Crysis is GOLD! - Page 6

Mac Daddy · 28th Dec 2007, 10:18 AM

They need to come up with something but why make it so system heavy its nasty

One thing I have noticed running this 478 socket CPU for a while longer (ducks lol). As Major mentioned in another thread the X1950 does quite well with this game even though it is a few generations older. Ran 1280 x 1024 with whatever the default settings are for the rest and was quite playable actually I was surprised.

A performance patch or something would be useful as Adrian mentioned I know a few people running quads the Q6600 like Ianho and same thing it just kills them on higher settings ....

Chai · 28th Dec 2007, 12:02 PM

I think this game is very garphics limited. Additional CPU power is not really going to help, not at 1920x1200 very high details.

Adrian Wong · 29th Dec 2007, 01:04 AM

If I have to speculate, I would say that Crysis was not optimized properly... perhaps even intentionally. Odd, isn't it, that it is the only game that needs so much graphics processing power you actually have to consider getting 2 or more graphics cards to play it at a decent frame rate at high resolution?

I'd say Crytek can definitely improve on Crysis' performance if they really want to. They had better. No one with anything less than an overclocked GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB or equivalent can run the game at 1600x1200 at the High setting at over 30 fps.

That's stupid because it precludes a large number of gamers who are only using GeForce 8600/8500 or older cards. IMHO, no game company that really wants to make it big will intentionally make their game so darn slow unless there's some payback through the backdoor....

Mac Daddy · 29th Dec 2007, 10:23 AM

Reading the comments by Adrian and Chai and good points on graphics and perhaps thats why I had decent results with it even on my moderate settings. My X1950 is far from being stock and when I first installed the cooler I out benched a friend running an E6700 Duo core with my 478 Prescott on 3Dmark3. He was running a BB ATI x1950xt.

This was the score and know it won't impress anyone but look at the fps on Battle of Proxycon this modded card seems to love these types of graphics. Speculation maybe but I agree with Adrian and Chai on Crysis being more graphics demanding. Should this not choke on my system even at 1280 x 1024 unless its the video card that makes the difference ?

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ianho · 29th Dec 2007, 03:11 PM

I dont think they made it such a hog on purpose. Coz even Far Cry, that took a loooooooooong time b4 I cud play it at 2560x1600 all at Max gfx settings. About 3 years actually. N Cevat Yerly did say it'll take top of the line hardware about 3 years again to catch up with Crysis at max resolution n gfx settings.

I'm not expecting to play at 100FPS, just hoping that the Crysis preformance patch improves things just a little so I can at least play at about 40-50FPS for now. Or else, I'll hafta go find myself a Tri SLI bridge from Asus n another GTX to up the FPS. I've actually stopped playing Crysis now so I can wait for the patch to see how it goes then.

Mac Daddy · 30th Dec 2007, 04:32 AM

Cool THX for the info Ianho and let us hope the patch works out for everyone. On a third 8800gtx thats extreme and getting a bit pricey at the same time. We have users asking for SLI patches on NGOHQ.com but since NVidia has threatened legal action towards us twice Regeneration has stopped working on them and NV optimized drivers in general. The server is located in Israel and doesn't fall under international law so NV got sent a STFU .. but still what a way to run a business

ianho · 30th Dec 2007, 04:03 PM

But I thought Crysis was already running on SLI. Y are they asking for SLI patches?

Mac Daddy · 31st Dec 2007, 03:24 AM

In general some Mobos and Chipsets aren't completely compatible with SLI. The members question were both running ASUS mobos

Chai · 31st Dec 2007, 08:52 AM

Do you mean hacked drivers to run SLI on non Nvidia motherboards?

goldfries · 31st Dec 2007, 11:44 AM

tried

2900XT - everything HIGH, with AA @ 1680x1050 = not playable
2900XT - everything HIGH, no AA @ 1680x1050 = playable

8800GT - everything HIGH, with AA @ 1680x1050 = not playable
8800GT - everything HIGH, no AA @ 1680x1050 = not playable

so yeah, crap. next up, either a 3850 or 3870 crossfire.

should be somewhere in january.

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29th Dec 2007, 01:04 AM	#53 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my BenQ Joybook 7000 notebook! Posts: 29,390 Reputation: 2830 Rep Power: 63	If I have to speculate, I would say that Crysis was not optimized properly... perhaps even intentionally. Odd, isn't it, that it is the only game that needs so much graphics processing power you actually have to consider getting 2 or more graphics cards to play it at a decent frame rate at high resolution? I'd say Crytek can definitely improve on Crysis' performance if they really want to. They had better. No one with anything less than an overclocked GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB or equivalent can run the game at 1600x1200 at the High setting at over 30 fps. That's stupid because it precludes a large number of gamers who are only using GeForce 8600/8500 or older cards. IMHO, no game company that really wants to make it big will intentionally make their game so darn slow unless there's some payback through the backdoor.... __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? Keep Tech ARP free! Visit our sponsors! We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs

29th Dec 2007, 03:11 PM	#55 (permalink)
ianho Getting there Join Date: 27 Feb 2007 Location: Malaysia Posts: 177 Reputation: 71 Rep Power: 2	I dont think they made it such a hog on purpose. Coz even Far Cry, that took a loooooooooong time b4 I cud play it at 2560x1600 all at Max gfx settings. About 3 years actually. N Cevat Yerly did say it'll take top of the line hardware about 3 years again to catch up with Crysis at max resolution n gfx settings. I'm not expecting to play at 100FPS, just hoping that the Crysis preformance patch improves things just a little so I can at least play at about 40-50FPS for now. Or else, I'll hafta go find myself a Tri SLI bridge from Asus n another GTX to up the FPS. I've actually stopped playing Crysis now so I can wait for the patch to see how it goes then. __________________ King Kong Intel Q6600\|\| Arctic Cooling Freezer7Pro\|\| Arctic Cooling MX-2 TIM\|\| Asus Striker Extreme\|\| 2X Nvidia 8800GTX SLi\|\| ATI 2400Pro 3rd GFX card\|\| \|\| 150Gb Raptor + 250Gb Caviar WD HDD\|\| 1200W Silverstone Decathlon PSU\|\| Logitech G9 n G15\|\| Corepad Eyepad\|\| Edifier E3350 Speakers\|\| Sennheiser HD580 Precision Headphones\|\| Apple Cinema Display 30in & 20in\|\| Silverstone TJ07. Check out my case mods here.

30th Dec 2007, 04:03 PM	#57 (permalink)
ianho Getting there Join Date: 27 Feb 2007 Location: Malaysia Posts: 177 Reputation: 71 Rep Power: 2	But I thought Crysis was already running on SLI. Y are they asking for SLI patches? __________________ King Kong Intel Q6600\|\| Arctic Cooling Freezer7Pro\|\| Arctic Cooling MX-2 TIM\|\| Asus Striker Extreme\|\| 2X Nvidia 8800GTX SLi\|\| ATI 2400Pro 3rd GFX card\|\| \|\| 150Gb Raptor + 250Gb Caviar WD HDD\|\| 1200W Silverstone Decathlon PSU\|\| Logitech G9 n G15\|\| Corepad Eyepad\|\| Edifier E3350 Speakers\|\| Sennheiser HD580 Precision Headphones\|\| Apple Cinema Display 30in & 20in\|\| Silverstone TJ07. Check out my case mods here.

31st Dec 2007, 08:52 AM	#59 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,041 Reputation: 3845 Rep Power: 70	Do you mean hacked drivers to run SLI on non Nvidia motherboards? __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/ Intel E8400 @ 4GHz \| Abit IP35 Pro \| Corsair TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX \| Asus EN8800GTS 512MB \| WD Raptor WD740 \| WD 5000AAKS x2 \| Antec TPII-480 \| EMU 0404 PCI \| Dtek FuZion CPU \| Swiftech MCW60 \| Swiftech MCR320QP \| Swiftech MCP350 \| Dell 2001FP \| BenQ G2400W \| Logitech G5 \| Logitech G25 \| Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000

28th Dec 2007, 10:18 AM	#51 (permalink)
Mac Daddy Pickin' Da Gitfiddle Join Date: 19 Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 2,048 Reputation: 802 Rep Power: 11	They need to come up with something but why make it so system heavy its nasty One thing I have noticed running this 478 socket CPU for a while longer (ducks lol). As Major mentioned in another thread the X1950 does quite well with this game even though it is a few generations older. Ran 1280 x 1024 with whatever the default settings are for the rest and was quite playable actually I was surprised. A performance patch or something would be useful as Adrian mentioned I know a few people running quads the Q6600 like Ianho and same thing it just kills them on higher settings ....

29th Dec 2007, 10:23 AM	#54 (permalink)
Mac Daddy Pickin' Da Gitfiddle Join Date: 19 Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 2,048 Reputation: 802 Rep Power: 11	Reading the comments by Adrian and Chai and good points on graphics and perhaps thats why I had decent results with it even on my moderate settings. My X1950 is far from being stock and when I first installed the cooler I out benched a friend running an E6700 Duo core with my 478 Prescott on 3Dmark3. He was running a BB ATI x1950xt. This was the score and know it won't impress anyone but look at the fps on Battle of Proxycon this modded card seems to love these types of graphics. Speculation maybe but I agree with Adrian and Chai on Crysis being more graphics demanding. Should this not choke on my system even at 1280 x 1024 unless its the video card that makes the difference ? Futuremark - ORB - Result Analyzer

30th Dec 2007, 04:32 AM	#56 (permalink)
Mac Daddy Pickin' Da Gitfiddle Join Date: 19 Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 2,048 Reputation: 802 Rep Power: 11	Cool THX for the info Ianho and let us hope the patch works out for everyone. On a third 8800gtx thats extreme and getting a bit pricey at the same time. We have users asking for SLI patches on NGOHQ.com but since NVidia has threatened legal action towards us twice Regeneration has stopped working on them and NV optimized drivers in general. The server is located in Israel and doesn't fall under international law so NV got sent a STFU .. but still what a way to run a business

31st Dec 2007, 03:24 AM	#58 (permalink)
Mac Daddy Pickin' Da Gitfiddle Join Date: 19 Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 2,048 Reputation: 802 Rep Power: 11	In general some Mobos and Chipsets aren't completely compatible with SLI. The members question were both running ASUS mobos

31st Dec 2007, 11:44 AM	#60 (permalink)
goldfries More Than Meets The Eye Join Date: 22 Jan 2003 Location: KL/PJ Malaysia Posts: 7,836 Reputation: 398 Rep Power: 16	tried 2900XT - everything HIGH, with AA @ 1680x1050 = not playable 2900XT - everything HIGH, no AA @ 1680x1050 = playable 8800GT - everything HIGH, with AA @ 1680x1050 = not playable 8800GT - everything HIGH, no AA @ 1680x1050 = not playable so yeah, crap. next up, either a 3850 or 3870 crossfire. should be somewhere in january. __________________ no computer specs \| no photography gear list \| no userbars \| no quotes

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