Chris Remo (ex-Shacknews) visited Crytek and got the lowdown on the specs for those Warhead PCs that the company talked about months ago (link). Apparently the $699 Warhead PCs will be able to run the game on high settings thanks to a 2.66GHz C2D e7300, NVIDIA 9800GT and 2GB of memory.

The Crytek team originally planned simply to give the Warhead PC's specs to EA to use for the recommended requirements, but eventually Nvidia got involved and it became clear that there was no reason that such a machine couldn't simply be sold straight to consumers looking for an easy entry (or re-entry) into PC gaming.

Though I don't have every nitty gritty hardware detail, I did get the machine's most important specs:
- CPU: Intel Core Duo e7300 (@2.66GHz)
- Video card: Nvidia 9800GT
- RAM: 2GB

I snapped a picture of the Warhead PC I used today. It had no external branding, and it wasn't clear whether the final version (which can be preordered next week and will ship alongside Crysis Warhead on September 16) will, although a Crysis-themed desktop background will be preloaded. It's a visually conservative rig, but I appreciated that there weren't a dozen obnoxious blue neon lights swirling visibly through a plexiglass window—we'll see what the shipping machine brings.