Crysis

[TQ]

Wasn't that a topic of conversation a few pages back? That this game is expansion pack length (if that) and not what one would expect for a fifty buck-full game?
I seem to recall expressing my disappointment at this bit of news and no one else batting an eye.

[CrowdAds]

[TQ]

Originally Posted by traveler

Are you suggesting that johnrr6 needs another 8800GTX for SLI to run Crysis smoothly in vista?

It's no secret that the current generation of video cards is not up to the task of running DX10 games as well as they do DX9 games.
I still have no plans to "upgrade" to Vista until this resolves itself and mid-level cards perform on Vista at about three times the level of my 8800GTX.
The Crysis demo looked fantastic to me as a DX9 game and runs as good as it looks.

[Descent]

Originally Posted by traveler

Are you suggesting that johnrr6 needs another 8800GTX for SLI to run Crysis smoothly in vista?

Ah, touché.

But, long before Crysis came out, it is a known issue with Vista that it sucks as a gaming platform. So, if anything, blame Microsoft.

Unless maybe there's a big conspiracy.

[shaihulud]

So thats it?! After all these months of waiting, of hearing about it, of the speculation and rumours, of the sytems building and upgrading, of the leaked info, the amazing videos, arguing about Xp versus Vista and Dx10, pouring over the screen shots, the endless debate about system specs, you FINISHED already?

Yep, that’s it. I didn’t do long playing sessions either. I got it Friday, played here and there during the weekend and was done on Sunday night. Looks like they want to do episodic content like Valve. I don’t think that the cost equals the game time played. For $50 I expected a few more hours.

I explored a lot of the area and terminated a lot of the opposing forces. There was only one situation in which I did stealth. I just did not have the ammo to take them all on and there were only two weapons to really use in the game, for the most part. Even though I could have eliminated a hostile and taken his weapon, you still have to find it and that can be difficult in the dark with them shooting at you. Towards the end it is obvious which ones to switch out. However, the Doom thing happened to me. I had all this ammo and gear and it was taken away. Nothing irritates me more when the designers switch me out or make me lose my stock pile.

[TQ]

Originally Posted by Descent

But, long before Crysis came out, it is a known issue with Vista that it sucks as a gaming platform. So, if anything, blame Microsoft.

Well...I'm not so certain it's Vista as such, but the demands of DX10 and the current state of DX10 hardware.
We're at the point where DX10 drivers are getting pretty well sorted out. It remains now for AMD and nVidia to get much more powerful hardware on the market to run games on Vista with the same level of resolutions and options we're comfortable with on an XP machine.
In other words...not for another year, if that.

[polonyc2]

Originally Posted by TQ

I still have no plans to "upgrade" to Vista until this resolves itself and mid-level cards perform on Vista at about three times the level of my 8800GTX

Originally Posted by TQ

It remains now for AMD and nVidia to get much more powerful hardware on the market to run games on Vista with the same level of resolutions and options we're comfortable with on an XP machine.
In other words...not for another year, if that.

another year?...maybe not...how about another month?...if the pre-release hype is to be believed, Nvidia's new 9800 series cards will be about 3 times faster then an 8800GTX

Nvidia claims G92 will be a 1 Teraflop beast - The INQUIRER

[TQ]

I'd love to see that.

[johnrr6]

Poly's screen shots just look better than what I'm getting....

Think I've found the problem though....

I have AA and Aniostropic set way high...

Am going to drop them down and see what happens.....

Maybe try his resolution as well.

Also----XP is probably playing this game better till Nvidia can optomize the Vista Drivers......

I'm playing with the Nvidia Beta that is recommended for Crysis----but I read where Nvidia is already working on another driver to improve Vista performance.

[johnrr6]

Originally Posted by polonyc2

another year?...maybe not...how about another month?...if the pre-release hype is to be believed, Nvidia's new 9800 series cards will be about 3 times faster then an 8800GTX

Nvidia claims G92 will be a 1 Teraflop beast - The INQUIRER

And what is THIS card going to cost???

$500??---$600??

More than that and they can kiss my big heinie.....

[TQ]

Originally Posted by johnrr6

Think I've found the problem though....
I have AA and Aniostropic set way high...

Likely using AA is the problem. I neglected to mention previously that while I am running at 1680x1050 and graphics settings on high I am not running any AA at all. AF, yes, AA, no.

[polonyc2]

Originally Posted by johnrr6

Think I've found the problem though....

I have AA and Aniostropic set way high...

Am going to drop them down and see what happens.....

take a look at this Crysis optimization article...

Crysis Demo: Impressions and Optimization | Tom's Games

try some of their recommendations...try lowering the shadows, physics and sound settings to 'Medium'

I would play with the screen resolutions first, then mess around with the graphics options and then enable/disable AA

AA has a pretty big impact on the game...for me it's playable with 2X but I do notice a performance hit...for testing purposes I would turn off AA and I definitely notice immediate FPS improvement...but for me AA is a must have in any game, that's why the Unreal Engine 3 is disappointing in that it doesn't allow the use of AA (apparently it uses another form of AA in the game which supposedly makes AA unnecessary)

[zapionics<alt>]

Originally Posted by shaihulud

Yep, that’s it. I didn’t do long playing sessions either. I got it Friday, played here and there during the weekend and was done on Sunday night. Looks like they want to do episodic content like Valve. I don’t think that the cost equals the game time played. For $50 I expected a few more hours...

This is very annoying and I for one am thoroughly sick of it.
A game should last a while, at least 15 hours of gameplay (and I dont mean exploring every milimetre).

Far Cry had what, 20 hours of gameplay? Are they going to try and tell us that it was harder to develop Crysis than Far Cry? (with all those resources they had for Crysis?)

They are charging us premium price for this game and have had an army developing it for how long! and you're telling me there is about 8 hours of play there?

[wonderwrench]

Originally Posted by zapionics<alt>

This is very annoying and I for one am thoroughly sick of it.
A game should last a while, at least 15 hours of gameplay (and I dont mean exploring every milimetre).

Far Cry had what, 20 hours of gameplay? Are they going to try and tell us that it was harder to develop Crysis than Far Cry? (with all those resources they had for Crysis?)

They are charging us premium price for this game and have had an army developing it for how long! and you're telling me there is about 8 hours of play there?

Well it took me about 12-14 hrs as I was in no rush. The way the game ended was like a season finally of a TV show that you are hooked on. It ended in the middle of the f'ing game, p i s s e d me off!!! I wonder how long a wait there will be before the sequel comes out. It should be free!!
I have to say the half a game they give you rocks your socks off though. Multi player kinda sucks IMO to much like Quake 3. I was hoping for team, coop and death match play. Give me the other half of the game and I'll be happy. Ya right looks like I'll just suck my thumb.

[shaihulud]

It was around 9 to 11 hours of play for me and I am very thorough. I lost my tally of terminated indigenous and otherworldly personnel after 300 indigenous. Your count is in the save game descriptor. So, for $50 I feel I should have had much more than that clocked in. I do agree that multiplayer is horribly horrible. I mean it is a catastrophe, and lowers the justification of the game, IMO. I was not impressed with it at all and thought whose idea was this because they have no idea with DM is about.

[SpeedDMN]

Originally Posted by polonyc2

another year?...maybe not...how about another month?...if the pre-release hype is to be believed, Nvidia's new 9800 series cards will be about 3 times faster then an 8800GTX

Nvidia claims G92 will be a 1 Teraflop beast - The INQUIRER

Sorry about the late reply..Look at how long ago that article was and there were many like it. Most of them stating the 9800GTX was to come out this month. Ok, I can see a delay, but I can hear crickets chirping as to what happened with it or when it is supposed to come out now. Weird ploy with the "G92" only appearing in an 8 series card and midrange at that.