Crysis Demo Unveiled, today ... i played it!

8800 ultra sli @ 650~700/2200 + quad @ 3.6+GHz might have a shot @ playing this game all very high @ 1680x1050 no aa DX10 .....

DX10 very high performs like crap on a stock GTX, also nv's SLI performance under vista = about 50% more than single card .... thats imo one of nv's biggest weakness, SLI under vista performs horribly (at least for 8800 SLIs, ppl with 7x00 SLI says its fine ...)

a stock GTS 640 (or even 320) + dual core X2, or C2D ~2.4GHz + 2GB RAM can play this @ 1280x1024 all high DX9 and still get~30fps, but to jumo from high to very high the performance drop is huge, like more than half,

btw jsut saw this on nv news
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=101089

create a file name "autoexec.cfg"

and then put what ever config u want in it , such as :
r_sunshafts = 1


in "autoexec.cfg"

and put "autoexec.cfg" under :
C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis SP Demo\Game\Config

should make game look better, sunshaft suppose to be a very high only, but u can have that in DX9, high

anyway with autoexec u can edit any config command u want, as if u put it under game.cfg or anywhere else it erase it after u close the program

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Originally Posted by theteamaqua

8800 ultra sli @ 650~700/2200 + quad @ 3.6+GHz might have a shot @ playing this game all very high @ 1680x1050 no aa DX10 .....

DX10 very high performs like crap on a stock GTX, also nv's SLI performance under vista = about 50% more than single card .... thats imo one of nv's biggest weakness, SLI under vista performs horribly (at least for 8800 SLIs, ppl with 7x00 SLI says its fine ...)

a stock GTS 640 (or even 320) + dual core X2, or C2D ~2.4GHz + 2GB RAM can play this @ 1280x1024 all high DX9 and still get~30fps, but to jumo from high to very high the performance drop is huge, like more than half,

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Would there be any diff between a stock GTS and the one in my sig?

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Originally Posted by Raptor22

Would there be any diff between a stock GTS and the one in my sig?

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u pretty much have a stock GTX, but if VRAM usage is more than like 350MB u will get slowdown

something like this:
http://www.beyond3d.com/content/news/349

only happens to 320 users

but u have a pentium d ... and 820 ...

1280x1024 all high should be easy 30+fps when running,

@ 1440 it eats about ~350 to 400, and 1680 it eats about ~400 to 450, no AA, @ 1680 4xAA i was getting ~600

low 20s @ fraps

all settings @ high 1920x1080
msi 8800 ultra
quad @ 3.4
2GB ram
winxp

I played it to the end; only really enjoyable at mostly Low settings; kind of a disappointment, given my specs.

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Originally Posted by theteamaqua

btw jsut saw this on nv news
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=101089

create a file name "autoexec.cfg"

and then put what ever config u want in it , such as :
r_sunshafts = 1


in "autoexec.cfg"

and put "autoexec.cfg" under :
C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis SP Demo\Game\Config

should make game look better, sunshaft suppose to be a very high only, but u can have that in DX9, high

anyway with autoexec u can edit any config command u want, as if u put it under game.cfg or anywhere else it erase it after u close the program

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You dont have to do all that, if you change the settings in sys_spec_PostProcessing.cfg in the Cvar Groups folder it stays after you close\reopen the game, and even works with Medium settings not just High

well like i said u can put any command u want under autoexec.cfg ... the sunshafts was just an example

this is what they said

Code:

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r_DepthOfField=1
r_MotionBlur=3
r_sunshafts=1
r_UseEdgeAA=1
r_Flares=1
r_Coronas=1
r_colorgrading=1
r_GlowScreenMultiplier = 0.2

sys_spec_Quality=4
e_sky_type=1
e_sky_update_rate=1
r_DetailTextures=1
r_DetailNumLayers=2
r_DetailDistance=8
r_HDRRendering=2
r_SSAO=1
r_SSAO_quality=2
r_SSAO_radius=2
r_refraction=1
e_ram_maps=1
sys_flash_edgeaa=1
e_vegetation_use_terrain_color=1
e_terrain_ao=1
e_terrain_normal_map=1
e_max_entity_lights=16
r_UsePom=1
r_EnvTexUpdateInterval=0.05
r_TexturesFilteringQuality=0
r_HairSortingQuality = 1
r_FillLights = 14
e_particles_lights = 1


i_lighteffects = 1
g_ragdollMinTime = 15.0
g_ragdollUnseenTime = 2
g_ragdollDistance = 40.0
g_battleDust_enable = 1


e_obj_quality=4
e_proc_vegetation=1
ca_useDecals=1
e_decals_allow_game_decals=1
e_decals_life_time_scale=2
e_lod_ratio=6
e_lod_min=0
e_lods=1
e_view_dist_ratio_detail=30
e_view_dist_ratio_vegetation=45
e_vegetation_min_size=0
i_rejecteffects=1
e_vegetation_bending=2
sys_flash_curve_tess_error=2
e_view_dist_ratio=60
e_max_view_dst_spec_lerp=1
e_vegetation_sprites_distance_custom_ratio_min=1
e_vegetation_sprites_distance_ratio=1.5
e_detail_materials_view_dist_xy=2048
e_detail_materials_view_dist_z=128
es_DebrisLifetimeScale=1
e_cbuffer_resolution=256
e_dissolve=1
ca_DrawFaceAttachments=1
ca_AttachmentCullingRation=200
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_max_dist=200

r_WaterRefractions=1
r_WaterReflections=1
r_WaterUpdateFactor=0.05
e_water_tesselation_amount=10
e_water_tesselation_swath_width=10
r_WaterUpdateDistance=0.2
r_WaterCaustics=1
r_WaterReflectionsQuality=4
e_water_ocean_fft=1
q_ShaderWater=2
r_WaterReflectionsMinVisiblePixelsUpdate = 0.05

r_Beams=3
r_BeamsDistFactor=0.05
r_BeamsMaxSlices=200
e_Clouds=1
r_CloudsUpdateAlways=1


e_shadows = 1
r_ShadowBlur=3
e_shadows_max_texture_size=1024
r_ShadowJittering=2.5
e_gsm_lods_num=5
e_gsm_range=3
e_shadows_cast_view_dist_ratio=0.8
r_ShadowsMaskResolution=0
e_shadows_on_alpha_blended=1
e_shadows_from_terrain_in_all_lods=1
e_gsm_cache = 0

e_cull_veg_activation=50
g_joint_breaking=1
g_tree_cut_reuse_dist=0
p_max_MC_iters=6000
e_phys_foliage=2
es_MaxPhysDist=200
es_MaxPhysDistInvisible=25
e_phys_ocean_cell=0.5
e_foliage_wind_activation_dist=25
g_breakage_particles_limit=250
p_max_object_splashes=3
p_splash_dist0=7
p_splash_dist1=30
p_splash_force0=10
p_splash_force1=100
p_splash_vel0=4.5
p_splash_vel1=10
v_vehicle_quality=4
p_max_substeps_large_group=5
p_num_bodies_large_group=100

e_particles_quality=4
e_particles_lod=1
e_particles_max_emitter_draw_screen=32
r_UseSoftParticles=1
e_water_ocean_soft_particles= 1
e_particles_object_collisions=1

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finding all that command under cvargroup folder will be pretty time consuming

I just played it.

8800GTX at stock.
Q6600 at stock.
Windows XP 32bit.
DX9.
1600x1200.
Everything on high.

4xAA = 20-25FPS.
0xAA = 27-32FPS.

The ending was a kick in the nuts.
I wanted there to be more, but it was just a pre-release demo.

Vehicles now have 2 views.
While you are driving the vehicle, you can control the weapon.

I was shocked, vegetation wasn't as breakable as I thought.
But that was just DirectX9. I am going to try DX10 later.

EDIT:
On 32-bit Windows XP, I saw a 60% load on 2 cores, 30% load on the other 2.

one thing i have noticed form the screen shots is the amount of vegetation. never before have we seen any game with so much grass and tree detail. also if you look you can see the leaves on the trees that are way off in the distance. and the shadows form the trees are outstanding as well. lots of people are saying that this game is poorly optimized but i think it is well optimized. the reason for the low performance is we have never seen anything this detailed and this much vegetation before.

this game makes halo 3 looks like 2/3 year old game

does halo 3 even have better graphics than farcry patch 1.4 (which has HDR ) :rofl:

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Originally Posted by NapalmV5

low 20s @ fraps

all settings @ high 1920x1080
msi 8800 ultra
quad @ 3.4
2GB ram
winxp

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Ouch :( Only about 5 fps more than my 8800GTS @ 621/1000

these ppl loves to show their huge e-penis

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/35...someness/p1/c2

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ItBurn replied to zwaffleVE's post
Oct 27 2007, 11:23 AM


It's not a slideshow. It runs at a solid 30+ fps with everything at very high for me with my 600$ videocard.

You want something about gameplay? It's pure fun and the replay value is insane.

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Robert "Apache" Howarth
Oct 26 2007, 9:19 PM


Its playable in tourist setting (strolling around the lush tropical island without much lag), but combat is another story unless its a small fire fight. :)

thats all very high, 8x AA, 8x AF, etc

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bullcrap, someone at nvnews with a ultra @ 650, Q6600 @ 3.4 was getting ~17fps on very high DX10 @ 1680x1050 , i got about the same framerate here except with Q6600 3.5, GTS 650 @ 1440 very high, i guess 17fps is called playable

Don't think this has been posted here...

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Originally Posted by Draxx

Anyone used the Crysis demo benchmark yet? It's in the Bin32 folder, there is a GPU and a CPU bench bat file.

Odd thing is at 1024 x768 its fine, but at 1280x1024 I get flashing red textures and the odd tearing on rocks.

This is at XT clocks.

Anyone else see this?

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http://i23.tinypic.com/2hcnq4w.jpg

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1211/2

:ROTF:

same settings as above

i didnt include that no AA but AF @ 16
all settings @ high 1920x1080
msi 8800 ultra (660/2300)
quad @ 3.4
2GB ram
winxp
169.01 beta

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9163/19539131ik9.jpg

depends on scenes

i noticed some parts @ 40+ fps standing still but walking/running drops @ low 30

the low 20s i posted above, were @ vegetation walking/running, 25-27 standing still

not really playable when it gets into action

^gpu, cpu below

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4945/39453797fk0.jpg

loved the game!!!! the fact that you can mostly destroy and manipulate EVERY SINGLE OBJECT is awesome! lol

loved the phisics, i was messing up with all the enemies's barracs and trees in the game, pretty nice!

i can run here about 25-30 fps, with all on very high and 1280x960 and 4X or 2X AA. It has been running pretty smoothly.

Great game, best i have ever seen. :up:

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Originally Posted by WrigleyVillain

Don't think this has been posted here...

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Same here. Artifacts all over the screen when overclocked and 1280x1024, with 1024x768 is good.

Somebody please test the demo on Q6600 stock + 2x R600 1 GB GDDR4 + last driver + RAM@1066mhz I realy like to know how CF dose in this game(fps)... not to mention the Quality of image of R600series (512bit and 1 GB GDDR4) ...

Can someone fiddle with the advanced video settings and find the best settings with most minimal affect on visuals ?

Frankly, I'm disappointed no one has done this yet...what are you guys doing with physics on in MP ?? Shooting trees while getting fragged?

Perkam

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Originally Posted by perkam

Can someone fiddle with the advanced video settings and find the best settings with most minimal affect on visuals ?

Frankly, I'm disappointed no one has done this yet...what are you guys doing with physics on in MP ?? Shooting trees while getting fragged?

Perkam

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Yeah I took the time to tweak the settings to get the best balance of IQ and performance, though its gonna be different for every card obviously. The screenshot is the settings I use, 1680x1050 No AA or AF, 163.75 drivers..........gives me 30-60fps, but usually around 30-40 which is good enough for me.

BTW, in the MP *beta* all the physics\interaction were disabled so no breaking things or picking stuff up, but we'll see if thats the case in the retail MP :p:

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Originally Posted by Soulburner

To maintain a playable framerate (over 30) I have to run Medium settings @ my native res of 1900x1200.

C2D E6850 @ 3.6 / 2GB DDR2 @ 1000 5-5-5-15 / 8800GTS 640

It's a slideshow on high. Looks like we'll need next year's hardware for this one.

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Surprisingly it runs ok on medium on the x1950pro as well. Just hovers around 25-30fps.

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Originally Posted by G4h4o8s6T

Yeah I took the time to tweak the settings to get the best balance of IQ and performance:

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Thanks.

I average 37 on the gpu bench at 1280x800 no AA high which is definitley decent but that res looks like crap on my native 1920X1200 LCD. Going back to my CRT to test further/actually play.

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Originally Posted by G4h4o8s6T

BTW, in the MP *beta* all the physics\interaction were disabled so no breaking things or picking stuff up, but we'll see if thats the case in the retail MP :p:

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providing you run it under vista with DX10. AFAIK all the destructable environment(s).....(well the majority of the landscape/vegetation)....are/is only possible with dx10 as a lot of the load is removed from the server and it makes such play possible.