Speaking with the LA Times, Bernd Diemer, the producer on Crysis Warhead states that a period of 10 months is more than enough time for a gamer to get their rig up to snuff in order to play Crysis.
Now, as EA prepares to release the stand-alone expansion Crysis Warhead next Tuesday, gamers are faced with the same dilemma and the same set of system requirements. "We tried to make Crysis future-proof," Diemer said. "What we did this time (with the expansion) was focus a lot more on the middle range. That was our target group." (...)The article does make a point of saying how only a quarter of Dell (world's second largest distributor of PC's) computers meet even the minimum system requirements set in place for Crysis and Crysis Warhead.
Diemer says the last 10 months should have been enough time for gamers to get their computers up to speed. But if your rig still isn't up to snuff, UltraPC sells a $700 Crysis Warhead PC, based on counsel from Crytek and graphics card manufacturer Nvidia.