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Would stick it in the PC section but I can't be bothered.

Interested in Far Cry but am aware of the system hog that it is.
Can a tech-type person gissan estimate of what it'd play like on my system of:
2.40ghz, 512mb Ram & Geoforce Ti4200

Is it even worth buying as I'm loathe to run it on minium detail levels etc? And if it ain't, could anybody advise on a graphics card that I should look to?
I'm not that much of a gamer to justify shelling out £300+ for a bloody card to play games on so I'm wary of getting into that.

*shrugs*

Once again, you have too much money.

If you are remotely interested, I am selling a 9800 XT for £175, it's boxed although the box isn't in amazing condition. The card however is top notch and in excellent condition. Still retails for £275 - £315 and I have only had it since January. Selling to get an X800 XT Platinum.

Radeon 9800 Pro?
I've heard a lot of good about those, thanks muchly sir - I shall investigate.
From browsing around the web, apparently it makes little difference if the card is a 128 or 256meg one?

Hmmmmm...£100-£150 is a lot more acceptable than £300 for a card.

You're system should run it ok, but obviously to see it in all it's glory you need the settings whacked up on a high end card, as Far Cry is a DX9 game and I think Ti 4200's are DX 7/8 you won't see some of the features, you can pick up Radeon 9800 Pro's for little over £100 these days, bargains if you ask me, they easily run Far Cry.

Twas it the demo where you started in a boat? I've no idea over demo issues.

However, there is Far Cry: Instincts coming to all consoles, and it actually, from the Xbox shots I've seen, looks almost as great as the PC version.

Cheers boys, I played the demo and it ran like treacle on anything but the low settings. But apparently there were issues with that demo?

I'll see if a mate's got it and borrow. I'm just not into my pc enough to justify shelling out the prices I've seen for monstrous video cards

Goatboy wrote:
> Would stick it in the PC section but I can't be bothered.
>
> Interested in Far Cry but am aware of the system hog that it is.
> Can a tech-type person gissan estimate of what it'd play like on my
> system of:
> 2.40ghz, 512mb Ram & Geoforce Ti4200

Well, specs are 1GHz, 256RAM, and at least a Geforce2 card/ATI 8500 according to the box.

I've got 1.4GHz, 256RAM and, now this is the best bit, a Geforce MMX400. Which is just bo**ocks.
It runs on lowest setting fine, and can just about handle medium.

So anything reasonably superior should be fine really.

Well, I have a 2.8ghz, 512 ram ATI Radeon 9200, and the demo works fine, if with details down and a bit of jerkiness here and there - but definitly playable, just not in all its glory.

I have no clue if your card is better or worse, but I'm guessing, with the processor lower than mine (and I guess no upgrades on your PC), it's probably an older card. Maybe. Not sure, but download/get the demo and see.

Would stick it in the PC section but I can't be bothered.

Interested in Far Cry but am aware of the system hog that it is.
Can a tech-type person gissan estimate of what it'd play like on my system of:
2.40ghz, 512mb Ram & Geoforce Ti4200

Is it even worth buying as I'm loathe to run it on minium detail levels etc? And if it ain't, could anybody advise on a graphics card that I should look to?
I'm not that much of a gamer to justify shelling out £300+ for a bloody card to play games on so I'm wary of getting into that.

*shrugs*