Crysis 3 PC System Requirements Revealed

By Landon Robinson | 03 December 2012 | 13 Comments

The Crysis franchise has always been famous for its games and their ability to make you cry when you realize just how pathetically incapable your brand new gaming PC really is. Crysis 3 from Crytek and EA is no exception, and will require every last bit of juice your rig has to give.

Sorry kids, you simply won’t have enough memory or storage space anywhere to run the likes of Microsoft Word while running-and-gunning through Crytek’s latest. Also, Windows XP users have been given the boot. Get with the times, you silly billies. Anyway, here are the specs you’re after:

Minimum System Requirements

Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
DirectX 11 graphics card with 1Gb Video RAM
Dual core CPU
2GB Memory (3GB on Vista)
Nvidia/Intel example setup: Nvidia GTS 450, Intel Core2 Duo 2.4 Ghz (E6600)
AMD example setup: AMD Radeon HD5770, AMD Athlon64 X2 2.7 Ghz (5200+)

Recommended System Requirements

Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB Video RAM
Quad core CPU
4GB Memory
Nvidia/Intel example setup: Nvidia GTX 560, Intel Core i3-530
AMD example setup: AMD Radeon HD5870, AMD Phenom II X2 565

Hi-Performance System Requirements

Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 •
Latest DirectX 11 graphics card •
Latest quad core CPU
8GB Memory
Nvidia/Intel example setup: NVidia GTX 680, Intel Core i7-2600k
AMD example setup: AMD Radeon HD7970, AMD Bulldozer FX4150

Sigh, looks like I’ll need more… well, everything.

[via Crytek]

13 Comments

Posted by Kyle on 03 December 12 at 10:29am

Whooo Hooo, I can play it on recommended! Actually I’m not that excited for Crysis 3, I dunno why, just am.
Posted by Iredeus on 03 December 12 at 10:35am

Looks like I’m in the clear! I’m so glad I got my GTX 680.
Posted by sigmapsicharlie on 03 December 12 at 11:07am

I see a game that probably won’t sell well on Console, and probably will do OK on PC, but since I played in the Multiplayer Alpha, I really don’t see myself buying this game for the multiplayer (since it was horrible, and there are better shooters out there), I see this game getting pirated alot on PC. Sorry, but this will probably be the last Crysis game. farcry 3 will probably do 10x better on console and PC and that is the franchise Crytek needs to stick with.
- Posted by Switzer on 03 December 12 at 12:02pm
  
  Crytek has nothing to do with Farcry 3, Ubisoft developed that, licensing the CryEngine.
Posted by Scorch1138 on 03 December 12 at 11:08am

I think my pc just snapped inn half :(
Posted by MedicOnDuty on 03 December 12 at 12:05pm

If this is what’s considered to be pushing PC hardware at the moment, my current rig is probably going to last me a long time.
Posted by L.R. (aka ScreamoLuvr) on 03 December 12 at 12:50pm

I just need a 680. Anyone? Money? Anyone? pls?
Posted by Mugenite on 03 December 12 at 6:47pm

And here I just got the GTX 560…. God damn it…..
Posted by johnxfire on 04 December 12 at 8:15pm

Glad I have a HD7970M and i7-2530QM with 12GB RAM then.
Posted by johnxfire on 04 December 12 at 8:15pm

*i7-2630QM
- Posted by Mugenite on 04 December 12 at 8:42pm
  
  12gb’s of RAM?! I’m still busting out with 8 gigs (4gbs x 2 sticks). Maybe I’ll jump up the memory when Crysis 4 hits… Though, by then I’ll probably need 40gbs….
  - Posted by Lawrence Sonntag on 04 December 12 at 10:22pm
    
    I just upgraded to 32GB today. Honestly if you have 4 DIMMs in your motherboard, RAM is cheap enough now to get a silly amount.
    - Posted by Mugenite on 05 December 12 at 1:21am
      
      Eh… I might as well update the thing. I’m trying to overclock my gpu/cpu, but RAM usage has been bottlenecking the hell out of everything… Hopefully Tigerdirect has some deals going on this time around. :/