Recent content by thesaxmaniac

I mean, I really hope C2 uses some DX11 features; tessellation is extremely exciting, almost as much as occlusion was in the original Crysis, and 8-core usage would be really awesome as well. But we all know the media tend to over-hype things (I read a report that Crysis would use a whole core...

For example: I create a 2d game, but it has advanced api's from DX11. It doesn't make my game a 3d powerhouse like Crysis, but it does make it "support" DX11. Therefore, it supports DX11, but doesn't use any DX11 features. Crysis uses extremely high quality textures, unmatched by any other game...

Again, "support" and "features" are 2 completely different things. I could release a game that supports DX11, and it would even be listed on the link you posted. But it would look nothing like Crysis 2. That was hard. Also, I go to Berkeley and am majoring in computer science. Just thought...

Ok, since you side-stepped the real argument I guess I'll respond to this. DX11 is a joke. So is dx10. DX10 effects could be simply modified into the config to work in DX9. Maybe this isn't true with DX11, but even if it isn't, name 10 games that will take advantage of the new effects, and name...

All I'm saying here is to put yourself in the buyer's mindset in the time when the top-of-the-line cards were the 200 series. A 260 was much cheaper than a 280, and most reviewer's considered it an excellent deal for the tech you were getting. Compared to today's cards, yes, it is vastly...

Obviously if you have the ability to see the future, you could easily tell that the 460 GTX and the 560 GTX are coming out and are going to be better deals compared to the 260. But back in 200-time, those cards didn't exist and a 260 was considered a GREAT deal by most publications. How can you...

Clearly what you "think" is an opinion, and not a fact. The fact is, is that the series of cards from 9-current has been reviewed to be just as good if not better than AMD's similar offerings, and Nvidia has been the market-owning champ since the Radeon 9800 series. Also, upper-mid range cards...

So what you are saying is that anything not top-of-the-line is "not a great card". That's ridiculous. That's like saying the Geforce 4 ti wasn't or isn't a good card just because it's old and can't handle new games. It's still a great card that was made for the games of it's generation. Same...

Dude, you have a 260. Don't use AA or AF and you'll probably be able to play Crysis 2 on max settings. It's not even out yet and you're worrying you won't be able to play it on maximum. Keep your shorts on.

That is condescending, a 260 is an amazing card, it's just a couple generations behind. If the guy is running a 480 or two than that would explain his framerates. But you don't need it. I have a 275 and I fully expect to run Crysis 2 on max settings at 1080P.

Exactly. It's kind of pathetic this whole post revolved around that idea, and it's completely wrong. His link to eurogamer clearly shows MUCH lower minimum requirements for the original. We should actually be complaining that these requirements are so much higher than the original's. It's...

Actually, I'm not sure what the OP is smoking, but those "minimum" requirements FAR EXCEED that of the first game: Minimum system requirements for Crysis from Crytek and EA OS - Windows XP or Windows Vista Processor - 2.8 GHz or faster (XP) or 3.2 GHz or faster* (Vista) (CRYSIS 2...

And Dark Forces! Wooo!

Wolfenstein 3D and Doom were the first ones I played when I was about 6 or 7. After that I played Simcity 2000 (CONSTANTLY) and Myst. Until I was like 15 I would only get a new game like every 6 months :/

I second this.