Upcoming releases

[Balti]

Went to GameShop today and pre-ordered some games. Here's what I pre-ordered and their expected release dates:

Medal of Honor Airborne Assault - 9/4
Age of Empires 3 expansion - 10/23
Call of Duty 4 - 11/5
Crysis - 11/13

[Shopvac]

Anyone seen system requirements for COD4? I haven't found them yet. I guess I would ask the same thing for MoHA.

[Comet241]

Im gonna go out on a limb and guess that you need to have money in order to get those games, as well as money to upgrade a crappy pc with.... hmm... i guess you can count me out on these ones... unless that powerball hits! then everyone here gets a new pc and copies of those games....

[EnsignPulver]

Im gonna go out on a limb and guess that you need to have money in order to get those games, as well as money to upgrade a crappy pc with.... hmm... i guess you can count me out on these ones... unless that powerball hits! then everyone here gets a new pc and copies of those games....


LOL roger that

[Tombstone]

I think I may pre-order COD 4 but probably that would be it. I just picked up GRAW2, partly because of the fun we have been having with the R63 Coop nights.

As far as requirements and upgrades I need to post a list of PC parts that I hae collecting dust that may be an upgrade for some older PCs. I will try and put the list together this week and post it the Tech help section. As long as someone is willing to pay the shipping I be happy to see them get used before the are too obsolete to be worth anything to anyone.

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[Balti]

Anyone seen system requirements for COD4? I haven't found them yet. I guess I would ask the same thing for MoHA.

I did some Googling....I'm not sure specs have been released for anything, but here's a couple clips of what I did find.

For MOHA:
"The minimum specs for Airborne have been revealed, they are:
Operating System:
Windows XP SP2
Processor:
2.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP 2800+
Memory :
1GB RAM
Video Card :
NVIDIA Geforce 6600GT or ATI Radeon X1300PRO
(Some slower GPUs with higher model number's also not recommended.)
Video Card Memory:
128MB RAM"
*NOTE* I don't think the above one is that reliable, but it is posted everywhere and around the same time (7/12/07) as being "released by EA".

Next MOHA: from a "YouGamers" play test - article dated 8/7/07:
"The pictures we took looked pretty primitive at 1024x768 resolution, minimum details and textures, but good map and graphics design shone through the crude beta exterior. System requirements aren't set, but since it ran well on a laptop, with min settings, it should be good for PCs up to several years old. The final system requirements should be out when a public demo is published, but when that is we don't know."

Either way, the demo is released tomorrow on the 23rd. Download it and try it out. See how your system handles it...I'm sure the final product will vary a little from the demo but it is a safe bet that the system specs won't be off by much!
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For Crysis, here is a collection of information found from various sources :
The Crysis system requirements have not yet been released, though here's some general guidelines:
- You will need a DirectX 9/Shader Model 2.0 (or higher) compatible graphics card.
- Crysis will be backwards compatible with 2 to 3 year old PCs.
- What framerate is acceptable depends a lot on personal preference. Some people can play well with around 20fps and others will not go below 50fps. Obviously those who can't stand "low" frame rates need better hardware or they will have to sacrifice image quality for performance by lowering graphics settings.
- The only DirectX 10 compatible cards available now are the NVIDIA Geforce 8800 Series, GeForce 8600 Series, GeForce 8500 Series, GeForce 8400 Series, ATi Radeon HD 2900 Series, Radeon HD 2600 Series and Radeon HD 2400 Series. There will be more available before Crysis is released. "Vista ready" is simply a clever marketing trick used on the previous generation cards. A card with this badging is not necessarily compatible with DirectX 10.
- Single core, Dual core, Multi-core and multi-threaded/hyperthreading processors are supported in both 32-bit and 64-bit modes. We do not know how much processor power is needed, though in a recent PC Gamer UK magazine preview Cevat Yerli said an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 2GB RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce 8800 card could run the game at "ultra detail" settings.
- You do NOT need a DirectX 10 card or Vista to run Crysis.
- You CANNOT run DirectX 10 on XP. A DirectX 10 card does work on XP but only in DirectX 9 mode.
- Special Vista/DirectX 10 effects and optimizations cannot be enabled with Windows XP/DirectX 9 card.
- Optimizations and features specific to Shader Model 4.0 can only be run with cards that support it. The same is true where optimizations and features specific to Shader Model 3.0 are concerned - this includes true HDR.
- Almost all the older media you've seen has been rendered in DirectX 9, which means that Crysis will look absolutely awesome in DirectX 9 as well as DirectX 10. Many of the features included in DirectX 10 are possible in DirectX 9 also.
- Crysis takes advantage of 64-bit processors although only by using a 64-bit operating system such as Windows XP Pro 64-bit edition or Windows Vista 64-bit edition.
- CryENGINE 2 is multi-threaded and Crysis thus takes full advantage of dual/quad-core processors.
- DVD drive is required.
- Crysis will only run on Windows XP or Windows Vista. There will be a dedicated server package for Linux, however.
- In order to play the game Crysis, the DVD must be in the DVD player.

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Nothing found for COD4 yet...

[Balti]

Picked up my copy of Airborne today! Looking forward to trying it out tonight sometime.

[Ninja]

Sweet! Looks like my current system will be more than capable of running Crysis. :)

[GOAT]

Hey Guys MOHA Rocks. I got my copy yesterday and it is great in single player!! I had no problems at all. It takes a little getting used to when you are dieing because you have medics. You do have a lot of med packs lying around. I kept running out of ammo and it seemed like if I wanted to have ammo I "HAD" to switch to the german weapons. My problem is that I am partial to the M1 garand and hate to trade it for anything but I couldn't get ammo for it but it did make a good club, lol. I have never played any of MOHH in multiplayer but I am looking forward to it, just let me know when?

[SaskNewfie]

I've been tossing around the idea of upgrading my graphics card for about 8 months now...may have to give it a go to be able to keep up with any new games i may be interested in...although, i can barely find time to play bf2 twice a week on scrim nights.

[Balti]

For those of you with FilePlanet accounts - I hope that you are getting the emails about the Crysis beta available. Downloading mine now.

[Tombstone]

I just noticed the Crysis Single Player Demo has been released. I also see that NVIDIA released some new drivers specifically to go along with the demo. Any body try the demo yet?

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