Crysis minimum requirements revealed

Crysis is, without a doubt, the most gorgeous game we've ever seen. Even according to developers like Epic, Crysis will be the best games can possibly look - for a while at least.

Of course, as Spiderman knows, with great power comes great...uh, system requirements? Until now, gamers have mostly been guessing about what hardware Crysis will need. Now the specs have been released though, so check them out in full below.

Minimum System Requirements:
OS - Windows XP or Windows Vista
Processor - 2.8GHz or faster (XP); 3.2GHz or faster * (Vista)
Memory - 1GB RAM or 1.5GB RAM (Vista)
Video Card - 256MB **
Hard Drive - 12GB
Sound Card - DirectX 9.0c compatible

Recommended System Requirements:
OS - Windows XP / Vista
Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.2GHz
Memory - 2GB RAM
Video Card - Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS/640 or similar

* Supported Processors: Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz (3.2GHz for Vista) or faster, Intel Core 2GHz (2.2GHz for Vista) or faster, and other similar CPUs.
** Supported chipsets: Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT + or similar GPUs. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Integrated chipsets are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.

Is your PC up to the task? Are you more concerned about how the gameplay is shaping up? Well, you can read either our singleplayer preview or our multiplayer preview to get an idea about the latter and you can boast about the former in the forums.