German tech site PC Games Hardware built a computer stocked with a 1200W power supply, three GeForce 8800 Ultra cards in SLI, and a Core 2 Extreme CPU running at 3.00 GHz. One hell of a machine, but could it max Crysis? In a manner of speaking, yes, but not at the kind of frame rates you’d expect.

Running at a resolution of 1920×1200 pixels at very high settings with Direct X 10 enabled, this machine pulled off an average of 37.9 FPS. Sure, it’s a decent frame rate, but for almost $1800 in computer hardware the results are somewhat disappointing.

Granted, not everyone runs games like this at the resolution of 1920×1200, so you don’t need three 8800 Ultra cards to max Crysis if you’re running at a lower resolution like 1024×768. In any case, this definitely proves that Crysis is the ultimate rig-killer, and will be for the foreseeable future.

PCGH-Hands-on-Test: Nvidias 3-Wege-SLI: Crysis in HD endlich flüssig [PC Games Hardware]

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