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    How to do Crysis very high on the cheap?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by zijin_cheng, Jul 21, 2009.

  1. zijin_cheng

    zijin_cheng Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi, my sig makes me feel stupid, but i can't find the webpage that tells me how to run crysis very high on the cheap.

    i went to tweakguides pagge 13, and they told me to put commands in system.cfg. 2 things. first, the system.cfg didn't work. second, the other website told me to edit stuff in the CVarGroups, which i did last time but can't remember....

    Can someone tell me a website that tells me what command to put the cvar groups instead of using system.cfg?
     
    zijin_cheng, Jul 21, 2009
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  2. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Build a Desktop :D

    You you start editing things its possible your not really playing very high anymore.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jul 21, 2009
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  3. Melody

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    Actually there are many mods which optimize Crysis far better than the regular version IIRC. However, I'm not familiar with these.
     
    Melody, Jul 21, 2009
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    TBH, after Warhead came out I'm surprised there wasn't an official patch to update the original Crysis to whatever optimizations they made for Warhead to be much more smooth.

    Sorry, though, don't have an answer for OP's question. I played through the original and Warhead on my Vostro 1500 with 8600m GT slightly overclocked on pretty much medium settings and it was still fun.
     
    HTWingNut, Jul 21, 2009
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  5. sgogeta4

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    Seconded! LOL! :D
     
    sgogeta4, Jul 21, 2009
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    Yes there are many custom configs, the most popular probably the CCC, and while they make the game run better by optimizing things I simply stated your not running very high anymore, these configs make tweaks to boost performance at the sake of visuals you probably wont notice. Some of the changes may look better to you, and others worse.

    But none the less some visual was lost to boost performance and its not the stock very high settings anymore.

    So just going from the thread title

    "how to do crysis very high on the cheap"

    build a desktop is the only logical answer :D
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jul 22, 2009
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  7. Red_Dragon

    Red_Dragon Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Desktop is definitely the answer here.
     
    Red_Dragon, Jul 22, 2009
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    truth. $300 investment if you already have a case, power supply, monitor, keyboard, mouse.
     
    masterchef341, Jul 22, 2009
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    Or a tiny monitor :p lower natives ftw!
     
    catacylsm, Jul 22, 2009
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  10. Melody

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    Well that depends on his definition of "cheap" as well lol :p Also depends what resolution he wants his "very high" settings at :D
     
    Melody, Jul 22, 2009
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    Very true. 1280x800 is doable with a desktop GTX 260 Core 216. As others have said:

    Case: $50 (Antec 300)
    Power Supply: $75 (Antec EarthWatts 500W)
    Motherboard: $60 (MSI, Gigabyte, or ASus G31 MicroATX)
    CPU: $175 Core 2 Quad Q8400 or Core 2 Duo E8400
    Hard Drive: $70 500GB Caviar Black
    Memory: $45 2x1GB take your pick
    DVDRW: $25 take your pick
    Video: $160 GTX 260 Core 216

    $660 Total. I'm sure you could shed some $$$ here or there. Obviously you still need a keyboard and mouse and monitor.

    That's not a half bad machine.
     
    HTWingNut, Jul 22, 2009
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  12. zijin_cheng

    zijin_cheng Notebook Evangelist

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    hehehe nvm, i found it. running very high on medium/high performance....yeahbaby!
     
    zijin_cheng, Jul 22, 2009
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  13. AznImports602

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    Well can you tell me what the config are?
     
    AznImports602, Jul 22, 2009
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