Any tips on how to increase FPS for crysis?

I have a i7 clocked at 3.4 and a single 5870 on air. I play on a 2560x1600 monitor. I wanna play crysis at Very High with a good FPS.

Obviously I am going to need another 5870 for crossfire to run crysis at such a high resolution which I plan to get in the next couple weeks, but what else can I do? TomsHardware says I should get in the low 30's FPS with 5870 xfire, however I was kinda hoping to get a little more than that. What if I over clock? I learned how to overclock the i7, but dont really know how to OC a gfx card. Anybody have any good guides on how to OC a 5870? A 5870 xfire? What kinda FPS boost could I expect with a decent OC?

What about mods? I hear there are some mods that can imrpove the visuals and at the same time improve FPS for crysis.

Any other ideas how I may be able to improve the FPS for crysis? Thanks :D

what size monitor do you play on? a 30 in?

Yup 30inch. 2560x1600 is only on 30 inch monitors. I highly reccomend getting a 30 inch monitor if you don't mind spending the dough. The size is great. I was afraid it may be too big, but believe me you get use to it reallllly fast.

Yup 30inch. 2560x1600 is only on 30 inch monitors. I highly reccomend getting a 30 inch monitor if you don't mind spending the dough. The size is great. I was afraid it may be too big, but believe me you get use to it reallllly fast.

Jermone123

Your probably just gonna have to lower the resolution alittle and tweak with some settings to get the best compromise between frames and looks. Just so ya know crossfire wont work in crysis, so dont bother with a 2nd ati card. Oh also dont bother with AA in that game its not really worth it since it doesnt effect all the plants. The only thing that will is called Edge AA, its generally on by default if no AA is on.

Go to http://www.tweakguides.com/Crysis_1.htmlthey have a very good and deep guide on how to tweak it and what all the settings mean!

Your probably just gonna have to lower the resolution alittle and tweak with some settings to get the best compromise between frames and looks. Just so ya know crossfire wont work in crysis, so dont bother with a 2nd ati card. Oh also dont bother with AA in that game its not really worth it since it doesnt effect all the plants. The only thing that will is called Edge AA, its generally on by default if no AA is on.

Go to http://www.tweakguides.com/Crysis_1.htmlthey have a very good and deep guide on how to tweak it and what all the settings mean!

Ravenscythe

Your probably just gonna have to lower the resolution alittle and tweak with some settings to get the best compromise between frames and looks. Just so ya know crossfire wont work in crysis, so dont bother with a 2nd ati card. Oh also dont bother with AA in that game its not really worth it since it doesnt effect all the plants. The only thing that will is called Edge AA, its generally on by default if no AA is on.

Go to http://www.tweakguides.com/Crysis_1.htmlthey have a very good and deep guide on how to tweak it and what all the settings mean!

Ravenscythe

There is a 10 FPS gain when you xfire for crysis, 20fps to 30fps. That is a 50% increase.

There shouldnt be since crysis has never worked with crossfire, only sli. Unless they added in with drivers over the last 6 months. Crysis was never very well optimized for multiple cores tho.

There shouldnt be since crysis has never worked with crossfire, only sli. Unless they added in with drivers over the last 6 months. Crysis was never very well optimized for multiple cores tho.

Ravenscythe

There shouldnt be since crysis has never worked with crossfire, only sli. Unless they added in with drivers over the last 6 months. Crysis was never very well optimized for multiple cores tho.

Ravenscythe

Ah guess they finally got it working, it never used too when i had 4850x2 and i tryed every hack and "fix" out there at the time.

Anyway still go to that tweak site its pretty good, will help you ring out some frames, again dont bother with AA at such a big res. Edge AA is much better in crysis and can only be on when AA is off, its explained on the guide.

Just turn off AA and download some custom configs like the CCC.

[QUOTE="Jermone123"]

Yup 30inch. 2560x1600 is only on 30 inch monitors. I highly reccomend getting a 30 inch monitor if you don't mind spending the dough. The size is great. I was afraid it may be too big, but believe me you get use to it reallllly fast.

millerlight89

I'm using a 32" TV and games look great, just sucks that it can only show 30fps.

[QUOTE="millerlight89"][QUOTE="Jermone123"]

Yup 30inch. 2560x1600 is only on 30 inch monitors. I highly reccomend getting a 30 inch monitor if you don't mind spending the dough. The size is great. I was afraid it may be too big, but believe me you get use to it reallllly fast.

morrowindnic

I'm using a 32" TV and games look great, just sucks that it can only show 30fps.

damn, guess im the one of the few people who are satisfied with 1280X720 resolutions. i mean damn, do you really need to play the game that high?

damn, guess im the one of the few people who are satisfied with 1280X720 resolutions. i mean damn, do you really need to play the game that high?

Rahnyc4

Games always look the best when you play them on your monitors native resolution, to me getting the game to run at native res is the most important graphical option and I will always make my games run at 1920x1080 even if that means sacrificing other graphical options.

And with Crysis I usually turn down AA and/or shadows to get stable frame rate on High.

[QUOTE="Ravenscythe"]

There shouldnt be since crysis has never worked with crossfire, only sli. Unless they added in with drivers over the last 6 months. Crysis was never very well optimized for multiple cores tho.

iliatay

Did you update to 1.2? I used to have that problem with CF in Crysis until I patched the game.

Well, the Anti-Alieasing eats a lot of FPS in Crysis...

Reduce the quality of the shadows from very high to medium. It will enhance the performance in the same degree as if you reduce the shaders, but the hit in the visuals will be less dramatic.