Even a DX10.1 card is no match for Crysis?

[mrk]

I just watched this: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/25035.html - he says even a DX10.1 card is "brought to its knees" when you enable the advanced shadows in Crysis :O

 

[stickroad]

I just watched this: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/25035.html - he says even a DX10.1 card is "brought to its knees" when you enable the advanced shadows in Crysis :O

Good good.

 

[bfar]

He also says they won't enable that feature until the future. No panic!

 

[DaveOwl]

Oh well can sell the Ultra just before the next one comes out

 

[Cyber-Mav]

shadows always shaft performance.

 

[Marky]

Good I say I like how it's future proof Just means that the game will still be played and used as a benchmark for years to come!

 

[mrk]

shadows always shaft performance.

Butt but!

 

[mmj_uk]

shadows always shaft performance.

Especially on ATi cards, it has always been their achilles heel.

 

[DaveOwl]

Not running bad on highest everything with 2xAA at 1920x1200. Not using the latest beta drivers which are optimised for Crysis and I didn't right click the game to use DX10 mode to make it a little smoother. Hopefully it should run great when it is optimised further.

 

[FrannoBaz]

That bloke is talking Rubbish... I have used the config tweak to put everything on Ultra High and even with 1 8800GTX and a E6600 with 2GB RAM im averaging 30fps...

 

[Margaret]

So howcome Cevat Yerli said a few weeks back a 8800GTS/2900XT could max it out at 1280x1024 (or something like that res)?

Or is this strictly if you enable 'Advanced Shadows' which probably aren't worthy of sacrificing performance for.

 

[mrk]

That bloke is talking Rubbish... I have used the config tweak to put everything on Ultra High and even with 1 8800GTX and a E6600 with 2GB RAM im averaging 30fps...

you're playing it on dx9 with many features removed with no fsaa support in the beta.

the "bloke" is the lead behind this game so he knows what he is talking about.

He alos never said max it out - he said HIGH settings. Since when has high = max?!

 

[silversurfer]

Think back, was Farcry the same way maybe?

 

[Tom|Nbk]

So howcome Cevat Yerli said a few weeks back a 8800GTS/2900XT could max it out at 1280x1024 (or something like that res)?

Or is this strictly if you enable 'Advanced Shadows' which probably aren't worthy of sacrificing performance for.

He did also say GFX cards won't be able to take advantage of all the features until a few years.

 

[Jono8]

That bloke is talking Rubbish... I have used the config tweak to put everything on Ultra High and even with 1 8800GTX and a E6600 with 2GB RAM im averaging 30fps...

except ultra high doesnt work. Even the developers on the crysis forums said its impossible. AA works to a certain degree but no where near how it should aswell.

 

[HighlandeR]

This is good news just goes to show the engine is gonna last 3-5 years, imagine how good its gonna be once hardware catches up!

 

[Cyber-Mav]

crytek have said that nothing else will have better gfx than crysis for another 2 years,
but the 3-5 years you mention is way too long and im sure something will come out by then and make cryengine 2 look as good as doom 1

 

[Margaret]

Tbh Alan Wake looks better than Crysis.

 

[gord]

Thing is, the shadows in Crysis arnt the killer.. anyone who has played the beta and has tested on their system can tell you that the shader setting is the biggest FPS and visual hit.

Im on XP, with a C2Duo, 8800GTS, 2Gb, 1680x1050, all on high except shaders on med and it runs fine, average 40FPS.

 

[Nucleo]

how exactly do you develope features in a game... which apparently no current hardware can run? :S