Crysis 2 - How irratating.

Number_25 · 3 Jul 2011 at 03:58

So the new DX11 and Hi Res Texture Pack has arrived!

Only problem is, my computer only just hits 30fps as minimum.

Now firstly I own a AMD Radeon 6950, I thought this was a pretty good card thats capable of playing games like this at 1080p?

Questions must be raised however about my processor.

Would I see a dramatic improvement if I was to get a i5 760?

95thrifles · 3 Jul 2011 at 07:28

Have you OCd your CPU? If not try that first I would suggest, as long as you can OC to around 3.4 GHz there should be no need to upgrade as anything above this has minimal effect

Whilst you do have decent card it still wont max out games on max settings, try turning a couple of the settings down and see how it effects your FPS, you should still be able to have most things on high, just tone down a couple (eg AA, any sort of distance rendering)

Captain Chaos · 3 Jul 2011 at 08:14

very few rigs will slay that game now maxed out.

i have a gtx 590
i7 2600k oc to 4.6 stable
8 gig ram
2 x ocz agility 3's in raid 0
30" Dell u310

Maxed out it doesnt play well. Not smooth enough at full resoultion. Granted on a 23" screen it wouldnt be a prob lol.

Skellig · 3 Jul 2011 at 09:32

Number_25 said:
So the new DX11 and Hi Res Texture Pack has arrived!

Only problem is, my computer only just hits 30fps as minimum.

Now firstly I own a AMD Radeon 6950, I thought this was a pretty good card thats capable of playing games like this at 1080p?

Questions must be raised however about my processor.

Would I see a dramatic improvement if I was to get a i5 760?

You're going to need a 580 and above if you want everything on full etc.

I had to tweak my settings to get my 6950 to play the game at an acceptable frame rate.

I have to be honest though. I was pretty underwhelmed when I had everything set to ultra.

Scougar · 3 Jul 2011 at 10:19

Oooo.. who's got a download link for this please?

They may not see the PC as the main platform anymore (as they make more money on console sales), but it's great they are supporting the PC community still.

Evoss · 3 Jul 2011 at 11:31

Not really much point d/ling it in that case. The so called "texture pack" and DX11 don't make a whole great deal of difference. Competitive forums are pretty angry that Crytek can get away with calling this a high res DX11 pack.

Number_25 · 3 Jul 2011 at 12:20

Well it can play at 1280x720 quite nicely.

Still might need a new CPU/Mobo as the one I got now is decent, but not good enough.

95thrifles · 3 Jul 2011 at 12:24

Youre btter with max/native res, and lower detail settings

thingemajib · 3 Jul 2011 at 12:25

Just food for thought, if it s a 'hi-res texture pack', then perhaps if you have the 1gb 6950 there might be a vram limitation issue here?

Number_25 · 3 Jul 2011 at 12:27

thingemajib said:
Just food for thought, if it s a 'hi-res texture pack', then perhaps if you have the 1gb 6950 there might be a vram limitation issue here?

I have the 2gb version.

Marvin · 3 Jul 2011 at 12:33

thingemajib said:
Just food for thought, if it s a 'hi-res texture pack', then perhaps if you have the 1gb 6950 there might be a vram limitation issue here?

I'm guessing you haven't seen said textures?

panyan · 3 Jul 2011 at 14:00

Marvin said:
I'm guessing you haven't seen said textures?

i was tempted to fire crysis 2 back up and do the update to see what the difference is, but it seems like a lot higher system requirements for not a lot of graphical advantage

chaparral · 3 Jul 2011 at 14:02

Scougar said:
Oooo.. who's got a download link for this please?
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chaparral said:
You can download all the crysis 2 DirectX 11 Ultra Upgrade stuff from here http://www.geforce.com/#/News/articles/download-the-crysis-2-directx-11-ultra-upgrade

And here a link to the just released crysis 2 editor

Download link here http://www.mycrysis.com/news/community/the-crysis-2-editor-is-available-now
Direct link here http://www.mycrysis.com/download/Crysis_2_ModSDK_1.0.exe

The editor download is 1.35GB

Ricardox1 · 3 Jul 2011 at 18:50

My 2 6850's are flashed to 6970's and just about max it out on ultra settings.

Surveyor · 3 Jul 2011 at 18:53

Ricardox1 said:
My 2 6850's are flashed to 6970's and just about max it out on ultra settings.

That's a good trick

cactwma · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:16

Surveyor said:
That's a good trick

Where can I get that magic card from?

Surveyor · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:23

cactwma said:
Where can I get that magic card from?

I'm sure Ricardox1 will share his secret with us.

RJC · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:30

Some soldering is required

fruman23 · 3 Jul 2011 at 23:22

Wait, is everyone getting different performance?

My system is maxing it out on ultra with dx11 at 1680 x 1050, and i'm not seeing a performance hit at all?

panyan · 3 Jul 2011 at 23:43

fruman23 said:
Wait, is everyone getting different performance?

My system is maxing it out on ultra with dx11 at 1680 x 1050, and i'm not seeing a performance hit at all?

different resolutions, different number of monitors, cpu bottlenecks, there are a lot of variables