You could try this restoration program its free

http://www.aumha.org/a/recover.php

use the download directly link.

Its worked for me before.

If its possible you might want to save to a different drive to prevent overwriting the lost files

Heres the dx9/dx10 comparison

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/crysis-dx9-vs-dx10-comparison#more-9747

Dx9 still looks good, but DX10 does look allot better.

hmmm so the 8800gts is the lowest card that would be worth bothering with eh? I hopefully can max Crysis without any Direct3D10 effects.. as least that is what I have been hearing from the developers.. and come on, what will the Direct3D10 effects be really? smoke that blows "realistically" in the wind (referring to a comment on WiC)? More particles from wood splintering? How will that even be that noticeable.. to me anyway. Ugh I just hope I can max Crysis at an acceptable frame rate with no noticeable stutters with my current hardware.. then I will be set. BTW, how Crysis performs is really the deciding factor is whether I continue to play the new PC games or not.. if I can't max it out (at least with no Direct3D10 effects) I will have to get a newer card and "upgrade" to Vista. If I can, I won't be upgrading to play any other games.

At least I can play the Wii and the X360 and not worry about how it will be graphically.. but generally PC games are more fun for me.. and yeah I don't know, an 8800GTS is an expensiv, expensive thing.. I don't know if I want to bother with that.. at least until it drops below $200.. or even better $150. And yeah, I am not crazy about "upgrading" to Vista either. And I am definitely not getting a card that wont run Linux.

wookieeassassin

I seen a dx9/dx10 comparison video of crysis and it looks like the dx10 version will be allot more graphical.

no problem,

In between step 3 and 4 I grab the original bios in dos with nvflash, but I think there's a way to do it in windows with nibitor.

1.Find Max Speeds (ATi Tool), back down a bit for headroom.
2.Test temperature @ OC Speed (Ati Tool)
3.Find Shader speed using ati tool + rivatunner.
4.Modify bios with Nibitor, (Core/shader/memory speed)
5.Flash bios in dos, with nvflash. (Dos Command = nvflash -4 -5 -6 biosname.rom)

Thats to make a permanent overclock, you can also just use ati tool but you will always have to have it running.

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Hey what kind of resolution/settings/frame rate do you get with lost planet on a 2900?

just wondering how powerful they are .

LouieV13

Thats a lot better than what i get

Hey what kind of resolution/settings/frame rate do you get with lost planet on a 2900?

just wondering how powerful they are .

lol i always work on my carpet and i think i wear socks never had anything fail on mebemr

Me too, I cant help it there's carpet everywhere.