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Ryder · 03-15-2008, 11:57 PM

Scientists at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center have revealed that they are extremely close to accomplishing what experts once thought impossible: running EA's PC shooter Crysis at maximum settings. Using a custom built Cray XT3 Opteron supercomputer, NASA engineers, in partnership with a team of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, claim they have actually run the game at full capacity for more than 10 minutes before a fatal system crash.

"It's been hard," comments NASA project lead James Ferguson, "but challenges like this are why we do what we do. Hearing everyone applaud in the control room when we got the first level up and running was a feeling I'll never forget. This has been a real journey for the whole team...even a few months ago we weren't able to put the sliders up past half before it crippled the system. Now we're playing for five, ten minutes at a time at full resolution with no demonstrative frame lag."

Although progress has been good, time is of the essence, as recent rumors have speculated that a rival team in China will be attempting a full run-through of the game within the next month. Still, Ferguson remains confident, "I believe in America's know-how and I guarantee we'll be the first country on Earth to run Crysis. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go sign off on a shipment of Red Bull. It's gonna be a late night."

Haha this was a short little read in the April '08 Game Informer that I found hilarious...NASA struggling to run Crysis at max, hahaha....

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Ryder PSP-Forum Demi-God Join Date: May 2006 Location: Naples, Florida - U.S Posts: 2,685	NASA comes closer to running Crysis at maximum settings Scientists at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center have revealed that they are extremely close to accomplishing what experts once thought impossible: running EA's PC shooter Crysis at maximum settings. Using a custom built Cray XT3 Opteron supercomputer, NASA engineers, in partnership with a team of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, claim they have actually run the game at full capacity for more than 10 minutes before a fatal system crash. "It's been hard," comments NASA project lead James Ferguson, "but challenges like this are why we do what we do. Hearing everyone applaud in the control room when we got the first level up and running was a feeling I'll never forget. This has been a real journey for the whole team...even a few months ago we weren't able to put the sliders up past half before it crippled the system. Now we're playing for five, ten minutes at a time at full resolution with no demonstrative frame lag." Although progress has been good, time is of the essence, as recent rumors have speculated that a rival team in China will be attempting a full run-through of the game within the next month. Still, Ferguson remains confident, "I believe in America's know-how and I guarantee we'll be the first country on Earth to run Crysis. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go sign off on a shipment of Red Bull. It's gonna be a late night." Haha this was a short little read in the April '08 Game Informer that I found hilarious...NASA struggling to run Crysis at max, hahaha.... __________________ Ryder GTA IV - Pop-in much? "Is it possible to give a game an 11? If so, this would be the game that would merit that score." - IGN Review of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots