Windows 7: Play Crysis Without a GPU

[hsr]

OMG crysis without a head?

 

[dheeraj_kumar]

Too good to be true, it'll be more like CRAWLsys rather than crysis.

 

[amitava82]

Instead of posting lame comments, try to read original article at MSDN.

 

[dheeraj_kumar]

^^ True...

*msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd285359.aspx

It actually makes sense, so it might not be crawlsys after all, though how effective it would be remains to be seen. Perhaps MS would demonstrate with a sample video.

 

[hsr]

^^ the sample videos may be tricky unless it shows some rendering details on how they manage to cramp that heavy duty work of a GPU to a simple 3Ghz processor, and BTW i r gonna test this thing via the pre-beta release build 68xx by this weekend.

 

[Vishal Patil]

Some kinda joke it is?

You are right buddy, the frame rate will be so low, that ultimately this thing will turn out to be a joke, until intel releases processors with integrated GPU..

 

[x3060]

this really if come true , will be a miracle...anyways, the fps will be tooo low for sure.

 

[george101]

@hellgate, wat about the drivers and all? hav u run into any kind of problems? wat abt 64bit? hav u tried it also?

 

[hellgate]

^^^ Vista drivers work perfectly well.
didnt try 64bit
only prob that i faced was i cudnt install Daemon tools.

 

[comp@ddict]

It's nice news, but even the Core i7 965 Extreme scores a pthetic 7.xx frames, at 800x600 and medium settings. It just manages to beat Intel's IGP.

 

[thewisecrab]

MS would eat their words the moment they see my rig

Anyway, isnt Windows 7 slated for release in 2010? by then most PCs will have better configs.

 

[hsr]

^^ well now it is DOOMD

 

[Kl@w-24]

Anyway, isnt Windows 7 slated for release in 2010? by then most PCs will have better configs.

That's what they assumed when they launched Vista. But I'm really hoping Windows 7 will be worthy of being my primary OS.

 

[hsr]

Well, i downloaded a prebeta version via torrent, but will i be able to install it? coz it show the setup as of vista but only name changed

 

[thewisecrab]

That's what they assumed when they launched Vista. But I'm really hoping Windows 7 will be worthy of being my primary OS.

I guess MS didnt expect XP to quickly adapt to new hardware, leading to a lukewarm reception for Vista. I mean, 2 GB RAM and 8800GT can run with greater effectiveness on XP than on Vista.
Looks like Windows 7 attempts to fix this.

 

[Faun]

Resurrection of vista

 

[comp@ddict]

And it's Q3 2009 > > release time for Win7

 

[NIGHTMARE]

i m really waiting for W7 vista sucks