Far Cry 2: Official system requirements

Ghoul - 517 days 22 hours ago

likewise

@ below nice try, but your plasma cant compete with a 1920x1200 lcd running this game in super smooth glory.

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Ghoul - 517 days 22 hours ago

so the 360 runs farcry 2 in 1920x1200 now ? gimme a break, we all get it you are totally cool and got the super screen. i salute you.

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PikkonX - 517 days 22 hours ago

You can get the same experience out of a PC. Just about all the 360/PC ports have support for the controller and newer graphics cards have HDMI ports. My graphics card has a DVI to HDMI adapter which somehow also outputs audio to the TV.

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SoIid Snake - 517 days 22 hours ago

Couch and controllers with friends are for casual gamers. Be hardcore and play up close and personal. You can play on 720p with 30FPS while we play on 1920x1200 at 60FPS+.

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Ghoul - 517 days 22 hours ago

thwip are you really that ignorant ? jealous lol you exactly prrofed my point with that comment, you really post your tv size to gain some jealousy ?

fyi i got a ps3 a 360 a 42" hdtv lcd 2x24" pc lcd's with all the fancy extras sound setups blabla crap etc. and i got a kickass rig chewing that specs for breakfast.

i just find it funny how you come in here "pc discussion" brag about your superleet tv setup probably to gain some "awesome dude your tv rocks" comments.

again nice try but failed...

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Statix - 517 days 22 hours ago

Right, because an experience like MGS4 is best enjoyed/relished on a 20" monitor on an office chair instead of a 50+ inch screen on a couch. Not mention, it's "hardcore, maaaan." *rolls eyes*

I guess that's why everyone watches their Blu-rays and DVDs on their computer.

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mistertwoturbo - 517 days 22 hours ago

Wow a PC version home console argument, Surprising. /sarcasm

Graphically, running a game at true 1920x1200 resolution with 8-16xAA @60fps is "FTW." Good thing my PC can run anything (for now). That 8800GTX is more than sufficient.

But I do prefer to play most games from the consoles on my 46" samsung. Gears of War, MGS4, etc. etc. looks beautiful.

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SoIid Snake - 517 days 21 hours ago

I'm talking about First Person Shooters and PC games in general. Why play a FPS on a controller when you can play on a mouse and keyboard. Controllers use analogs, which are limited by the circumference of the analog space. You can turn with the analog but once you hit that wall, the motion is only going to what you set the sensitivity to. The mouse can move as fast as your wrist/arm goes, depending on the sensitivity.

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Fanboi - 517 days 21 hours ago

Are console gamers this stupid? If a PC have enough muscle to push the latest shooters at 1080p then there's always a DVI out connector or in case of the latest 280 GTX and ATI 4870 a HDMI cable to connect to your TV. I play the PC version of Gears of War on my 52 inch Sony XBR 4 in full 1080p 4x AA at over 120 FPS! To show my friend the difference between the 360's version I pressed the TV/video button on the remote to show him all the details the Xbox version is missing and he was blown away. But what really knocked his socks off is when I switched between CoD 4's 40 players domination online vs the PS3's 16 players ground war. The amount of chaos on screen is hilariously extreme when you consider that this 40 player match is humming along at 87 FPS without a hint of lag.

The only time the console actually won out is with Bluray. For some reason Nvidia's Bluray encoder takes forever to spin up the movie while the PS 3 plays instantly. Plus the PC's Bluray remote totally blows, there is too much lag while the PS3 response with crisp precision to every command.

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juandren - 517 days 18 hours ago

I'm sure my 2 x 4870s and my QX9650 will LOL at those specs

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mc - 517 days 18 hours ago

im afraid i fall short with my sh@tty x1300 pro from ati provided by the wonderful people at dell

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-SIXAXIS- - 517 days 17 hours ago

lol. I think I may buy a Macbook Pro. It has specs past the recommended. Hopefully I can play it.

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humus - 517 days 4 hours ago

dude i totally agree

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GIJeff - 517 days 4 hours ago

plasma is the suck. and thats just a fact. Games look infinitely better on a PC, thats not really a question. If you think a plasma looks better than a PC monitor, either:
a) your eyes are terrible and are attracted to blurry, ghosting, low res images
b) have never seen a game on a decent monitor.

AND, LCD tv's look sooooooo much better than Plasmas. Plasmas leave that wierd digital trail when things move too fast, even the new ones. I really dont think plasma tv's are gamer friendly. But whatever, your'e not too bright, you wouldnt know any better.

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LightofDarkness - 517 days 2 hours ago

Jeff......

Hahahahahaha. Sorry.

You just called someone else ignorant and yet you've just made an utter fool of yourself. It's THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

LCDs have slow pixel response time, plasmas are <1ms. LCDs generally hover around 8ms or 5ms, especially HDTV ones. I'm sorry, but what profoundly moronic statement you've made. I hope you've learned from this.

Nevermind 120hz refresh rate, it's PIXEL RESPONSE TIME you should be wary of. Why refresh your screen so much if it's stuck on the same image? This results in more ghosting. LCDs are notorious for ghosting issues. Plasmas have overcome the issue in recent years. In fact, only SED and OLED beat plasma, both in black levels and pixel response. Next gen plasmas have over 100,000 grey levels between black and white. That's 100000:1 contrast ratio. I dare say plasma wins in my book.

Yeah, CRT is still the best, but do you honestly believe people can fit a 40" CRT HDTV with it's enlarged electron gun (FACT: HDTV electron guns are nearly twice as large as standard and twice as heavy) in a room in their house? Let alone carry it and find a sturdy enough prop to hold it? I doubt that. That's the whole point of flat screen tech. Aesthetics and space saving.

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IaMs12 - 517 days 2 hours ago

just like to add i got the 360 with a 52" LCD BIG screen with HD hooked up so nice and clear for gaming and big speakers sitting right next to me for some power Audio :)

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BattleAxe - 516 days 22 hours ago

Time for all of those PC gamers to run out and spend some cach upgrading their computers once again. lmao

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Panthers - 517 days 22 hours ago

Yup. Plasma looks so nice. I have a LCD right now, but Ill be upgrading soon. Ill have the PS3 version, but still dont need to worry bout upgrading PC :D

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Bombibomb - 517 days 22 hours ago

Good to go with DVD9?

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Ghoul - 517 days 22 hours ago

seems you didnt get the memo

pc uses no media at all since the pc doesnt stream game data from disc, its irrelevant what media the pc games come on, you install them (decompress the data) and dont need to worry about any size restrictions, conan has a 15gb install (im still wondering how they will get the game on the 360 with that amount of data).

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thereapersson - 517 days 22 hours ago

Most PC games fully install to the HDD nowadays, and when they unpack the files are usually really huge. No streaming from disk required, because all the data is able to be read off the HDD.

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Ghoul - 517 days 22 hours ago

recommended /= highest setting

recommended settings mean you can get a fair amount of graphics at a fair amount or performance. aka midrange

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TheIneffableBob - 517 days 13 hours ago

What the recommended specs mean is a mystery sometimes. Like, for example, the recommended for Clear Sky means pretty much close to the highest settings, while the recommended for Crysis is medium to high. I'm guessing the recommended for Far Cry 2 will equal high settings.

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SoIid Snake - 517 days 22 hours ago

Depends on your resolution. You'll probably be able to get a good 30FPS at 1680x1050 or 25FPS at 1920x1200.

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thereapersson - 517 days 20 hours ago

I have an older CRT that I still use because I like the absolute refresh time and color reproduction. Unfortunately, it only goes up to 1280 x 1024, so I guess if I play at that res, I should get pretty good framerates.

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SoIid Snake - 517 days 22 hours ago

It's because consoles are finally starting to catch up to PC specs, or maybe PC is getting held back by consoles, so developers think they can take advantage of this situation to make multiplatform games to make more profit. But yeah, consoles have really slowed progression down from PCs this whole generation.

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Ghoul - 517 days 21 hours ago

maybe because you where one of the few that bought into the "upgrade for crysis" hype. im more then satisfied that farcry DOESNT force you to buy a new rig just because a game is relaesed. it looks amazing.

btw crysis is a awesome but horribly unoptimised beast, wich could use 30 less horsepower when optimized.

i really dont understand why farcry2 wich looks awesome and seems to run on most people setup is a bad thing.

and btw as a pc user you should know taht recommended is NOWHERE near the max settings. and i could bet my ass that farcry2 on pc on max will look a lot better then on the consoles, not because of res but because of view distance detail textures effects fidelity shaders etc.

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f789790 - 517 days 17 hours ago

They use the argument its too expensive yet I can build a cheap computer easily from newegg.com. And for most people that have bought new computers recently all they need is a new graphics card for $50 off of ebay. My X1950Pro only sold on ebay for $35. That card can play Crysis on medium!

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BattleAxe - 516 days 22 hours ago

I think alot of people just don't enjoy screwing around with PCs. Its not just the cost, its just a pain in the ass. I like putting a disc in and playing. PS3 FTW.

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Altered_Soul - 517 days 12 hours ago

Tell that to the various people I know who have Gears, Halo 3, etc etc for free. Any tech savvy person, ala a person who could pirate a PC game, can pirate an Xbox or PS3 game. Hell, you guys can even just buy one copy for 5 people easier than it is able to be done on a computer.

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jtucker78 - 517 days 17 hours ago

...is the answer to buy a decent TV?

I'm not about to argue PC vs console here, but resolution only takes you so far. You want to consider contrast ratio for that movie like quality.
Sure, high res is great, but if you have high res and low contrast ratio (like you get with a standard LCD computer monitor) it's like watching the news on a TV broadcast camera.

Res isn't everything. You want nice deep blacks, bright whites for a movie like quality - the sort of things you don't get with LCDs. For that you want a Plasma. Unless you've bought one of the newer Sony Bravia's, Series 6 Samsungs etc.
Or you could wait for the Panasonic OLEDs to come out.

19" screen? I'm sure you appreciate your high resolution on that pokey little screen sat by yourself at a computer desk?

But you should get yourself a decent TV for the sitting room, invite the boys over, few beers, have a laugh.

PC or PS3 I'm not taking either side, but you should get yourself a decent display to play on.

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-SIXAXIS- - 517 days 17 hours ago

OLEDs? Are you crazy? Those things are going to be crazy expensive! If you are buying a TV. Invest more money for a bette product. It will last longer. Get one of the newer Sony/Samsung/Sharp LCD TVs. Don't get a plasma, it will eventually burn out.

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jtucker78 - 517 days 16 hours ago

You're thinking of the old plasmas.

Modern plasmas don't burn out for a long loooooooong time. You only had to worry about that in the early days.

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superaktieboy - 512 days 18 hours ago

@jtucker yeah that is one of the answers lol.. but i has no money lol

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jtucker78 - 517 days 17 hours ago

Nice!

I've got a similar set-up. Got all seven speakers, but my Pioneer home cinema amp doesn't handle Dolby HD or DTS HD.

Oh Well, time to upgrade!

@VMAN - Is your TV one of the Kuros?

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f789790 - 517 days 17 hours ago

A psycotic rig is all anyone ever hears about that they know costs way too much. For $360 of parts on newegg.com I can build a gaming computer that could play Far Cry 2 and Crysis on medium.

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XGamer - 517 days 6 hours ago

Str8:)

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