Crysis | Performance Review *coming soon, teaser inside*

**SirBaron** · 10-26-2007, 11:43 AM

Well i am in the process of getting this out ASAP. Rest assured you will see it very soon!

In the meantime i leave you a teaser image.

Not the best image but rest assured this article will deliver all you want to know about Crysis demo, it's performance with the top end Nvidia card (8800GTX + SLI), while comparing image quality of DirectX 9 + 10.

**acroig** · 10-26-2007, 12:41 PM

Awesome, thanks!

**acroig** · 10-28-2007, 12:05 PM

Well? Where is it? I've been waiting so I could get the 25 minimum posts for the contest!

**SirBaron** · 10-28-2007, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by acroig

Well? Where is it? I've been waiting so I could get the 25 minimum posts for the contest!

Still got a lot to do

, mostly the benchmarks. It's looking to be at least 13 pages possibly more.

I have to benchmark in DX9 vs DX10 both set to high, DX9 vs DX10 High vs Very high (highest DX10 mode), CPU overclocking benchmarks, then GPU overclocks (with the cpu overclocks still on, to reduce any CPU limitations)

**Xerogen** · 10-28-2007, 02:48 PM

You should upload these to the gallery if you havent already, getting high bandwidth usage :(. Looking forward to the review.

**SirBaron** · 10-28-2007, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by Xerogen

You should upload these to the gallery if you havent already, getting high bandwidth usage :(. Looking forward to the review.

Fixed, not full size images but no bandwidth problems should arise anyway.

Now back to work i go...

**Hexen525** · 10-28-2007, 03:31 PM

Runs a little slow for me, but I have graphics all the way up(around 15-25fps). Sure is pretty. Shadows are excellent. Some of the water(like in creeks) looks dated, but the ocean and underwater look amazing. Heard trhe demo is running worse than the beta...anyone know for sure?

**SirBaron** · 10-28-2007, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by Hexen525

Runs a little slow for me, but I have graphics all the way up(around 15-25fps). Sure is pretty. Shadows are excellent. Some of the water(like in creeks) looks dated, but the ocean and underwater look amazing. Heard trhe demo is running worse than the beta...anyone know for sure?

Nah for me the Demo runs far better than the beta. Especially seeing as SLI now works.

**Hexen525** · 10-28-2007, 03:35 PM

Ya, no SLI here, just a solo 8800GTX.

**SirBaron** · 10-28-2007, 05:47 PM

Just a update:

I know this is one article more wanted that others. However this is by far my best one yet, some nice touches i added.

However because of how big the article is going to be and how indepth it will be graphically for Crysis it may take longer than i thought.

The wait will hopefully be worth it though!

**Cjl64** · 10-28-2007, 08:29 PM

totally looking forward to your review! I only had a little time to try the demo. Also.. for some reason me and my buddy cant get dx10 to work.. the game freezes at the start and then nothing.... so i got to figure that out... but anyways.. i will give more comments once i get to play it more. i will say 1920x1080 no AA and all high runs good.. way better than the beta and looks great. can't wait to finally try dx10 when i get that working.

**OverclockN** · 10-29-2007, 12:06 AM

i will say 1920x1080 no AA and all high runs good..

It does!?

I demand you lend me some of your hardware or tell me your secrets!!

**Cjl64** · 10-29-2007, 12:43 AM

Originally Posted by OverclockN

It does!?

I demand you lend me some of your hardware or tell me your secrets!!

yeah.. i mean i did not run fraps but what i was getting seemed totally doable. I i have read alot of post people with similar systems saying they cant really run this rez.. but i found it to run totally fine. I am however looking forward to the next gen of cards for the max fps factor.. but i will be playing this game fine with these settings.

**Cassius** · 10-29-2007, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by Cjl64

yeah.. i mean i did not run fraps but what i was getting seemed totally doable. I i have read alot of post people with similar systems saying they cant really run this rez.. but i found it to run totally fine. I am however looking forward to the next gen of cards for the max fps factor.. but i will be playing this game fine with these settings.

It runs like crap for me, perhaps that extra CPU speed you are using is helping you out. I bet if you use fraps you'd see your FPS are around 20 though.

**SirBaron** · 10-29-2007, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Cassius

It runs like crap for me, perhaps that extra CPU speed you are using is helping you out. I bet if you use fraps you'd see your FPS are around 20 though.

It's more than likely the GTX is helping him out, not out does this game use a lot of video memory (especially at high resolutions), the GTX is also a fair bit faster than a GTS.

**Cassius** · 10-29-2007, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by SirBaron

It's more than likely the GTX is helping him out, not out does this game use a lot of video memory (especially at high resolutions), the GTX is also a fair bit faster than a GTS.

Yeah I'm sure it helps him a little, although I am running my card at GTX speeds I believe, the video memory I can't do anything about. But I'll stand by my 20fps assumption ;).

**Cyko** · 10-29-2007, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by SirBaron

However because of how big the article is going to be

*please God let it not be like bioshock/sins of a solar empire*

:confused:

**Comzee** · 10-29-2007, 07:14 PM

I can't stop playing it. I've completed the demo 11 times already.

. This is why I bought a decent PC, for crazy fun games like this.

**SirBaron** · 11-08-2007, 01:04 PM

If people are wondering why it's not out yet, it's because i have decided to delay it and do the full version instead, it was either the demo or the full game, and i think people would prefer the full version.

If only i was filthy rich and didn't have to work, then i could do a lot more, but alas something's gotta pay for my habits

**VW_Factor** · 11-08-2007, 04:16 PM

At the very least, could we get the performance benchmark charts?

BTW. Why do you include the overclocking in the benchmarks? I can understand maybe the video cards, but the CPU. Is stuff such as that really nessesary? I mean, if people want to OC they can, but in the end, I just dont see it being that important kinda thing.

**Xerogen** · 11-08-2007, 04:42 PM

Hey SirB, im curious have you tested windows vista vs windows xp performance? Or anyone really.

**Uber_Tiny** · 11-08-2007, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by VW_Factor

At the very least, could we get the performance benchmark charts?

BTW. Why do you include the overclocking in the benchmarks? I can understand maybe the video cards, but the CPU. Is stuff such as that really nessesary? I mean, if people want to OC they can, but in the end, I just dont see it being that important kinda thing.

Because we like to be very detailed. I think having a detailed review with entire specs are well worth it. Give the people a better prospective of the capability's and such. Instead of a bunch of questions later, we can solve them by supplying as much info as we can in the review.

That and it's G3D, were different than those other places.

**Cjl64** · 11-08-2007, 08:56 PM

also the reason I love SirBarons reviews... its amazing how well done they are for just starting them... i mean his first review was top notch.

**SirBaron** · 11-08-2007, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by VW_Factor

At the very least, could we get the performance benchmark charts?

BTW. Why do you include the overclocking in the benchmarks? I can understand maybe the video cards, but the CPU. Is stuff such as that really nessesary? I mean, if people want to OC they can, but in the end, I just dont see it being that important kinda thing.

It's because i like to show people what is the limiting factor in games, either CPU or GPU.

If a game increases in performance with CPU overclocks then it is CPU limited and people know that they will need a good CPU, or a overclock to get the most out of this game, not only that SLI is REALLY CPU limited so people can see how SLI reacts to the overclocks.

GPU is pretty obvious and i feel i do not have to explain that one.

As for the charts only 4 out of the 12 are done...

So you will have to wait sadly.

**SirBaron** · 11-08-2007, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by Cjl64

also the reason I love SirBarons reviews... its amazing how well done they are for just starting them... i mean his first review was top notch.

Not sure i will be able to do reviews for ever, due to them taking up a huge chunk of my free time. However i will try to do as many as i can before they start to piss me off

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Originally Posted by Xerogen

Hey SirB, im curious have you tested windows vista vs windows xp performance? Or anyone really.

Sadly i have not, it's something i'd like to do however at this moment in time i don't have enough free space to partition a drive and install XP, 500GB drive and about 9GB free

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I may however (once i get a new 1TB drive), do a Windows XP VS Vista article in the future to see how far vista has come. (which will include the latest games, gears of war, Crysis etc)

**Cjl64** · 11-09-2007, 01:13 AM

Well... at any rate, the reviews you have done have been very nice and your editors wrap it all up in a sexy package. I honestly dont know how you have the patients to do the reviews you do. You really add alot more to the mix than the average review. I kinda wish a big site would see your work and pay you for it. I am sure it would make reviews alot more fun if money was involved

OT, did you get my message on live? I have never sent a voice message via 360 to windows live. Okay.. back on topic.

**SirBaron** · 11-09-2007, 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by Cjl64

Well... at any rate, the reviews you have done have been very nice and your editors wrap it all up in a sexy package. I honestly dont know how you have the patients to do the reviews you do. You really add alot more to the mix than the average review. I kinda wish a big site would see your work and pay you for it. I am sure it would make reviews alot more fun if money was involved

OT, did you get my message on live? I have never sent a voice message via 360 to windows live. Okay.. back on topic.

Yeah i did, i went off and on a lot though when i was tweaking my settings so i didn't see it till about 10 mins ago

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I am thinking of doing even more on my reviews but not sure if this may be overkill, granted it wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea but still... going to make a thread in the feedback forum to get some feedback on it.

**Cyko** · 11-09-2007, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by SirBaron

Yeah i did, i went off and on a lot though when i was tweaking my settings so i didn't see it till about 10 mins ago

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I am thinking of doing even more on my reviews but not sure if this may be overkill, granted it wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea but still... going to make a thread in the feedback forum to get some feedback on it.

More in your reviews...that means more to edit, right? Well I better start liking the taste of coffee, I have a feeling there are going to be some LOOOONG nights ahead in my future

**Uber_Tiny** · 11-11-2007, 07:32 AM

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