Is it me or does Crysis look crap in 8600GT

Hello,

I recently played Crysis demo and I was rather disappointed... I know that I don't have high end graphics card but it looked crap in my vostro 1500 with 1280 x 800 with medium/low setting. I don't know, the game really didn't stand out. Game wise, Half Life 2 feels much more smoother... Anybody disagree?

T5460
2.5Ram
8600gt

 

it looked like crap even with my 8800m gtx, so you are fine.

 

Crysis is more power hungry than Half Life2,but I can play Crysis @ 1280x800 all medium (No AA).Try to update your drivers .(Maybe low power processor is the bottleneck)

 

what?prasad plays @ all high(as i know) with his 8800gtx,how can it be crap on yours?

 

Half Life 2 is SIGNIFICANTLY less demanding on your hardware. Of course it will run smooth while Crysis chugs behind.

 

Try all high, with shader and water at medium in 1024x768.

 

No, its not you. I've played the demo all high/3 medium @1280 *1024 (X1950 GT) and it wasn't as revolutionary as it looks in 'magazines', pics or reviews, or anything like that. I mean, the textures were definitely better than Half-Life 2 @ high/med but on your system I can totally see how and why it looks like crap. Calll of Duty 4 however, looks much better, and utilizes our hardware better. - Don't bother, it seems rather boring anyways. Maybe if I had a pair of 9800's I'd think differently.

But yeah, unless your running it maxed out dx.10 @ 1280 * 1024| or |1600 * 900 @ dx.9, it won't look like they promise.

Definitely. He could get more special effects with a bit lower resolution. Just like the consoles do, with their 200times AA @ 640 * 640

 

There's something I've heard about called the Natural Mod for Crysis (don't know where you get it from) that makes the graphics look nicer whilst lowering system resource usage - maybe look that out? It allowed my friend to turn his desktop machine (X1900XT) from Medium to High detail and apparently looks much better.

 

Maybe he's running it on DX10 mode.

 

the game isnt running @ stable 60FPS even on QUad SLI 9800GX2, so no worries buddy , the you are getting is great for your card

 

Agree with pulmadavies. The natural mod enables alot of v\high efects with little to no performance hit.. although it might not work on the demo as it's a little more than an edited ini file.

Try 1024 res with shaders on high which should enable hdr, maybe 2x anti-aliasing if you don't mind sacrificing some other settings.
Raising object detail will reduce pop-up and also adds alot more animals to the game.
Physics should never drop below medium.
Here is a crysis tweak guide which explains what all the settings actually do.

Edit: Why whenever someone starts a thread about crysis people start ranting about cod4 and half-life?!
They are both linear shooters! Crysis is a non-linear sandbox game! NO COMPARISON!

 

looks like crap on my 7950 too... lol

and for the sake of argument to WILLY, i did START playing crysis simply cuz i wnated to try it out and it is a sandbox LEVEL, but from wat i played so far, your goals are in a general linear direction, its just you have more ways of going about completing the goal, stealth, explosive, etc...

 

Heh, I`ve played Crysis all high, at ~20-25 fps and it did not look like crap.
It ran like crap

 

True. The whole hacking into random computers stationed around the island was annoying.
But half life and call of duty are about running down narrow paths and halls and killing enemys who are placed in specific locations and appear and attack when you run past a certain "trigger".
I'm not saying crysis doesn't have triggers (imagine how bad it would run if it didn't) but they don't affect the gameplay all that mach.

 

2007...the year when Software overtook Hardware.
Vista (Aero) + Crysis = Total Ownage of Hardware.

Bottomline: Learn to compromise.

I have run that Game @ 1024 X 768 with Medium to High settings...it is enjoyable.
30 fps was avg.
GPU: 7950 GTX, OS: XP SP2


This is how it looked:



This was the Demo version so i guess full should be better.

Try DX9

 

Actually I played on all very high. But with Natural Mod and Triple C (or CCC) pack installed, and it really helps! The resolution is however 1024x768 (low, I know!). I get average FPS maybe 20-30 FPS. But that's an estimate... never really checked that. Then again I played in the *age of downclocking* with those older crappy drivers and had to restart every 30-60 minutes to get my GPU working full speed again. So now with the latest 175.75 driver atleast, it should perform even better (and I have verified).

 

Very high? don`t tell me shaders and shadows

 

Only if your not completing objectives...

The only good non-linear pure shooter series is the Hitman series. All of the sanbox games give you the freedom to mess around with their physics engine and such until it comes time to complete the 'story' mode. Then it's as linear as anything else.

I don't know why so many people hate the game while professional reviewers give it 4 out of 5's/ 8+ out of 10's. Maybe we are all just jealous we can't play it the way its advertised.

 

i still have high hopes that Farcry 2 will bring heaven on earth

 

And holes in the pocket

 

i meant that i hoped it will patch the holes in our pockets, it was statred to run @ some high ress 1600xsomething on a 9600gt and E6600 and everything maxed out with an average of 35 FPS

 

Crysis was originally stated to be optimised for the 7800 GTX.
Look where that went...

 

Since Crysis has those hidden "ultra high" settings i think it will remain the benchmark for those rediculous quad sli setups. Imo there's no need for Far Cry 2 to be as taxing on the average system.

 

From need to deed is a long way.
I say we wait for the demo

 

EVERYTHING Very High... The low resolution keeps playable frame rates. Vista 64-Bit (using 64-bit Crysis executable) and DX10.
It's just that I can live with occasional spikes

 

I hope the devs are also thinking that way if they expect to make a meaningful number of sales on pc.

 

I sugest you try 960x600 (4:1 pixel ratio, it`s exactly WUXGA/4) with all very high and maybe 2xAA if it handles it, will look better and run better than 1024x768...

 

Hmm... I remember that suggestion of yours since before I got my laptop But that resolution isn't available.... I'm sure I'd love to play it on that res, since with those settings of mine, I get low FPS in certain areas in the game.... looks truly beautiful though! DX10 FTW!

 

Hers something I've posted a few times on the forums regarding Crysis on a Geforce 9500M GS, which should apply to the 8600M GT nearly the same.

Crysis DirectX10 mode at 1280x720 at the following settings:

No Anti-aliasing
Texture Quality: Very High
Objects Quality: High
Shadows Quality Medium
Physics Quality: Very High
Shaders Quality: Medium
Volumetric Effects Quality: High
Game Effects Quality: Very High
Particles Quality: Very High
Water Quality: Very High
Sound Quality: Very High

System:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 (Penry)@2.5Ghz
RAM: 4GB
GPU: Geforce 9500M GS 512MB
HDD: 250GB
OS: Windows Vista

Frames Per Second (FPS): 15-22FPS with lowest drop at 10FPS.

Hers a video clip I made a month ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bxeFdaKUoE

In all honesty, it's a better experience to run the game at medium settings, but if you do decide to run it on high settings bump down the resolution to 1024x768 for a better performance.

Visit www.laptopvideo2go.com and get the latest and best drivers for your video card and make sure to change theme from Windows Aero to Windows Classic while exiting sidebar when running games.

 

Ntz,look here.Remember, 960x600 is jaggyed,that`s why 2XAA makes it perfect.

 

Thanks. I'll try that and let you know how it goes! What's interlaced ? Should I check that ? And anything else in advanced ?

 

Nope,just what`s in the pic.
You have to manually input the values of course,but that`s self implied

 

Haha yea. Cool, will try it now. And what's interlaced ?

 

Interlaced will output the image on your screen via severeal passes(2 per frame)...

Progessive will output the image on your screen in pixel order... this is the one to chose for your LCD

 

i think it looked amazing altho i have the full version same card 8600m gt 512 mb ram. im runnin 4 gb of ram and vista home premium...??not sure if thatd help. but vista automatically runs dx10 wheni installed crysis.....my 2 cents is it lokks and plays ok on my vostro 1500.

 

Eleron, I tried it and it doesn't work! The resolution got added (960x600) but when I chose that for Crysis, the game crashed. Then I started Crysis again and the 960x600 resolution is there, but it's a window! I tried alt+enter and the screen goes blank for a second and back to window! What must I do ?

 

bump.... eleron ? Now I tried running crysis again and the custom resolution 960x600 just doesn't appear ? Anything I'm doing wrong ? Have you tried it yourself with Crysis ?

 

I have no idea dude. Have you ticked the "allow modes that windows cannot display" into the Manage Custom thingy... ?

 

Erm... no...
EDIT: Gonna try that later

 

Prasad,shame on you
Windows uses only the built in resolutions,unless you force it to play at those res.
One other thing, you can use Crysis` built-in console to set the width and the weight .
Or:
Start the game like this : C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\Bin32\Crysis.exe" +r_width 960 +r_height 600 (meaning, add +r_width 960 +r_height 600 in the command line-properties of Crysis.exe ...)

 

Ahah! Sweet! Thanks again for the n'th time (where n=infinity+1)

 

No problem. I`d much rather play a game at a lower resolution(but 4:1pixel ratio to keep it well fit for the WUXGA screen) and maximum details than play at WUXGA and all low or something.
It`s how I`ve finished crysis(25-35fps),UT3(55-60fps), Timeshift(30-50fps) etc.
960x600 ,maximum details.
My 7950GTX still packs a punch

 

QFT man! Just how I like it!

 

Well,you can still play some games at WUXGA and get awesome framerates..
But me, I`m a fps freak. Anything below 25 fps and the game is crap
Allright,back to studying...
Enjoy Crysis on very high

 

Yeah.... played every game I have so far maxed out at WUXGA except Crysis (which I played maxed out at 1024x768 but now even better at 960x600 ). And by maxed out I mean highest detail settings, everything highest, but minimal/no AA/AF, except in some cases where I'd have higher AA/AF.
And yea, get back to studying!

 

I can play on my 8800 GTX with all high settings running at 1440px x 900px with a decent frame rate averaging 25-30fps. I got a friend who plays it at 1280px x 800px on mostly medium settings with an 8600 GT & that runs smoothly.

 

Not even my desktop can keep up with Crysis. 3Ghz Quad Core and 8800GTS 512mb SLI and still can only hit 50-60fps on 1680x1050 'high' settings with PP and Shadows on medium.

I can run it at 1680x1050 'very high' with no trade offs and barely hit 30fps, which equates to some disastrous drops...