Are there any games that look better/are more graphically intensive than Crysis?

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#1 yarharfiddledee
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I realize that 'looking better' is relative, so that's the reason for the second part of my question; from what I understand, Crysis was completely overengineered to take advantage of technologies just emerging at the time of its release (quad-core support and multi-GPU systems), and even today gives systems that cost thousands of dollar pause when running at highest settings, 16xQ AA, and max resolution. So, my question is: Does Crysis remain the far-and-away 'best' game yet made in terms of sheer graphical intensity? Or have other games come along that eat system resources even more hungrily?
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#2 Urworstnhtmare
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I don't have Crysis, so I can't say for certain, but Metro 2033 is said to be very GPU and CPU intensive, even more than Crysis. However, I have also heard it doesn't look as good. My GPU (HD5770 Sapphire Vapor-X) at 1280x1024 (small I know) on DX11 High quality was just managing a playable framerate for Metro 2033.

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I don't think that there is a game that has a better overall look than Crysis. However, Metro 2033 is incredibly system-intensive and the graphics are stunning at times. Crysis renders large outdoor environments with a vibrance and detail that has yet to be fully matched. I'm also a big fan on the outdoor environments in Far Cry 2. I think it holds it's own against any other game on the highest settings.

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#4 hitman6actual
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[QUOTE="yarharfiddledee"]I realize that 'looking better' is relative, so that's the reason for the second part of my question; from what I understand, Crysis was completely overengineered to take advantage of technologies just emerging at the time of its release (quad-core support and multi-GPU systems), and even today gives systems that cost thousands of dollar pause when running at highest settings, 16xQ AA, and max resolution. So, my question is: Does Crysis remain the far-and-away 'best' game yet made in terms of sheer graphical intensity? Or have other games come along that eat system resources even more hungrily?

ARMA 2, along with it's new expansion, can be very system demanding as well. I can run it pretty well on med settings, with my view scale distance on low (>2 miles), but if you ramp up the settings, it's extremely hard on your GPU. You can set your view scale distance for something crazy, (like up to 12 miles or something) and on a clear day, you'll find yourself rendering an extremely detailed environment with thousands of trees and small towns as well as big cities, for miles and miles. Turn up your settings all the way, and rendering the said environment takes a monster of a GPU to do so with playable framrates. I have never seen the game for myself on all high settings, but with the new 5870 that I shall be getting shortly, it will be interesting to see how well it performs.
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#5 Aldouz
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Metro 2033...
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#6 SF_KiLLaMaN
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It's very debatable. Some say Metro 2033 looks better but others argue that Metro is linear while Crysis is open world. It all comes down to what you think is the best looking.
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#7 Nino_ze
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I don't think that there is a game that has a better overall look than Crysis. However, Metro 2033 is incredibly system-intensive and the graphics are stunning at times. Crysis renders large outdoor environments with a vibrance and detail that has yet to be fully matched. I'm also a big fan on the outdoor environments in Far Cry 2. I think it holds it's own against any other game on the highest settings.

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agree with on that, Far Cry 2 is very awesome, when it comes to outdoor graphics, no doubt that these 2 games are worth the money
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Metro 2033 was way harder to run than Crysis. I couldn't run Metro at very high, but it was playable at high (30-50 fps).

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#9 Urworstnhtmare
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Metro 2033 was way harder to run than Crysis. I couldn't run Metro at very high, but it was playable at high (30-50 fps).

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What GPU do you have?

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#10 Rhamsus
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Metro 2033 was way harder to run than Crysis. I couldn't run Metro at very high, but it was playable at high (30-50 fps).

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As you can see, they didnt even turn on AA/AF for Crysis. Numbers don't lie. At the top end with AA/AF Crysis is still going to burn your bridges.

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#11 Urworstnhtmare
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[QUOTE="RobboElRobbo"]

Metro 2033 was way harder to run than Crysis. I couldn't run Metro at very high, but it was playable at high (30-50 fps).

Rhamsus

As you can see, they didnt even turn on AA/AF for Crysis. Numbers don't lie. At the top end with AA/AF Crysis is still going to burn your bridges.

Numbers themselves don't lie, but perhaps this isn't the whole story. I don't have Crysis so im speculating, but I'm pretty sure I have read that Metro is harder on the CPU than Crysis. Thats why I also mentioned the CPU. Metro is made for Quad Core, so its obviously going to be very taxing on the CPU, whether more or not than Crysis I don't know. Perhaps the reason Robbo is having a hard time running Metro max is not just the fault of the GPU, but also the CPU...

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#12 Rhamsus
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Crysis cares very little about the CPU, and puts the strain on your GPU. Metro is a bit more balanced in this regard and takes advatnge of Quad cores, whereas Crysis does not.. The numbers in this case, do answer the OPs question. Metro while looking better thanks to DX11 features, still is not as taxing on a system as a whole, as Crysis can be. Heck those benchs are for Crysis Warhead which runs a bit better than vanilla Crysis.
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#13 Iantheone
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If any Metro 2033 would be it. Play that on max with DX11, physx, and 3d and you win
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#14 ionusX
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shattered horizons

bfbc2 can be at larger resolutions

pt boats: knights of the sea this is a real dark horse of a demanding game as its a no-name developer and the water detail here is rock slid as such it punishes the hardiest mid range gpu's a 4870 gets barely playable(30-40) frames @ 1680 x 1200 on highest details no aa or af

metro 2033

serioes sam HD :TSE is argueable but its a tough sell

gta 4

games to watch(these titles arent out yet but look to be superheavies for the 2010/2011 year):

ff14 (very unlikely)

TDU2 (very promising)

mafia II (promising but not definite)

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#15 RobboElRobbo
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[QUOTE="RobboElRobbo"]

Metro 2033 was way harder to run than Crysis. I couldn't run Metro at very high, but it was playable at high (30-50 fps).

Urworstnhtmare

What GPU do you have?

4850 512mb. I got like 15-25 fps on very high (not playable imo) and yeah, 30-50 on high.

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#17 CellAnimation
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If the noise video cards make is the benchmark of how taxing a game is Metro 2033 wins here. I have 2 SLI'd GTX 480s and they get nice and loud when I play Metro 2033, Crysis/Crysis Warhead on the other hand is just a low hum. :)
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I like FSX aircraft details better.

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well as in games that need more processing power. flight sim X could be a contender...maxing that out is really hard on a computer. empire and napoleon also put on the heat. my last rig (QX6700, 2GB ram, 8800GTX..aka fluffy) could max out crysis at 1280X1024 and no AA or AF and keep roughly 30FPS. i tried that with empire and fluffy completly lost the plot. im also pretty certain it was the GPU that was struggeling as my bro had a dual core AMD (i cant remember which model) and a GTX260 and it ran alot better on his. i havent played it but id imagine arma 2 would also rival crysis at least. although its not as pretty...it does run alot more simulations and its scale is epic.
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[QUOTE="osan0"]well as in games that need more processing power. flight sim X could be a contender...maxing that out is really hard on a computer. empire and napoleon also put on the heat. my last rig (QX6700, 2GB ram, 8800GTX..aka fluffy) could max out crysis at 1280X1024 and no AA or AF and keep roughly 30FPS. i tried that with empire and fluffy completly lost the plot. im also pretty certain it was the GPU that was struggeling as my bro had a dual core AMD (i cant remember which model) and a GTX260 and it ran alot better on his. i havent played it but id imagine arma 2 would also rival crysis at least. although its not as pretty...it does run alot more simulations and its scale is epic.

ARMA 2 is also extremely hard to max, but it's not all due to the massive scale of the game or because of the huge amount of beautifully colored trees that are on screen at one time. You can experience huge framrate drops in the smallest of towns because the game is horribly optimized, and still has performance issues even with all the patches they have released.