Crysis Warhead .... can't be right..?

So....Basically my FPS is the same at 800x600 resolution and 1680x1050 res with everything on enthusiast. My fps with x2,x4,x8 AA is exactly the same as if it were off.

Is my CPU actually bottlenecking my performance? You can't be serious, every other game and benchmark I run shows everything is fine (and it IS fine).

Is there something i'm missing?

note: The game is patched up to 1.1

-latest video/audio/mobo drivers

Rig:

4870x2 (810/950),qx6700, 2.66ghz@3.75ghz (1650 QDR + Prolimatech Megahalems push/pull),ocz 700W Gamexstream psu,780i SLI A1 mobo ("Meh" OC'ing board + volt modded),4 gigs ddr2 @825mhz (tightened timings),Windows 7 x64,Samsung 22.6" monitor 1680x1050

Edit: Forgot to add that I get an unplayable 15-25 FPS and crossfire is enabled and apparently working.

Resolution doesnt really affect your fps that much be it either 800x600 or 1680x1050. Its aa and everything else that kills your fps. Maybe you should try changing options other than res/aa to see how they affect your fps. And no your cpu is not bottlenecking anything.

weird, i see no bottle necking anywhere. maybe drivers got screwed up somewhere. or the ram oc might be losing it.. not really sure. but there is no bottlenecking for sure.

Edit: guy above has no idea what he is talking about. u no what go to ur computer right now. and play ong 1900 by 1080 in crysis maxed out. repost ur results when ur finished. then try again on the 800 by 600.

Sorry if I wasn't clear. But, the point I was making was no matter the AA... my FPS stayed the same. So, 800x600 at 8xAA had the same fps as 800x600 with 0xAA vice versa. Crysis + Warhead are the only 2 games where I am just baffled at performance. I get more performance running Furmark stability at x8AA at 1680x1050 than starring at the sky in Crysis.

I don't have 1080p resolution. 1650x1080 is my max. The drivers are 100% properly installed and I downloaded the crossfirex profiles. No AF or anything along those lines forced in CCC. I tried running without overclocks to no avail.

There definitely seems to be some other issue behind this. Your computer is far more superior than mine. I'm only running one HD 5770 and get around 30FPS with mods, and texture packs, and I have only a dual core Cpu 3.0GHz,

So I'm not sure what your issue could be. I would uninstall the game, then reinstall it.

There definitely seems to be some other issue behind this. Your computer is far more superior than mine. I'm only running one HD 5770 and get around 30FPS with mods, and texture packs, and I have only a dual core Cpu 3.0GHz,

So I'm not sure what your issue could be. I would uninstall the game, then reinstall it.

SickStench

It should be fine on that rig, and AA and res definately should affect fps. Two things that I suppose could cause issues are crossfire and Win7. I'm not familiar with Win7 but maybe you could try XP compatibility mode or forcing it to DX9 and see if that makes a diff, or run it with a single 4870 which should be enough.ManicAce

i replied to your pm but just so you know, my fps doesnt change either when i change aa.

just one question...are you runningthe gamefor benchmarking or gaming? is the game playable regradless of the constant framerate with different configurations?

if the game isunplayble at800x600, thenthere must be somethingseriously wrong with your rig.

back then when I first played Crysis, an E8400 + 8800GTX combo was able to max everything, including AA at 1280x1024 and the game was playable. Warhead may or may not be more optimized, but shouldn't be far off.

of course, if benchmarking is what you care, it's another story...