Is this possible, a crysis crash?

With all the drivers updated as well as patches on the game Crysis.
I am running an e8400 duo core at 3.0ghz with 8gb ram, vista ultimate 64,
mobo xfx780i running two BFG oc gtx260 in sli mode. running the game at
1024X768 and settings on medium with aa off. When it crashes the screen
freezes up and the sound of a wild machine gun going off. Can I get any
info on what I can do to make the game playable? Or am I just running
a system too slow for it.

750 watt pc power and cooling

If I lower the manufature's oc settings to lower clock speeds, then will I be able
to run the game at higher graphics settings?

No, I am able to play far cry 2 at 1200X1600 all settings on high and no aa.
and played it for a couple of hours with no problems last night.
I know cyrsis is more demanding on any systems. But at least to be
playable at such low settings. Just wonder if you or anybody else
have had or has this problem.
thanks

thanks for your reply. I think your right about the heat issue. I have not upgraded
the cooling in my case. one of the cards run 5c hotter than the other. The top card at 45c the bottom at 50c. I will play around with the clock speeds by lowering it
a few each time and see what happens. Also run each card by itself.
Thanks for your response.

"running the game at
1024X768 and settings on medium with aa off. "

Ummm what?

With that rig, you can play Crysis at "Ultra High" (gfx mod) at 1680x1050 easily, with AA turned all the way up.

I wish!!!
Is that what your running crysis at with your system?
If you are, have you ever had crysis crash?
Maybe my cards are overheating.
Just built the rig last month with out upgrading my case.
Maybe 2 gtx260's still have bugs in their drivers in SLI mode.

I ran HWMonitor and at Idle GPU #1 was at 62C, and GPU #2 at 57C. The CPU was sitting at 36C Idle. I set the game settings to 1600X1200 ultra high and at 4xAA. I was able to run the game for about one minute before it crashed. Temps on GPU #1 was at 72C and #2 GPU at 68C the CPU was at 38C.
You think heat is the problem?
Thanks for that download too.

I did run the game with each graphics board alone and at low resolution, and both boards ran crysis ok. I did not run them for hours to really see how far they can go.

Maybe ATI and crossfire have better compatibilities with crysis. I can run at 1600 x 1200 at setting ultra high at 4xAA but as soon as either the temp of the cards or when the graphics get more intensive. The game freezes up and the sound of a machine gun firing off. I have to shut down th PS to get out of the crash.
I was hoping someone had a similar system so I can get a better idea if I am missing something simple in any of my settings. I can run far cry 2 at max settings, no problems. Both games are running with DX10

The default voltage for my RAM is set at 1.8v I cant find where I can change the ratio for the RAM and FSB. Is it on the same page as the voltage settings?
Thanks

I wanted to thank you for the download. I found one of my gtx260 cards to be bad.
I ran each card seperatly and monitored the temps while playing crysis 1st card ran about 76C
while playing the game at lowered settings. The 2nd card was at 91C on the setup page of crysis.
I did not even get to play the game yet. I also found using the nvidia control panel, the factory setting of the
cards for cooling was only set at 40%.

Yeh. I actually have 2x9800GTXs, and I run Crysis maxed out on VH with an average of ~40-45fps.

So I downloaded the Ultra High graphics mod (which makes the graphics MUCH better) and get an
average of 35-38fps.

(With FRAPs, I recorded a minimum of 23 fps, maximum of 60 fps, and an average of 35 fps)

You should be able to handle Crysis without any problems.