Jan 29, 2025 · But Can It Run Crysis? is a phrase referring to the 2007 Crytek first-person shooter Crysis, underscoring the reputation the game has obtained for it's steep system requirements at the time of its release. The phrase has slowly evolved into a snowclone as years pass, substituting "But can it run X?"

Apr 16, 2020 · The first installment in the series is known for its extremely demanding graphics and spawned But Can It Run Crysis meme. On November 13th, 2007, first-person shooter videogame Crysis, developed by Crytek, was released [1] for PC by Electronic Arts.

Jul 2, 2016 · Crysis was released with graphics settings that exceeded what current hardware was capable of. Every time a new GPU or CPU was released, people would always ask "Can it run crysis?" It became a standard. As time went on, it became a running joke, "Yeah, its fast, but can it …

Nov 13, 2017 · 'But can it run Crysis' was still riding high alongside popular memes from the time like Scumbag Steve and Rebecca Black's Friday.

Mar 1, 2018 · But can it run Crysis? is a humorous rhetorical question asked of the sophistication of gaming consoles, computers, and other electronics. This expression refers to the 2007 first-person shooter PC game Crysis. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.

Jan 18, 2025 · As part of a larger retrospective on Crysis in issue 405 of PC Gamer's print magazine, Crysis director and Crytek founder Cevat Yerli shared his thoughts on the "Can it run Crysis?" meme,...

Sep 6, 2020 · The upcoming Crysis Remastered's highest graphics setting, described as a graphics mode "designed to demand every last bit of your hardware with unlimited settings," is named after a meme....

May 11, 2021 · Pretty sure the guy is legitimately asking for the specs of a top end PC to play Crysis on. Is this the depths we’ve sunk to, trying to find the origins for outdated memes...

Jan 4, 2020 · Loved this joke until 2016 when Nvidia 10 series came out. Then we understood Crysis performance sucks because it used 2 cores only

Dec 27, 2024 · The "Crysis" series, particularly the first game released in 2007, became a meme primarily because of its reputation for pushing the boundaries of graphical fidelity and the infamous phrase "But...