Crysis 1; FX-6300 and a high end GPU

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Deus Gladiorum

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I have a GTX 770 and an FX-6300. As I've learned over time and to my disappointment, this was not the most balanced build. For a number of games, specifically those that are CPU bound such as Skyrim, Borderlands 2, and of course, Crysis 1, I get some bad bottlenecking in the form of a solid 60 fps followed by an infrequent drop to something in the 40's for Skyrim and the 30's for Borderlands 2....and then WAY more frequently in Crysis 1.

I made my peace with this and said to myself well it's a learning experience, and I'll be more mindful when building in the future. However recently on one of the threads here, I somehow got into it with one guy who was claiming I must be doing something wrong with my settings for Crysis 1 not to run well. Of course, he wasn't basing this on experience, just his own theories and speculation and it just feels a bit annoying when someone thinks that they know more about your system then you do and that you must be doing something wrong, even if their advice is well intentioned.

Now, just so I have confirmation that I'm not insane, could someone else with an FX-6300 and a high end or near equivalent GPU such as my GTX 770 post their results here or tell me if they have these strange fps drops?

Currently I'm running Crysis 1 at 1920x1080 with 16xQ AA on all Very High settings. At the current point I'm in, when I'm standing in a location looking up a hill I get 60 fps and GPU usage according to MSI Afterburner reports to be from 97 - 99%. When I turn around to face a large open area, the fps drops to 35 instantly and GPU usage is reportedly in the high 70s to mid 80s. Changing the resolution from 1920x1080 to 1280x720 did not change fps at all. Anyone else experiencing something similar?
 
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Crysis 1 does do some similar stuff to my system, though I don't think I'd ever try to play at 16xQ AA. That is just asking for trouble. You probably won't see a difference beyond 4xMSAA anyways, try backing that off.

That said, my i7 920, OC'ed to 4.0Ghz can manage about 60-80 FPS, though I haven't run through the whole game with this setup to know if there are some major FPS drops.
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Crysis was not optimized for any newer architectures than the Core 2 generation, and only uses 2 cores. Unfortunately clockspeed is the only solution. Consider yourself lucky - my setup drops to 20fps in some of those levels - I keep my framerate capped at 40 for smoothness' sake.

Settling for a lower framerate isn't so bad in this game because the motion-blur is so good, it hides frame-tearing. I've spent over 100hrs in this game, and my advice is to set a framerate cap at 45 or so and follow these instructions:

Open up Notepad and copy these commands into it:

e_foliage_branches_damping=3 (makes the bushes and ferns react more realistically)
e_view_dist_ratio_vegetation=65 (these three are improved settings from Warhead)
e_view_dist_ratio_detail=50
r_DynTexMaxSize=135
e_view_dist_ratio=90
r_DetailDistance=12
r_UseEdgeAA=0 (If you use in-game MSAA, I advise forcing also FXAA in the driver to smooth out the foliage)
r_TexturesStreaming=0 (Best command ever - I can't imagine playing without it)
r_SSAO_downscale_ztarget=0 (Minimizes the halo around weapon)
r_SSAO_radius=1.5 (These three look most natural to me)
r_SSAO_amount=0.7
r_SSAO_darkening=0.45
r_HDRLevel=0.75 (more realistic lighting)
r_HDRBrightOffset=10
r_HDRBrightThreshold=3 (If the bloom is too much, knock this up to 4 or 5)
r_BeamsMaxSlices=300 (more sunshafts)
r_WaterUpdateFactor=0 (These two slightly increase the reality of the water)
r_WaterUpdateDistance=0
g_usehitsoundfeedback=0 (turns off the unrealistic "hit" sound when you shoot an enemy)

Then save it as system.cfg and place it in your C:\Program Files (x86)\...\Crysis folder.

Even just using this command list will make the game look a ton better, but there are some amazing texture packs out there, too. (I advise dropping to 4xAA - FXAA will do the rest), you can try using these mods and texture packs to make the game look incredible.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/126890-13-crysis-mods-instructions

(I don't use the 2 TexturesUpdate packs, because they are HUGE VRAM hogs, and I don't use CUUDATS either.)
 
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Crysis 1 does do some similar stuff to my system, though I don't think I'd ever try to play at 16xQ AA. That is just asking for trouble. You probably won't see a difference beyond 4xMSAA anyways, try backing that off.

That said, my i7 920, OC'ed to 4.0Ghz can manage about 60-80 FPS, though I haven't run through the whole game with this setup to know if there are some major FPS drops.
 
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