Crysis

[polonyc2]

Crysis---time to upgrade to Quad-Core?

Crytek's man in charge has revealed that a quad-core processor is top of his list of essential upgrades.

Cervat Yerli revealed that on most systems, Crysis is likely to be CPU bound. "If [your system is] balanced, we are more CPU bound then GPU, " he told Shacknews. "Multi-core will be beneficial in the experience, particularly in faster but also smoother framerates... We recommend quad core over higher clock."

Quad-core is Crysis phwoar - The INQUIRER

[zapionics<alt>]

Originally Posted by polonyc2

...even though the FPS average is low it actually plays better then the scores indicate...it's actually very playable with no noticable choppiness

Exactly what I stated earlier; the game feels quite playable at lower fps, although I did see some minor choppiness on my first test run on this rig. Good to hear you experience no choppiness at all. Considering this is the demo and we might expect some more fine tuning before retail then it bodes very well for people on older rigs.

Originally Posted by polonyc2

I disagree... ...if you can't play the game at 'High' or 'Very High' (DX 10 only) I don't think it is worth it...I'm sure the gameplay alone will be fun even without the really nice graphics but I think the graphics add a lot to the overall experience

In my 2nd timedemo I only had the physics, shaders and shadow settings on medium, all else was left on high. The game looked sweet and as noted is quite playable and the differences between high and medium for only those settings wasnt too bad at all. I'm not convinced that Dx10 will offer significant differences, (although my new rig will be Dx10 obviously).

I think I was hoping to give some cheer to those people who want to play the game but who cant afford an upgrade... I'd say to them again, if your rig is similar spec to mine then yes, IMO its worth playing.

[zapionics<alt>]

Originally Posted by polonyc2

Crysis---time to upgrade to Quad-Core?
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Its interesting that Crytek are saying this in light of the fact that we are getting fairly smooth gameplay, even on lower spec systems.

I wonder if the AI and physics scale with the CPU? ie: we might get a better AI and physics experience with more power.

[Drufuss]

Downloading the demo right now. thanks to our quick connectin here at work this should be completed within the next 7 hours (i'm at 25% while writing this) so i'm looking forward to installing and playing as soon as i come home (in about 10 hours).

Greetings

Dru

P.S.: 1.8 GB would take about 67 hours at home (with 64kbps ISDN).

[JimTram]

Just installed the demo and setup the options. My initial settings are 1280x1024, No AA, and advanced graphic settings at default (which has some features at med and the others at high.) I get 38 FPS. I'm on the beach and looking fwd to more action. This game is awesome. Much more than I expected. No Vista.

They listened - I love the "quick" saves!!!

Updated:
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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 58.15s, Average FPS: 34.40
Min FPS: 14.52 at frame 153, Max FPS: 47.78 at frame 894
Average Tri/Sec: 25522638, Tri/Frame: 742017
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 1.24
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 52.51s, Average FPS: 38.08
Min FPS: 14.52 at frame 153, Max FPS: 50.93 at frame 107
Average Tri/Sec: 28514304, Tri/Frame: 748710
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 1.22
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 52.29s, Average FPS: 38.25
Min FPS: 14.52 at frame 153, Max FPS: 50.93 at frame 107
Average Tri/Sec: 28653370, Tri/Frame: 749138
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 1.22
!TimeDemo Run 3 Finished.
Play Time: 52.37s, Average FPS: 38.19
Min FPS: 14.52 at frame 153, Max FPS: 50.93 at frame 107
Average Tri/Sec: 28602724, Tri/Frame: 748993
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 1.22
TimeDemo Play Ended, (4 Runs Performed)
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Press any key to continue . . .

[Pentium4]

After some initial problems with nVidia's beta drivers, have finally got the game working. It's very smooth with all settings set to Very High with 2AA Will have a go at the benchmarking later (thanks to shaihulud's tip) and see what my humble system gets Using Vista 64-bit with DX10, the graphics certainly are amazing, especially the water.

Am trying to play it like Far Cry, but I really could do with those tweaks I like, especially god mode, and unlimited ammo, plus the much better weapons that actually do something to the enemy. At the moment it seems like I need to empty the entire clip into those mofo's just to drop them. I hate games that go to all the trouble to look good, then you get shot to pieces a few minutes into it, does not make me a happy camper

However will try and stay calm, as am sure the gaming gurus will come to my rescue like they did with Far Cry, and I can then play the game the way I want to, and have heaps of fun like I do now with Far Cry

[zapionics<alt>]

Originally Posted by JimTram

... Much more than I expected...

You're kidding? With all the hype this game has had, I was expecting a lot.

But you know, been there done that, so I'm not disappointed yet.

[zapionics<alt>]

Originally Posted by Pentium4

... At the moment it seems like I need to empty the entire clip into those mofo's just to drop them...

Head shots. Cloak, aim carefully, and BAM BAM BAM. heh

[TQ]

Originally Posted by zapionics<alt>

Exactly what I stated earlier; the game feels quite playable at lower fps, although I did see some minor choppiness on my first test run on this rig. Good to hear you experience no choppiness at all.

I have seen zero chop. This demo runs as good as I could have hoped for. I woke up this morning and can't wait to get back to playing it.
I had planned to produce some radio spots this morning but that may have to wait...heh.

[JimTram]

Out of boredom I played through the entire original Half-Life over the last few days since I got disgusted with HL:EP2. Finished it today and then installed Crysis. The difference almost me fall out the seat. How far we have come!

Originally Posted by zapionics<alt>

You're kidding? With all the hype this game has had, I was expecting a lot.

But you know, been there done that, so I'm not disappointed yet.

[TQ]

Originally Posted by zapionics<alt>

Head shots. Cloak, aim carefully, and BAM BAM BAM. heh

That works.

I took obscene delight in tearing up that guard post. Hit Maximum Strength and threw a one of those drums lying about into the tin wall of the nearest shack and it just folded. Then punched up Maximum Speed and danced around capping guys as they came out to see what the ruckus was about. Dialed up Maximum Strength, jumped on a roof and took out some more.
It took me a second or two to realize the fight was over and I just stood looking around amazed at what I had done.

Glee!

[shaihulud]

I'm not convinced that Dx10 will offer significant differences

My eyes can catch a different or odd thing when they want to; maybe not like Mad Eye but you get the point. One thing I noticed with DX10 is some of the textures are not flat like HL2. They, being what I noticed most is the rocks, have shape. Tracks are better from what they are left by. Lighting is very noticeable, but I guess some are not photophobic (sensitive to light) like me. Shadows created by objects are more sincere than DX9.

Here are a couple of sites to see what I mean. This one you move the mouse over to change between the DX versions Crysis Demo - DX10 vs DX9. Notice the tracks with the Humvee? This is at nVNews and some argue that you can enabled the DX10 features in DX9 Crysis DX9 vs DX10 = Quite a difference ^^ - Page 2 - nV News Forums. Noticed the rocks in the picture?

One thing I liked was using speed. Having such celerity I would cause confusion by moving really fast before they can react and take them down. Moving right up for a head shot. Run for cover and maneuver for a flank making them think I was there, not going to be right in front of them. That was fun and work well. Curious, how that will be in DM.

[polonyc2]

Originally Posted by zapionics<alt>

Head shots. Cloak, aim carefully, and BAM BAM BAM. heh

apparently using the 'Strength' power of the nanosuit also increases your aim

Cloak is my friend as well...although they only give you a few tranquilizer darts, those are also fun...shooting at the gas tanks of jeeps also caused a few fun moments

sometime innovation is there just for the sake of innovation without any real practical use but the nanosuit really is very fun to use---all 4 of those powers are very fun to use in different ways...'Strength' is fun just for the way in which you can physically destroy pretty much any building (except the concrete ones) along with small trees with your fists...I also started to use 'Strength' in succession with 'Cloak' to physically grab my enemies by the throat and throw them around lol

[polonyc2]

Originally Posted by zapionics<alt>

Its interesting that Crytek are saying this in light of the fact that we are getting fairly smooth gameplay, even on lower spec systems.

I wonder if the AI and physics scale with the CPU? ie: we might get a better AI and physics experience with more power.

although it may run fine on some older rigs just imagine how good it will look with a really high end computer

I think Crytek has stated that Crysis was built for hardware 1 year ahead...apparently the perfect video card for Crysis is not the 8800 cards but the next generation cards from Nvidia/ATI...I also heard that Crysis needs to be played on a 64 bit Vista system with 4 GB of memory for optimal experience

[Drufuss]

Well.

I've played part of the demo and i am impressed.

Impressed of the game and of my rig. Gameplay is smooth, can't run the benchmarks right now cause the rig gets to hot. I really need to watercool my X1950XT to play that game.

Greetings

Dru