Well of course.. To do good with PC Gaming.. It's good to gain some knowledge about hardware..
You bought an 8600GT that only has 256MB ram... That's suicide with a card like that.
If you had a 1GB of 512MB version.. Your computer would actually perform quite well on Crysis.. And look better than the current consoles could do.
Your PC will also play every game you put in it, if you keep the game on the settings your computer is capable of!!!!
Just like how your XBOX 360 is only capable of certain settings in each game.. It's not any different than a computer dude. It's only a bit more automated, so you have no choice of detail, only what the developers set it to, and what the machine is capable of. Which is usually crap and below 720p.
Where as most PC games are played in 1080p or higher on even midrange PC's. With not to mention more Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic filtering levels, and better shading and textures.
If you actually set the settings in Crysis to the low ammount that would be required for the Xbox 360 to play it. You're current computer would burn through it like nothing.
There's a lot to PC gaming your missing.
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