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    Crysis Demo on Vista...

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by IlPsychdoc, Mar 31, 2008.

  1. IlPsychdoc

    IlPsychdoc Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I DL the crysis demo, got all excited.... and it's not working on my dell 1530 vista ultimate rig. No startup screen or error or nuthin... any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
     
    IlPsychdoc, Mar 31, 2008
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  2. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    What do you mean not working? what error?Cause your system can handle it at medium without any problem.
     
    eleron911, Mar 31, 2008
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  3. Signal2Noise

    Signal2Noise Über-geek.

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    Did you download the demo from a legitimate site?
     
    Signal2Noise, Mar 31, 2008
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  4. shawnhao

    shawnhao Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah...i have about the same spec as yours, and mine can play Crysis with most settings on high without breaking a sweat....don't know what happend to yours...
     
    shawnhao, Mar 31, 2008
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  5. Nocturnal310

    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Do u guys think Crysis will run on 8400M GS @ 1024 X 768??


    obviously on 8600m GT Crysis should easily run..
     
    Nocturnal310, Mar 31, 2008
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  6. troyman21

    troyman21 Notebook Consultant

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    If you search, theres an 8400M GS Review. It states that Crysis can barely play on a 64MB card, even on low settings (I assume you unlikely have a 64MB card though). I assume you'd mean a 128MB, which can run Crysis ok, but I doubt it'll really let you turn anything up...
    And as for 1024x768, I pretty sure that you can; lowering the resolution either way may not let you really turn anything up in the settings anyways...
     
    troyman21, Mar 31, 2008
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  7. XPS1330

    XPS1330 Notebook Deity

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    take a look at this short vid:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvczXFYiVPk
     
    XPS1330, Mar 31, 2008
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  8. XPS1330

    XPS1330 Notebook Deity

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    Yep... Don't know what people are talking about, saying "The 8600 struggles with Crysis at medium"
     
    XPS1330, Mar 31, 2008
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  9. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    the 8600m gs stuggles not the gt
     
    dondadah88, Mar 31, 2008
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