Worth Doing ?

[mhsbrian]

Hey peeps:beer:

I built my a new computer couple weeks ago, everything been great and I played the Crysis Beta last night......Wow, guys; the game is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To be apart of the beta you have to meet special requirments and have a fileplanet subscribtion.

Anyway, playing it on my 8800 GTS 320 XFX(no oced) high settings and 16x AA and 16 AF it runs smooth:eek::eek::eek:

But, the gamer side of me wants more performance, anyone had any problems with SLI 8800 GTS's ? I've read good reviews then I've read bad ones. Most of the bad reviews come from people that say they play at low resolutions(people saying SLI performs at higher better).

I have a 19" LCD my max res is 1280x1024, think I'd have problems ?

Kk

[FastRedPonyCar]

an oc'd GTX or ultra will smoke two 320 GTS's, use less power and free up 2 pci slots if needed.

sell the 320 and put it towards a GTX or Ultra IMO.

[CGR]

I agree, too much power and heat with SLI or CF. Get a single higher end card.

[EchoTheDolphin]

I wouldn't go sli unless you're running it on high resolution, go with what these guys said and grab a single higher end card.

[Immortal_Hero]

an oc'd GTX or ultra will smoke two 320 GTS's.
No. SLI GTS's beat a GTX and is about on par with an Ultra. IMO though the heat and power consumptions doesn't make it worth it. You are playing at fairly low resolutions, I don't see why you would need more power.

[mhsbrian]

No. SLI GTS's beat a GTX and is about on par with an Ultra. IMO though the heat and power consumptions doesn't make it worth it. You are playing at fairly low resolutions, I don't see why you would need more power.

It's not that I want more power, just the 320mb of memory is holding me back on loading the textures in gameplay In crysis. Like it will glitch when I go to something new I havent viewed for a split second then run fine, I've read around that this is cause of the low amount of memory and takes the card a little bit of time to process it. Now, thats just what other people have told me, if its not true then by all means, someone tell me it isn't.

I went cheapy on my video card cause I couldn't afford the $300 more on the video card. But, that was limited by my unfortunate evil bank....:mad:

I'm not sure yet about upgrading I already score higher on 3dmark than people with GTX's. My last benchmark was 11,653. That was without using Rivatuner on my shader clock(used ATI tool).

[UglyChild]

If you get another GTS so you can have SLI set up, you will still have only 320mb of video memory.

Thus your best choice is get a 640mb card or a GTX.

[FastRedPonyCar]

you could always wait to see how the full version runs? Seems like there are places in the beta that are in need of optimization.

[UglyChild]

And ill bet Nvidia will have new drivers the day after the game comes out.

[mhsbrian]

And ill bet Nvidia will have new drivers the day after the game comes out.

The 163.71 drivers already added support for Crysis(right after beta 2 launch).

Most likely the game will perform alot better after beta, and even now it performs great!(I have everything to it's highest besides the locked settings that aren't available in beta 3 atm).

I'm also running XP, not vista; I think not having DX10 hinders the game because I believe it was really designed for DX10 not DX9.0c.:bang head

[aja]

You my friend, need an SLI mousepad, for that extra oomph...

And I just happen to know where to get them - see sig

[Immortal_Hero]

You my friend, need an SLI mousepad, for that extra oomph...

And I just happen to know where to get them - see sig


LMAO!!!!!

@OP I have the same problem with my 8800 GTS 320MB. I am not sure if it is just the lack of memory or a poor implementation of the lesser amount of memory. I do not have this problem with my GTX.

[UnrealAlex]

Anyway, playing it on my 8800 GTS 320 XFX(no oced) high settings and 16x AA and 16 AF it runs smooth:eek::eek::eek:

Are you bein sarcastic :confused: Because there's no way a GTS can run it on high settings with 16x AA and 16 AF unless its on like 640x400 resolution.

[Immortal_Hero]

Are you bein sarcastic :confused: Because there's no way a GTS can run it on high settings with 16x AA and 16 AF unless its on like 640x400 resolution.

Do you have the beta?

[UnrealAlex]

Yes I do. From personal experience, and from talking in game, and from other people on the forum I'm sure a GTS cant perform that well..

[Immortal_Hero]

I can beleive all but the 16xAA and 16xAF. If he were claiming 4xAA and 8xAF then maybe.

@ OP what framerates do you get with the settings above? What res are you playing it?

[mhsbrian]

I can beleive all but the 16xAA and 16xAF. If he were claiming 4xAA and 8xAF then maybe.

@ OP what framerates do you get with the settings above? What res are you playing it?

It does run smooth :/...If you don't beleive me then oh well I guess, I have a quad core system so maybe that helps it out a lot. With Stock Settings I get 11,000 on my 3dmark Score. with oced I get 11,500-600 area, thats almost more than a GTX score. If I can into the Nvidia Control Panel and set 16x aa and 16x af, it runs in-game I get around 27-50 FPS depending on how much action is going on. Never drops below 25 fps. Now If I OC my card while playing the temps get VERY high playing this game(70-75ish, out of my comfort zone really) and I never drop below 30 FPS; which to me, is good and standard for any good video card, now If I had the GTX or Ultra my system would probably never drop below 40-50 FPS but thats another case.

I'll take a screenshot showing my FPS with all the settings on high(can't go very high because it's locked in the beta).

Oh, and I'm running XP, NOT vista.

System Specs:
Q6600
2gb Crucial Ballistix
P5n32-E SLI Plus
Windtunnel Xclio Case
Tuniq Tower HSF
XFX 8800 GTS XXX Extreme Edition (560/850) <-Stock, (630,1035) Oc'd

Isn't this game meant to be played on Dual Core Extremes and Quad Cores ?

[Immortal_Hero]

Oh I can beleive 25 FPS but that is not "smooth" in my eyes. I consider smooth > than the refresh rate you the monitor (usually > 60 FPS). I don't need a screen shot we just had differing interpertations of "smooth."

[mhsbrian]

Oh I can beleive 25 FPS but that is not "smooth" in my eyes. I consider smooth > than the refresh rate you the monitor (usually > 60 FPS). I don't need a screen shot we just had differing interpertations of "smooth."

Well It will runs above 60, just not when a whole lot of action is going on >.<

If I'm, running in the deep wooded areas if performs well above 50 FPS but if there are lots of players on the screen then it will drop around 30-40 ish. That being said, I don't run it with 16x AA all the time, Only when I want it to look pretty to impress my friends :P.

Usually I run 4x AA and 16x AF, and it runs perfectly fine (at stock, card gets too hot Oced)

Heres a guy running a crap core 2 duo e4300 and gets above 50 FPS at some spots on this 8800 GTS
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=2443830

I guess having the quad core helps out lots. I'm gonna FRAPS my gameplay and post a few to show you guys when I get off work.

Honestly, his screen shots look like **** >-> I think he has his card set to high performance and I have mine set to High Quality always when I play.