Crysis

[Mr_Putter]

Crysis is finally coming tommorow! And I can't believe there isn't a topic.

 

 

 

Has anyone tried the demo? How has your computer been handling it? It's without a doubt the most demanding game ever, and easily the best looking. However, the amount of quality-scaling is very impressive. Even at low settings and res, it looked better than Far Cry and I was able to get it running with P4 2.8ghz, ATI x300SE and 1.5gb RAM, my old computer. Considering when I bought that computer 3 years ago it was not especially good, I was very impressed with how it worked. I'm very excited to try it on my new computer (built for Crysis when it was supposed to come out last winter):

 

 

 

8800GTS 640mb

 

2gb XMS2 PC2-6400 RAM

 

Intel C2D e6400 (2.13ghz)

 

 

 

So far on metacritic, the game has been getting great reviews (not as fantastic as I hoped: COD4, Orange Box, Halo 3, Galaxy and Bioshock have all gotten better this year ). Of particular note is a 98% in PCgamer, the highest score of all time (tied with HL2, and Alpha Centari).

 

 

 

I'm not going to bother posting links or writing up a summary, because if you don't know you probably don't care anyways.

[Nadril]

It didn't run too well on my PC, was kind of disapointed.

 

 

 

Interested to see it got a 98% in PC gamer...

[Lionheart_0]

:ohnoes: I'm afraid it would make my computer asplode!

[Defender2516]

I can run it VERY WELL on Medium settings, however it gets very bad when I set it to high, but I think thats because I only have 1 GB ram, I plan on getting 2 GB and puckering that sucker up and see how it goes :)

[Mr_Putter]

I can run it VERY WELL on Medium settings, however it gets very bad when I set it to high, but I think thats because I only have 1 GB ram, I plan on getting 2 GB and puckering that sucker up and see how it goes :)

Wow, what's the rest of your rig look like?

[Chris]

I use 1680x1050 as it's my native resolution on my TFT's.

 

 

 

Set everything to high and put 6x AA on...

 

 

 

I reckon at a guess it was running at around 3 - 5 FPS. Very laggy and stuttering badly.

 

 

 

My "rig": AMD Athlon X2 4400+, 2GB PC4000 DDR, 512MB Radeon X1900XTX.

 

 

 

It works fine on medium settings, no AA @1680x1050. It also looks mighty fine too. On par with HL2 @ Highest settings (1600x1200).

 

 

 

Lovely game visually, fun to play to an extent but not my sort of game. I just downloaded the demo to test out my new GFX PSU tbh. :P

 

 

 

I'll give it a 85% :thumbsup:

[____]

Mr putter, that rig has similar specs to mine, i just got the intel q6600 and the 720mb 8800GTS. I'm yet to try crysis on this machine, but it built it with the same mindset: crysis (and bf3) :P

 

 

 

 

 

I'm expecting decent results on all high and max res. Just going to have to wait a bit longer.

[Mr_Putter]

Mr putter, that rig has similar specs to mine, i just got the intel q6600 and the 720mb 8800GTS. I'm yet to try crysis on this machine, but it built it with the same mindset: crysis (and bf3) :P

 

 

 

 

 

I'm expecting decent results on all high and max res. Just going to have to wait a bit longer.

There's a 720mb GTS? :-k

 

 

 

Yea, I would have opted for a Q6600 had I waited a while - it's only marginally more than I paid for my e6400 now :wall: , but it was like $650 or something when I was putting mine together.

 

 

 

I think I will probably spend a while tweaking everything before I start playing, ranging some settings on Medium to some on very high (there is a way to modify the game so that very high settings become available in XP, if you have not yet heard).

[Nadril]

I think the problem with my rig and crysis is I'm running only a 256MB video card. It's a 7900GS... but the 256mb is hurting me.

 

 

 

Other than that the rest of my mobo is fine (1.8ghz intel 2 duo core, 2GB DDR2... ect)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How much better is the retail game running for you guys than the demo?

[____]

There's a 720mb GTS? :-k

Whoops, my bad.

 

I've recently been getting confused between the GTS and the GTX since I was originally going to hitup the GTX.. where I got 720mb though, nfi #-o

[FalconBomba]

:ohnoes: I'm afraid it would make my computer asplode!

 

 

 

My fears exactly. I saw the demo, picked it up, read the requirments. I then put it back down and thought, do I want to spend about $100 on a new graphic card, RAM, etc. plus around $50 to buy it. Answer=no.

 

 

 

Looks like a cool game but, too much requirments for my old tub, the most it runs is Oblivion... and EVE-online when I used to play.

[Mr_Putter]

:ohnoes: I'm afraid it would make my computer asplode!

 

 

 

My fears exactly. I saw the demo, picked it up, read the requirments. I then put it back down and thought, do I want to spend about $100 on a new graphic card, RAM, etc. plus around $50 to buy it. Answer=no.

 

 

 

Looks like a cool game but, too much requirments for my old tub, the most it runs is Oblivion... and EVE-online when I used to play.

What are your specs? This is just out of curiosity; if you don't think your computer is good enough it probably isn't and you shouldn't bother because it wouldn't look nice, but...

 

 

 

The comp I have listed as my old comp barely ran Oblivion with only 512mb RAM. And by barely I mean, 3-8FPS outdoors, 2-3 minute load times+frequent crashed during load times. When I got another gig of RAM in there it ran pretty good...FPS ranged from about 20-40, low-mid graphics and high draw distance. It runs Crysis on low without too much difficulty, probably ~15 FPS.

 

 

 

So anyways, my point is that Crysis has done a fantastic job of scaling, and if it ran Oblivion well in any way, it should run Crysis only a bit worse (and look a whole lot better too).

[Defender2516]

I'm getting Crysis to Run Decently on my computer now at max (high) settings, however I think the reason why i'm still getting stutters is because my lack of ram. 1 GB is KILLING ME.. lol

 

 

 

Heres my specs.

 

 

 

7900 GT -256MB - 24 pixel pipelines, DDR3, 470mhz core proccesor

 

1GB Ram - BOOO

 

E6400 Duo 2.13 - I boosted this baby up to 2.6ghz

 

250GB Sata Hard Drive

 

 

 

Oh yeah, I run my resolution tho at 800-600. Yeah I know, not the "best" of resolutions but i'm not a resolution man, i'm a FPS man and try to squeeze as many as I can get out of Crysis.

 

 

 

Oh here's a few tips.. make sure you have the latest drivers.. I was running mine on old 90 drivers, when I switched to the 163.75 it ran a hell of a lot better, I would not suggest using the Beta Drivers because that very reason, their still in Beta.

 

 

 

My computer is using 1.5GB ram while running everything in high, so I think thats why I get alot of stuttering from time to time due to the fact its using 50% of ram I don't have :uhh:

 

 

 

Which brings me to my next point, if you got running in background programs like MSN or music stuff, make sure you take that all out, it will help.

 

 

 

When I get home tonight i'm gonna see if I can crank my cpu up to 2.8ghz or 3ghz! But for now i'm gonna enjoy my new 5.2 ghz computer 8-)

[Nadril]

When I get home tonight i'm gonna see if I can crank my cpu up to 2.8ghz or 3ghz! But for now i'm gonna enjoy my new 5.2 ghz computer

 

 

 

thats not how dual core works. :)

 

 

 

 

 

What kind of cooling are you using defender? I'm interested in OCing my processor. (1.8ghz dual core atm), but not sure if I could do it on stock cooling. #-o

[Defender2516]

When I get home tonight i'm gonna see if I can crank my cpu up to 2.8ghz or 3ghz! But for now i'm gonna enjoy my new 5.2 ghz computer

 

 

 

thats not how dual core works. :)

 

 

 

 

 

What kind of cooling are you using defender? I'm interested in OCing my processor. (1.8ghz dual core atm), but not sure if I could do it on stock cooling. #-o

 

 

 

first off, what do you mean "thats not how it works?", I thought it did X( care to fill me in?

 

 

 

And to answer your questions,

 

 

 

I did alot of research this year in January on processors, graphics cards and alittle bit on ram so I can get the best performance for a 1k rig.

 

 

 

One thing I found out on the E6400 is that you can crank that baby pretty high all the way up to 3ghz on stock cooling and still get stability (ON STOCK COOLING!)

 

 

 

I don't overclock alot because I don't simpley have the money to go out and buy a new one like most people, so I play on the safe size (hence the 2.6ghz and not 3ghz!) lol. I"m slowly moving up and see what I like best.

 

 

 

I think you could hit 2500-2600ghz before you need to add in some cooling options for the E6300.

 

 

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/10/10/cheap_thrills/

 

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/sh ... spx?i=2802

[Nadril]

 

PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:53 pm Post subject:

 

Nadril wrote:

 

Quote:

 

When I get home tonight i'm gonna see if I can crank my cpu up to 2.8ghz or 3ghz! But for now i'm gonna enjoy my new 5.2 ghz computer

 

 

 

 

 

thats not how dual core works. Smile

 

 

 

 

 

What kind of cooling are you using defender? I'm interested in OCing my processor. (1.8ghz dual core atm), but not sure if I could do it on stock cooling. d'oh!

 

 

 

 

 

first off, what do you mean "thats not how it works?", I thought it did X( care to fill me in?

 

 

 

And to answer your questions,

 

 

 

I did alot of research this year in January on processors, graphics cards and alittle bit on ram so I can get the best performance for a 1k rig.

 

 

 

One thing I found out on the E6400 is that you can crank that baby pretty high all the way up to 3ghz on stock cooling and still get stability (ON STOCK COOLING!)

 

 

 

I don't overclock alot because I don't simpley have the money to go out and buy a new one like most people, so I play on the safe size (hence the 2.6ghz and not 3ghz!) lol. I"m slowly moving up and see what I like best.

 

 

 

I think you could hit 2500-2600ghz before you need to add in some cooling options for the E6300.

 

 

 

 

Thanks defender. So I assume you're using stock cooling as well? :)

 

 

 

 

 

I too am using the E6300 for the same reasons.

 

 

 

 

 

Also, about dual core -- its two seperate processors working together. I.E a 2ghz dual core is two 2ghz processors, not one 4ghz.

 

 

 

Obviously games that are made to run on dual core will be able to benifit from both cores, I.E have certain objects running off of one core and others off the other. You could have physics and such run on one core and AI running on another, as an example.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think I'll give some OCing a shot -- see if it helps.

[Mr_Putter]

 

PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:53 pm Post subject:

 

Nadril wrote:

 

Quote:

 

When I get home tonight i'm gonna see if I can crank my cpu up to 2.8ghz or 3ghz! But for now i'm gonna enjoy my new 5.2 ghz computer

 

 

 

 

 

thats not how dual core works. Smile

 

 

 

 

 

What kind of cooling are you using defender? I'm interested in OCing my processor. (1.8ghz dual core atm), but not sure if I could do it on stock cooling. d'oh!

 

 

 

 

 

first off, what do you mean "thats not how it works?", I thought it did X( care to fill me in?

 

 

 

And to answer your questions,

 

 

 

I did alot of research this year in January on processors, graphics cards and alittle bit on ram so I can get the best performance for a 1k rig.

 

 

 

One thing I found out on the E6400 is that you can crank that baby pretty high all the way up to 3ghz on stock cooling and still get stability (ON STOCK COOLING!)

 

 

 

I don't overclock alot because I don't simpley have the money to go out and buy a new one like most people, so I play on the safe size (hence the 2.6ghz and not 3ghz!) lol. I"m slowly moving up and see what I like best.

 

 

 

I think you could hit 2500-2600ghz before you need to add in some cooling options for the E6300.

 

 

 

 

Thanks defender. So I assume you're using stock cooling as well? :)

 

 

 

 

 

I too am using the E6300 for the same reasons.

 

 

 

 

 

Also, about dual core -- its two seperate processors working together. I.E a 2ghz dual core is two 2ghz processors, not one 4ghz.

 

 

 

Obviously games that are made to run on dual core will be able to benifit from both cores, I.E have certain objects running off of one core and others off the other. You could have physics and such run on one core and AI running on another, as an example.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think I'll give some OCing a shot -- see if it helps.

What res are you going to be running Crysis at? If it's a relatively low res (1024x768) it might give you a few extra FPS, but at 1280x1024 it will be negligable and at 1600x1200 it will be no real gain.

 

 

 

I'm looking at this:

 

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6182806/p-6.html

 

 

 

It also says the requirements of 1gb of RAM are pretty correct if the rest of your machine is up to par. No FPS change, just slightly slower loads.

[Nadril]

^ I'm running at 1680x1050. #-o

[Mr_Putter]

^ I'm running at 1680x1050. #-o

OC your video card maybe? :-k

[Nadril]

^ I'm running at 1680x1050. #-o

OC your video card maybe? :-k

 

 

 

You think it'd help? If you're curious my specs are:

 

 

 

CPU: Intel 2 Duo core 1.8ghz

 

Mainboard: Nvida 660i

 

Memory: 2GB DDR2

 

HDD: 360GB

 

Video: Nvida Geforce 7900GS 256mb

 

Sound: Onboard

 

Power: 550W Thermaltank

 

OS: Windows XP SP2

 

 

 

 

 

I personally think that the 256mb on the video card is hurting me the most, but maybe not.

[Mr_Putter]

^ I'm running at 1680x1050. #-o

OC your video card maybe? :-k

 

 

 

You think it'd help? If you're curious my specs are:

 

 

 

CPU: Intel 2 Duo core 1.8ghz

 

Mainboard: Nvida 660i

 

Memory: 2GB DDR2

 

HDD: 360GB

 

Video: Nvida Geforce 7900GS 256mb

 

Sound: Onboard

 

Power: 550W Thermaltank

 

OS: Windows XP SP2

 

 

 

 

 

I personally think that the 256mb on the video card is hurting me the most, but maybe not.

Yea you could be right. I betcha OCing would get you some gain, whether it would be noticable or worthwhile I couldn't say.

 

 

 

<3 640mb version of GTS.

[Nadril]

^ I'm waiting for the 9000 series (built my PC few months ago) so I just sprung for the 7900GS as a temp card.

[Lionheart_0]

Hmm I passed the test for the min. requirements....

 

 

 

I'll still wait till after this year, I think after I graduate HS my rents will buy me a computer.

[Defender2516]

^ I'm waiting for the 9000 series (built my PC few months ago) so I just sprung for the 7900GS as a temp card.

 

 

 

You should be playing Crysis just fine on high with a decent fps as long as you go for a low res and OC your proccesor a bit.

[Nadril]

^ I'm waiting for the 9000 series (built my PC few months ago) so I just sprung for the 7900GS as a temp card.

 

 

 

You should be playing Crysis just fine on high with a decent fps as long as you go for a low res and OC your proccesor a bit.

 

 

 

Anything less than 1680x1050 looks like complete crap on my monitor (LCD).

 

 

 

I'll probably pass on crysis. Just played through the demo again, had a bit of fun and it ran decent on all mediums but meh, don't really feel like buying it.