Even though the game came out in 2007, people still go all “boo hoo” over Crysis’ graphics settings. Say they’re prohibitive, use them as a benchmark. Well, you can murder those settings for $500.
At least, you can according to Maximum PC, who cobbled together the following rig for $509 (a bit over, we know, but close enough):
Motherboard: MSI P43 Neo3-F LGA 775
CPU: Intel Pentium E5200
Videocard: Powercolor AX4870 512MB
RAM: Crucial 2GB DDR2/800
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-S223F
Case + Power Supply: Rosewill TU-155 II 500 Black
This system can not only play Crysis, but can – according to MPC’s testing – play it at 1900×1200 at 36 frames per second on “high” settings (they couldn’t try out anything higher, since the [[link]] cheap rig had XP, which doesn’t natively support Crysis’ fancy DX10 graphic options)
If you’re looking for an all-new PC, it’s a little misleading, as it’s leaving out the cost [[link]] of stuff like a monitor, but if you’re just after an upgrade, this shows that even in these [[link]] dark economic times you can scrounge together an impressive gaming rig on the cheap.
Build a Kick-Ass $500 Gaming PC, Play Crysis at 40FPS! [Maximum PC]