EA komt volgende week met aankondiging Warhead PC

[Mr. BlueZone]

Volgens bronnen binnen EA presenteert de uitgever volgende week in samenwerking met Crytek, Nvidia en UltraPC een speciaal voor Crysis Warhead geoptimaliseerde PC. De PC heeft het label 'Warhead PC' gekregen en moet voor 699 dollar je in staat stellen Crysis Warhead op een acceptabel niveau te spelen. Dit acceptabele niveau is dat je met minimaal 30 frames per seconde de game kunt spelen op de grafische 'high'-instelling.

Hoewel de precieze specificaties van de PC nog onduidelijk zijn, bevat de PC een Intel Core Duo e7300 processor (die loopt op 2,66 GHz), een Nvidia 9800GT grafische kaart en 2GB aan intern geheugen. Of de Warhead PC ook naar Europa verscheept gaat worden is nog onduidelijk.

bron: GameSetWatch

[kriDje]

Ik heb lekker een betere PC.

[Mr. BlueZone]

Ja, ik ook! Maar het idee is hastikke mooi hoor!

[StormtraXx]

Volgens bol.com is de release datum naar de 18e gegaan.

[Mr. BlueZone]

Crytek put its money where its mouth is by teaming up with NVIDIA to sell The Ultra Optimized Crysis PC for $699. This bad boy is supposed to be able to run Crysis Warhead at a steady 30-fps on 'gamer' settings (I'm guessing it's mostly high and 1280 rez). Here's what you get:

• Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 2.66 GHz 3M CPU
  NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT 512MB GPU
  G31 mATX Motherboard
  2 GB RAM
  250GB 7200RPM 3G SATAII Hard Drive
  16X DVD-ROM
  Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Adapter
  500W Power Supply
  Integrated Realtek High-Def Audio
  Keyboard & Mouse Included
  Ultra X-Blaster ATX Mid-Tower Black Case
  1 Year Parts & Labor Warranty

There don't seem to be many places to actually "buy" it yet, although Tiger Direct has an email alert up.

bron: IGN

[Mr. BlueZone]

GameCyte went searching for extra info on that $700 Crysis Warhead PC and dug up some useful facts:

Looking at the system specs above, we saw two possible issues right off the bat. The system doesn’t list any kind of OS, and purchasing a new copy of Windows will typically set back gamers $100. Second, looking at the X-Blaster case in which Ultra chose to house the system, we noted that no case fans were included. Might gamers fire up their new PCs, begin playing Crysis and then be confronted halfway through by the sickening smell of fried video components? Taking a further look around TigerDirect, we noticed that they sell a variety of barebones kits, including one that has some pretty respectable specs… but includes a graphics card that doesn’t fit properly in the case. Might new Crysis Warhead PC owners open up their box and find a untested bag of components to piece together themselves?
Confronting Ultra’s product development manager Garrett Bain with these concerns, we were told that our worries were for naught. “We’ve validated all these components together in our engineering labs,” said Bain. “We’ve benchmarked and burned in everything… and when you power it on, you’ll boot into Windows and be ready to install the game.” We’re not getting the bare-minimum Windows Vista Home Basic, either. Bain confirmed that the Crysis Warhead system will come with a pre-installed copy of Windows XP Professional updated to the latest Service Pack. To our partial embarrassment, the product development manager also confirmed that case fans were most definitely included, and that TigerDirect offers a one-year warranty on the entire build. He noted that gamers would only need to provide their own monitor.

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