Hey all.

Ok, I am in need of some advice please. Basically I have trawled this forum and even googled it (as you do) about the new 1.9 patch and the new DX11 tessellation pack I think.

As far as I am aware, in order for me to benefit from the DX11 pack, obviously I would need a DX11 compatible graphics card. My current card is a Leadtek Winfast 8800GTX. Now, this I believe is DX10 compatible but has no DX11 features so am I right in saying then that this pack would be of no use to me?

That was question 1 by the way

Question 2 is more to do with the 1.9 version patch. Currently I am running Windows XP but I am going to be upgrading to Windows 7 Home Premium edition in the very near future.

My stats are as follows if it helps:

Win XP Media Centre Edition
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.67 GHz
320GB Hdd
4GB RAM (only 3.25 as in 32 bit environment - XP remember)
Leadtek Winfast 8800GTX
All are stock with no overclocking or mods etc.

You can see then (especially compared to some monster setups on here) that I have a pretty sub standard rig. Now, I do not wish to go out and buy a new graphics card nor a new CPU as it does for me personally, what I want it to do. I don't do intensive video editing or anything of that sort and I'm sorry if this offends but I don't buy the best of the best to say my rig is better than yours lark.

So, will I benefit much from moving to Windows 7 and will I just need the 1.9 patch? I realise that if I want to enjoy Crysis 2 to its full potential then yes, I imagine I would have no choice but to upgrade. Please advise me.

Thanks all

Sparky05084

get windows 7 64-bit, it's pretty cool, also your graphics card it too old for this game, a nice gtx 560 would see you right, but you won't be able to get the full potential from it with your stock speed CPU, but you could always upgrade that laters but try OCing it till then.