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    Quick to forget? CRYSIS demo this friday!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by The Forerunner, Oct 22, 2007.

  1. wannabeapilot

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    whoever post a torrent gets some major rep :)

    see you guys later off to work
     
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    Its EA...your not used to that by now? :)
     
  3. The Forerunner

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    for the time being, let's go and find a modded inf for this 169.01 Crysis driver

    http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_169.01.html

    *Beta driver for GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
    *Recommended driver for Crysis single player game demo.
    *Several game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
     
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    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=182313
     
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    The Crysis SP Demo is about 1.8 gigs.

    Here are two mirror torrents (1.78gb) that just got uploaded less than 4 hours ago.
    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9B7S1NVC
    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=02PANU68


    The files inside each are:
    These should be real from my sources. Only 1 seed each though, so download and help.

    I already got my SP Demo a bit back (from IRC... dont ask).

    Hope this helps,
    -Gophn
     
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    does the demo work without any keys, etc?
     
  10. dcp

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  11. The Forerunner

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    Thx for the links. 169 DRIVERS ALLOW OVERCLOCKING!!
     
  12. Johnny T

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    wow.....OC! sounds great.....gona be lots of happy ppl around here now :p
     
  13. The Forerunner

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    Yeah these are now the perfect drivers. All the compatability and glitch fixes of the old drivers with the overclocking. No more putting it to sleep BSODs or problems with team fortress 2. Alot better than the .26 drivers.
     
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    A lot of other people on other forums are saying it's real (no key necessary). Squee! Can't wait. :D
     
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    its real.... 90% done!!! i wonder if i should update my drivers first to 169 - anyone know for sure?

    Crysis Single-player Demo Released
    by Maarten Goldstein Oct 26, 2007 3:38pm CST

    A day earlier than expected, the Crysis singleplayer demo is now available. The 1.77gb download includes one single-player level, and also allows you to look at the Sandbox 2 editor.
     
  17. n00dl3s

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    Sadly, the game has been so overhyped, and so overshown, I'm no longer interested. It's officially hit the back burner for "when I have time and nothing else to play" LOL!

    -Josh
     
  18. The Forerunner

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    Ok yeah this game is gonna be a strain. With All settings on high at 1024 x 768, I get 9-14 FPS about averaging 12. This is with no alias and no v-sync.

    With 1024 x 768 all medium setttings I am getting about 19-25 FPS averaging about 22-23 FPS.

    These pics are all with all settings on high. I don't see an option for dx9 or dx10, any help you beta players? Its the same layout I just see graphic options.

    This is with an 8600 ddr2 at stock settings. This is also with an overclocked desktop e6600, since crytek claims a powerful cpu wil help alot due to more threads for more cores to utilize.
     

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  19. The Forerunner

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    Here are a few medium shots.
     

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    [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG]

    1280 x 800 all medium 169.01 vista 32 + ddr2 8600 GT stock no oc...

    does not look that good with all at medium somewhat looks like far cry@very high detail ... + DOF of course...
     
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    BTW there are benchmark tools in the Bin32 directory :p go check them out..
     
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    just played the whole crysis demo, ran at high/veryhigh at 1920x1200 with playable frames, very impressive however ending really sucked, they tease you
     
  23. The Forerunner

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    ^ Stupid gtx. :p
     
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    Thanks for the demo links dcp :D!

    The game was stuttering a bit, then I turned off my WiFi and it's all good.

    "Cloak engaged."

    I love it! Peace.
     
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    i though the ending when everything was black my system crashed, i hope that was normal lol
     
  26. The Forerunner

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    hey i have vsync forced on through ntune but the game doesnt use it, how do i turn on vsync, i dont see the option in game settings and im getting bad page tearing.
     
  28. ScifiMike12

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    1280x1024 - 4xAA - Advanced Settings on HIGH

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    It may not be playable on my setup but it sure as hell looks amazing!

    Too bad we have to wait a while for the 9-series cards to come out... :(

    Mike.
     
  29. cars-are-cool

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    time to see if my notebook live or die playing this game but they like a 2 hour wait for the download to start and my net max download is only 100kbps y i am paying for 1 mb :mad: well i am not going to be playing this game for the next 12 hours are so

    ScifiMike12 if u was playing the game on your notebook with the 7900 gs what fps are u getting
     
  30. jessi3k3

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    Guys, how do you disable the battery meter and wifi meter at the top right of the screen?

    For some reason this version skips every 5 seconds (also the mp beta). I had thought they were going to skip this issue. The wierd thing is that it only happens in windows XP and not in windows Vista, but I'd rather not play it in vista because i have to run it on all low settings to get it running decently while in xp it runs great 1280x800 med/some low, just like the mp beta. (except for the 5 second skipping in Xp).
     
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    Using laptop in the sig (Go 7950 GTX):

    169.01 Beta drivers (newest ones)
    1280x800, 0xAA
    All settings medium except,
    -Shadows on low
    -Physics on Low
    -Post processing on high (for the motion blur :D )

    I average around 25 FPS, which is playable.

    Man, I feel sorry for people with low/mid-range PC's...
     
  32. Mark

    Mark Desktop Debugger

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    See, I told you your system would run it well, no need to worry. :p
     
  33. Voodoofreak

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    Min Requirements:

    OS Windows XP or Windows Vista
    Processor 2.8 GHz or faster (XP); 3.2 GHz or faster (Vista)
    Memory 1.0 GB RAM or 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
    Video Card 256 MB
    Hard Drive 12 GB
    Sound Card DirectX 9.0c compatible

    Are you kidding me!!? lol
     
  34. The Forerunner

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    It seems us 8600 are not too lucky. Game at medium settings are not that great. At high they look nice but its like 10-12 fps at 1024 x 768 with all high.

    The demo is annoying because you have to sit through the beginning stuff over and over.
     
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    how do you get the ingame fps ??
     
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    Us ''fraps''..........................google it :p
     
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    haha, i know about fraps, just was curious about the ingame fps like the screenshoots. Never mind. On vista fraps is showing 20- 25 fps - 1280x800 all medium. The funny thing is that it does not feels like 20fps. it's smooth ! :S it's just fine !! I mean, ut3 at 20fps is not very funny but this is smooth.. just don't get it
     
  38. Cheeseman

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    The game runs on all low with one on medium at 1280x800 with an average of 25FPS on the laptop in my signature:
    Didn't manage to get a screeny of the demo yet so hers a FPS screen from the beta:
    [​IMG]
     
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    Is everyone who's playing this game on their laptops getting a battery meter and a wireless meter at the top right?
     
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    The multiplayer demo showed the battery and wireless meter, so I wouldn't be surprised if this one showed it as well.
     
  41. Greg

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    Alright...which of all these links are you using to actually get those??
     
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    i hate how crytek didnt let us play the best part of the game, the rest of the levels after 1 lol...all we did was shoot some koreans and no aliens, whers the experience we are suppose to have to want the game? Boring after one play, cod4 i played 10 times, now im dissapointed.
     
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    I'm getting the battery meter, didn't notice a wireless meter.

    Don't know my FPS but playing on all medium, physics/particles/post processing/textures on high.
    Getting some freezeups rarely when I get a communication or just when im running through alot of bushes. Otherwise looks incredible! and the ending, awsome! Time to preorder now...

    Running the Benchmarks:
    GPU: Average 14.94, Min 7.17, the benchmark is a nonstop flyby through the map so it's not really how you'll be playing the game.

    CPU: Average 14.57, Min 1.55, lots of nading and rockets

    just got a wierd error, was playing around with sandbox 2 editor and my lappy just turned off no warning just poof went dead, but back up and I see no problem now
     
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    Okay, umm. Does the GamersHell download require a CD key? Or am I good, because I don't want to jump and pre-order a game that might not run. xD
     
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    Downloading now, it's been going between 500-990 KB/sec, only twice it dropped to 200 for a short period. I can't wait to play it.
     
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    im guessing the whole cpu intense thing was wrong...this game doesnt use more than 40% of each of my cores on my overclocked dual, anyone else notice this? and im going crazy i wanna fight some aliens
     
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    nice speed. mine is only downloading at 80kpbs. I will get to play the demo tomorrow.
     
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    I'm downloading at 1220K Bps...wow, I'm finally getting the connection I paid for! I'm already 12% down (started a few minutes ago) and it will be done in about 25 minutes!

    @1:06AM - Now at 22% down!
     
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    type ~ bring down the console and type r_displayinfo 1 (or 2 i forgot ... u can also try 0 that will remove the top right corner's pre-release demo watermark
     
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