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Nvidia graphics chips face 'Crysis'

Even the mightiest graphics boards bow to Crysis. And Nvidia's newest dual-graphics board is no exception.

First some background. Crysis is a science fiction computer game developed by Germany-based Crytek and published by Electronic Arts. "Crysis is visually stunning, packed with intelligent, thrilling gameplay, and easily one of the greatest shooters ever made," according to GameSpot (which is owned by CNET Networks). For hardware reviewers, it's the ultimate gaming test of a graphics card.
Nvidia's GeForce 9800 GX2 contains two graphics chips

Though so far the reviews of Nvidia's GeForce 9800 GX2 are positive ("The GeForce 9800 GX2 is an absolute powerhouse, the fastest graphics card you can buy today"--The Tech Report), it stalled when faced with the gaming equivalent of Everest's north face, running Crysis at its highest settings.

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Genesis56626d ago

What's so great about a game barely anybody can afford a computer to play it on.

fermcr6626d ago

A basic computer can play it on medium... and thats great.... you don't need a supercomputer.

I just made a computer with 450 euros that can play crysis in medium/high.

sloth4urluv6626d ago

Try to understand the difference between high settings and highest.
They are trying to run the game at like 2560X1600 16XAA and highest settings.

When it comes to the consoles it will be running at 720P max and somewhere around medium/high settings. Which is not bad at all.

Scrooge6625d ago

Crysis went platinum according to EA meaning it sold a million copies. I guess PC gaming is more affordable than you think.

Cynical-Gamerzus6625d ago

Nothing Great its just another F'ing FPS!! just another Cloned FPS,lame PC game ,,oh did I mention its a FPS!!!a knock off of Far Cry..

Ill take God of War anytime over these same old games on PC's..
most losers with Hi-end rigs have no friends and nobody to show their fancy SLI Crysis games too ..sad very sad..save your money get a PS3 and meet friends on Home or PSN..LOL

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etownone6626d ago

should be real interesting to see how the port turns out for the ps3/360.

being this is the best graphics to date for a video game there are major braggin rights there.

Genesis56626d ago

Now that I would be interested in trying.

Goodfella786626d ago (Edited 6626d ago )

and it handles crisis,OK,only on low settings though obviously,it freaks out a bit if i put more than 3 of the games visual settings at medium,so because of this i have worked out that there is more than a chance of high hopes for the ps3 version [if released], looking graphically sweet like the finest honey.[ps]its not as bad to play as they say people,look what im running it on,peace out.....

kornbeaner6626d ago

IF a game on PC runs at 30-60fps at 1280x1024 with everything turned to Max, I'm a happy gamer. Why does everything need to run at 2180x1920 to be considered a success.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio16d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing16d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9216d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit16d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing16d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9216d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."