Crysis!

Just got crysis today, the maximum edition from town for £9.99. Started it tonight and i must say i think its really good.

Playing with 2xAA and everything on high @ 1900x1080 and it seems really smooth.

You guys recommend any configs/mods etc or should i just stick with the game as is?

Cheers


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my spec is Amd 955 quad core, 4gb ram and a 5830
 
I just ran the crysis benchmark test at 1920x1200, 16xAA, 16xAF and highest detail settings and got

Average FPS: 69.91
Min FPS: 47.16 at frame 186,
Max FPS: 79.22 at frame 1023

 
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I've been experimenting with OCing my 5830 for the last few days, and the most I've got so far is 37fps average at 1920x1080 (Program won't let me use 1920x1200. No idea why), AA at 16xQ, all very high, 64bit and DX10.

I have another 5830 here for Crossfire, cables I need to power it should arrive tomorrow. Hoping to get about 45-50fps but that might be hoping and praying a bit too much. I hear Crysis doesn't scale well in Crossfire.
 
chaparral said:
I just ran the crysis benchmark test at 1920x1200, 16xAA, 16xAF and highest detail settings and got

Average FPS: 69.91
Min FPS: 47.16 at frame 186,
Max FPS: 79.22 at frame 1023
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:cool:Now that's what I would define as maxing out Crysis... I don't think anyone needs a screen shot to prove it with your rig.
 
Muel said:
I have another 5830 here for Crossfire, cables I need to power it should arrive tomorrow. Hoping to get about 45-50fps but that might be hoping and praying a bit too much. I hear Crysis doesn't scale well in Crossfire.
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Let us know how it does. I get about 25% improvement with crossfire, at my current settings (1920, all VeryHigh, no AA but the Edge AA you get automatically at high+) - at less demanding settings, I get less of a benefit from Crossfire.
 
tommybhoy said:
Phew...
Thanks, glad it's not just me:)

+1

Pity you don't have that config anymore Gashman, that looks simply stunning!
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the biggest problem with that collection of CVARs was the fact it looked good in the distance, but could never manage to get the quality at that level at close distance, and things get a bit ruined by the dodgy foliage in the game, if you could use something like transparency anti-aliasing or something, that would definately smooth out some of the jaggies, still think lighting is the single most important factor in cryengine2. problem is as far as i know cryengine2 doesn't like TSAA, so unless crytek would like to explain how exactly to get rid of the jaggies on foliage, im stumped! :( as for lighting, these are probably my favourite screenshots i have taken, lighting can be used to amazing effect in cryengine2!

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I still don't think people truly appreciate what Crytek managed to accomplish here. I hope their next endeavour raises the bar like Crysis did.
 
Deific said:
Well I can't do any more than provide video proof and benchmarks.

All I've seen so far is fps snobbery and claims without anything to back it up. We have one person claiming you need 60fps and a gtx480 to get acceptable results, another refuting videos showing smooth 20fps rates and 5770s maxing the game.

I've provided benchmarks and videos showing that infact, a 5770 can run crysis very nicely indeed, and all I've heard is 'it can't and I have nothing to back it up but it can't because i said it can't'.
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You are confusing playable with maxed out.

20-25fps is not now or ever has been maxed out. 60fps or whatever the refresh rate you have on your monitor as near as 100% of the time as possible with the highest settings at whatever resolution you choose to run is maxxed out.
 
I remember playing it on the lowest settings when it was released and did enjoy it, think it's time to return to it now that I have a much better machine. My local GAME are doing the Maximum edition with both games for £9.99 and part of 2 for £15 offer so think I'll pick it up next time I'm passing.
 
Metalface Mark said:
You are confusing playable with maxed out.

20-25fps is not now or ever has been maxed out. 60fps or whatever the refresh rate you have on your monitor as near as 100% of the time as possible with the highest settings at whatever resolution you choose to run is maxxed out.
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I wouldn't think that maxed out has anything to do with FPS. To me, maxed out means playing the game on maximum settings.

I could have done it on my old rig: pentium 4, nvidia 6800 and obtained 2-3 fps. I would have 'maxed out' the game (ie: put it to the max settings) and yet it wouldn't be playable at all.
 
TheCenturion said:
I wouldn't think that maxed out has anything to do with FPS. To me, maxed out means playing the game on maximum settings.

I could have done it on my old rig: pentium 4, nvidia 6800 and obtained 2-3 fps. I would have 'maxed out' the game (ie: put it to the max settings) and yet it wouldn't be playable at all.
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Your talking about maxing out the graphics only, not the game as a whole.

If its not playable its obviously not maxed out. For some people 20-25fps is playable, and they might be content with that, for others its more, for me, I find things about 45fps and above to be completely playable, 30fps playable only if its locked solid at that, 20-25 I just cant be doing with and wont play something if i was only getting that rate.

For maxing out though, its got to be at least 60fps with detail the highest it can possibly go.
 
Metalface Mark said:
Your talking about maxing out the graphics only, not the game as a whole.

If its not playable its obviously not maxed out. For some people 20-25fps is playable, and they might be content with that, for others its more, for me, I find things about 45fps and above to be completely playable, 30fps playable only if its locked solid at that, 20-25 I just cant be doing with and wont play something if i was only getting that rate.

For maxing out though, its got to be at least 60fps with detail the highest it can possibly go.
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25fps is playable though, and not just playable but also smooth. That's the entire point of the debate. Whilst 25fps in some games is a horrible stuttering mess, 25fps in crysis (and others) is very smooth indeed. I've said it enough times in the thread already anyway.
Maxed out isn't putting the settings to high and watching it stutter, but still having a smooth rate of play afterwards. I don't put a fixed number on it though - 55fps isn't maxed but 60 is? - Moving from a 60hz monitor to a 120hz means you're no longer maxing the game unless you're getting 120fps?
 
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Deific said:
25fps is playable though, and not just playable but also smooth. That's the entire point of the debate. Whilst 25fps in some games is a horrible stuttering mess, 25fps in crysis (and others) is very smooth indeed. I've said it enough times in the thread already anyway.
Maxed out isn't putting the settings to high and watching it stutter, but still having a smooth rate of play afterwards. I don't put a fixed number on it though - 55fps isn't maxed but 60 is? - Moving from a 60hz monitor to a 120hz means you're no longer maxing the game unless you're getting 120fps?
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25fps for me is not smooth, people vary on what their opinion of smooth is. I am very susceptable to motion sickness in fps games, and choppy frame rate is the major factor in that for me.

If something can run faster (i.e 50fps instead of 25fps) then by definition its not running at the maximum it can, so its not maxed out. You might have all the graphical and sound settings at maximum but the frame rate is not, so its not maxed.
 
The point that I was trying to make was that when I hear the phrase 'maxed out', the only thing that I think of is that all the settings (possibly except resolution) are set to the absolute maximum they can be.
 
Metalface Mark said:
25fps for me is not smooth, people vary on what their opinion of smooth is. I am very susceptable to motion sickness in fps games, and choppy frame rate is the major factor in that for me.

If something can run faster (i.e 50fps instead of 25fps) then by definition its not running at the maximum it can, so its not maxed out. You might have all the graphical and sound settings at maximum but the frame rate is not, so its not maxed.
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They wont listen, If somebody says they can max crysis I expect them to be running at an acceptable frame rate. This is just going round in circles :rolleyes:
 
It is indeed going around in circles, but the argument has shifted to what one deems an acceptable frame-rate.

This video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEELpRjUnXc much like the other, is also 20fps average - and I just don't see how anyone can say that it's not running at an acceptable and smooth rate.

I would ask anyone to point out, as I did with the other video, the point at which it becomes too 'laggy' due to lack of frames, to be acceptable - but the answer I'll inevitably get, once again, is "it looks fine but might feel different". When really we know that an unacceptable level of fps will show in any gameplay video, even the slightest stutter.
 
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That's fine if its acceptable for you, you actually didnt upload a particularly intensive clip with some of the explosions and effects crysis is capable of.

Its not maxed out though, it might be smooth and acceptable to you, its not the max it can run at though, and it wouldnt be acceptable for me, I felt slightly motion sick watching that full screen because of the frame rate.
 
lol as previously stated there's about 5 different player mods there affecting camera movement, motion blur and depth of field, an intensive ToD config, custom textures and 40 korean troops spawned into the tiny area I'm moving around in. I'd say it's equal to a couple of explosions.

As for your 'motion sickness' whilst watching it, perhaps due to the radial blur (mod) effect that's activated depending on player speed, but because of frame-rate? Come off it, utter rubbish.
 
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