Update: Crysis Still Dines On Your Hardware

If you thought going out and getting yourself one of these amazing new 512MB nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ video cards would mean you could finally play Crysis at a decent resolution with everything on Ultra High then think again. The guys over at PC Perspective ran the new card through its paces and... well... just weep over the results.

The 9800 GTX (nonplussed) costs you around $300 USD currently so it'll be interesting to see how much that little plus sign will set you back.

nVidia GTX 280 and GTX 260 Video Cards Released

Some good news today from Engadget, you can finally run Crysis on high quality at your LCD monitor's native res. The article mentions that the new card is 50% faster than the 9800 GX2 but don't get too excited. The GTX 280 which packs 1GB of video RAM will kick your nads hard with its $649 USD (~$690 AUD) price tag and the lesser GTX 260 with its 896MB of video RAM will "only" set you back $399 USD (~$425 AUD). Good to see they've started yet another naming/numbering standard to confuse the average consumer even more.

Edit: Engadget have posted a new article with links to Custom PC who have reviewed and pulled apart the GTX 280.