Crysis 64 bit on Steam - How To

[PermaChanged]

Hi all,

I couldn't find that this had been posted before but there is a work around that allows you to play Crysis, via steam, in 64bit, here is how.

1. Download the 64bit version of the folder from here - http://www.cleanourseas.org/other/crysis1.2.1.Bin64.rar

2. Extract this folder into your Crysis folder, C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common

3. Rename "Bin32" to something else, mine is "Bin32Orig", rename the extracted folder from "Bin64" to "Bin32"

4. Launch Game!

Heres a few screenshots which show it is actually running in 64bit mode.

Notice Crysis64 doesn't have the *32 extension.

The benchmarking tool believes it's trying to open the 32bit version due to the folder name change.

But quite clearly shows it's running in 64bit when actually running the benchmark, uber blurry screenshot!

 

[neoboy]

Excuse the ignorance, but what are the benefits of 64bit Crysis?

 

[666_Pounder]

Excuse the ignorance, but what are the benefits of 64bit Crysis?

Supposedly slightly better performance, every little helps in Crysis.

 

[PermaChanged]

It seems to allocate more ram usage to it when running in 64bit and just generally improves the performance.

 

[bigjimmyauk]

Supposedly slightly better performance, every little helps in Crysis.

it's actually worse performance u lose about 1-3 FPS using 64 bit i did a thread on this a while back


found it

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18112689&highlight=bigjimmyauk

 

[PermaChanged]

My 64bit seems to run smoother though, strange, maybe the min FPS is higher rather then the average FPS in 64bit. Looking at your screenshots though, why wouldn't you want to run 64bit!?

 

[PermaChanged]

Just ran the benchmarking tool on both 64bit and 32bit versions, everything set to very high with 16xQ Antialiasing at 1680x1050.

64bit
Max Mem usage: 1101mb
Min FPS: 23.70
Max FPS: 39.61
AVG FPS: 32.66

32bit
Max Mem usage: 918mb
Min FPS: 27.16
Max FPS: 39.43
AVG FPS: 33.07

Very little in it in terms of FPS but the 64bit used a whole 182mb more ram, this must be for the higher quality textures.

The FPS difference is minimal, as noted before, with it only being faster by an average 0.41 FPS on 32bit compared to 64bit, I'm not going to miss .41 FPS so I'm sticking to 64bit for the better visuals.

System specs for reference are,

i7 920 @ 3.6ghz
6gb OCZ Gold @ 800mhz
5850 @ 900 / 1150
Win 7 HP 64bit

 

[Alex74]

16xQ Antialiasing....
...5850 @ 900 / 1150

Didnt know ATi supported 16xQ Multisampling?

 

[PermaChanged]

Is that what the Q means? I just ran it at the highest setting for AA which was the 16xQ, and it ran.

 

[MeMeMeMe]

Just ran the benchmarking tool on both 64bit and 32bit versions, everything set to very high with 16xQ Antialiasing at 1680x1050.

What is that benchmarking tool?

 

[makamiso]

What is that benchmarking tool?

Might be mistaken but i think its the built in crysis benchmarking tool?

 

[MeMeMeMe]

Hi all,

I couldn't find that this had been posted before but there is a work around that allows you to play Crysis, via steam, in 64bit, here is how.

Thanks for the workaround, it works nicely.

Might be mistaken but i think its the built in crysis benchmarking tool?

No it's not - this screenshot of a dialog with all the settings set to Very High is something else:

 

[iviv]

Just ran the benchmarking tool on both 64bit and 32bit versions, everything set to very high with 16xQ Antialiasing at 1680x1050.

64bit
Max Mem usage: 1101mb
Min FPS: 23.70
Max FPS: 39.61
AVG FPS: 32.66

32bit
Max Mem usage: 918mb
Min FPS: 27.16
Max FPS: 39.43
AVG FPS: 33.07

Very little in it in terms of FPS but the 64bit used a whole 182mb more ram, this must be for the higher quality textures.

The FPS difference is minimal, as noted before, with it only being faster by an average 0.41 FPS on 32bit compared to 64bit, I'm not going to miss .41 FPS so I'm sticking to 64bit for the better visuals.

System specs for reference are,

i7 920 @ 3.6ghz
6gb OCZ Gold @ 800mhz
5850 @ 900 / 1150
Win 7 HP 64bit

But your minimum fps has dropped by 3.5 fps. While I do usually run 64-bit where possible, in this case there is no real difference in average and max frame rates, but what is probably a fairly noticable drop in the minimum, I'd rather stick with the 32-bit exe.
I don't see how the 64-bit version would make the game look any better or worse, sure, it allows larger address spacing, meaning it can use more ram, but in Crysis' case, its not the ram that's an issue.

 

[Alex74]

But your minimum fps has dropped by 3.5 fps. While I do usually run 64-bit where possible, in this case there is no real difference in average and max frame rates, but what is probably a fairly noticable drop in the minimum, I'd rather stick with the 32-bit exe.
I don't see how the 64-bit version would make the game look any better or worse, sure, it allows larger address spacing, meaning it can use more ram, but in Crysis' case, its not the ram that's an issue.

64-Bit software will also perform better with higher precision FP operations on the CPU. It's not just about RAM. I would guess that in the case of Crysis the potential CPU based gains are nullified by Graphics Card limitations, so it ends up being a rather bad example..

 

[Liampope]

So does the 64bit version use higher detail textures and look better or not?

 

[Alex74]

So does the 64bit version use higher detail textures and look better or not?

I dont believe so no. But any cpu based tasks (such as physics processing) should run better so in that regard it should 'look' better.


When Far Cry was patched with the 64-bit exec, it did come with the higher detail textures and such.

 

[PermaChanged]

If you check the thread bigjimmayuk made, linked above, you can see a definate difference in textures.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=15927929&postcount=9

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=15929240&postcount=23

But your minimum fps has dropped by 3.5 fps.

This is running everything on 16xQ AA, when actually playing it I use 4x AA which means my min FPS stays well above 40, so there isn't an issue when I actually play. I simply used the highest setting to highlight any real differences between 32 and 64bit, and there is very little in terms of performance, but in terms of visuals 64bit is better.

 

[Alex74]

If you check the thread bigjimmayuk made, linked above, you can see a definate difference in textures.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=15927929&postcount=9

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=15929240&postcount=23



This is running everything on 16xQ AA, when actually playing it I use 4x AA which means my min FPS stays well above 40, so there isn't an issue when I actually play. I simply used the highest setting to highlight any real differences between 32 and 64bit, and there is very little in terms of performance, but in terms of visuals 64bit is better.

Nice, i stand corrected there then. Whether that's a different texture or a higher detail mapping, 64-bit does seem to have the greater visual quality

 

[no_1_dave]

64bit allows you to chop down trees in muliplayer

 

[chaparral]

If you check the thread bigjimmayuk made, linked above, you can see a definate difference in textures.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=15927929&postcount=9

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=15929240&postcount=23



This is running everything on 16xQ AA, when actually playing it I use 4x AA which means my min FPS stays well above 40, so there isn't an issue when I actually play. I simply used the highest setting to highlight any real differences between 32 and 64bit, and there is very little in terms of performance, but in terms of visuals 64bit is better.

but your only going notice the difference if you take some screenshots and zoom in..