August 11th, 2008

Far Cry 2 Details

First, it was Far Cry. Then, Crysis came along and changed the FPS world, and now Far Cry 2 and Crysis Warhead are going to take Crytek's fame to a level higher than ever before. Fortunately, they won't take system requirements even higher than Crysis did. After all, one of the main problems with Crysis, at least when it was released, was the fact that only a few gamers had systems capable of running it properly with quality settings pushed to the max. The good part is that, due to optimizations of the original CryEngine, Crysis Warhead is expected to run better than its predecessor. Leaving Crysis aside, today we'll find out what kind of computer setup you need to run Far Cry 2 properly...

These being said, let's see what Ubisoft has to say about Far Cry 2's system requirements... According to Dominic Guay, Lead Technical Director, "It has always been our intention to make Far Cry 2 as accessible to everyone as possible, and we have worked continuously to optimize Far Cry 2 to achieve this goal." The detailed requirements look like this:

Minimum specs

CPU: Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better
GPU: NVidia 6800 or ATIX1650 or better, Shader Model 3 required, 256 Mb of graphic memory
RAM: 1 GB

Media reader: DVD-ROM

Recommended specs:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Family, AMD64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better
GPU: NVidia 8600 GTS or better, ATIX1900 or better. 512 Mb of graphic memory
RAM: 2 GB
Sound: 5.1 surround sound card
Media reader: DVD-ROM

Supported Graphics Cards:

NVidia 6800, NVidia 7000 series, 8000 series, 9000 series, 200 series. 8800M and 8700M supported for laptops. ATI X1650 – 1950 series , HD2000 series , HD3000 series , HD4000 series.

Unfortunately, the accurate release date is still a mystery, so we'll have to be happy knowing that Far Cry 2 is expected to drop by this Autumn...