Why can't I run Crysis on max???

Hey guys!

I have a decent pc: Core Duo 2 E6600 2x2.66ghz , GeForce 8800GTS 640MB, 2GB Ram, but still I can't run Crysis on max. I can bearly run it on high...and if I do I can't even turn on AA.

What can I do? is there a way to overclock that stuff?

(sorry I'm not the best with PC's, more of a console gamer)

Thanks for the help anyway.

Are you running xp and how big is your monitor with what resolution?comstrikeiscool

Vista and 1440x900 I think...it's 19" widescreen

Hey guys!

I have a decent pc: Core Duo 2 E6600 2x2.66ghz , GeForce 8800GTS 640MB, 2GB Ram, but still I can't run Crysis on max. I can bearly run it on high...and if I do I can't even turn on AA.

What can I do? is there a way to overclock that stuff?

(sorry I'm not the best with PC's, more of a console gamer)

Thanks for the help anyway.

NathanDrake

apart from turning the res down (if you go lower than 1024 x 756 with that card you will lose performance), there is nothing you can do about it.

[QUOTE="NathanDrake"]

Hey guys!

I have a decent pc: Core Duo 2 E6600 2x2.66ghz , GeForce 8800GTS 640MB, 2GB Ram, but still I can't run Crysis on max. I can bearly run it on high...and if I do I can't even turn on AA.

What can I do? is there a way to overclock that stuff?

(sorry I'm not the best with PC's, more of a console gamer)

Thanks for the help anyway.

matte3560

apart from turning the res down (if you go lower than 1024 x 756 with that card you will lose performance), there is nothing you can do about it.

that sucks...

Nothing can "MAX" Crysis right now. You can overclock your components, but it still won't "MAX" it. I can play on very high with no AA at good framerates.luamhtrad

Unless you happen to be called maxishine.

Trust you don't need AA at that resolution. You can probibly get high on most and if you are lucky some very high and it still looks breath-taking. If it looks choppy with mostly high you might have a minor drivers issue. If that is the case check to see if you have the latest drivers.

[QUOTE="luamhtrad"]Nothing can "MAX" Crysis right now. You can overclock your components, but it still won't "MAX" it. I can play on very high with no AA at good framerates.hongkingkong

Unless you happen to be called maxishine.

Trust you don't need AA at that resolution. You can probibly get high on most and if you are lucky some very high and it still looks breath-taking. If it looks choppy with mostly high you might have a minor drivers issue. If that is the case check to see if you have the latest drivers.

MAXISHINE?? u mean trubritar man...

More ram, 3ghz + cpu , and 8800 sli'ed.dieasgrey

[QUOTE="dieasgrey"]More ram, 3ghz + cpu , and 8800 sli'ed.karasill

But for SLI I probably have to buy new cards...I'm not sure if my 8800 is SLI ready...and the motherboard...not sure if it's SLI ready as well....so that's a lot fo cash we are talking about there than!!

[QUOTE="karasill"][QUOTE="dieasgrey"]More ram, 3ghz + cpu , and 8800 sli'ed.NathanDrake

But for SLI I probably have to buy new cards...I'm not sure if my 8800 is SLI ready...and the motherboard...not sure if it's SLI ready as well....so that's a lot fo cash we are talking about there than!!

[QUOTE="dieasgrey"]More ram, 3ghz + cpu , and 8800 sli'ed.karasill

No it hasnt been proven . FPS may not change much if any but overall studdering and chops will decrease. That is a fact.

Cpu is debatable. Oc'ing to 3ghz wouldnt hurt.

8800 should very well be sli ready, it depends on your Motherboard...what do you have?

[QUOTE="karasill"][QUOTE="dieasgrey"]More ram, 3ghz + cpu , and 8800 sli'ed.dieasgrey

No it hasnt been proven . FPS may not change much if any but overall studdering and chops will decrease. That is a fact.

Cpu is debatable. Oc'ing to 3ghz wouldnt hurt.

8800 should very well be sli ready, it depends on your Motherboard...what do you have?

You have to do yourself two big favours which will give you much better performance.First of all turn on DX9 mode in vista.That would give you a massive boost.

Secondly get 4GB RAM.I have tested this numerous times by taking in and out some RAM sticks and in vista 4GB RAM gives you a much smoother experience.The stutering is almost gone.Take note that the FPS dont really change.

And yes you can overclock your card quite substantially.What are the current speeds of your card?

Your CPU is also a mad overclocker however it wont bring much improvement as far as crysis is concerned.

[QUOTE="dieasgrey"]

[QUOTE="karasill"][QUOTE="dieasgrey"]More ram, 3ghz + cpu , and 8800 sli'ed.karasill

No it hasnt been proven . FPS may not change much if any but overall studdering and chops will decrease. That is a fact.

Cpu is debatable. Oc'ing to 3ghz wouldnt hurt.

8800 should very well be sli ready, it depends on your Motherboard...what do you have?

Note that I am talking about DX10 mode as that's where I did my testing.

[QUOTE="karasill"][QUOTE="dieasgrey"]

[QUOTE="karasill"][QUOTE="dieasgrey"]More ram, 3ghz + cpu , and 8800 sli'ed.Spybot_9

No it hasnt been proven . FPS may not change much if any but overall studdering and chops will decrease. That is a fact.

Cpu is debatable. Oc'ing to 3ghz wouldnt hurt.

8800 should very well be sli ready, it depends on your Motherboard...what do you have?

Note that I am talking about DX10 mode as that's where I did my testing.

[QUOTE="Spybot_9"][QUOTE="karasill"][QUOTE="dieasgrey"]

[QUOTE="karasill"][QUOTE="dieasgrey"]More ram, 3ghz + cpu , and 8800 sli'ed.karasill

No it hasnt been proven . FPS may not change much if any but overall studdering and chops will decrease. That is a fact.

Cpu is debatable. Oc'ing to 3ghz wouldnt hurt.

8800 should very well be sli ready, it depends on your Motherboard...what do you have?

Note that I am talking about DX10 mode as that's where I did my testing.

And VRAM and system RAM have nothing common anyways.My RAM usage in crysis DX10 very high settings in the tank mission is 2.6GB!

Well NO you only have 512MB VRAM.

And VRAM and system RAM have nothing common anyways.My RAM usage in crysis DX10 very high settings in the tank mission is 2.6GB!

Spybot_9

[QUOTE="dieasgrey"]

[QUOTE="karasill"][QUOTE="dieasgrey"]More ram, 3ghz + cpu , and 8800 sli'ed.karasill

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No it hasnt been proven . FPS may not change much if any but overall studdering and chops will decrease. That is a fact.

Cpu is debatable. Oc'ing to 3ghz wouldnt hurt.

8800 should very well be sli ready, it depends on your Motherboard...what do you have?

've tested it also. Less hiccups and faster load times. Im on Vista...maybe thats why but 3gigs beats 2 by my math :P .

It's the 8800GTS 640. It's the weakest part of your system easily. Sell it and upgrade while you can. There's people who are still willing to pay 150+ since they are conisdering SLI. Get that money and pick up a 9800GTX for $150 more. And 2GB of ram is fine. People who say 4gb makes a noticeable difference are either trying to justify their purchase in extra RAM, or they are running Vista with a load of background processes.

It's the 8800GTS 640. It's the weakest part of your system easily. Sell it and upgrade while you can. There's people who are still willing to pay 150+ since they are conisdering SLI. Get that money and pick up a 9800GTX for $150 more. And 2GB of ram is fine. People who say 4gb makes a noticeable difference are either trying to justify their purchase in extra RAM, or they are running Vista with a load of background processes.

GodLovesDead

so what do you recommend than?

Why on earth would someone justify their purchase of some RAM?:?

I mean comon justifying over some $30 RAM.:lol:

[QUOTE="GodLovesDead"]

It's the 8800GTS 640. It's the weakest part of your system easily. Sell it and upgrade while you can. There's people who are still willing to pay 150+ since they are conisdering SLI. Get that money and pick up a 9800GTX for $150 more. And 2GB of ram is fine. People who say 4gb makes a noticeable difference are either trying to justify their purchase in extra RAM, or they are running Vista with a load of background processes.

NathanDrake

so what do you recommend than?

I was in the same situation as you, but with an Opteron 180. I sold the 8800GTS for $150 and use my extra $150 to pick up a 9800GTX. I accidently broke my Opteron 180 during cleaning so I have an E8400 on the way. Right now I'm using an AMD Athlon 3700+ and 9800GTX and it's honestly running better than before. I can only imagine how well it'll run once my E8400 shows up. This single processor sucks.

Why on earth would someone justify their purchase of some RAM?:?

I mean comon justifying over some $30 RAM.:lol:

Spybot_9

I don't know, but there aren't any known differences between 2GB and 4GB on any game on XP. You can check benchmarks if you'd like. He could be running Vista though - and then it'd make sense.

[QUOTE="GodLovesDead"]

It's the 8800GTS 640. It's the weakest part of your system easily. Sell it and upgrade while you can. There's people who are still willing to pay 150+ since they are conisdering SLI. Get that money and pick up a 9800GTX for $150 more. And 2GB of ram is fine. People who say 4gb makes a noticeable difference are either trying to justify their purchase in extra RAM, or they are running Vista with a load of background processes.

NathanDrake

so what do you recommend than?

Wait for new ATI cards coming this summer which will blow all current cards away.While a 9800GTX will give you a noticible improvement in crysis,I think you will really regret with the new ATI cards.

[QUOTE="karasill"][QUOTE="dieasgrey"]More ram, 3ghz + cpu , and 8800 sli'ed.NathanDrake

But for SLI I probably have to buy new cards...I'm not sure if my 8800 is SLI ready...and the motherboard...not sure if it's SLI ready as well....so that's a lot fo cash we are talking about there than!!

SLI will give you 5 - 10 more frames and a higher electricity bill. 2Gb of ram is all you need and adding more wouldn't do anything. Just play the game on high and take off AA. I don't see the point in spending money to play this game on high at all. I didn't think it was all that good and the replay value is imo poor.

[QUOTE="NathanDrake"][QUOTE="GodLovesDead"]

It's the 8800GTS 640. It's the weakest part of your system easily. Sell it and upgrade while you can. There's people who are still willing to pay 150+ since they are conisdering SLI. Get that money and pick up a 9800GTX for $150 more. And 2GB of ram is fine. People who say 4gb makes a noticeable difference are either trying to justify their purchase in extra RAM, or they are running Vista with a load of background processes.

GodLovesDead

so what do you recommend than?

I was in the same situation as you, but with an Opteron 180. I sold the 8800GTS for $150 and use my extra $150 to pick up a 9800GTX. I accidently broke my Opteron 180 during cleaning so I have an E8400 on the way. Right now I'm using an AMD Athlon 3700+ and 9800GTX and it's honestly running better than before. I can only imagine how well it'll run once my E8400 shows up. This single processor sucks.

And do you even know just how terrible your old CPU was for crysis?You dont even know what components need to be upgraded and what not.The fact that you were going to run a 9800GTX on an opteron 180 just shows that.

[QUOTE="NathanDrake"][QUOTE="GodLovesDead"]

It's the 8800GTS 640. It's the weakest part of your system easily. Sell it and upgrade while you can. There's people who are still willing to pay 150+ since they are conisdering SLI. Get that money and pick up a 9800GTX for $150 more. And 2GB of ram is fine. People who say 4gb makes a noticeable difference are either trying to justify their purchase in extra RAM, or they are running Vista with a load of background processes.

Spybot_9

so what do you recommend than?

Wait for new ATI cards coming this summer which will blow all current cards away.While a 9800GTX will give you a noticible improvement in crysis,I think you will really regret with the new ATI cards.

It's just one big waiting game. You can wait all you want. But there's no games that will top Crysis' visuals for a long time to come. Don't expect the ATI cards to be cheap either. And by that time, you won't be able to sell the 8800GTS so in the end it'll just be costing you a lot more money. Personally, I'm just impatient. Waiting would be the best idea - but the thing is - waiting is always the best idea. I'm sure the early ATI cards will have driver problems and won't be a great thing budget-wise. Soon they will release faster versions of the card for cheaper while NVIDIA is then doing their own things. There's just too much to factor in. What's the point of going beyond a 9800GTX anyways? Spore? Starcraft 2? C'mon now.

[QUOTE="GodLovesDead"][QUOTE="NathanDrake"][QUOTE="GodLovesDead"]

It's the 8800GTS 640. It's the weakest part of your system easily. Sell it and upgrade while you can. There's people who are still willing to pay 150+ since they are conisdering SLI. Get that money and pick up a 9800GTX for $150 more. And 2GB of ram is fine. People who say 4gb makes a noticeable difference are either trying to justify their purchase in extra RAM, or they are running Vista with a load of background processes.

Spybot_9

so what do you recommend than?

I was in the same situation as you, but with an Opteron 180. I sold the 8800GTS for $150 and use my extra $150 to pick up a 9800GTX. I accidently broke my Opteron 180 during cleaning so I have an E8400 on the way. Right now I'm using an AMD Athlon 3700+ and 9800GTX and it's honestly running better than before. I can only imagine how well it'll run once my E8400 shows up. This single processor sucks.

And do you even know just how terrible your old CPU was for crysis?You dont even know what components need to be upgraded and what not.The fact that you were going to run a 9800GTX on an opteron 180 just shows that.

It is running better than a dual core + 8800GTS. It's not that hard to believe. And an Opteron 180 is the highest-ended Socket 939 processor you can get (or just about). I had it at around 2.9 ghz. Obviously you're overrating the capability of a processor if my single core is running Crysis @ 1680x1050, all high with 30 FPS. I don't even know what components need to be upgraded and what not? Get the hell out of here boy, you aren't in my shoes.

[QUOTE="GodLovesDead"][QUOTE="NathanDrake"][QUOTE="GodLovesDead"]

It's the 8800GTS 640. It's the weakest part of your system easily. Sell it and upgrade while you can. There's people who are still willing to pay 150+ since they are conisdering SLI. Get that money and pick up a 9800GTX for $150 more. And 2GB of ram is fine. People who say 4gb makes a noticeable difference are either trying to justify their purchase in extra RAM, or they are running Vista with a load of background processes.

Spybot_9

so what do you recommend than?

I was in the same situation as you, but with an Opteron 180. I sold the 8800GTS for $150 and use my extra $150 to pick up a 9800GTX. I accidently broke my Opteron 180 during cleaning so I have an E8400 on the way. Right now I'm using an AMD Athlon 3700+ and 9800GTX and it's honestly running better than before. I can only imagine how well it'll run once my E8400 shows up. This single processor sucks.

And do you even know just how terrible your old CPU was for crysis?You dont even know what components need to be upgraded and what not.The fact that you were going to run a 9800GTX on an opteron 180 just shows that.

An Opteron at 2.4GHz is still a decent CPU, they also OC pretty good. So if you get that to ~3.0GHz it will be about the same as a E6600 at stock.

What's the point of going beyond a 9800GTX anyways? Spore? Starcraft 2? C'mon now.GodLovesDead

You are already afraid of the new cards what will you do when those cards will be maxing those games and you wont?

And driver issues with new cards?Well keep on dreaming boy the 9800GTX is essentially almost 2 year old technology and it will be severely outclassed by the new cards.You are only kidding yourself if you dont think so

[QUOTE="dieasgrey"]

[QUOTE="karasill"][QUOTE="dieasgrey"]More ram, 3ghz + cpu , and 8800 sli'ed.karasill

No it hasnt been proven . FPS may not change much if any but overall studdering and chops will decrease. That is a fact.

Cpu is debatable. Oc'ing to 3ghz wouldnt hurt.

8800 should very well be sli ready, it depends on your Motherboard...what do you have?

[QUOTE="karasill"][QUOTE="dieasgrey"]

[QUOTE="karasill"][QUOTE="dieasgrey"]More ram, 3ghz + cpu , and 8800 sli'ed.kidcool189

No it hasnt been proven . FPS may not change much if any but overall studdering and chops will decrease. That is a fact.

Cpu is debatable. Oc'ing to 3ghz wouldnt hurt.

8800 should very well be sli ready, it depends on your Motherboard...what do you have?

I'm gonna take Vista...uninstall it...send it back to Microsoft for a full refound!! I had it...Vista is so messed up it's not even funny! I would brake the disk in half but than I wouldn't get my money back...I'll send it back and get Xp insted...that way I will have some extra $$ too so I could maybe get a new card.

[QUOTE="kidcool189"][QUOTE="karasill"][QUOTE="dieasgrey"]

[QUOTE="karasill"][QUOTE="dieasgrey"]More ram, 3ghz + cpu , and 8800 sli'ed.NathanDrake

No it hasnt been proven . FPS may not change much if any but overall studdering and chops will decrease. That is a fact.

Cpu is debatable. Oc'ing to 3ghz wouldnt hurt.

8800 should very well be sli ready, it depends on your Motherboard...what do you have?

I'm gonna take Vista...uninstall it...send it back to Microsoft for a full refound!! I had it...Vista is so messed up it's not even funny! I would brake the disk in half but than I wouldn't get my money back...I'll send it back and get Xp insted...that way I will have some extra $$ too so I could maybe get a new card.

I don't know, but there aren't any known differences between 2GB and 4GB on any game on XP. You can check benchmarks if you'd like. He could be running Vista though - and then it'd make sense.GodLovesDead

[QUOTE="comstrikeiscool"]Are you running xp and how big is your monitor with what resolution?NathanDrake

Vista and 1440x900 I think...it's 19" widescreen

Reading the OP's posts helps.

We've already established the fact that ram will not improve FPS in a game. What it DOES do is stop the choppiness caused by queuing of the hard drive, which will cause a temporary drop in FPS or short halt in the game.

Crysis sucks as a game anyhow.

[QUOTE="luamhtrad"]Nothing can "MAX" Crysis right now. You can overclock your components, but it still won't "MAX" it. I can play on very high with no AA at good framerates.hongkingkong

Unless you happen to be called maxishine.

Trust you don't need AA at that resolution. You can probibly get high on most and if you are lucky some very high and it still looks breath-taking. If it looks choppy with mostly high you might have a minor drivers issue. If that is the case check to see if you have the latest drivers.

Even @1680x1050 aliasing is extremly annoying, with my current 8600 I HAVE to run games without any AA and it sucks. My Xbox games sometimes look cleaner at 720p, than do my PC games @1680x1050.

I must say it would be nice for PC cards to come equiped with a little memory die like the 360 to give at least 4xAnti-aliasing without a performance hit, for all games.

But back to the point, it doesn't really matter how high your resolution is, jaggies are always noticable to someone who has become used to AA. Hell, thats what prevented me from playing much of me PS2 after I got my Xbox(1).

I must say it would be nice for PC cards to come equiped with a little memory die like the 360 to give at least 4xAnti-aliasing without a performance hit, for all games.

m2twkisfun

360 running 4xAA.:lol:

Have you played some halo 3?Lol most of the 360 games dont even have any sort of AA or just 2xAA.What even makes you think that the 360 has a free pass to 4xAA?:?

I dont even think that you own a 360 to be honest if you think all it's games are running 4xAA.

And BTW the higher the res the higher the performance hit with AA.

Oh and you have an 8600 and trying AA at 16x10??

You dont even have a card that was meant to do AA and pass it off like all PC cards are like that?

All 8800 cards are much more efficient with AA than a 360 would even dream off.

[QUOTE="NathanDrake"][QUOTE="kidcool189"][QUOTE="karasill"][QUOTE="dieasgrey"]

[QUOTE="karasill"][QUOTE="dieasgrey"]More ram, 3ghz + cpu , and 8800 sli'ed.Spybot_9

No it hasnt been proven . FPS may not change much if any but overall studdering and chops will decrease. That is a fact.

Cpu is debatable. Oc'ing to 3ghz wouldnt hurt.

8800 should very well be sli ready, it depends on your Motherboard...what do you have?

I'm gonna take Vista...uninstall it...send it back to Microsoft for a full refound!! I had it...Vista is so messed up it's not even funny! I would brake the disk in half but than I wouldn't get my money back...I'll send it back and get Xp insted...that way I will have some extra $$ too so I could maybe get a new card.

This is the thing. last october when I ordered my PC from ibuypower.com (i recommend no one buy buy anything from them, they screw you over) I ordered this PC with 4 gigs of memory. Than I found out that 1 stick was damaged and had to send it back. I sent it back and they claim that they never recived it when I know they did. So after a few months of argueing they decided to send me another stick. That was in february. I haven't recived anything. I payed almost $1500 for this PC.

So for now I don't really want to spend another $ on it.

Hey guys!

I have a decent pc: Core Duo 2 E6600 2x2.66ghz , GeForce 8800GTS 640MB, 2GB Ram, but still I can't run Crysis on max. I can bearly run it on high...and if I do I can't even turn on AA.

What can I do? is there a way to overclock that stuff?

(sorry I'm not the best with PC's, more of a console gamer)

Thanks for the help anyway.

NathanDrake

i have e2160 @ 2.7ghz

2gb ram

OC'd 9600gt and i have crysis everything on high (not patched) at the res and it runs well so i don't see why you shouldnt be able to obtain similar results.

[QUOTE="m2twkisfun"]

I must say it would be nice for PC cards to come equiped with a little memory die like the 360 to give at least 4xAnti-aliasing without a performance hit, for all games.

Spybot_9

360 running 4xAA.:lol:

Have you played some halo 3?Lol most of the 360 games dont even have any sort of AA or just 2xAA.What even makes you think that the 360 has a free pass to 4xAA?:?

I dont even think that you own a 360 to be honest if you think all it's games are running 4xAA.

And BTW the higher the res the higher the performance hit with AA.

I have had a 360 since luanch!!?

And I know most of the 360's games do not have 4xAA, I was just saying that it would be cool for them to include a little extra die like the 360's to give AA on all games. I guess I did word that to sound like all 360 games have 4x that was my bad, and yes Halo 3 is unplayable to me thanks to the COMPLETE lack of AA, but I will not get into that, oh and the same is true for Forza Motorsport 2, and Grand theft Auto San Andreas.

But the MAIN point of that post was that no matter the resolution, Aliasing is still very noticable.

Oh and you have an 8600 and trying AA at 16x10??

You dont even have a card that was meant to do AA and pass it off like all PC cards are like that?

All 8800 cards are much more efficient with AA than a 360 would even dream off.

Spybot_9

**With my right hand up to god.**

My 8800 GTS(G92) is supposed to arrive in the mail tomarrow, so what were you saying?

And you MotherF'er, I am completely aware that the 8600gt cannot run 1680x1050 with Anti-aliasing, which is why I said I PLAY WITHOUT it!!!, I never stated all cards cant do AA!!! But obviously you have your own head to far up your own ass to realize that, and by the way, not even the Almighty 8800's can run Crysis @1680x1050 with AA, and very high settings.

/sorry for the rant, its just this ass is putting words in my mouth.:)

[QUOTE="Spybot_9"]

Oh and you have an 8600 and trying AA at 16x10??

You dont even have a card that was meant to do AA and pass it off like all PC cards are like that?

All 8800 cards are much more efficient with AA than a 360 would even dream off.

m2twkisfun

**With my right hand up to god.**

My 8800 GTS(G92) is supposed to arrive in the mail tomarrow, so what were you saying?

And you MotherF'er, I am completely aware that the 8600gt cannot run 1680x1050 with Anti-aliasing, which is why I said I PLAY WITHOUT it!!!, I never stated all cards cant do AA!!! But obviously you have your own head to far up your own ass to realize that, and by the way, not even the Almighty 8800's can run Crysis @1680x1050 with AA, and very high settings.

/sorry for the rant, its just this ass is putting words in my mouth.:)

[QUOTE="m2twkisfun"][QUOTE="Spybot_9"]

Oh and you have an 8600 and trying AA at 16x10??

You dont even have a card that was meant to do AA and pass it off like all PC cards are like that?

All 8800 cards are much more efficient with AA than a 360 would even dream off.

TrooperManaic

**With my right hand up to god.**

My 8800 GTS(G92) is supposed to arrive in the mail tomarrow, so what were you saying?

And you MotherF'er, I am completely aware that the 8600gt cannot run 1680x1050 with Anti-aliasing, which is why I said I PLAY WITHOUT it!!!, I never stated all cards cant do AA!!! But obviously you have your own head to far up your own ass to realize that, and by the way, not even the Almighty 8800's can run Crysis @1680x1050 with AA, and very high settings.

/sorry for the rant, its just this ass is putting words in my mouth.:)

I would guess poop and fart?