Building a Crysis PC, Part 1

[robwright]

If you were going to build a new gaming rig to run Crysis at its very best, what would that system look like? Tom’s Games will attempt to answer that question by experimenting in the lab, and we need your help. Send us your suggestions and recommendations for hardware configurations and parts for our Crysis PC.

http://www.tomsgames.com/us/2007/10/09/building_crysis_pc/

 

[enewmen]

I hope to start seeing Beta benchmarks.
THG got 25fps with AA off on a 8800GTX ???
Ummm, I think I need a video card with un-Earthly performance.
g100 anyone?

 

[bruce555]

Awesome idea on an article and community input blend! I see this thread exploading. => EDIT: LOL, Now I've been made into a liar.

My input is with my rig on xp I play on all high @ 1440 x 900 and will see about 15-45 fps and usually sit about 30-40 fps.

I've recently modded my p160w and put a 120mm fan in the bottom of my case so that I'd have a constant supply of cool air to my 8800gtx and I have one of my temperature sensors on the heatsink near the discharge of the gtx to give me an idea of how the card is doing.

 

[bornking]

I was a beta tester and this game has serious issues.
I couldn't even play most of the time because everything was white washed! (textures) I tried all the settings but to no avail, and the FPS were horrible. I blame their code and NVidia drivers.

XP Pro
2 8800 gts 320 OC in SLI
e6750
4GB ram
what more do I need to run this game smoothly?
I deleted the stupid beta and will wait for the game to come out officially. Bah

 

[bruce555]

Well it doesn't matter if you have those 2 gts's in sli cause you're going to have memory limitations on those cards.


I had major texture problems when I started the beta but not anymore. Some sort of fix must have come out cause I haven't changed my drivers or anything. Last time I saw a screwed up texture was when I used the gauss tank and that was only with one shot that I barley noticed. I'd have to say that I haven't seen one besides that in about 5 days.

 

[erloas]

The offical specs have been released.

http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/action/crysis/news.html?sid=6180628

Recommended System Requirements:
OS--Windows XP / Vista
Processor--Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.2GHz
Memory--2GB RAM
GPU--NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS/640 or similar


Also the game ships with both a 32-bit and 64-bit version.
They say the game runs better under Vista/DX10 then it does under DX9. And that the 64-bit version runs better then the 32-bit version.

So it looks like this build should include 64-bit Vista.

 

[robwright]

updating the story now, thanks for the heads up, Erloas.

 

[Ironnads]

The offical specs have been released.

http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/action/crysis/news.html?sid=6180628

Recommended System Requirements:
OS--Windows XP / Vista
Processor--Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.2GHz
Memory--2GB RAM
GPU--NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS/640 or similar


Also the game ships with both a 32-bit and 64-bit version.
They say the game runs better under Vista/DX10 then it does under DX9. And that the 64-bit version runs better then the 32-bit version.

So it looks like this build should include 64-bit Vista.

If it runs so much better under Vista, why do they quote needing a faster CPU for Vista???
"Intel Core 2GHz (2.2GHz for Vista)" explain..

 

[EfrainMan]

Gawd, you mean they're actually trying to use 64-bit? Shocking. Although they were the ones to make the 64-bit Far Cry.

Besides minimum and recommended, you should test this game with previous gen high end stuff, like s775 P4's and Pentium D's or s939 FX-57's and FX-60's; 7800 GTXs and X1800's. Stuff people paid top dollar for and aren't too willing to give up.

 

[smokedyou911]

Could you also do some mid/low range test on systems with the geforce 7600 series/ radeon x1600 series and cpus like p4 3ghz and 3200+'s? That would be great, I hope my rig will run Crysis! Like I mean, could you do some tests of crysis at the minimum requirements?

 

[enewmen]

soldier37:
Where did you get the mouse pad and the green light under your monitor. looks cool.

 

[rm5248]

* Processor - 2.8 GHz or faster (XP) or 3.2 GHz or faster* (Vista)
* Supported Processors: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or faster.

So... What exactly is the speed required here? These two statements seem rather contradictory. I have a 3800+ X2, which is only clocked at the default of 2GHz. Think Crysis will run on it?

Anyway, my system is an X2(as stated above), 2 GB DDR2 RAM, and a 7900GT(factory overclocked slightly). Personally, I would like to view a test of a system comparable to mine, although that's probably not possible due to all of the different kinds of systems that you would need to test. My suggestion would be vary the RAM between 1 and 4 GB, as well as having (as somebody said before) several processors with previous high-end components. As stated in the first page, the requirements call for a 6800 or better. I would like to see it on that just to see if it would actually work well.

 

[james_8970]

I'm personally interested if video ram is finally going to have a huge impact on this game due to the large number of textures being calculated. I have a hunch that it will.
James

 

[bruce555]

@enewmen
the mouse pad is a thermaltake gamma pad. I have one and they do all different colors. Not sure about the light underneath though, could just be a standard case mod light, modded to work outside the case (battery or something of the sort)

 

[maverick7]

I want to see a comparison of Vista 64 and Vista 32 bit as well as a comparison between quad core and dual core at the same clock speeds.. so for example a Q6600 and an E6600..

As for the specs to run it at 1920x1200 on ultra settings without totally breaking the bank (roughly 3,000) would be:

OS: Vista 64
GPU: rumored 9800GTX, or SLI 8800 GTX
Motherboard: some sort of high end motherboard, the new ones or already out 680i
ram: preferably 4 gigs with 64 bit or if 32 bit then just 2 gigs
CPU: Penryn 2.8 GHz, or Conroe 3GHz
Hard Drive- WD Raptor X

 

[enewmen]

@enewmen
the mouse pad is a thermaltake gamma pad. I have one and they do all different colors. Not sure about the light underneath though, could just be a standard case mod light, modded to work outside the case (battery or something of the sort)

Thanks.
The gamma pad looks brighter in the pic though. Like it's not LEDs but Cold Cathode lights.
Anyway - looks good in the photo

 

[SpeedyVV]

If this game is about the way it looks then please please use a 2560x1600 display!!!

Uhmm I guess that puts in a SLI Ultra league, and above budget.

 

[randomizer]

Crysis-Online, a fan site dedicated to the game, has speculated that Crysis will need at least an Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8ghz and an Nvidia 6600 or ATI X1600, Shader Model 2.0 GPU, with recommended requirements being a dual-core CPU (Athlon X2 / Pentium D / Core 2 Duo) and an Nvidia 7800 or ATI X1800, Shader Model 3.0 GPU.

I wish, my x1950 pro and 3700 at 2.6GHz barely makes 16-30fps on all low at 1024x768.

 

[MartenKL]

With Vista SP1 just around the corner fixing mostly performance issues isn't it a bit backward to even consider XP? Just let go...

More interresting is if it makes use of more than two cores and how/if 64-bit OS increases performance. This of course has much to do with the drivers of the graphics card. How big is the install? Would it be feasible to put it on a separate SSD device? DDR3 vs DDR2? What would the dream specification be? Intel Q9000?

And please include the more up to date resolutions of todays mid to high end monitors, ie 1680x1050 and 1920x1200. I would of course also love to see my own resolution (Pioneer 50" 720p) 1280x720 (yes native).

SP1 and DX 10.1 will it make a difference?

A not terribly loud version would also be interresting.

 

[critty]

I allready updated my system for Crysis!
see here the freshly bought (and installed) components:
OS: vista 64
CPU: intel E6600 core 2 Duo
MEM: 4Gb Kingston hyperX at 800Mhz
GPU 2x Nvidia 8800GTX in SLI
HDD: WD raptor 150Gb
MOBO: Asus Striker Extreme
Display: Samsung Syncmaster 226BW (1680x1050)

as you might have guessed, the MP beta works just fine!
I didn't test the framerates but I know it went terribly smooth!
even at the resolution specified all went really smooth.

so please bring on the full game!!

 

[jaguarskx]

I'm not going to bother upgrading for this game. I'll just use my one year old X1900XT 512mb.

I will be upgrading to a 26" LCD monitor, but not for the purpose of playing games at 1920 x 1200.

 

[maverick7]

I allready updated my system for Crysis!
see here the freshly bought (and installed) components:
OS: vista 64
CPU: intel E6600 core 2 Duo
MEM: 4Gb Kingston hyperX at 800Mhz
GPU 2x Nvidia 8800GTX in SLI
HDD: WD raptor 150Gb
MOBO: Asus Striker Extreme
Display: Samsung Syncmaster 226BW (1680x1050)

as you might have guessed, the MP beta works just fine!
I didn't test the framerates but I know it went terribly smooth!
even at the resolution specified all went really smooth.

so please bring on the full game!!

your telling me you got all of that, and you forgot the quad core??

 

[azimuth40]

I expect to see a flood of last years video cards on e-bay right around xmas.

 

[badders]

Yeah, me too! :lol:

 

[Ironnads]

If you were going to build a new gaming rig to run Crysis at its very best, what would that system look like? Tom’s Games will attempt to answer that question by experimenting in the lab, and we need your help. Send us your suggestions and recommendations for hardware configurations and parts for our Crysis PC.

http://www.tomsgames.com/us/2007/10/09/building_crysis_pc/

Reading the message "to run Crysis at it's very best" - well obviously whatevers best on the market, whenever Crytec grace us with their new FPS - bit of a no-brainer huh? Surely we should just be examining a border-line functional computer spec.. That's where the questions are.. Not that we're Nostradamus, so forget the pointless conjecture till the beasts comes out to play with..
Don't accept the rule!