I have a dual core and an 8800 gtx so it loaded smoothly an ran perfect

 

This is on my buy list

Ok, I've put a little time into the demo. First off, I can't understand all the griping on so many tech forums about how practically nobody's system will run this thing on High settings. I'm running the Athlon 4000+, 2GB RAM, and the old 6800. With everything running stock, this runs fine for me on all medium settings. With a little go-juice, I can run it with about a 50/50 mix of high/medium settings. I'm not going to run out and switch to Vista to get the DX10 benefits, so I'm not planning on seeing the "Very High" settings anyway. People griping they need to run 8800s in SLI with quad-cores just to see High settings....I'm finding it hard to believe.

 

That having been said, I ran a little on all-high just to get a glimpse of the graphics. Stunning. Back down to playable mix of settings (for me), the game plays a lot like Far Cry. I like the adjustable suit and the ability to customize weapons on the fly - adds a little something different to the game. I've heard that the single-player is about 4-5 hours to finish. Sad. I honestly don't see the multi-player carrying this game, considering the performance needed to play it the way it was intended to be played.

 

Bottom line for me, if you've got the top-end system and want to see a some simply amazing visuals, and are willing to make the jump to Vista before the service packs to truly appreciate the graphics, it looks like a great game. I just don't see the masses flocking to it strictly for its game play. With all the new MP options coming out for the cold season (TF2, CoD4, UT3, etc.) I think this one is going to fall short of its expectations. And by the time Vista/DX10 and their improved shaders become a common ground for new games, this one will have fallen off the radar completely. Now if someone successfully hacks DX10 to make it XP friendly without exception (and doesn't end up kidnapped by M$ for doing so), that might change things a bit...

Ok, I've put a little time into the demo. First off, I can't understand all the griping on so many tech forums about how practically nobody's system will run this thing on High settings. I'm running the Athlon 4000+, 2GB RAM, and the old 6800. With everything running stock, this runs fine for me on all medium settings. With a little go-juice, I can run it with about a 50/50 mix of high/medium settings. I'm not going to run out and switch to Vista to get the DX10 benefits, so I'm not planning on seeing the "Very High" settings anyway. People griping they need to run 8800s in SLI with quad-cores just to see High settings....I'm finding it hard to believe.

 

That having been said, I ran a little on all-high just to get a glimpse of the graphics. Stunning. Back down to playable mix of settings (for me), the game plays a lot like Far Cry. I like the adjustable suit and the ability to customize weapons on the fly - adds a little something different to the game. I've heard that the single-player is about 4-5 hours to finish. Sad. I honestly don't see the multi-player carrying this game, considering the performance needed to play it the way it was intended to be played.

 

Bottom line for me, if you've got the top-end system and want to see a some simply amazing visuals, and are willing to make the jump to Vista before the service packs to truly appreciate the graphics, it looks like a great game. I just don't see the masses flocking to it strictly for its game play. With all the new MP options coming out for the cold season (TF2, CoD4, UT3, etc.) I think this one is going to fall short of its expectations. And by the time Vista/DX10 and their improved shaders become a common ground for new games, this one will have fallen off the radar completely. Now if someone successfully hacks DX10 to make it XP friendly without exception (and doesn't end up kidnapped by M$ for doing so), that might change things a bit...

How are you running it on all mediums with that rig well? My rig stuttered a bit when I ran mediums.

Nadril, I have no idea. I just upgraded from a 3400 to the 400 CPU, and added the second GB of RAM about a month ago. All the drivers (including the MOBO drivers) are new, including a BIOS flash to get the recent upgrade working; except the new beta driver they recommended for the video - that messed up my nVidia console and nTune quite a bit, so I went back to the previous video driver. The first time I played through, I had a huge audio lag on some of the voice-overs; suit and some other audio (grunts and groans when taking hits) were behind about 3-5 seconds (almost as annoying as being on Vent with Rabid Chipmunk when he's using his darn mic and speakers...) But that lag seemed to resolve itself after the initial play though. Maybe it's Mac's "virtual system blessing" that gives me the extra 'umph'.