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    Crysis Warhead Demo

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by killeruio, Sep 17, 2008.

  1. killeruio

    killeruio Notebook Consultant

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    Are they gonna release one? Since I wanna know the improvements I'm gonna get on my machine, since Crysis's optimization sucked ***, and I wanna see if it's really gonna have more improvements, so that I might buy it.
     
    killeruio, Sep 17, 2008
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    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I have the retail game killeruio. I actually added some tweaks myself now the game runs great in 1920x1200. No worries.
     
    Magnus72, Sep 17, 2008
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    Ennea wwwwww

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    What kind of tweaks? I'm looking for better performance on 1920x1200.
     
    Ennea, Sep 17, 2008
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  4. killeruio

    killeruio Notebook Consultant

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    You ran it on your m1730? when you ran it on your 1920x1200 res, were the settings on high or very high? Or custom tweaked like the performance of high settings on very high settings?
     
    killeruio, Sep 17, 2008
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    emike09 Overclocking Champion

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    It is running at 1680x1050 everything on Enthusiast (Maxed) No AA at 30-40fps with my sig below. Extremely impressive. Looks so nice! :)
     
    emike09, Sep 17, 2008
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  6. killeruio

    killeruio Notebook Consultant

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    emike, is yur 9800m gtx default clock or OCd and what are the default clocks?
     
    killeruio, Sep 17, 2008
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  7. Magnus72

    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Well look here killeruio. A few small tweaks and it looks and runs like this at 1920x1200 on my XPS M1730 :)

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    Magnus72, Sep 17, 2008
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  8. Ennea

    Ennea wwwwww

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    Oh, wow. You guys should really specify what DX you are using. I've been talking about DX10. I'm sure I could max out DX9.
     
    Ennea, Sep 17, 2008
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  9. Magnus72

    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Well I am running in DX9 though in Vista and XP. I did run DX10 too, however no need to when you look at the images I just posted.
     
    Magnus72, Sep 17, 2008
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  10. killeruio

    killeruio Notebook Consultant

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    I wanted to know bout dx10 :(
     
    killeruio, Sep 17, 2008
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  11. Magnus72

    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Well no probs running it in DX10 either actually. Visually you won´t notice any difference. These screens looks better than DX10 Gamer i.e High. What I did I just added different light setup and such making the game much more pleasant to look at, while optimizing the game even further providing the fps I have above. Can´t be any better than this.
     
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  12. killeruio

    killeruio Notebook Consultant

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    magnus, did you use a TOD? Since I have TOD installed for normal crysis :D
     
    killeruio, Sep 17, 2008
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    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

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    No TOD, just the settings that came along, though added SSAO. Warhead has better lighting than original Crysis :)
     
    Magnus72, Sep 17, 2008
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  14. killeruio

    killeruio Notebook Consultant

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    Hmmm, can I have the link for your config? I'm gonna get warhead in a couple of weeks
     
    killeruio, Sep 17, 2008
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    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes sure, put these into a system.cfg and save that file to Crysis Warhead/Config/

    Create a txt document and name it system.cfg :)

    con_restricted = 0

    r_width = 1920
    r_height = 1200
    r_MultiGPU = 2


    r_displayinfo = 1
    r_VSync=0
    d3d9_TripleBuffering=0

    e_particles_thread = 1
    es_ondemandphysics = 1
    gpu_particle_physics = 1
    e_vegetation_static_instancing = 0
    e_recursion_occlusion_culling = 1
    e_hw_occlusion_culling_objects = 1
    e_hw_occlusion_culling_water = 1
    e_terrain_occlusion_culling = 1
    e_terrain_occlusion_culling_version = 0
    e_terrain_occlusion_culling_max_dist = 200


    e_view_dist_ratio = 60
    e_view_dist_ratio_vegetation = 40

    r_WaterGodRays = 1
    r_sunshafts = 1
    r_colorgrading = 1
    r_usePom = 1
    r_UseEdgeAA = 0

    r_SSAO = 1
    r_SSAO_quality = 1
    r_SSAO_radius = 1
    r_SSAO_darkening =1.3
    r_SSAO_amount = 0.6

    r_TexMaxAnisotropy=4
    r_TexturesStreaming = 0
     
    Magnus72, Sep 17, 2008
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  16. killeruio

    killeruio Notebook Consultant

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    oooh i cant wait to use it when i get warhead :D
     
    killeruio, Sep 17, 2008
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  17. E-wrecked

    E-wrecked BANNED

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    Wow! That is absoulutely stunning! Im going to download right NOW! :)

    EDIT: And as if your pics weren't doing the game enough justice..the HD trailer on steam's site pushes it over the top. Thanks for the pics.
     
    E-wrecked, Sep 17, 2008
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  18. brainer

    brainer Notebook Virtuoso

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    Magnus hand over the Config !

    Since my screen only supports 1400x900.. i think i'll do awesome xD
     
    brainer, Sep 18, 2008
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  19. Magnus72

    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yep the config is posted above.
     
    Magnus72, Sep 18, 2008
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