Proof that Crysis runs awesome on something that cost me $650

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5848/crysis1eq5.jpg
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/2120/cry2kw0.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/5932/cry3po9.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/734/cry4rv2.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/5941/cry5of3.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1251/cry6zg1.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5944/cry7yj9.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6236/cry8dx4.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3040/cry9uy5.jpg

This is at 1280x1024, no AA, 16x AF, all high except shadows at medium and physics at very high. The only tweak I use is "r_UseEdgeAA=2" which adds "fake" AA to everything (especially vegetation) without any FPS loss. Those screens were taken in windowed mode (so some edges are cut off) because for some reason when Crysis is in fullscreen and I take a screenshot and paste it in paint, only a black screen comes up. But there is no difference in FPS for me between windowed or fullscreen. In heavy gun fights, FPS drops to 21-27 which is pretty good for Crysis and hard to notice.

My specs: 8800GT oced, X2 6000+ (equivalent to a E6600) and 2gigs of DDR2 800Mhz RAM.

8800GT- $260

X2 6000- $190

Asus M2NBP-VM CSM (mobo)- $90

2gig DDR2 800Mhz RAM- $110

My 8800GT has been running Crysis very well too, its a great card. People need to learn that their almighty hardware can't max all games, and turn down some settings.muscleserge

May not be max but look at those screens! Better then any other game out there. And the physics are better then any other game also.

What frames per second are you getting at those settings?

fanboys will still bash b/c 650 is stillmore than a 360 or ps3

My friend runs it similarly, except with 8800gtx stock.

He gets around 60fps.................................... when you're about 50 feet below the surface of the water :P

What frames per second are you getting at those settings?

fanboys will still bash b/c 650 is stillmore than a 360 or ps3

Toyeboy

Look at the bottom right of those screens.

[QUOTE="muscleserge"]My 8800GT has been running Crysis very well too, its a great card. People need to learn that their almighty hardware can't max all games, and turn down some settings.DarkRecruit

May not be max but look at those screens! Better then any other game out there. And the physics are better then any other game also.

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5848/crysis1eq5.jpg
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/2120/cry2kw0.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/5932/cry3po9.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/734/cry4rv2.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/5941/cry5of3.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1251/cry6zg1.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5944/cry7yj9.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6236/cry8dx4.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3040/cry9uy5.jpg

This is at 1280x1024, no AA, 16x AF, all high except shadows at medium and physics at very high. The only tweak I use is "r_UseEdgeAA=2" which adds "fake" AA to everything (especially vegetation) without any FPS loss. Those screens were taken in windowed mode (so some edges are cut off) because for some reason when Crysis is in fullscreen and I take a screenshot and paste it in paint, only a black screen comes up. But there is no difference in FPS for me between windowed or fullscreen. In heavy gun fights, FPS drops to 21-27 which is pretty good for Crysis and hard to notice.

My specs: 8800GT oced, X2 6000+ (equivalent to a E6600) and 2gigs of DDR2 800Mhz RAM.

8800GT- $260

X2 6000- $190

Asus M2NBP-VM CSM (mobo)- $90

2gig DDR2 800Mhz RAM- $110

DarkRecruit

How do i enter that tweak ? Do i enter that in the console with the ~ ?

[QUOTE="Toyeboy"]

What frames per second are you getting at those settings?

fanboys will still bash b/c 650 is stillmore than a 360 or ps3

DarkRecruit

Look at the bottom right of those screens.

so around 30? What is Crysis suposed to run at? I thought anything below 60fps in first person shooters on PC's was bad? Maybe Crysis is different, does move more smoothly than previous pc games at 30fps? I'm not being sarcastic I really have been wondering this...

[QUOTE="DarkRecruit"]

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5848/crysis1eq5.jpg
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/2120/cry2kw0.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/5932/cry3po9.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/734/cry4rv2.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/5941/cry5of3.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1251/cry6zg1.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5944/cry7yj9.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6236/cry8dx4.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3040/cry9uy5.jpg

This is at 1280x1024, no AA, 16x AF, all high except shadows at medium and physics at very high. The only tweak I use is "r_UseEdgeAA=2" which adds "fake" AA to everything (especially vegetation) without any FPS loss. Those screens were taken in windowed mode (so some edges are cut off) because for some reason when Crysis is in fullscreen and I take a screenshot and paste it in paint, only a black screen comes up. But there is no difference in FPS for me between windowed or fullscreen. In heavy gun fights, FPS drops to 21-27 which is pretty good for Crysis and hard to notice.

My specs: 8800GT oced, X2 6000+ (equivalent to a E6600) and 2gigs of DDR2 800Mhz RAM.

8800GT- $260

X2 6000- $190

Asus M2NBP-VM CSM (mobo)- $90

2gig DDR2 800Mhz RAM- $110

telefanatic

How do i enter that tweak ? Do i enter that in the console with the ~ ?

http://www.tweakguides.com/Crysis_8.html

[QUOTE="muscleserge"]My 8800GT has been running Crysis very well too, its a great card. People need to learn that their almighty hardware can't max all games, and turn down some settings.DarkRecruit

May not be max but look at those screens! Better then any other game out there. And the physics are better then any other game also.

[QUOTE="DarkRecruit"][QUOTE="Toyeboy"]

What frames per second are you getting at those settings?

fanboys will still bash b/c 650 is stillmore than a 360 or ps3

Toyeboy

Look at the bottom right of those screens.

so around 30? What is Crysis suposed to run at? I thought anything below 60fps in first person shooters on PC's was bad? Maybe Crysis is different, does move more smoothly than previous pc games at 30fps? I'm not being sarcastic I really have been wondering this...

30+ is usually recommended for FPS games but for some reasons crysis feels fine at 25ish, maybe it's because of the nice use of motion blur.

[QUOTE="DarkRecruit"][QUOTE="Toyeboy"]

What frames per second are you getting at those settings?

fanboys will still bash b/c 650 is stillmore than a 360 or ps3

Toyeboy

Look at the bottom right of those screens.

so around 30? What is Crysis suposed to run at? I thought anything below 60fps in first person shooters on PC's was bad? Maybe Crysis is different, does move more smoothly than previous pc games at 30fps? I'm not being sarcastic I really have been wondering this...

Most peple say Crysis on 30 is like 40-50 compared to other games

[QUOTE="DarkRecruit"][QUOTE="Toyeboy"]

What frames per second are you getting at those settings?

fanboys will still bash b/c 650 is stillmore than a 360 or ps3

Toyeboy

Look at the bottom right of those screens.

so around 30? What is Crysis suposed to run at? I thought anything below 60fps in first person shooters on PC's was bad? Maybe Crysis is different, does move more smoothly than previous pc games at 30fps? I'm not being sarcastic I really have been wondering this...

[QUOTE="DarkRecruit"]

[QUOTE="muscleserge"]My 8800GT has been running Crysis very well too, its a great card. People need to learn that their almighty hardware can't max all games, and turn down some settings.DivergeUnify

May not be max but look at those screens! Better then any other game out there. And the physics are better then any other game also.

Yes, but it is still the most realistic.

[QUOTE="DarkRecruit"]

[QUOTE="muscleserge"]My 8800GT has been running Crysis very well too, its a great card. People need to learn that their almighty hardware can't max all games, and turn down some settings.DivergeUnify

May not be max but look at those screens! Better then any other game out there. And the physics are better then any other game also.

Well, I never said they were perfect (far from it), but what other game do you think has better physics? And shacks aren't scripted. Every piece of metal of the shack is breakable and so you can break it however you want.

[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"][QUOTE="DarkRecruit"]

[QUOTE="muscleserge"]My 8800GT has been running Crysis very well too, its a great card. People need to learn that their almighty hardware can't max all games, and turn down some settings.DarkRecruit

May not be max but look at those screens! Better then any other game out there. And the physics are better then any other game also.

Well, I never said they were perfect (far from it), but what other game do you think has better physics? And shacks aren't scripted. Every piece of metal of the shack is breakable and so you can break it however you want.

Well, I never said they were perfect (far from it), but what other game do you think has better physics? And shacks aren't scripted. Every piece of metal of the shack is breakable and so you can break it however you want.

DarkRecruit

I would also like to add that I believe Crytek is able to make the physic more realistic but they retric the physics so that more PCs are able to run it.

That looks good, but not incredible.

Uncharted running at 1080p or AC running at 1080p looks much better though. And yes, they do run in 1080p. If your TV is native 1920x1080p, then all HD signals are upconverted.

I can't shoot a piece of scrap metal on a shack right down the metal, nor can I do so to the wood panels. They're all little pieces constructed together with break points. If I punch the side of a shack, its always just going to fly off or fall off as one piece( assuming I'm hitting a flat side). Never will it break in two
DivergeUnify

Half Life 2 is also kinda like that but it had much less breaking points, and it was also considered to have the best physics of its time.

[QUOTE="DarkRecruit"][QUOTE="DivergeUnify"][QUOTE="DarkRecruit"]

[QUOTE="muscleserge"]My 8800GT has been running Crysis very well too, its a great card. People need to learn that their almighty hardware can't max all games, and turn down some settings.DivergeUnify

May not be max but look at those screens! Better then any other game out there. And the physics are better then any other game also.

Well, I never said they were perfect (far from it), but what other game do you think has better physics? And shacks aren't scripted. Every piece of metal of the shack is breakable and so you can break it however you want.

Yea they are kind of like a puzzle of pieces of metal stuck together.

So what about the DVD drive, Vista, Hard drive, case, cooling fans. power supply, etc? BrownWalrus

It's called upgrading. That's how much it cost for me, since I already had the other stuff.

[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"] I can't shoot a piece of scrap metal on a shack right down the metal, nor can I do so to the wood panels. They're all little pieces constructed together with break points. If I punch the side of a shack, its always just going to fly off or fall off as one piece( assuming I'm hitting a flat side). Never will it break in two
Lonelynight

Half Life 2 is also kinda like that but it had much less breaking points, and it was also considered to have the best physics of its time.

Yea they are kind of like a puzzle of pieces of metal stuck together.

DarkRecruit

I wonder if I can play this game well at medium settings with my 6800XT (256 MB overclocked) at 1024 x 768 (I have a CRT 17' monitor), I bet I can. I have 1GB RAM.

Bet it looks great as well.

I wonder if I can play this game well at medium settings with my 6800XT (256 MB overclocked) at 1024 x 768 (I have a CRT 17' monitor), I bet I can. I have 1GB RAM.

Bet it looks great as well.

AFBrat77

Couldn't tell if you were being sarcastic or not

[QUOTE="BrownWalrus"]So what about the DVD drive, Vista, Hard drive, case, cooling fans. power supply, etc? DarkRecruit

It's called upgrading. That's how much it cost for me, since I already had the other stuff.

Uh huh....cool, that works i guess.

Kind of a cheap way to say "i can run crysis on max for $650!"

Not everyone is gonna have all the right parts for upgrading, and many people don't even like doing that. Many people will want to build a new rig instead. That's the thing, it will easily cost 1.2k+ then.

[QUOTE="DarkRecruit"]

[QUOTE="BrownWalrus"]So what about the DVD drive, Vista, Hard drive, case, cooling fans. power supply, etc? BrownWalrus

It's called upgrading. That's how much it cost for me, since I already had the other stuff.

Uh huh....cool, that works i guess.

Kind of a cheap way to say "i can run crysis on max for $650!"

Not everyone is gonna have all the right parts for upgrading, and many people don't even like doing that. Many people will want to build a new rig instead. That's the thing, it will easily cost 1.2k+ then.

Well, I'm sure you have a DVD drive, windows, harddrive, case, fans and PSU (if you don't have a good PSU, you can get one for cheap) no? And high isn't max btw.

wow u got giped on your 8800gt, btw its a great card i love it bought 2 for only 120 each at my computer store universal technolgies. its like a pop shop.LibertySaint

Well every other place sells it for around $250 so I had no choice

[QUOTE="LibertySaint"]wow u got giped on your 8800gt, btw its a great card i love it bought 2 for only 120 each at my computer store universal technolgies. its like a pop shop.DarkRecruit

Well every other place sells it for around $250 so I had no choice

seriously i never heard it so cheap anywhere, i think he has confused it would some other card.any ways the pics looks great :D

The simple truth is, a game this kiddy though won't appear to hardcores.wiretoss

what?

[QUOTE="muscleserge"]My 8800GT has been running Crysis very well too, its a great card. People need to learn that their almighty hardware can't max all games, and turn down some settings.DarkRecruit

May not be max but look at those screens! Better then any other game out there. And the physics are better then any other game also.

Not trying to start an argument here or anything, but I believe the Force Unleashed has a much better physics engine.

That looks good, but not incredible.

Uncharted running at 1080p or AC running at 1080p looks much better though. And yes, they do run in 1080p. If your TV is native 1920x1080p, then all HD signals are upconverted.

Vorserider2

Don't forget he's not playing with it on max settings - he has it all on High (highest is Very High, although it can be tweaked to Ultra High in the configs).

The simple truth is, a game this kiddy though won't appear to hardcores.wiretoss

What are you talking about?

PowerSupply? Case? DVD-Rom? HardDrive? Sound Card? Speakers? Mouse? Keyboard?.... don't need to count price of speakers if they came attached to ur Monitor, but I seriously doubt they did.

Sorry Hermit, but nice try, well not really....

I've never once played a game on my PC without a Power Supply, Case, Dvd-Rom/Cd-Rom, HardDrive, Mouse, Keyboard, Sound Card or Speakers.... have you???

My specs: 8800GT oced, X2 6000+ (equivalent to a E6600) and 2gigs of DDR2 800Mhz RAM.

8800GT- $260

X2 6000- $190

Asus M2NBP-VM CSM (mobo)- $90

2gig DDR2 800Mhz RAM- $110

DarkRecruit

So you just put those 4 components together and it plays Crysis? No PSU? No HD? No cooling solution? No case?

Your thread title is very misleading.

PowerSupply? Case? DVD-Rom? HardDrive? Sound Card? Speakers? Mouse? Keyboard?.... don't need to count price of speakers if they came attached to ur Monitor, but I seriously doubt they did.

Sorry Hermit, but nice try, well not really....

I've never once played a game on my PC without a Power Supply, Case, Dvd-Rom/Cd-Rom, HardDrive, Mouse, Keyboard, Sound Card or Speakers.... have you???

Veterngamer

Read my other post:

It's called upgrading. That's how much it cost for me, since I already had the other stuff.

I had a powersupply, case, DVD drive, harddrive, soundcard, speakers, mouse, windows and keyboard already. Don't you?

So you just put those 4 components together and it plays Crysis? No PSU? No HD? No cooling solution? No case?

Your thread title is very misleading.

Bgrngod

It's the same as when you talk about buying consoles. $300 xbox huh? What you gonna play it on? No tv? No seocnd controller? No xbox live subscription?

It's called an upgrade. And it's not a $650 game box. If the Tc could make one change to the topic, he should emphasize that it's a COMPUTER. not a game box. A COMPUTER. It does more than play crysis

[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"][QUOTE="DarkRecruit"]

[QUOTE="muscleserge"]My 8800GT has been running Crysis very well too, its a great card. People need to learn that their almighty hardware can't max all games, and turn down some settings.DarkRecruit

May not be max but look at those screens! Better then any other game out there. And the physics are better then any other game also.

Well, I never said they were perfect (far from it), but what other game do you think has better physics? And shacks aren't scripted. Every piece of metal of the shack is breakable and so you can break it however you want.

there are definitely bugs with shacks though, esp ones with support beams, you can knock out all but one sometimes and the shack still stands :P it's good, but not perfect obviously

[QUOTE="Bgrngod"]

So you just put those 4 components together and it plays Crysis? No PSU? No HD? No cooling solution? No case?

Your thread title is very misleading.

TeamR

It's the same as when you talk about buying consoles. $300 xbox huh? What you gonna play it on? No tv? No seocnd controller? No xbox live subscription?

It's called an upgrade. And it's not a $650 game box. If the Tc could make one change to the topic, he should emphasize that it's a COMPUTER. not a game box. A COMPUTER. It does more than play crysis

lol he still spent $650 to play a single game that looks nowhere near what it did when they first showed it and can't even maintain 30FPS, A SINGLE GAME!!

[QUOTE="muscleserge"]My 8800GT has been running Crysis very well too, its a great card. People need to learn that their almighty hardware can't max all games, and turn down some settings.DarkRecruit

May not be max but look at those screens! Better then any other game out there. And the physics are better then any other game also.

those screens looks pretty bad actually :|

[QUOTE="TeamR"][QUOTE="Bgrngod"]

So you just put those 4 components together and it plays Crysis? No PSU? No HD? No cooling solution? No case?

Your thread title is very misleading.

JiveT

It's the same as when you talk about buying consoles. $300 xbox huh? What you gonna play it on? No tv? No seocnd controller? No xbox live subscription?

It's called an upgrade. And it's not a $650 game box. If the Tc could make one change to the topic, he should emphasize that it's a COMPUTER. not a game box. A COMPUTER. It does more than play crysis

lol he still spent $650 to play a single game that looks nowhere near what it did when they first showed it and can't even maintain 30FPS, A SINGLE GAME!!

Dude, Crysis isn't the last PC game to exist. More are coming.

And the game can look just as good, even better, than what they showed during development by activating Ultra High among other thingsin the config files. But do that and you'll experience a very low FPS - which is why Crytek cut it out. It's not their fault, the technology just isn't here yet.

[QUOTE="DarkRecruit"]

[QUOTE="muscleserge"]My 8800GT has been running Crysis very well too, its a great card. People need to learn that their almighty hardware can't max all games, and turn down some settings.TheCanadianRage

May not be max but look at those screens! Better then any other game out there. And the physics are better then any other game also.

those screens looks pretty bad actually :|

I don't see how it's bad at all. Can you elaborate on this? Please, if you're going to make large statements like these at least bring some reasonable arguements to support it.

That looks good, but not incredible.

Uncharted running at 1080p or AC running at 1080p looks much better though. And yes, they do run in 1080p. If your TV is native 1920x1080p, then all HD signals are upconverted.

Vorserider2

I ran those games and they are not graphically better than Crysis in anyway. You can't compare through this guys pictures alone. Nothing at the moment looks better than Crysis. Not to mention how much smaller the environments are in the games you have mentioned.