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    Ideal settings for Crysis on 8800M GTX ?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Prasad, Mar 2, 2008.

  1. Prasad

    Prasad NBR Reviewer 1337 NBR Reviewer

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    I know I could have posted in the " **The Official "Can My Notebook Run It?" Thread**" and I have in the past. But I REALLY wanted to expand the discussion, because trying out Crysis is one of my main concerns with my new machine.
    It's a (still to be bought) Sager NP5793 with the following..


    Now I would like to know what are the ideal graphics settings to have for running the game by my standard... I'm happy with >20 FPS, even if it's unstable and fluctuates.
    I DO NOT want the littlest bit of AA of AF. So that's all zero.
    In this case, can I play on very high settings as per my requirements ?
    Else, what should be my config ?

    EDIT: I don't mind playing on a really low resolution, maybe over 800*600 or so...
     
    Prasad, Mar 2, 2008
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  2. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    maybe yes(also i heared that no pc in the world can play crysis on highest settings)
     
    Xirurg, Mar 2, 2008
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  3. Prasad

    Prasad NBR Reviewer 1337 NBR Reviewer

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    Aww man even a geforce 6 series can play Crysis. I started this thread to know that if someone with a similar rig has ACTUALLY tried it on very high or not.. with AA/AF completely off.. and more importantly at what frame rate..
     
    Prasad, Mar 2, 2008
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    I think I have read somewhere in this forum that you can play it on high but with some not s high resolution (forget you native res. screen). Let me see if I can find a thread that was a couple of days ago on Crysis and some mods for improving it.
     
    lozanogo, Mar 2, 2008
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    The thread of Snowsurfer (posted above), that's the one I was talking about.
     
    lozanogo, Mar 2, 2008
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  7. Snowsurfer

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    Crymod has lots of new game maps to play also, and you can make your own Crysis map, very cool!
     
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    there is a thread like this where someone with sager 5793 with base config(but with 8800gtx)played crysis on high,but then he a custom mod and then he was able to play on very high with great fps.
     
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    1440x900 , all high should get you over 20 fps at all times.
     
    eleron911, Mar 2, 2008
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  10. Xirurg

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    more then 20 fps^
     
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  11. eleron911

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    Exactly what I said :D
     
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    ^sorry bro...i thought "up to 20fps"... :)
     
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  13. narsnail

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    the greater and less than signs always confused me too lol
     
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    [​IMG]
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    [​IMG]................................................................................................................DX9 Veryhigh Mod 1440x900 no GPU overclock 8800GTS :spinny:
     
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  15. Rorschach

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    Natural mod all settings medium except shaders set to very high and vertical sync on. Resolution is at 1280x768. Fps never drop below 25, but thats with a whole army attacking me lol.
    [​IMG]
     
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    that looks good (Y)

    do you find that the other settings dont really matter as long as shaders are higher?
     
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  17. eleron911

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    Now why vould you use VSync? o_O
    Narsnail, is that (Y) what I think it is? :D
     
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    a thumbskis up? yes...yes it is!
     
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    What exactly does V sync do? i dont remember
     
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    Stops the screen from showing signs of "tearing", basically frames are only rendered once the GPU has finished everything instead of a FIFO per pixel basis.
     
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    ok this might be a better comparison. Is there a difference? absolutely is it worth another 10 fps well thats up to the individual, but to me I like 30fps.

    everything on high natural mod 1280x768
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    and everything medium shaders very high natural mod

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  22. Satyrion

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    okay thanks, i remember i used V sync when i played WOW long time ago on my outdated Desktop
     
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    I was thinkin` more like a pretty woman`s ass :D
    But I guess it`s fine also..

    Stinkin crysis became the international benchmarking tool apparently. Man i so hate that game :D
     
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    1.^LOL
    2.so the bottom line is-you CAN play crysis on highist settings with good fps(or something like this...)
     
    Xirurg, Mar 3, 2008
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  25. Prasad

    Prasad NBR Reviewer 1337 NBR Reviewer

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    Alright... I don't mind playing on a really low resolution, maybe over 800*600 or so... and that's without AA and AF... so in that case, could I play on everything very high and no shadows ?
     
    Prasad, Mar 3, 2008
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    You`ll have to set your own type of settings since the different configs and programs running in the background and etc may set a different field of results on the table, so I guess you`ll just have to mix up the settings yourself and see which one fits best.
     
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    Prasad NBR Reviewer 1337 NBR Reviewer

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    okay.... :)
     
    Prasad, Mar 3, 2008
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    Prasad NBR Reviewer 1337 NBR Reviewer

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    Can someone with a similar laptop, test these settings for me ?
     
    Prasad, Mar 8, 2008
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