Crysis Articles and Podcasts

[Tom]

There's also a video or two to be had also which are embedded in some of the articles. Here's a list of 'stuff' thats been published around the net since the last update.

Written

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Podcasts

Download the 1UP Show Podcast >> ( Crysis talk @ 12:00 - 24:10 )
Download the Played Podcast >> ( Crysis talk @ 33:40 - 41:40 )

I'd just like to add a note. It seems the general impression among the gaming community is that because Crysis looks so great, it will require a killer rig too run. To some extent this annoys me as there would certainly have been much worse looking games at E3 running on system with two 8800 Ultra's with comparable performance to Crysis, yet Crysis is only being demonstrated using a single 8800GTX ( not even an 8800 Ultra if I'm not mistaken ).

So I think that in the end, Crysis not only deserves recognition for it's looks and gameplay, but also how optimized this engine is. Also keeping in mind that there's still plenty of optimization to come. In the end it's only natural to assume that such a gorgeous game would require a machine to match, but the reality is that's not the case. So to some it up, I'm a little disappointed that there hasn't been a single publication to mention the superb performance of this engine. It goes well beyond the graphics also (AI, Sound, Physics.etc).


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[Legionare]

thanks tom:) Now I have something to do this day

[aakar]

thanks for that tom.

I think that everyone here in this forums and crysis fans are confused that crysis wasn't recognised @ all. It was ridiculous to c shity games being ahead of crysis. Come on crysis wasn't even in the top 10 games. That really pissed me off.

[Legionare]

One thing that surprised me was that the game is a Games for Windows labeled game, but no mention is made if it is a Live enabled game. I have heard that it is, but nothing solid had told me that yet and the Crytek guys were not commenting on it.

Is on one of the sites...
Crytek guys were not commenting on it. Maybe they work on it but wont say it? I hope not...

[JackeShan]

I'd just like to add a note. It seems the general impression among the gaming community is that because Crysis looks so great, it will require a killer rig too run. To some extent this annoys me as there would certainly have been much worse looking games at E3 running on system with two 8800 Ultra's with comparable performance to Crysis, yet Crysis is only being demonstrated using a single 8800GTX ( not even an 8800 Ultra if I'm not mistaken ).

Nice. Then I should be pretty sure that I can play Crysis at Ultra High graphics with smooth frames if they optimize it more

[randfee]

I'd just like to add a note. It seems the general impression among the gaming community is that because Crysis looks so great, it will require a killer rig too run. To some extent this annoys me as there would certainly have been much worse looking games at E3 running on system with two 8800 Ultra's with comparable performance to Crysis, yet Crysis is only being demonstrated using a single 8800GTX ( not even an 8800 Ultra if I'm not mistaken ).

So I think that in the end, Crysis not only deserves recognition for it's looks and gameplay, but also how optimized this engine is.

well tom, I partly agree, but:

An 8800GTX is amongst the best cards available, it HAS TO RUN on it, everything else would be a disaster (taking into account that the engine is optimized yet!).
I mean, the 8800GTX is still a very high end card, but what about the rest?! I know Crytek claims very high scalability and nice performance on 2 year old stuff too, but we will just have to wait to see just how well optimized this is. Running well on a 8800GTX in my eyes doesn't tell anything but that highend systems can do it. Well... if not a 8800GTX, what else?

I know that people who read this probably all have their 8800GTX or better already or are willing to get one, but that is not the general public!
I have a brand new machine but only a 8600mGT with only a third  the 3dmark06 results etc. and I still kinda doubt that the game will perform to my satisfaction .... until they say so or I see it.  It's said that there are around 100 settings to tweak the performance for the user. I'll surely spend my time wisely trying to figure out how to get it running even at 1024... I'm open for a nice surprise though

Please don't get me wrong, they surely came a long way, but what about systems that are out  now....  we will have to wait for something on that. That is what I would call optimized


edit question: Did people say anything about what resolution the E3 rigs where playing Crysis on, with AA? People must have noticed something!

[Eagle*EYe]

The 8800GTS 320MB are really good value for money. but I wonder if they will be up to the challenge to run crysis. all this talk about crysis running on a 8800gtx at E3 is all good and well but they are just too pricey. Im thinking about getting a 7300gs now and using that till Crysis comes out and then seeing what the prices are like on the 8800GTX's. or do you guys think im being paranoid and the 8800GTS 320MB would be sufficient for Crysis?

[SiERRA1]

In that intel video in which crysis was running on quad core they had only 1 nvidia 8800GTX and only 2 Gb ram and they run it on max just fine.

[randfee]

In that intel video in which crysis was running on quad core they had only 1 nvidia 8800GTX and only 2 Gb ram and they run it on max with 140 FPS or something like that. Anyway it was over 100 FPS.

how do you know this? Do you know the resolution as well?

[Eaglepuxx]

In that intel video in which crysis was running on quad core they had only 1 nvidia 8800GTX and only 2 Gb ram and they run it on max with 140 FPS or something like that. Anyway it was over 100 FPS.

how do you know this? Do you know the resolution as well?

yea 800 x 600

[HDmac]

-_-   ya that is a real high res. I wonder what it would get at like 2560 x 1600   O_o        X_x

[hfernandes]

An 8800GTX is amongst the best cards available, it HAS TO RUN on it, everything else would be a disaster (taking into account that the engine is optimized yet!).
I mean, the 8800GTX is still a very high end card, but what about the rest?! I know Crytek claims very high scalability and nice performance on 2 year old stuff too, but we will just have to wait to see just how well optimized this is. Running well on a 8800GTX in my eyes doesn't tell anything but that highend systems can do it. Well... if not a 8800GTX, what else?

I know that people who read this probably all have their 8800GTX or better already or are willing to get one, but that is not the general public!
I have a brand new machine but only a 8600mGT with only a third  the 3dmark06 results etc. and I still kinda doubt that the game will perform to my satisfaction .... until they say so or I see it.  It's said that there are around 100 settings to tweak the performance for the user. I'll surely spend my time wisely trying to figure out how to get it running even at 1024... I'm open for a nice surprise though

The 8800GTS 320MB are really good value for money. but I wonder if they will be up to the challenge to run crysis. all this talk about crysis running on a 8800gtx at E3 is all good and well but they are just too pricey. Im thinking about getting a 7300gs now and using that till Crysis comes out and then seeing what the prices are like on the 8800GTX's. or do you guys think im being paranoid and the 8800GTS 320MB would be sufficient for Crysis?

I agree with both.

8800GTX is HIGH END, and of course, it have to play Crysis VERY well. But and about general public!?

I have a 8800GTS 320 and l REALY don't if I'll play Crysis with HIGH Settings @ 1280x1024 ....

[Robbaz]

Im sure that they will optimize it just like far cry when shitty computers suddenly became basass, or kinda badass. Im sure my rig will run it fine in directx 9. Owning 8800gts in 3dmark yet still thats not gameplay.

[JackeShan]

In that intel video in which crysis was running on quad core they had only 1 nvidia 8800GTX and only 2 Gb ram and they run it on max with 140 FPS or something like that. Anyway it was over 100 FPS.

How the h*ll would you know something like that? You won't see a difference between 60 and 100 fps. But you would see a difference between 40 and 60. By the way they were running on Windows XP @DX 9.. at E3 they probably ran on Windows Vista @DX 10, and therefore worse performance.

[[Max_Power]]

In that intel video in which crysis was running on quad core they had only 1 nvidia 8800GTX and only 2 Gb ram and they run it on max with 140 FPS or something like that. Anyway it was over 100 FPS.

How the h*ll would you know something like that? You won't see a difference between 60 and 100 fps. But you would see a difference between 40 and 60. By the way they were running on Windows XP @DX 9.. at E3 they probably ran on Windows Vista @DX 10, and therefore worse performance.

yeah, WTF were you there? lol. or do you have a 1ns eyesight transfer rate so you can see each individual frame lol

[Obi_kwiet]

In spite of the fact that the video couldn't have been recorded at more than 30fps?

[cspillz]

In the end it's only natural to assume that it will be so optimized, my rig can run it on high with a solid 20 fps! ^^

[SiERRA1]

In that intel video in which crysis was running on quad core they had only 1 nvidia 8800GTX and only 2 Gb ram and they run it on max with 140 FPS or something like that. Anyway it was over 100 FPS.

how do you know this? Do you know the resolution as well?

Played on 30" or 32" monitor so it wasnt low res. Sorry for that fps info. It was actually edited video by some id!ot and i really thought it wasnt fake. Real video link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-CD-mJMB7Lw

[ShadowtitanX]

Meh i reckon my X1950pro will handle Crysis fine on high with an acceptable resolution. If its able to scale back two years then it shouldnt be a problem. Some of you are really making this game out to be some massive computer killer. Oblivion is the only computer killer at the moment...

[thom8909]

Meh i reckon my X1950pro will handle Crysis fine on high with an acceptable resolution. If its able to scale back two years then it shouldnt be a problem. Some of you are really making this game out to be some massive computer killer. Oblivion is the only computer killer at the moment...

lost planet? STALKER?

not framrate killers?