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Crysis 3 minimum, recommended and high performance PC specs released

Crysis 3 has a legacy to live up to in terms of showing off your gaming rig's grunt; check out Crytek's three-tiered system requirements through the break.

While the minimum specs seem fairly modest, Crysis 3 clearly scales quite well, with a set of ultra-settings specifications laid out on the Crysis website. Crysis 3 is headed to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, too, and is due in February 2013.

  • MINIMUM SYSTEM OPERATING REQUIREMENTS FOR PC:
    • Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
    • DirectX 11 graphics card with 1Gb Video RAM
    • Dual core CPU
    • 2GB Memory (3GB on Vista)
    • Example 1 (Nvidia/Intel):
    - Nvidia GTS 450
    - Intel Core2 Duo 2.4 Ghz (E6600)
    • Example 2 (AMD):
    - AMD Radeon HD5770
    - AMD Athlon64 X2 2.7 Ghz (5200+)
  • RECOMMENDED SYSTEM OPERATING REQUIREMENTS FOR PC:
    • Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
    • DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB Video RAM
    • Quad core GPU
    • 4GB Memory
    • Example 1 (Nvidia/Intel):
    - Nvidia GTX 560
    - Intel Core i3-530
    • Example 2 (AMD):
    - AMD Radeon HD5870
    - AMD Phenom II X2 565
  • HI-PERFORMANCE PC SPECIFICATIONS:
    • Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
    • Latest DirectX 11 graphics card
    • Latest quad core CPU
    • 8GB Memory
    • Example 1 (Nvidia/Intel):
    - NVidia GTX 680
    - Intel Core i7-2600k
    • Example 2 (AMD):
    - AMD Radeon HD7970
    - AMD Bulldozer FX4150

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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