Want to run crysis very high 2560x1600 please help

[jerohmeee]

Hey guys I built my first computer back in october of 2009. I have an i7 clocked at 3.4 and a single 5870. I also play on a dell 30 inch 2560x1600. My mother board is the EVGA 3 way sli. My psu is a corsair 850. (i realize i might have to upgrade to 1000)

I know my single 5870 is not quite good enough to get the job done at 2560x1600. I looked at some benchmarks for crossfire 5870's and they seems to average around 30 fps. I really would like to get more than 30 fps. I am looking for a better graphics card set up to get a nice solid FPS (maybe 40's-50's) with crysis at very high 2560x1600..... what do you guys suggest?

Should I go for a tri fire 5870? The only crysis benchmark I could find using three 5870's @ 2560x1600 only had it at 35fps. Which was 5 more fps from two 5870's. I am sorry, but if I am going to spend 400 dollars on a 3rd 5870 I need to get more than 5 fps lol.

Or should I say screw it and just get two 5970's? Only thing with that is I would be wasting my single 5870 that I already have (

What I wanna know is what kinda fps could I expect to get with crysis @ very high with a 2560x1600 reso with something like a tri 5870 or crossfire 5970 set up? I dont know why, but its like pulling teeth trying to find benchmarks with this kind of set up using 2560x1600. I am hoping you guys can help. Thanks

 

[EXT64]

I don't think any current card or config can run Crysis that high. As you see, the benefits of going from 2 to 3 cards is much less than from 1 to 2, and going from 3 to 4 will be even less. If dual 5870's can't do it, then you will probably just have to hope the new NVidia card coming out in 3-6 months is significantly faster. Crysis is still a very demanding game.

 

[bystander]

You might just have to try for high settings on Crysis, which still looks great.

 

[RealityRush]

or you can go for a HD 5970 and sell your HD 5870..

..... if 3 Crossfired 5870's get 35fps, a 5970 will get like 15....

2 Crossfired 5970s will net you probably about the same as three 5870's.

Only way to get higher would be to get 4 5870's and 4-way Crossfire them. That would be expensive though

 

[EXT64]

Or do two watercooled 5970's and OC like crazy.

 

[RealityRush]

Or do two watercooled 5970's and OC like crazy.

As I said, if you're gonna go that far, screw it, get four 5870's, crossfire them, OC to hell and back, and get some peltier liquid cooling going on those biatches.

Then you might get 45-50fps at that res..... but you'll also use enough power for a small town and be able to melt steel by setting it on your case.....

 

[jerohmeee]

OK I found this video on you tube. It was suppose to be using all four of his cards, but he says it was only using three.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI-f9P8nKKs


He says I should get around 60 fps @ 2560x1600 with highest settings. So it looks like I will be going with the three 5870's. Now I have to decide if I should get a better PSU. I have a corsair 850 and I am not too sure if that would be enough to power three 5870's. Orrrr should I just add a 5970 which would be similar to have three 5870's and that should stay under 850w

 

[RealityRush]

adding a 5970 wouldn't be the same as three 5870s, it wouldn't be a lot slower... but it would be slower nonetheless...

 

[Annisman]

to the op: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxJyV8zwDqI

check this video out, it may give you some hope. Guy got 66fps avg 1920x1200 4xAA albeit, with 4 5870's.

If you wait a bit for the 2GB 5870's to finally get here, grab 3 of them and go have a blast, the extra V ram will help alot for your res.

With that being said, Fermi will probably be close to launch by then, and Nvidia does better in Crysis so maybe wait for two Fermis.

 

[jerohmeee]

I don't think any current card or config can run Crysis that high. As you see, the benefits of going from 2 to 3 cards is much less than from 1 to 2, and going from 3 to 4 will be even less. If dual 5870's can't do it, then you will probably just have to hope the new NVidia card coming out in 3-6 months is significantly faster. Crysis is still a very demanding game.

Hmmm maybe I should just wait for Nvidia's cards. How do you know these new furry cards will come out in 3-6 months. I dont wanna wait long lol

 

[jerohmeee]

BTW I called is furry on purpose muhahah

 

[nau4nik]

if i am not frong thay will be out in march. Am i wrong?

 

[jaguarskx]

I would put Crysis on the shelf and let collect dust for the next 3 or 4 years then SLI or XFire the two most powerful GPUs in 2013/2014.

 

[EXT64]

Yeah, i guess you are right, it is only 2-5 months now (keep forgetting January is almost over.

 

[capt_taco]

OK I found this video on you tube. It was suppose to be using all four of his cards, but he says it was only using three.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI-f9P8nKKs


He says I should get around 60 fps @ 2560x1600 with highest settings. So it looks like I will be going with the three 5870's. Now I have to decide if I should get a better PSU. I have a corsair 850 and I am not too sure if that would be enough to power three 5870's. Orrrr should I just add a 5970 which would be similar to have three 5870's and that should stay under 850w

... and all this while hundreds of thousands of people are starving in Haiti. It's no wonder half the world hates us.

 

[jerohmeee]

... and all this while hundreds of thousands of people are starving in Haiti. It's no wonder half the world hates us.

Our society on earth as a whole does not work like that. I work hard for my money. I earned it.

 

[capt_taco]

Perhaps I should have added a "LOL" to indicate that I wasn't exactly serious.

But by any standard ... wow, what a display of excess.

 

[jerohmeee]

Anyway what is up with this furry from Nvidia? Is this suppose to blow the doors off ATI?

 

[capt_taco]

Anyway what is up with this furry from Nvidia? Is this suppose to blow the doors off ATI?

It's Nvidia's DX11 card that's basically going to be somewhere in the neighborhood of a 5870 or a 5970, nobody knows for sure yet.

Then after it comes out, ATI will come out with something new and be in the lead for a couple months, then Nvidia will come out with something better and be in the lead for a couple months, and so on. I don't get the impression that either brand is going to blow away the other, although they'll both be pretty amazing cards.

Although one thing I will bet money on is that the Fermi is going to be expensive as hell for the first few months.

 

[bystander]

to the op: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxJyV8zwDqI

check this video out, it may give you some hope. Guy got 66fps avg 1920x1200 4xAA albeit, with 4 5870's.

If you wait a bit for the 2GB 5870's to finally get here, grab 3 of them and go have a blast, the extra V ram will help alot for your res.

With that being said, Fermi will probably be close to launch by then, and Nvidia does better in Crysis so maybe wait for two Fermis.

We don't know if Crysis will favor Fermi at all. It's a totally new architecture, and anything could happen.

 

[Annisman]

We don't know if Crysis will favor Fermi at all. It's a totally new architecture, and anything could happen.

While you are right, anything could happen, you are not using your grey matter.

Compared to ATI the Nvidia 8800 series dominated Crysis at launch, continued to improve with the 9*** series, and expanded it's dominance with the GTX 260/280 which are the only cards that when paired together can tackle crysis at highest settings.

Why, after 2 architechtures, and 1 refresh, of Nvidia series cards that dominate Crysis should anybody think this won't be the case for Fermi ?

At the very least compared to what ATI has to offer.


I have 2x 5870's in crossfire and max settings are still out of reach for me, however If I had 2X GTX 285's I could run it with ease.

 

[bystander]

Just because you flip a coin and it lands on heads twice in a row, doesn't mean it will land on heads a 3rd time. And while they had changed their architecture before, Fermi is radically different than previous architectures. It's really designed for GPGPU computing, but modified to be able to run gaming 3D as well.

I'm not saying it won't perform well, but by the charts I've seen, I don't quite see the Nvidia dominance you are talking about at the present moment.

 

[bystander]

I have 2x 5870's in crossfire and max settings are still out of reach for me, however If I had 2X GTX 285's I could run it with ease.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5970,2474-8.html

That says otherwise. What's your resolution? I have 2x 5870's and I max out Crysis (I'm using an ultra setting atm from a mod) with a resolution of 1920x1200.

 

[EXT64]

Do you have any trouble with the fight on the Carrier flight deck? For whatever reason, even though the rest of the levels run flawlessly, that one runs poorly and has crashed three or four times for me.

 

[sabot00]

..... if 3 Crossfired 5870's get 35fps, a 5970 will get like 15....

2 Crossfired 5970s will net you probably about the same as three 5870's.

Only way to get higher would be to get 4 5870's and 4-way Crossfire them. That would be expensive though

Shut up and do some fking research, the 5970 has 2 Cypress XT's, NOT Cypress PRO's. Yes, OMG, 1600x2. Get the LCS Edition that was reviewed a while back & OC 2 of them.