So i tried Crysis with max settings on (everything turned on to Very High) and even my I7 didnt like that very much :P Everything on High tho and it runs smooth as butter...and its still very pretty. 
 
Anyone knows what kind of options i can probably turn to very high and have it still run smooth? like i said i have all options turned to High and AA X 8.
 
I was never much of a PC gamer, just got this rig recently, so I dont know much about what graphic options strain the computers more or whatnot. Mind you, im fine with playing the game with everything "just"on high, it still looks better than it would on a console which is what im used to :P
 
Edit: Oh, a friend of mine told me to just turn down AA to 4X, and that worked :D Everything Very High and 4XAA, damn! :D Game seems cool too, gunplay seems nice, why is it slammed so much? Hype?

Glad it the sales is over. I think with this and the Black Friday sales I got more than 50 games. Will probably blog about my haul later on. 
 
  
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400!

" So i tried Crysis with max settings on (everything turned on to Very High) and even my I7 didnt like that very much :P Everything on High tho and it runs smooth as butter...and its still very pretty.   Anyone knows what kind of options i can probably turn to very high and have it still run smooth? like i said i have all options turned to High and AA X 8.  I was never much of a PC gamer, just got this rig recently, so I dont know much about what graphic options strain the computers more or whatnot. Mind you, im fine with playing the game with everything "just"on high, it still looks better than it would on a console which is what im used to :P  Edit: Oh, a friend of mine told me to just turn down AA to 4X, and that worked :D Everything Very High and 4XAA, damn! :D Game seems cool too, gunplay seems nice, why is it slammed so much? Hype? "

I've had Steam since 2006, but the Holiday sales saw me buying more games for the PC than I had for the preceding nigh on 5 years. 
Of course, me speccing up my comp had a big part in that, but damn if they don't make it easy to spend your cash.

Here is what I bought this year: 

"I've had Steam since 2006, but the Holiday sales saw me buying more games for the PC than I had for the preceding nigh on 5 years. Of course, me speccing up my comp had a big part in that, but damn if they don't make it easy to spend your cash. "

I got:

• Amnesia: The Dark Descent (with additional Penumbra discount)
• The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom (as a gift from another user)

" @Rhaknar said:

" So i tried Crysis with max settings on (everything turned on to Very High) and even my I7 didnt like that very much :P Everything on High tho and it runs smooth as butter...and its still very pretty.   Anyone knows what kind of options i can probably turn to very high and have it still run smooth? like i said i have all options turned to High and AA X 8.  I was never much of a PC gamer, just got this rig recently, so I dont know much about what graphic options strain the computers more or whatnot. Mind you, im fine with playing the game with everything "just"on high, it still looks better than it would on a console which is what im used to :P  Edit: Oh, a friend of mine told me to just turn down AA to 4X, and that worked :D Everything Very High and 4XAA, damn! :D Game seems cool too, gunplay seems nice, why is it slammed so much? Hype? "

Just out of curiosity, what are the specs of your PC? Running Crysis on Very High at 60FPS is still a feat very few PCs can manage to accomplish :P "

So I only got a handful of games, as I already own most of them/didn't have any interest. Though it's tempting to buy random games for like a quid. I ended up mainly getting indie puzzles.