Crysis

[chizow]

Originally posted by: THERESONATOR
I did mean all settings on high on the highest resolution you can produce. I just hope my planned rig can do better than the ~50FPS best claimed; gonna probly have a QX9770, definately a Asus P5E3 Premium, probly a couple of Crossfire 512mb HD3870s (maybe a third eventually), 4 gigs of dual channel 1033Mhz+ DDR3 ram, it'll be run on a 10k 150gb rpm SATA HD (of two), all watercooled, overclocked to heaven with a beasty PSU that can run it all and sitting nicely in my already-purchased Antec 900. Also probly will have a blue cold cathode tube ^-^ and the 2 extra 120mm fan spaces filled. As I said I'd be running it all on highest settings and on the highest resolution a widescreen 24" LCD can give me. Wish me luck? Your predictions for FPS?

Highly doubt you'll see 50FPS with everything set to Very High @1920x1200 since you won't even get that much @ 1280x1024 on High settings. AA will bring FPS down even further. These were done with the 7.11s that gave @50% increase in CF in some games and though the 8-series bring a few more performance boosts I don't think it'll be enough to get you to where you want to be. Not even 3x Ultras will get there at Very High.

And no SSDs? That build is made of phail!

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: THERESONATOR
I did mean all settings on high on the highest resolution you can produce. I just hope my planned rig can do better than the ~50FPS best claimed; gonna probly have a QX9770, definately a Asus P5E3 Premium, probly a couple of Crossfire 512mb HD3870s (maybe a third eventually), 4 gigs of dual channel 1033Mhz+ DDR3 ram, it'll be run on a 10k 150gb rpm SATA HD (of two), all watercooled, overclocked to heaven with a beasty PSU that can run it all and sitting nicely in my already-purchased Antec 900. Also probly will have a blue cold cathode tube ^-^ and the 2 extra 120mm fan spaces filled. As I said I'd be running it all on highest settings and on the highest resolution a widescreen 24" LCD can give me. Wish me luck? Your predictions for FPS?

I'd say about 20-25 (with dips into the teens)... No way you'll get 50.

 

[EvilComputer92]

Originally posted by: nitromullet

Originally posted by: THERESONATOR
I did mean all settings on high on the highest resolution you can produce. I just hope my planned rig can do better than the ~50FPS best claimed; gonna probly have a QX9770, definately a Asus P5E3 Premium, probly a couple of Crossfire 512mb HD3870s (maybe a third eventually), 4 gigs of dual channel 1033Mhz+ DDR3 ram, it'll be run on a 10k 150gb rpm SATA HD (of two), all watercooled, overclocked to heaven with a beasty PSU that can run it all and sitting nicely in my already-purchased Antec 900. Also probly will have a blue cold cathode tube ^-^ and the 2 extra 120mm fan spaces filled. As I said I'd be running it all on highest settings and on the highest resolution a widescreen 24" LCD can give me. Wish me luck? Your predictions for FPS?

I'd say about 20-25 (with dips into the teens)... No way you'll get 50.

The 4XAA is really killing your framerate though.

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: EvilComputer92

Originally posted by: nitromullet

Originally posted by: THERESONATOR
I did mean all settings on high on the highest resolution you can produce. I just hope my planned rig can do better than the ~50FPS best claimed; gonna probly have a QX9770, definately a Asus P5E3 Premium, probly a couple of Crossfire 512mb HD3870s (maybe a third eventually), 4 gigs of dual channel 1033Mhz+ DDR3 ram, it'll be run on a 10k 150gb rpm SATA HD (of two), all watercooled, overclocked to heaven with a beasty PSU that can run it all and sitting nicely in my already-purchased Antec 900. Also probly will have a blue cold cathode tube ^-^ and the 2 extra 120mm fan spaces filled. As I said I'd be running it all on highest settings and on the highest resolution a widescreen 24" LCD can give me. Wish me luck? Your predictions for FPS?

I'd say about 20-25 (with dips into the teens)... No way you'll get 50.

The 4XAA is really killing your framerate though.

Doesn't really matter. No way he's going to get 50+ fps out of two 3870s at 1920x1200 with max settings, AA or not...

 

[sgrinavi]

Originally posted by: gersson
Guys, try this:

Everything on High except:
shadows, volumetrics, and particles @ medium

Also, add this to your system.cfg file located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis directory (remove x86 if not on x64)

con_restricted=0
r_motionblur=0
cl_fov=85
r_VSync=0
r_sunshafts=1
e_water_ocean_fft=1
q_Renderer=3
r_colorgrading=1
r_UseEdgeAA=0 <--- this can be 2 if you like

I get amazing FPS with these settings feels like 35-40 constant @ 1680x1050

.

I am running everthing on dx9 very high (cheap dx10 "hack"), shaders on medium, 2xAA -

1400x900 averaged 41.62 FPS (up from 28.5 using the Pydon Shader Tweak)
1600x1050 averaged 33.44

Very playable at either speed.

EDIT: I use the crysis benchmark_GPU.bat on xp64 in the xp directory. I also have had to crank down my GTX to eliminate the artifacts in crysis....

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: munky
You guys DO realize that if you turn settings down from max then it's not impressive that you get high fps? With shadows on medium the foliage doesn't even have shadows, so the visual quality is noticeably worse. Then you're just playing Farcry with slightly better textures.

I don't know about that. Crysis with everything on HIGH in DX9 and shadows on Medium still looks better than any game on the PC to me.

 

[THERESONATOR]

Christ when are they going to release a card that can handle this beast?

 

[Cheex]

Originally posted by: THERESONATOR
Christ when are they going to release a card that can handle this beast?

When DAAMIT releases a card that is any form of competition to Nvidia's high-end...

Then I think, Nvidia will unleash the beast. I'm sure they have it in their labs.

 

[SanDiegoPC]

I would love to check framerates. How do I do so?

 

[KermitM42]

Originally posted by: zogg
ok how do I test my FPS in Crysis?

google and download Fraps.
it will show your fps in game in the top corner of the screen. you may need to hit a hotkey (f12 i think it is)

i get about 45-50fps on medium at 1680x1050. about 30-35 on high.
HD3850 ftw.

 

[SanDiegoPC]

Originally posted by: KermitM42

Originally posted by: zogg
ok how do I test my FPS in Crysis?

google and download Fraps.
it will show your fps in game in the top corner of the screen. you may need to hit a hotkey (f12 i think it is)

i get about 45-50fps on medium at 1680x1050. about 30-35 on high.
HD3850 ftw.

GOT IT! Thanks.

I get 50-60 FPS running everything on HIGH and a resolution of 1280x1024. Sometimes it drops to the mid-forties or so, but then speeds right back up to mid fifties. ;-)

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: KermitM42

Originally posted by: zogg
ok how do I test my FPS in Crysis?

google and download Fraps.
it will show your fps in game in the top corner of the screen. you may need to hit a hotkey (f12 i think it is)

i get about 45-50fps on medium at 1680x1050. about 30-35 on high.
HD3850 ftw.

Easier than that... Just pull up the console with tilde key, and then type: r_DisplayInfo = 1 (r_DisplayInfo = 0 turns it back off)

 

[Zenoth]

With the system in my signature...

I get between 20FPS to 30FPS at 1280x960, no A-A, no A-F, at DX9 "Very High" tweaks (except that the Shadows are left at "High" DX9). Keep in mind that it will also depend on the levels I'm playing in, it will also depend on the time of the day (yes, day time is heavy on the performance loss due to better lightning quality and higher shadows complexity). It can also depend on the actual event taking place. If I am having a huge fire fight, it does down to 16FPS or so. If I look up at the sky only I can reach around 50FPS or more. If I look only at the water it goes around 35FPS.

It's VERY difficult to come up with a universal benchmark in a game with so many graphics settings and variables.

 

[KermitM42]

Originally posted by: nitromullet

Originally posted by: KermitM42

Originally posted by: zogg
ok how do I test my FPS in Crysis?

google and download Fraps.
it will show your fps in game in the top corner of the screen. you may need to hit a hotkey (f12 i think it is)

i get about 45-50fps on medium at 1680x1050. about 30-35 on high.
HD3850 ftw.

Easier than that... Just pull up the console with tilde key, and then type: r_DisplayInfo = 1 (r_DisplayInfo = 0 turns it back off)

this is true, but fraps also has a cool recording feature.. AND it glows in the dark

 

[evolucion8]

I can play Crysis with the following settings; Texture: High (Very high doesn't show any difference at all), Shader Quality: Very High, Post Processing; Very High, Water Quality; Very High, everything else on high except Shadows which are on Medium. (I was using those hacked files) at 1024x768.

Min FPS:15
Max FPS:30
Average:23

I know that If I lower the settings, it would be more playable for sure, but even with such low numbers, is still playable, Motion Blur smooths the FPS considerably and feels like is running at higher fps.

 

[evolucion8]

Originally posted by: nitromullet

Originally posted by: EvilComputer92

Originally posted by: nitromullet

Originally posted by: THERESONATOR
I did mean all settings on high on the highest resolution you can produce. I just hope my planned rig can do better than the ~50FPS best claimed; gonna probly have a QX9770, definately a Asus P5E3 Premium, probly a couple of Crossfire 512mb HD3870s (maybe a third eventually), 4 gigs of dual channel 1033Mhz+ DDR3 ram, it'll be run on a 10k 150gb rpm SATA HD (of two), all watercooled, overclocked to heaven with a beasty PSU that can run it all and sitting nicely in my already-purchased Antec 900. Also probly will have a blue cold cathode tube ^-^ and the 2 extra 120mm fan spaces filled. As I said I'd be running it all on highest settings and on the highest resolution a widescreen 24" LCD can give me. Wish me luck? Your predictions for FPS?

I'd say about 20-25 (with dips into the teens)... No way you'll get 50.

The 4XAA is really killing your framerate though.

Doesn't really matter. No way he's going to get 50+ fps out of two 3870s at 1920x1200 with max settings, AA or not...

FSAA kills the FPS with those Radeons, but the game will still be playable, 2 Radeon HD 3870 in crossfire tends to be faster than a single 8800 Ultra which still also quite playable under those conditions.

 

[JAG87]

Originally posted by: THERESONATOR
I did mean all settings on high on the highest resolution you can produce. I just hope my planned rig can do better than the ~50FPS best claimed; gonna probly have a QX9770, definately a Asus P5E3 Premium, probly a couple of Crossfire 512mb HD3870s (maybe a third eventually), 4 gigs of dual channel 1033Mhz+ DDR3 ram, it'll be run on a 10k 150gb rpm SATA HD (of two), all watercooled, overclocked to heaven with a beasty PSU that can run it all and sitting nicely in my already-purchased Antec 900. Also probly will have a blue cold cathode tube ^-^ and the 2 extra 120mm fan spaces filled. As I said I'd be running it all on highest settings and on the highest resolution a widescreen 24" LCD can give me. Wish me luck? Your predictions for FPS?

my prediction is that all that stuff wont fit in your case. 2 or 3 video cards, beastly psu, watercooling? lol, before you go buy a 1400 dollar cpu, you best provide yourself with a decent full tower chassis detective colombo

 

[zeroburrito]

Originally posted by: munky
You guys DO realize that if you turn settings down from max then it's not impressive that you get high fps? With shadows on medium the foliage doesn't even have shadows, so the visual quality is noticeably worse. Then you're just playing Farcry with slightly better textures.

yes, crysis looks so much better because of the shadows. lolz. most games actually look worse with the crappy shadows.

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: evolucion8
FSAA kills the FPS with those Radeons, but the game will still be playable, 2 Radeon HD 3870 in crossfire tends to be faster than a single 8800 Ultra which still also quite playable under those conditions.

My point is that the OP is going to be very disappointed in his gazillion dollar rig if he expects 50+ fps with all the goodies turned up...