Crysis performance questions

ScarySquirrel

ScarySquirrel

ScarySquirrel

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Hello,

Firstly, I couldn't find an 'Official Crysis' thread, just loads and LOADS of threads about specific things. So that is why I am starting a new thread.

Ok, I have just upgraded my PC and I wanted to see what everything thought about the performance I am getting in Crysis because I am worried that my PC is under performing. I have my doubts about my PSU and wondered if thet might be underpowering my graphics card or something.

My spec:

E8400 @ 3.6Ghz
4gb Kingston PC8500 RAM
Sapphire 4870 1gb @ Stock
Windows 7 64bit build 7068

Settings:

1680x1050
AAx2
V-Sync OFF
All on high (I think - not at home right now)
CCC Mod Level 4
TOD Mod
Realistic Shadows Mod


In the first level after the night drop when you are fighting your way along the beach. I get quite a varied framerate but it pretty much averages at about 29-33 FPS. Sometimes goes as high as 45 FPS (very briefly if looking at a rock or at the ground or something) and sometimes drops down to about 25 or so.

It is playable but for some reason it just doesn't LOOK very nice. I don't know whether I have been spoilt by seeing screenshots of people running thin on some uber PC or something. But everything looks a bit too bright, and not very crisp. I expect only have 2xAA will be a reason for this but if I up it anymore the framerate will probably drop too much.

So my only question really is with the above in mind is my PC performing as it should be? Anyone else with similar spec reading this and thinking "Why is his so slow?"

Thanks in advance.
 
Dude, TBH, I would uninstall your mods.

Play it at very high without the mods first.

Oh and also, turn off AA and turn up AF, AF will make textures crisper and more defined into the distance, rather than them blurring out after 10 feet or so.

Oh another note, to play it on very high, you will need to either be running Vista (direct x 10) or locate a *Very High DX9* cfg file.
 
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Davepen said:
Dude, TBH, I would uninstall your mods.

Play it at very high without the mods first.

Oh and also, turn off AA and turn up AF, AF will make textures crisper and more defined into the distance, rather than them blurring out after 10 feet or so.

Oh another note, to play it on very high, you will need to either be running Vista (direct x 10) or locate a *Very High DX9* cfg file.
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I have never really bothered to find out what AF is for. If I whack that right up will that counter the lack of AA then? Considering I am only running 1680x1050?

Perhaps I will uninstall all those mods for now. The thing is they haven't really caused a drop in performance, and whilst screenshots suggest they make the game look better I just am not so keen on it I think.

I'll have another play tonight :)

Thanks

Strife212 said:
Very high looks a lot better than high.
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Ok, I'll try dropping the mods, removing AA, upping AF and sticking it on Very High :)

Great game so far though. I am enjoying going into cloak mode as a patrol comes and then blowing their car up :D
 
ScarySquirrel said:
I have never really bothered to find out what AF is for. If I whack that right up will that counter the lack of AA then?
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AA and AF are completely.

AA = Antialiasing. This smooths out the jagged edges on polygons, and AA kills performance in Crysis.

AF = Anisotropic Filtering, and is the amount of filtering used on textures - a higher degree of anisotropic filtering will give crisper textures, whereas a lack of anisotropic filtering will leave the textures looking like mud.
 
As you only have a 4870 my first port of call would be to disable AA and get rid of all those mods. Then start bumping up the settings and see what the effect is.

As you feel that things don't look very crisp, also make sure that you have motion blur and depth of field disabled.
 
Heres a couple of what mine look like in very high on XP. Yours should look a lot nicer

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uv said:
what? Only a 4870?

My 4870 handles Crysis just fine at 1920x1200, it's not exactly an Excel pushing, office-dell-machine card.
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Yes, where Crysis is concerned its ONLY a 4870. It is a good card, but really it's not a high end card and not capable of maxing the game at 1920x1200.
 
I have the exact same spec as you, even have the E8400 clocked the same, but I have vista 64 installed. I also have Crysis on its way to me in the post, so I'll have a play around and let you know how it runs in Vista :)
 
Geckovich said:
For best results with the CCC mod don't bother with their custom TOD, it's not the best and makes colours look off.
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I think that has been the main problem. It just seemed 'off' and I think that is why I was wondering why the game looked a bit odd. I haven't tried Crysis Vanilla for a while but I don't remember thinking like that before.

I can't wait to get home now and uninstall it so I can test it 1st hand :)

Sleepery said:
I have the exact same spec as you, even have the E8400 clocked the same, but I have vista 64 installed. I also have Crysis on its way to me in the post, so I'll have a play around and let you know how it runs in Vista :)
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I would really appreciate that. You know what it is like, even if it runs fine you are always thinking about whether it is running as it should be :p
 
ffallic said:
Yes, where Crysis is concerned its ONLY a 4870. It is a good card, but really it's not a high end card and not capable of maxing the game at 1920x1200.
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It's perfectly capable of Gamer settings at 1920, and Enthusiast settings at 1680 - and it's perfectly capable of maxing out every other game out at 1920.

I have to say, for a "midrange" card that my grandma might buy, I'm impressed!
 
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