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When the original Crysis came out it was universally heralded for its groundbreaking graphics, and while its high-quality visuals were unparalleled at the time, not everyone was able to enjoy them. Crytek had designed Crysis to be "future-proof," meaning that no single graphics card released at the time would be able to run Crysis smoothly with all detail options enabled. For a long time after launch, maxing out Crysis while retaining smooth, playable frame rates was a pipedream for the hardcore PC gamer, resulting in the Internet meme, “but can it run Crysis?”. Fast forward to today – Crytek is once again promising to raise the graphical bar with Crysis 2, but this time things are a little different. CryEngine 3, debuting with Crysis 2, is designed to not only look better, but perform better than its predecessor. In fact, Crytek has gone as far as to say that Crysis 2 will have lower system requirements than the first Crysis. So how do the most popular old and new GPUs handle the world’s most graphically-ambitious game? Read on to find out.

http://www.geforce.com/#/Optimize/Gu...s-2-benchmarks

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