Anybody here feel like they have been conned a little bit in believing Crysis would run best on quad core?
It seems to me that a lot of people were led to believe that Crysis was going to be more CPU intensive then most other games. but looking around some reviews, this doesn't seem to be true, they are getting better results on duals rather then quads.
Gotta say, I'd be a bit pi55ed, if I had just ran out & got myself a quad for Crysis.
Makes you wonder if this was all planed , to make people rush out and buy up all the old quads, therefore making way for the new up & coming 45nm quads.
How can you be conned by a game thats not been released yet.
Why didnt you wait and try it on your original system then decide if a quad is necessary.
Oh and itotallybe lieveyou is right. The demo is not quad core optimised. I assume the final retail version will be. If it isn't then its your fault not a conspiracy.
on my G15 I watch my CPU usage while playing this game and I get usually 40-45% usage and it rarely hits 50%. I don't understand what Crytek was saying at all. I've seen 100% usage lots of times with other games (usually Unreal 3 engine).
All this aside, it's still the best game I've ever played.
Demo is supposed to use dual core but not quad. Right now in vista 64 at 1900x1200 in action im sitting at a pretty solid 25fps. Its very playable and i could lower settings but it looks so pretty =( Plus its not even 64 bit yet. dont get all upset about it until its out...then complain about it like everyone is for hellgate! =p
(btw hellgate doesnt scale with more than 1 processor. 28-35fps always, doesnt matter if its one core or four cores)
don't think my xp2000 cpu & 5 year old onboard graphics will do it justice, do you?
If thats what you upgraded from then why are you moaning? You have a better system than not only you average gamer but 95% of the PC owning population.
Upgrading for a single game is pointless. You should upgrade when your hardware has seen out its useful life cycle. As it appears you have done anyway.
Crysis is just one game. And from the look of it not even that good. If Crysis didn't bring everyones systems to their knees another game will have come along that does. Its just the way technology works.
On the multicore note I will be very surprised if the retail version of the game is not optimised for multiple cores. Crytec claims the game will scale over the next 2 years. Well it won't scale at all if it is not multicore optimised. Seeing as in 2 years quad cores will be the norm and the enthusiasts will have octo cores.
what are your specs???? 1900x1200??? with vista???? sounds like qx and dual 8800s to me
its a q6600 at 3.2 with a 8800gtx stock speeds. I just changed a few settings on my vid card no AA and low post processing (motion blur doesnt make sense to me). I can post my exact settings when i get home tonight, but theres also some good threads on crysis boards with good ways to tweak. All i can say, is the MOD maps are freaking amazing, helicopter = awesome.
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