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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