Crysis (on notebooks) - Videos & Pics

DX9
1280x800
No AA
Shadows Medium
Everything Else High
With tweaks to make things look better

 

how exactly do you enable and disable directx 10 in crysis. I have vista and the 8600m GT

 

I get weird **** with crysis no matter what driver.


Im standing in this place when I first load the game --------- fps 35



I walk around a bit ----------- fps 28-30

I go back to same place as beggining ------------ FPS 20

I walk around a bit --------------------------- fps 10-12

After a few min fps back to normal, after a few min the cycle repeats it self....this is very irritating.

 

I know 1 thing: the Crysis demo ISN'T optimized at all...

I'm going to buy Crysis when it comes out and i hope it's optimized then
Or it can be download patch after download patch after download patch

 

Make an extra shortcut on your desktop

This is the directory and fill in -dx9 after the link
"D:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis SP Demo\Bin32\Crysis.exe" -dx9

tip for ingame:
open console ("²" button) and type r_displayinfo=1 to see your fps, memory in use,....

 

I believe the e_view_dist_ratio_vegetation variable controls how far the vegetation is drawn, but I'm not sure. There's not much knowledge about all the variables available in the sys_spec_ObjectDetail.cfg file (.cfg files are in folder ..\Crysis SP Demo\Game\Config\CVarGroups), so you just have to try them out for yourself.

DO NOT make alterations to the original .cfg files! Make a new file called System.cfg and place it under your Crysis Demo directory (usually ..\Crysis SP Demo\). A good start is to use the basic setting (=low/med/high) variable group, which you have set the corresponding in-game setting (textures, shadows, shaders etc.) to (meaning 1=low, 2=med, 3=high), as a base (=copy it's contents to the System.cfg file) and start customizing it (=changing values) or adding new variables from the lower or higher setting groups (depending on what you want to do: higher performance vs. quality). Note that in those .cfg files the upmost variables are the default values, which are then edited by the setting group (again 1=low, 2=med, 3=high) and those not edited are ran as such.

For example: I made this System.cfg when I tried to get the Demo run at acceptable framerates: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=2621838&postcount=363

It's wise to look at the setting group variables and compare which is changed between low, med or high or even between default (=very high), so you can see which actually affect performance and quality when you change the setting in-game (=the system settings -> advanced menu in the game).

 

when u say tweaks i assume u mean u have over clocked your vieo card.... because from what i'v been reading you cant play it with shaders on high on a 8600mgt

 

QFT.

Try to play around with the setting using the autoexec.cfg or system.cfg, and in case anything ****ed up, just delete that customized cfg file.

Don't know if anyone has mentioned this but this is one pretty good guide
http://www.incrysis.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=11614&p=1

 

Thanks
My problem is resolved

And with that thread i can adjust more options oew yeah lol

 

Well I take it back..........running in DX9 mode makes a big difference, but my drivers are extremely old so perhaps I can get better performance yet.

 

Not true.... you can run high, it's just VERY high that you can't run. even though the 8600gt can run high shaders, FPS suck.... even at a low resolution. On another note, at 1024x768 I get less than 30 fps most of the time even with all of the settings on medium. Is there something wrong here? the graphical quality is absolutely amazing on medium, and I would rather not have to turn the shaders or shadows down.

 

hey guys just started playing today crysis and wow!!!!
im actually surprised i can run it at 20-30 frames on 1024x768 everything medium, except water high and shaders/ shadows on low.
I managed to activate shadows ingame at low settings by tweaking the shadows.cfg file and there is basically no performance hit.

my pc spec
intel core 2 duo 2.0 ghz 667 mhz
fujitsu amilo xi 1526
1gb ram 533 mhz
nvidia 7600 go 256 mb ddr2

 

yeah and it makes me wonder if the potential of the 8800 cards has been downplayed and if the true power of these cards hasn't even been tapped.

 

could someone post some screenshots of crysis on a 8600gt casue all i can find are on the sli enabled systems

 

there are several post on this already in this exact section.....try actually looking

 

Im running 163.75s, havent bothered to update because I play more TF2... Anyway, on 1200X800 with all medium settings (Dx9) I get a steady 20fps and the lowest I ever see is 17ish. Anyone know if the 169s give better performance in other games too?

 

Played Crysis on Toshiba X200 (8700gt/7700c2d) and in 1280x800 everything medium ... 15-30 fps ... not such a thrill

 

Here's a picture taken with an overclocked 8600 GT:

 

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Nice Cinner.

What settings in game..also what overclock, and man you said you would tweak the files to get the rays of light in DX9, did you do that yet?

 

i just ran everything on high in dx9 mode and it was very much playable although i noticed theres very little difference between medium and high ... anyone know how i can check my FPS ingame while playing it?

 

open up console

type in "r_displayinfo 1" without quotes

 

1440x900 with everything on very high (DX10) and 4xAA:

-all clickable-​

Normally I play it at 1280x800 with everything on 'high'
except: postprocessing/ shaders and shadows, they are on 'medium'
and it play very well with an average framrate of 18-20

 

Yes I tweaked the rays of light in, as you can see on that picture (the rays are coming through the gun's viewfinder). My overclock is 660 core, 680 memory. My settings (from the top of my head):

Resolution: 1280*800 (no AA)
Textures: high
Shadows: medium
Shader Quality: medium
Volumetric Light: high
Post-processing: medium
All the rest: high (I think)

 

Is the demo really playable with these settings? Could you download fraps and set it to take automatically a screenshot like every 10 seconds, so we can see your fps in different firefight scenes, especially with multiple enemies around...

 

I just said this:

So Cinner plays at the same resolution and settings
(I want to notice you on the 18-20 framerate)

On a 8600M GT DDR2 with:
Core Clock 600Mhz/ Shader Clock 1200Mhz/Memory Clock 475Mhz

Without OC'ing it it will be about 12-15 frames a second

 

It is. But would it be playable for you? Only you would know by playing it yourself I guess. You can see in my screenshot the current framerate was 21.5 fps, but it's usually a little higher. I don't want to go to the trouble of installing fraps right now, but I'll take a screenshot during a firefight later.

 

Not only that, but I'm álso from the Netherlands

 

Eeja Cinner, hier CLB! Leuk heh Crysis muhaha
Ben je ook lid van the Gathering of Tweakers of niet?

 

Toevallig wel Alleen post ik daar zelden.

 

Well, of course not, but as you stated it's a personal preference. I'm currently working on it, to get it run decently (~30fps) at resolution 1280x800, without having to sacrifice too much image quality (=shaders atleast at medium etc.). There are over 1500_ variables, which many have several value options, so this game is immensely tweakable. And yes, ~30fps is the target for me, but I would take ~25fps in heavy firefights or action scenes. It's actually suprisingly smooth at 20fps compared to other similar type games, but still that's not enough for me... But now I'm off topic. I'll post some pics if I succeed.

 

Yes thats due to motion blur. Motion blur makes the framerates seem better than they are in terms of what our eyes percieve. Our eyes have motion blur which behaves similarly.

 

guys i tried
DX9
1280x800
No AA
Shadows Medium
Everything Else High

but i was getting like 10-20 FPS anyone know why? :S

 

800x600
dx9
all high
no AA

i don't know how to check FPS but it was playable, not that smooth but playable, i killed many enemies

 

lol i tried that..i was getting like 10-20 too..i dont know why..i always get 10-20

 

WOW - with an 8600M GT?! I just tried it on my Asus G1S 8600M GT, 1024x768, DX9, no AA and everything on medium except shaders and shadows on low, and got low 20s fps. It didn't look so great to me either - lots of jaggies. It makes me feel spoiled playing HL2 Ep 1 and F.E.A.R on native res where jaggies are simply not visible.

What drivers are you using? Perhaps that's the big difference - my current ones are 163.67. I notice 163.75 are the latest on laptopvideo2go - so where are these 165.xx drivers I see mention of? EDIT - nvm, I see they ARE on laptopvideo2go, but not in the list of drivers if you click on the "Win Vista 32 bit" list; you have to look in the news area for them.

 

Yes but his fps are 2-3 if you look at the fraps.

1280 x 1024 everything, high, shaders medium and shadows looks great to me. Low 20 fps with my gpu overclocked.

 

use 169.04 just dl the modded inf from the forums of laptopvideo2go and dl the forceware driver from nvidia

 

hey i got the same sig.. what kinda frame rate are u getting on crysis?.. and on what settings?

 

Plays fine on medium-low at 1280x800 with no AA.
Get around an avg of 20-25FPS

Lazy North Korean taking a nap, one he wont wake up from.

 

8600GT DDR2 here...and it plays worse than any game I've tried on any PC. I didn't expect High settings, but this is horrible beyond belief:

Low everything, 1280x800 resolution: 3-4 FPS. Just Opera, IE, Fraps, Taskman, and a few Explorer windows in the background - nothing using GPU or CPU. When I had Medium settings, the intro videos even played uber-slow (though audio was fine).

But other programs have played well. Company of Heroes played fine at max, as did Age of Empires III and Halo. I know those are much less demanding games, but if they run great at max, shouldn't Crysis at least play halfway decently at minimum?

Perhaps some of this is drivers...I'm using the default Dell ones, IDK what version. If someone PMs me about how to find that out and how to get the most recent ones (preferably official ones), that'd be great...I imagine any responses in here will get lost in the midst of replies, and I'm already confused by all the version numbers of drivers.

But with such atrocious performance, I think I'll be sticking with other games.

edit: Just ran 3dmark06 and got 3261 3dmarks, which is if anything better than expected for the DDR2 version.

 

That is pretty low. I am using Driver 169.01, I can still achieve over 10 fps on medium setting but never over 20 fps. It's still consider unpleasant experience in playing because hardly able to aim the enemy.
I am Acer 5920 user, using 8600GT ddr2 as well.

 

has anyone tried this game with a Radeon 2600HD yet? how does it perform?

 

20FPS is just un-playable I was reading all this about 20-30+ but i still havent got any yet..

 

Mines even worse

I start the game and I get fps of about 28 all good, as I play the game the fps just gradually goes down till 3-4 fps. Stays at 3-4 fps for ages then mounts back up to 28 for a bit then back down to 3-4...Its retarded

 

ouch..are you gonna switch back to the older drivers? I'm using 169.04 right now..and didnt you oc your card too? :S Crysis is killing us right now..but I guess it's all good since 8800GTXs SLi cant handle max everything either

 

yea oc'ed or non oc'ed its the same thing just when oc'ed fps starts off with 28 , non oc'ed its 17. and its not drivers since its the same problem with em all.


i dont understand why it cant stay consistent...why is the fps at X is 28 and 15 min later fps at X is 3...makes no sense

 

Are you sure there's no intrusive apps/processes running in the background?

 

this really sucks man..some times jumps around for me too..but it was never that big of a leap :S

i'm sure..for me atleast..i only have firewall/antivirus (which is a need)

 

I was actually answering to blackbird about his huge fps drops. Your performance (10-20 fps) seems normal to me.