Far Cry 2 Hardware Performance Review

System Requirements

As mentioned, Far Cry 2 was developed with the focus that it could and would be played on a variety of hardware. Unlike other titles which shut out a large percentage of casual gamers with mediocre systems, Ubisoft Montreal spared no expense to ensure compatibility and functionality. "It has always been our intention to make Far Cry 2 as accessible to everyone as possible, and we have worked continuously to optimize Far Cry 2 to achieve this goal" (Dominic Guay, Lead Technical Director).

The minimum and recommended requirements fit that description perfectly. There have been few titles released in the past few months which have suggested such mediocre hardware, however Ubisoft is recommending components which could be found in a simple office or workstation PC. This, coupled with what the game offers in terms of visual quality, AI and effects, and the sheer amount of it all makes it almost to be good be true. Our benchmark pairs the recommended hardware to test, realistically, what can be achieved.


Minimum requirements

CPU:
Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better
Video card:
NVIDIA 6800 or ATIX1650 or better
Shader Model 3 required
256 Mb of graphic memory
Memory:
1 GB
Media reader:
DVD-ROM
Hard drive space:
~12 Gig or HD space. (tbd)


Recommended

CPU:
Intel Core 2 Duo Family
AMD64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better
Video card:
NVIDIA 8600 GTS or better
ATIX1900 or better
512 Mb of graphic memory
Memory:
2 GB
Sound:
5.1 sound card recommended
Media reader:
DVD-ROM