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Crysis Custom Config Boosts Performance and Image Quality

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Crysis Custom Config Boosts Performance and Image Quality Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Madshrimps tinkers with the performance settings of Crysis.

Quote: "Crysis is a system hog no doubt about that, so when we come across a fan community made custom config tool which allows you increase the in-game image quality and improve performance, it is definitely worth sharing. Read more

Posted on Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

VIA demos Crysis on Nano 1.8GHz CPU in Mini-ITX Board

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VIA demos Crysis on Nano 1.8GHz CPU in Mini-ITX Board Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Tweaktown reports from a VIA demo from Computex 2008. VIA showed Crysis running on the new VIA Nano on a Mini-ITX board.

Quote from the report: "Now that VIA has officially announced its codenamed Isaiah processor called Nano, it can begin showing off just exactly what it is capable of doing. Read more

Posted on Sun, 8 Jun 2008 11:05:20 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

EA and Crysis Developing Crysis Warhead

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EA and Crysis Developing Crysis Warhead Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Ok PC gamers, everyone join me in a big WOOT! EA and Crytek announced that the next installment in the Crysis series is coming this fall for PC gamers. The game will be called Crysis Warhead. Rather than picking up after the carrier battle the original game left us at, Warhead will follow a parallel storyline to the original game.

If you wondered what happened to Psycho after the game got going and things focused on Nomad the new game will let us find out. Crysis Warhead will follow Psycho as he fights his way through the other side of the island at the same time as Nomad fights his own battles. The game will include new weapons and vehicles plus an undated CryENGINE 2 and new multiplayer content. Read more

Posted on Fri, 6 Jun 2008 11:11:09 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Indepth Crysis Demo Performance Analysis

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Indepth Crysis Demo Performance Analysis Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review As reported the demo of Crysis is now available for download. Techspot analyst the first person shooter game developed exclusively for the PC by Crytek.

Quote: "The demo offers PC gamers a quick look at what will possibly be the most advanced FPS ever created, you just have to swallow the huge 1.8GB download first. I'm sure many will agree that the demo is well worth the download though, offering the entire first level of the game which represents "roughly 45 minutes" of pure gameplay. Read more

Posted on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Crysis Demo Hits Nzone Tomorrow

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Crysis Demo Hits Nzone Tomorrow Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review The highly anticipated demo of Crysis will be available tomorrow on NVIDIA’s Nzone website. NVIDIA says that they do not currently have an exact time that the demo will be available for download.

Crysis is going to be one of the hottest PC games of the year for sure and gamers worldwide are waiting anxious to get their hands on it. I had a chance to play it at E3 this year and the game is fantastic. Read more

Posted on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:24:58 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Crysis on a Toshiba Satellite DX10 NVIDIA Powered Notebook

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Crysis on a Toshiba Satellite DX10 NVIDIA Powered Notebook Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review

From what I have seen of Crysis, it will be the single biggest driver that gets gamers to upgrade their video cards for DirectX 10 capability. The game simply looks great in all its DirectX 10 glory. It also seems that a legion of mobile gamers will have good reason to trade in their old notebooks for new DirectX 10 capable ones as well.

At E3 Dignews got to play Crysis on a Toshiba Satellite notebook computer running an NVIDIA gelatinized 8700M GT graphics card. Dignews says about the experience “…it can only be said that Crysis looked no less than stunning…” Read more

Posted on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Crysis Hands On at E3

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Crysis Hands On at E3 Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review

Another of the cool games on display at E3 this year was Crysis from Crytek. Crysis is a FPS title with graphics that will leave PC gamers with the hardware to run the DirectX 10 version of the game at full tilt drooling.

Crysis has already garnered lots of attention and is one of the most anticipated game titles due out this year. No specific release date was offered when I asked when we could buy it. However, it would be very surprising if the game didn’t show up for Christmas. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun