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64-Bit Far Cry
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Posted by Donster on: 2005-05-10 13:09:48 1341
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The Far Cry and AMD64 Page offers the release of a 64-bit version of Far Cry, Crytek's first-person shooter, comprised of a 64-bit patch and a content update. A list of mirrors for the downloads is on this page. The Far Cry AMD64 Edition - A First Look at 64-bit Gaming on AnandTech offers info and analysis on the release, here are some of their thoughts:
The patch and the exclusive content update will only install under Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, so 32-bit XP Professional users will not be able to even install the additional content patch. Despite being very tightly associated with AMD, the new Far Cry patches will work on Intel EM64T enabled systems as well.
Despite the wording of the error message, the patches will work on Intel EM64T enabled systems - just not on 32-bit processors.
The patches themselves are huge, totaling over 1.5GB in size, so be prepared for a hefty download. Even after applying the patches, you can still run the 32-bit Far Cry executable, but doing so will not give you access to the additional features or new multiplayer levels.
The Far Cry patch also acts as a no-CD crack, it appears, as we no longer had to have our play disc in the drive to play the game after applying the 64-bit patch.
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