Uh-Oh for Microsoft?

[redsamurai]

It's cool being able to upgrade PC's, but I think efficient software is more important than hardware. I think of how much $$ I basically pissed away trying to get a few more frames out of Crysis; in less than 5 years I'm now on my 2nd OS, twice the RAM, 2nd CPU, 4th GPU, aftermarket CPU and GPU cooler...all those increments add up. Granted games and video editors do run noticeably faster now, and the option to upgrade as needed is convenient and cost effective, but those smaller incremental steps simply aren't worth the time/money to me anymore unless actually needed.

This is also why I'll probably always be more of a console gamer. The improvements from one generation to the next are like night and day by contrast.

while I agree software optimization is crucial, there's a balance that has to be met. If crytek was tasked with getting Crysis 3 (omg have you seen those gameplay trailers holy fucking sheet) to run on either the 360 or the ps3, they'd be coding for years. But Crysis 1 wasn't optimized enough, it's like they spent zero time trying to get that fucker to run properly on different setups. I just got done playing it and had everything up on on the absolute highest settings with my i3 and 6870 overclocked a little. It would run flawlessly in combat and then all of a sudden there would be nothing going on in the screen but some far away sound or explosion would all of a sudden make it stutter. And of course the final carrier battle bug was just a nightmare....but I do have win 7 64 bit which it was clearly not written for cause I had to start the game in admin mode or it simply refused to even start the game. Warhead was flawless and so was crysis 2. I will likely need to at least upgrade to an i5 or Crysis 3 and probably get a 7870

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

while I agree software optimization is crucial, there's a balance that has to be met. If crytek was tasked with getting Crysis 3 (omg have you seen those gameplay trailers holy fucking sheet) to run on either the 360 or the ps3, they'd be coding for years. But Crysis 1 wasn't optimized enough, it's like they spent zero time trying to get that fucker to run properly on different setups. I just got done playing it and had everything up on on the absolute highest settings with my i3 and 6870 overclocked a little. It would run flawlessly in combat and then all of a sudden there would be nothing going on in the screen but some far away sound or explosion would all of a sudden make it stutter. And of course the final carrier battle bug was just a nightmare....but I do have win 7 64 bit which it was clearly not written for cause I had to start the game in admin mode or it simply refused to even start the game. Warhead was flawless and so was crysis 2. I will likely need to at least upgrade to an i5 or Crysis 3 and probably get a 7870

Actually you'll be just fine for Crysis 3, since it's based on a refined engine they built to run on consoles as well. Granted the consoles won't have DX11 features like crazy frog tessellation or such, but Crysis 3 will run and look better on all systems.

All because they reworked their engine to run on consoles. If they just kept it a PC exclusive, then chances are yeah you'd have to upgrade again already.

But mark my words, there will be next gen games that'll blow that trailer away.

 

[redsamurai]

Actually you'll be just fine for Crysis 3, since it's based on a refined engine they built to run on consoles as well. Granted the consoles won't have DX11 features like crazy frog tessellation or such, but Crysis 3 will run and look better on all systems.

All because they reworked their engine to run on consoles. If they just kept it a PC exclusive, then chances are yeah you'd have to upgrade again already.

But mark my words, there will be next gen games that'll blow that trailer away.

dude they released the system req's, have you seen them?

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

dude they released the system req's, have you seen them?

They must've made a separate game for PC then, because gut damn those specs outdo even the original Crysis at the time. Only difference is, the original was a lot more advanced looking for its time.

Last I was really following this game they had some DX11 features shoehorned into the consoles.

More Crysis 3.

But I'm not about to make the same mistake with this as I did with the original, chasing performance. The way Windows is going it's questionable if I'll even build another PC. We'll see how things pan out.