Just saw DDR2 but How will the 8600 GT DDR3 handle Crysis

I saw the thread on the DDR2 version of the 8600 but I was wondering how the 8600 256Mb DDR3 version will handle it. Will it able to play Crysis on a 15.4" 1680x1050? Dose DDR3 make a big difference?

 

I can say you will not be able to play Crysis at 1680x1050. The most powerful desktop cards have trouble running Crysis at that resolution right now. To answer your other question, I believe the DDR3 version of the 8600m is about 20-30% faster, but I'm not exactly sure.

When I got to play the Crysis demo on my M1530, it was playable with all the settings at medium @ 1280x800. I found that I could stretch the settings even higher and play with everything at high except for shadows which were on low and shaders which were on medium, although with these settings there were some parts where it was noticeably slower. The full version of Crysis is supposed to be more optimized than the demo so maybe it would be playable with the settings on high.

When I get my replacement motherboard, I plan on messing around with some advanced Crysis and driver tweaks to try and see if I can't get it playable on all high at 1280x800.

 

Since you have one can you some how lower the resolution so thst it is more playable?

 

Personally having the resolution lower than native bothers me. Some people don't mind it the stretching for a non-native resolution, but if you do it will be more playable.