came out, even the average enthusiast system had almost ZERO hope of running it. Now, the average enthusiast system should be able to, basically, piss it in.

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23 Comments

Spectre Feb 3, 2011 11:54 AM	"When Crysis 2 came out..." - Got a time machine there Dave?
Hawkeye Feb 3, 2011 12:03 PM	Why of course!
N3M3SiS Feb 3, 2011 12:14 PM	If Crysis 2 of all titles has be compromised by the console-generation then im going to... Crysis?
RaRaDawg Feb 3, 2011 12:26 PM	Well done jdog. Well these are a step up from the Crysis Minimum Specs in some ways. =/
jdog Feb 3, 2011 12:34 PM	oh yeah! i made a article!!! thank you hawkeye/david!!!
mark84 Feb 3, 2011 1:45 PM	These are minimum spec. There's a difference between something that will run it and something that will run it well. It could turn out to be the new Metro 2033.
majestic975 Feb 3, 2011 1:57 PM	You'd be mad to run the game with those 'minimum' specs anyway. Besides who still has a 8800GT in their rig anyway??
Hawkeye Feb 3, 2011 2:07 PM	A lot of people :)
Takoma Feb 3, 2011 2:34 PM	/raises hand
Mademan Feb 3, 2011 3:22 PM	/raises hand
squid Feb 3, 2011 3:28 PM	I have a 7800 :(
nukejockey Feb 3, 2011 4:10 PM	Now you've done it David, mentioning his name in an article...
T3hMarz Feb 3, 2011 5:24 PM	Why must I have a laptop... I will never be able to run it. D:
AnthraxPants Feb 3, 2011 5:37 PM	I gave my 8800GTS to my friend :D Upgraded to my brain :P
oscarcharliezulu Feb 3, 2011 9:10 PM	1 MHz 65
oscarcharliezulu Feb 3, 2011 9:15 PM	Correction ... 1.77 MHz 6502b, 4x Sprite Antic GPU... Prob no chance of running it.
nukejockey Feb 4, 2011 12:50 AM	Turns out those requirements may be false, Crytek have said that they haven't released any official system reqs yet. http://www.mycrysis.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6818&start=40
Meowkitty Feb 4, 2011 8:08 AM	how can this be posted on atomic? a place for Maximum power computing. that's reasonable power computing spec right there. do we need more magazines about reasonable power computing? that being said, what's the recomended spec?
Hawkeye Feb 4, 2011 8:28 AM	Wait - this is our fault now?!
Meowkitty Feb 4, 2011 9:04 AM	no. just disapointed that a game that follows a Maximum Power Computing benchmark should, on initial spec, appear to be so reasonabley powered. if anything is your fault, it's holding up a Maximum Powered minimum standard that even the game developers fail to maintain. you shame them.
Blackorchad Feb 4, 2011 9:43 AM	/raises hand i have two 8800gt's
Hawkeye Feb 4, 2011 10:05 AM	@meow: Haha!
GhostFaceKilla Feb 4, 2011 10:17 AM	To be honest many predicted (including myself) that the Specs of Crysis 2 would be quite low in comparision to the first one - the simple reason is that Number 2 is designed for consoles as well. And as long as games are going to be designed for cross platforms they are going to be designed with the minimum specs of the console in mind, not the PC. the only way we are going to get games that push the graphical boundaries again is if they are PC only (or at least PC only initially), and designed to utilise the PC's far superior hardware. And that just isnt going to happen in a cross platform market to any appreciable level.

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