Re: Retail Crysis install and copy-protection information - US version.

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:47:34 -0800 (PST), Dot Net Developer
<dotnetdeveloper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

John Lewis wrote:

Crytek do know how to scale optimally for a full range of hardware - c.f: Far Cry.... Of course, me being old-fashioned, I have a (superb) CRT monitor for gaming and can choose any reasonable resolution and frame-rate. For those that have stuck themselves with high-res LCDs that only look good at their native settings .... just go buy a 8800GT or two and don't worry, be happy.

This remark really interests me because I replaced my excellent iiyama
CRT with a new Sony LCD and when I run games in other than this
monitor's native res, they never look quite right. But you then say
get a 8800GT and are you then saying that this will improve things? I
am in a position to upgrade both monitor and graphics card, so do you
have any kind of general recommendation please? (I do want another
LCD because of the weight/space consideration, and I'd also like a
(19") non-widescreen to ensure older games play correctly.)

Many thanks for any info, regards, Robert.

The 8800GT/512Meg (or the new AMD/ATi HD 3870/512Meg when shipping)
appear to have by far the best performance/cost ratio of any current
video cards. Plus both support DX10 ( the Dx10.1 support of the 3870
is going to be irrelevant for several years... a marketing ploy...).
Also, both have PCIe 1.0 and 2.0 support, so are somewhat
future-proofed for next-gen motherboards. As an added bonus, both also
have implemented extensive decoding hardware for HDTV, significantly
reducing the CPU load when playing HD movies. Plus both products also
fully integrate HDCP for trouble-free playout of protected HD content.

However, supplies of 8800GT are currently very tight indeed and sell
out on line very shortly after arrival in stock, and the HD 3870 has
not yet been released. On-line prices for the 8800GT currently exceed
the RRP typically by $20-$30. Expect true volume availability and
vicious price-competitiveness between nV and AMD/ATi after Christmas.
256Meg versions of the 8800GT will shortly be coming available, but I
do not recommend purchase if you intend to play many current or future
games on very high-resolution monitors.

John Lewis





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