just tried enthusiast and i'm only get 15-20fps on the ice level with no AA. how is it even playable on a gts? i guess nvidia does do better at these games so i've heard. on gamer i'm getting around 25-30 and that'll do me.
(same res as you btw)
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just tried enthusiast and i'm only get 15-20fps on the ice level with no AA. how is it even playable on a gts? i guess nvidia does do better at these games so i've heard. on gamer i'm getting around 25-30 and that'll do me.
(same res as you btw)
Yeah 6.
just tried enthusiast and i'm only get 15-20fps on the ice level with no AA. how is it even playable on a gts? i guess nvidia does do better at these games so i've heard. on gamer i'm getting around 25-30 and that'll do me.
(same res as you btw)
My GTS plays it all on Enthusiast with 2X AA running DX9.
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I think a lot of peeps will have trouble with this game even if ti does run better than the previous.
Even on enthusiast I have trouble running it so rather than drop down to a lower res I just sling it on gamer. I can;t tell the difference between the two anyways so that helps as well as the increase in framerates.
Even on enthusiast I have trouble running it so rather than drop down to a lower res I just sling it on gamer. I can;t tell the difference between the two anyways so that helps as well as the increase in framerates.
completed this in a few hours on steam, bit disappointed that steam is 32-bit only, and there is a memory leak in the game when i played through for a few hours, fps started at 50 and eventually dropped to 10, restarting the game sorted this tho, must be an sli bug.
Yeah, defo a memory problem. When it crashed on me one time I had task manager open and my 4GB was pretty much maxed out
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Is there a benchmark mode?
OK, now I've switched to dx9 the performance is much better. I'm getting mostly smooth framerates at 1440x900 on Gamer with 8800GTS overclocked. I'm maybe a bit dissappointed as ppl with lesser machines running same res at Enthusiast but I like silky frame rates. I can't see the point in eye candy at 15fps plus it makes the game a lot less fun.
Those having problems with distorted sound should look here: http://www.crymod.com/thread.php?threadid=21588
On the whole I'm really enjoying this game especially now I'm running DX9. I've been trying to not rush through it. Making the most of it as it where. and some of the levels are just amazing. You have to punch the graphics upto enthusiast when the train goes through the swamp It looks absolutely amazing. I've probably played it on normal difficulty for 4-5 hours so far but it looks like I'm getting near the end as the cut scenes are getting longer and thats a sure sign.
Load times.... Oh come on, their just not fair. Those load times aren't really acceptable. We mostly have fast HD's and 4GB's of ram. Why are we waiting 1.5 mins to load a level or change graphic settings and the game takes just as long to start!
In short this is a good game but it is just an expansion pack for Crysis. A Crysis Ep1 if you will. It is not an evolution and certainly not an improvement techically but it is good fun.
My main comment is that although DX9 runs better and DX10 looks slightly better is that I thought when DX10 came out that the focus with the new API was to increase efficiency and therefore performance? I understood that the focus was particularly on repetitive tasks like grass/trees/fences or anything like that needing only the be rendered once and then "stamped" if you like all over the game scene. Most of the previous API's introduced features to improve quality and use new features (HW T&L, Shaders etc) but DX10 was supposed to be different.
Microsoft: You fail
Seriously though, I'm not going to jump on the Anti-MS bandwagon as it's far too easy to do and they have no control of what ppl do with their API.
I would though, be very interested if anyone has any thoughts on why DX10 is soooo much slower than 9 when it really shouldn't be?
Those having problems with distorted sound should look here: http://www.crymod.com/thread.php?threadid=21588
On the whole I'm really enjoying this game especially now I'm running DX9. I've been trying to not rush through it. Making the most of it as it where. and some of the levels are just amazing. You have to punch the graphics upto enthusiast when the train goes through the swamp
It looks absolutely amazing. I've probably played it on normal difficulty for 4-5 hours so far but it looks like I'm getting near the end as the cut scenes are getting longer and thats a sure sign.Load times.... Oh come on, their just not fair. Those load times aren't really acceptable. We mostly have fast HD's and 4GB's of ram. Why are we waiting 1.5 mins to load a level or change graphic settings and the game takes just as long to start!
In short this is a good game but it is just an expansion pack for Crysis. A Crysis Ep1 if you will. It is not an evolution and certainly not an improvement techically but it is good fun.
My main comment is that although DX9 runs better and DX10 looks slightly better is that I thought when DX10 came out that the focus with the new API was to increase efficiency and therefore performance? I understood that the focus was particularly on repetitive tasks like grass/trees/fences or anything like that needing only the be rendered once and then "stamped" if you like all over the game scene. Most of the previous API's introduced features to improve quality and use new features (HW T&L, Shaders etc) but DX10 was supposed to be different.
Microsoft: You fail
Seriously though, I'm not going to jump on the Anti-MS bandwagon as it's far too easy to do and they have no control of what ppl do with their API.
I would though, be very interested if anyone has any thoughts on why DX10 is soooo much slower than 9 when it really shouldn't be?
OK, now I've switched to dx9 the performance is much better. I'm getting mostly smooth framerates at 1440x900 on Gamer with 8800GTS overclocked. I'm maybe a bit dissappointed as ppl with lesser machines running same res at Enthusiast but I like silky frame rates. I can't see the point in eye candy at 15fps plus it makes the game a lot less fun.
Those having problems with distorted sound should look here: http://www.crymod.com/thread.php?threadid=21588
On the whole I'm really enjoying this game especially now I'm running DX9. I've been trying to not rush through it. Making the most of it as it where. and some of the levels are just amazing. You have to punch the graphics upto enthusiast when the train goes through the swamp
Load times.... Oh come on, their just not fair. Those load times aren't really acceptable. We mostly have fast HD's and 4GB's of ram. Why are we waiting 1.5 mins to load a level or change graphic settings and the game takes just as long to start!
In short this is a good game but it is just an expansion pack for Crysis. A Crysis Ep1 if you will. It is not an evolution and certainly not an improvement techically but it is good fun.
My main comment is that although DX9 runs better and DX10 looks slightly better is that I thought when DX10 came out that the focus with the new API was to increase efficiency and therefore performance? I understood that the focus was particularly on repetitive tasks like grass/trees/fences or anything like that needing only the be rendered once and then "stamped" if you like all over the game scene. Most of the previous API's introduced features to improve quality and use new features (HW T&L, Shaders etc) but DX10 was supposed to be different.
Microsoft: You fail
Seriously though, I'm not going to jump on the Anti-MS bandwagon as it's far too easy to do and they have no control of what ppl do with their API.
I would though, be very interested if anyone has any thoughts on why DX10 is soooo much slower than 9 when it really shouldn't be?
i get similar performance in DX10 TBH, i do agree that microsoft are idiotic and they've somehow managed to get DX10 to run for the most part worse than DX9 even though its supposidly 'optimised' for performance, and im not sure whats wrong with your load times, takes about 30 seconds here to load levels, takes much less time in DX10 for some stupid reason i must add. also anything around 25 - 30FPS in crysis is perfectly smooth unlike any other game. im busy messing with making a config. for warhead to see if graphics can be improved for no performance loss, must say HDR in warhead looks pretty amazing and doesn't impact performance too much
Quick question, is the cd key or whatever tied to the steam game files? Im just wondering if i can purchase the game on steam, then copy my brothers steam files so i dont have to spend ages download. Doing this wont use up one of his activations will it?
funny you should say that.....
poxy drm wouldn't start the game because i had process explorer running in the background. and even when i closed the program, the game still wouldn't start. i had to reboot windows to get it working again.
and i'm going to be a miserable git now. is anybody else just finding this game not very fun. i'm trying to like it but i'm finding it a chore. only decent bit was holding off a few aliens while waiting for some bloke to prime some c4. that's been the only highlight so far.
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and i'm going to be a miserable git now. is anybody else just finding this game not very fun. i'm trying to like it but i'm finding it a chore. only decent bit was holding off a few aliens while waiting for some bloke to prime some c4. that's been the only highlight so far.
Disagree completely. Really turned for me when I got into the mine and from then on. Absolutely amazing.
i haven't actually played much further than the point i mentioned. so hopefully it will get better then.
What are the patches for?
and the error:
Faulting application crysis.exe, version 1.1.1.687, faulting module crysystem.dll, version 1.1.1.687, fault address 0x00078d54.