[AndrewR]

Originally Posted by Prozor

Your English im guessing from using £

Desktops are about half ish in price for the same spec compared to a laptop.

Reason? Smaller parts = cost more to make = cost more to buy

For £445, Get the "Crysis" PC when it comes out.

Crytek are releasing a really decent computer that is "Optmised" for Crysis, and if it can run Crysis it can run anything else.

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OH LAWD
GET IT FAGGET,
EGG,
****ING GET IT.

[Hasibur.]

Originally Posted by AndrewR

OH LAWD
GET IT FAGGET,
EGG,
****ING GET IT.

His budget is 500 euros.

[Strange]

Originally Posted by Hasibur.

His budget is 500 euros.

Uh yeah... that pc is almost half his budget

[Egg]

You don’t have to buy the Ultra Optimized PC to play Crysis Warhead properly, but you’ll be getting one hell of a deal if you do. This afternoon, the man responsible for the build, configuration and marketing of the $700 machine told GameCyte that not only will the system come with everything you’d expect, but every machine will be individually tested, benchmarked and burned-in before arriving at your doorstep.


When we spotted the specs for the official Crysis Warhead PC late yesterday afternoon, we were immediately impressed with the bang-for-the-buck value — and yet quite suspicious of how they managed to offer all that hardware for such a low price. Speedy computer components cost a certain amount no matter how hard you try to scrimp, and so bargain PC companies usually try to hide their cost cutting efforts by using slower chips that retain a big brand name (Intel Celeron, NVIDIA 8500, I’m looking at you.) But here, that obviously wasn’t the case; it’s hard to go wrong with a Core 2 Duo E7300 and a GeForce 9800GT. Plus, the entire system build was vetted by game developer Crytek. So what gives?

Looking at the system specs above, we saw two possible issues right off the bat. The system doesn’t list any kind of OS, and purchasing a new copy of Windows will typically set back gamers $100. Second, looking at the X-Blaster case in which Ultra chose to house the system, we noted that no case fans were included. Might gamers fire up their new PCs, begin playing Crysis and then be confronted halfway through by the sickening smell of fried video components? Taking a further look around TigerDirect, we noticed that they sell a variety of barebones kits, including one that has some pretty respectable specs… but includes a graphics card that doesn’t fit properly in the case. Might new Crysis Warhead PC owners open up their box and find a untested bag of components to piece together themselves?

Confronting Ultra’s product development manager Garrett Bain with these concerns, we were told that our worries were for naught. “We’ve validated all these components together in our engineering labs,” said Bain. “We’ve benchmarked and burned in everything… and when you power it on, you’ll boot into Windows and be ready to install the game.”

We’re not getting the bare-minimum Windows Vista Home Basic, either. Bain confirmed that the Crysis Warhead system will come with a pre-installed copy of Windows XP Professional updated to the latest Service Pack. To our partial embarrassment, the product development manager also confirmed that case fans were most definitely included, and that TigerDirect offers a one-year warranty on the entire build. He noted that gamers would only need to provide their own monitor.

While we weren’t able to get an exact parts list — “We’re still sourcing,” said Bain, who told me that the above image of an EVGA graphics card was not final — we were assured that Ultra would only deal with first-tier partners.

Bain said that no particular deals needed to be made to drive down the price, “just a lot of hard work.” He expressed hope that should the Warhead PC succeed, it might help change the preconceived notion that thousands of dollars are required to play the latest PC titles.

Ultra claims the Optimized PC will run Crysis Warhead on the highest DX9 graphical setting, “Gamer,” at an average 30FPS. The game was specifically optimized for this exact PC configuration; in particular, Bain said the game was fine-tuned for the NVIDIA 9800 GT video card.

Preorders will begin next week, and Bain expects units to ship to consumers and retail CompUSA and TigerDirect stores shortly after the game’s release on September 16th.

While the exceptionally computer-savvy might still find better deals, you’re not going to get that warranty, testing and optimization. We have to admit, a ready-made gaming PC like this is practically unheard of.



should i get?

Originally Posted by Hasibur.

His budget is 500 euros.

500 pounds, im not sure what that is in euro's.

Apologies if its around the same price.

[Strange]

500 euros in pounds - Google Search

so if the pc is 700 dollars (394.722003 British pounds)
You literally have £2 left to spend on a get well card for me.

Assuming this is how much you have to spend.

[Hasibur.]

Oh, sorry. I didn't convert the currencies. :P

[BringMeTheHorizon]

my Dell 5150 is outstanding. I've had it for 5 years, never had problems till now. (freezing. memory loss most likely).

I'd get a nice dell, and pimp it out. Other words, build your own.

[x v0id x 2 X+|h2o.^]

Man the intel laptops SUCK ass, trust me.. I have an intel laptop and its shiit, i cant run any games except for some lol..

If you really want to buy a laptop, buy yourself a gaming laptop..
Make sure the video card isnt onboard, cause that really sucks trust me..

[Egg]

Originally Posted by x v0id x 2 X+|h2o.^

Man the intel laptops SUCK ass, trust me.. I have an intel laptop and its shiit, i cant run any games except for some lol..

If you really want to buy a laptop, buy yourself a gaming laptop..
Make sure the video card isnt onboard, cause that really sucks trust me..

Im not buying a laptop anymore, changed my mind.

With the crysis PC, crysis is on it right?

Bump -

Im a bit confused about the crysis pc.

It doesn't come with a monitor, i'm not sure if there is any cooling system in it at all, and i dont just want to play crysis, maybe 1-2 other games.



Can anyone clear any of that up for me?

[Strange]

Originally Posted by Egg

Im not buying a laptop anymore, changed my mind.

With the crysis PC, crysis is on it right?

Bump -

Im a bit confused about the crysis pc.

It doesn't come with a monitor, i'm not sure if there is any cooling system in it at all, and i dont just want to play crysis, maybe 1-2 other games.



Can anyone clear any of that up for me?

It has independent cooling on the cpu and gpu, other than that it wouldn't need any more.

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