I demanded to see the awesome DirectX 10 graphics that would make me literally throw money -- lots of small bills wadded up -- at the CompUSA salesperson to buy an GeForce 8800, currently the only DirectX 10 video card. (Or why stop with one; it's only $1,200 for SLI mode. What value!) Where was the sequence -- said to be elsewhere in the game -- with the wall of water rushing at me? Where were the big set pieces? The jungle area looked good, with gently swaying plants in the foreground and nodding canopies of leaves in the background, but it didn't look $600-video-card good. Still, the jungle foliage, explosions, and focus effects kept me satisfied with the graphics throughout the demo. By the time Crysis ships, maybe the rest of the game -- and/or an improved jungle area -- will set the new visual standard.