Cryostasis Physx Tech Demo - Test your system!

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This is a pretty big file, almost 1GB but it took about 25 min to DL at about 700 kb/s.

You need Vista and DX10 to even run it. I maxed all the options at 720p and I got an average of 12 FPS, it's very demanding. Putting everything at low at 800 x 600 helped a lot, and the phsyics were impressive. But that doesn't make up for the huge resource requirements

 

yea, I tried this the day it was publically available, but found out it wont run on XP..

It's unfortunate because it looks really good.

 

Ran decent on my system.

Here's what I got:

 

here's mine, tried out both hardware and software, and hardware ran better, on my 8800 GTS.

quick download too, only 6-7 minutes.

 

Heres what I get on my desktop

 

ASUS G50VT-X1 (P8400 2.26GHz, 4GB DDR2-800, 9800M GS 512MB DDR3)

1366x768 @ all High settings

Total Time: 496.112s
Total Frames Count: 9821
Average FPS: 19.8
Minimum FPS: 11.9
Maximum FPS: 58.0

A tiny bit lower average framerate than I get in Crysis DX10 on High. Good benchmarker!

EDIT: Surprisingly, turning AA down to a more reasonable level (2x/4x) doesn't seem to produce an increase in performance.

 

LOL at my system

 

XD I wonder where the little guy suddenly got the strength to push that 231 frames in 1 second!

 

I think it counts the menu. lol

 

what's so special about this game?

 

It's not a game. It's like 3DMark where it basically tests your systems on performance, but using PhysX as a criteria.

 

full version works like crap on my laptop :/....

 

Its a techdemo for a game.

http://pc.ign.com/objects/901/901814.html


The Arctic Circle, Russian North Pole station 'Pole 21', 1968 - Alexander Nesterov is a meteorologist sent to investigate the final hours of the North Wind, an old nuclear ice-breaker trapped in an icy grave. This steel beast once fought for its country, but during a dangerous mission it drifted into an ice trap slowly freezing to death every living thing on board. Alex must fight against the intense cold by finding any remaining heat sources as he investigates the final days of the North Wind and unlocks the mysteries within. However, Alex is no ordinary meteorologist as he possesses a unique 'Mental Echo' ability that allows him to relive the final memories of the dead and change their actions in the past, changing their future. Nothing can prepare Alex for the truth he uncovers as he digs deeper into the history of the ship. Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason takes players on a terrifying trip into the unknown as they explore the dark, frozen, claustrophobic corridors and unlock the shocking secrets of the North Wind.

Genre: First-Person Shooter
Exclusively on PC
Release Date: December 31, 2009
December 31, 2008
Unreleased
Features General Features
The game develops with the unique "Mental Echo" ability - penetrate another character's memory and change the actions taken by the character in the past to affect the present
Highly detailed levels based on a real Russian ice-breaker
More than 15 powerful enemies with unique capabilities
7 NPC's which will help to reveal the true story
8 historically-authentic types of weapons
A physics and weather system with realistic ice, frost and snow

 

We should be running at the same resolution, otherwise it's hard to compare.

It's AF, not AA. 16x isn't going to be much of a performance hit for a 9800.

 

If only I was running Vista, I'd love to mess with this and actually for once check the PhysX card in my laptop vs. the GeForce cards. I know everyone says GeForce cards are now better, but I just want to see on my own machine.

Oh, and on Laptopvideo2go there was a new PhysX driver, gonna check that out too.

 

Cool thanks, will try it out on my desktop 64bit and notebook 64bit and netbook 32bit (lol)

 

I get graphics corruption in Vista 64 bit with 181.20 drivers (WHQL) on my desktop. I don't have anything overclocked, and everything has run great on it without issue for the last year.

 

yeah im getting some graphical anomalies in the tech demo.

 

Im very unimpressed with this game demo. The water looks so fake and it is deflecting off the guy in the most unrealistic way. I would rather have realism than "shiny graphics" and I though thats what phisics was supposed to be all about. The water does not even bounce off the guy its like an inch above him.

It runs pretty well on my G50V though 20fps average on 1680x1050 on high is not bad in stock mode. After overclocking it would go up higher.

 

Same thing with the serious visual corruption on my desktop 8800GT. The entire top half of the screen starting directly at the middle of the screen is corrupt, the entire image is there, but somewhat darkened, and on the darkened part, all physics objects such as the water don't show. Using 181.20 and the latest PhysX. other than that pretty serious issue, it looks great, averaged 23fps in 1920x1080 maxed out, but still looks good. The water is really blob-like, but it's a step in the right direction. This is also the first demonstration I've seen where real time cloth simulation actually reacts to things being thrown on it, and causes them to bounce back.