The question is your graphics card overheating or getting alittle too warm? Because if its not you really dont need an aftermarket cooler.04dcarraher

I think its getting too warm. 80c + on some games like crysis.

How many of you guys have changed your stock fan on your VC's? Is it really that much better to replace it?. I have 8800GTX cards and im thinking of replacing the stock fan with this.... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186026

Opinions please. Thank you.

[QUOTE="salzdaprinze"]

those look cool. Im using the Natural Mod which improves visuals and i dont know about Frames but my performance seems a bit better with high settings. These Screenshots i took are everything on High Settings with 2XAA and 1920X1080 Resolution.

gamerwiz09

So its natural for everything to be brown and gray?

No, i turned the saturation down because i felt like the green on the trees were too vivid. Maybe it looks different on your monitor.

Wow, those are nice screens. You have a higher res too, im 1680x1050. I think that the natural mod is a bit lighter in color, but maybe not, maybe just different time of day. I tried to get a better underwater pic, but I was being chased (I just blew up a AA gun :) )

very nice screens though. Also, what FPS do you get with those insane settings?

harrisi17

i get around 35 - 40 FPS. Crysis can still look alot better IMO but the hardware you need to turn AA up to 8X and run at 1920 X 1200 or higher is crazy.

These are my screens with Fraps, I have used the mod CCC 2.21 with TOD. With the Crytek setting of very high, I get 10FPS, with the Level 5 CCC mod I get easily 20-25 FPS (note, I didn't actually Frap this, but I did with the very high setting and I saw a significant increase).

If you ask me these screens surpass very high settings, of course, they look better while playing :). I just can't believe the performance increase with such a graphic improvement. YAY!!!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j269/harrisi17/Crysis2008-08-1018-34-22-37-1.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j269/harrisi17/Crysis2008-08-1018-35-34-14.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j269/harrisi17/Crysis2008-08-1018-37-14-24.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j269/harrisi17/Crysis2008-08-1018-42-22-10.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j269/harrisi17/Crysis2008-08-1018-42-27-28.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j269/harrisi17/Crysis2008-08-1018-42-44-56.jpg

Sorry, I couldn't post the pics because they wouldn't show for some reason, possibly too big, I don't know, so hope the links work.

Please respond and tell me what you think! I took some time to do this, and I was just impressed a lot with the mod, so im not trying to brag. Hopefully you think they actually look good, because I noticed that they lost some luster from the ingame screen.

thanks :)

harrisi17

those look cool. Im using the Natural Mod which improves visuals and i dont know about Frames but my performance seems a bit better with high settings. These Screenshots i took are everything on High Settings with 2XAA and 1920X1080 Resolution.

My friends are the same, they actually (100% serious) thought I was joking when I said PCs have better graphics than consoles.Brainkiller05

Yeah, i dont understand it.

GT5p just have decent looking graphic in replay mode or in showcase mode, otherwise it falls flat on all accounts.

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IgorVitaly

Dude what settings are you running on? And at what Res? that looks awesome. looks like you have AA up and running 1920X1080 or higher.

*puts on sunglasses*

8)

Turn down the bloom.

bearbones

lol yeah i know, its a litle bright in the pics but while playing it looks pretty good.

Some of friends think the same way too. One thinks the PS3 is the most powerful gaming machine ever created.

bungie93

Its a good console but IMO the PC has so much potential to create increadible games. only problem for PC gaming, cost.

[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"][QUOTE="-AK47-"][QUOTE="salzdaprinze"]

[QUOTE="-AK47-"]These screens look amazing. Is that from your pc?Richard7666

Yes, i took them with fraps. The most amazing thing about it is that im not even running on the highest settings.

what settings and res? That's not a mod right? Again those screens are amazing.

That depends entirely on settings. Yes, in the text files you can even alter settings that result in a change in saturation etc.

Correct. Aside from having the Natural mod installed on my machine, i have settings stored for crysis in my Nvidia Control Panel. Plus i bring the Contrast up in the game. I bring the saturation down to give the game a much more "natural" look. The above poster is right, Crysis is more colorful but in reality, trees arent extremely Green and the sun is not white, it has a SLIGHT warmish color.