For all you non-gamers out there, the "Crysis" gamers frequently refer to is a particularly hardware thrashing game that actually delivers on all the Wattage being consumed.
For the complete lowdown, go here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crysis
But for a brief flavour of how hard it thrashes your hardware, most hardware reviewers post frames per second in the high 90s for most games of today (from Half Life 2 onwards) with a reasonable graphics output of 1600x1200 with all the graphical bells and whistles turned on.
Crysis barely managers 30fps and that's also with the output toned down to 1280x1024. Rack the display output up to the 1600x1200 and we start seeing <10 fps.
BTW 30 frames per second is seen as the bare minimum for a First Person Shooter.
So it'll be interesting to see how this new card and also ATI's one fare against the "Crysis" experience.
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For all you non-gamers out there, the "Crysis" gamers frequently refer to is a particularly hardware thrashing game that actually delivers on all the Wattage being consumed.
For the complete lowdown, go here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crysis
But for a brief flavour of how hard it thrashes your hardware, most hardware reviewers post frames per second in the high 90s for most games of today (from Half Life 2 onwards) with a reasonable graphics output of 1600x1200 with all the graphical bells and whistles turned on.
Crysis barely managers 30fps and that's also with the output toned down to 1280x1024. Rack the display output up to the 1600x1200 and we start seeing <10 fps.
BTW 30 frames per second is seen as the bare minimum for a First Person Shooter.
So it'll be interesting to see how this new card and also ATI's one fare against the "Crysis" experience.