Solaris17 Warhead review unbias

[newtekie1]

I'm pretty sure he talking about the scene near the beginning where you have raid the beach bar to get the explosives. Once you get the rocket launcher there's a checkpoint and a well timed quote "here's a present from uncle sam"


@ phanbuey I noticed massive drops in performance there too. Specifically in 2 places here. One the beach with the view distance, water, and distance explosions my FPS too a hit, it wasnt too bad but still noticable. Once I got the explosives from the bar my performance hit the floor. I believe this was from the number of enemies being rendered and approaching your character. Kill them and get your FPS back.

Yes, my guess is a CPU limitation caused by all the enemies. When you get poor performance and lowering the graphics settings doesn't help, you can almost bet it is caused by the CPU.

 

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

Yes, my guess is a CPU limitation caused by all the enemies. When you get poor performance and lowering the graphics settings doesn't help, you can almost bet it is caused by the CPU.

Did you notice the same drop in this area?

 

[CargoX]

[constructive criticism, not flame]

The OP and this thread seem to be a Performance Review/Test instead of a game review.
Solaris17, your typing style could use a lot of help. I can barely comprehend some of what you type.


edit: I already did, I stopped reading his posts

 

[WhiteLotus]

[constructive criticism, not flame]

The OP and this thread seem to be a Performance Review/Test instead of a game review.
Solaris17, your typing style could use a lot of help. I can barely comprehend some of what you type.

<no flame>

then get used to it - because Sol aint gunna change any time soon!

 

[johnnyfiive]

[constructive criticism, not flame]

The OP and this thread seem to be a Performance Review/Test instead of a game review.
Solaris17, your typing style could use a lot of help. I can barely comprehend some of what you type.


edit: I already did, I stopped reading his posts

Well, TBH, most people here are looking for a performance review rather than a game review. We all know the game is good thanks to all of the official reviews. What we really care about is how the game runs, tweaks, etc. Sol is doing a great job.

 

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

If you need a game review go check out IGN or the other 10000 sites reviewing the gameplay.. Nobody has yet compiled a comprehensive performance analysis in this manor.

As for Sol's writing style... welcome to the internet. Spellcheck is disabled. Everyone else has no problem understanding him.

 

[laszlo]

what can i say...

just finished in 5 1/2 hour is running great on all settings i can say is better optimized that the 1st part;the big minus is F..NG TOO SHORT!!! where is the next part ?

i wait for far cry 2 ...

the funny thing in warhead i've seen... catching the rats in the mine

 

[vega22]

it runs like butter on mine maxxed 4 aa @12/10 res.

a gameplay review for those who want it

it's more crysis, great for fans but wont convert a non beliver. crysis wars is the mp it always should of been and given you get it and warhead for the great price of £20 its almost too good a deal to miss

if you dont like crysis dont expect anything new but it does give you some of the best set peices of the series so far and it plumps up the crysis world as a whole.

bring on world @ crysis

 

[Jeno]

thnx guys for the spoilers
i got another two days t!ll i get mine >:#

 

[maudio3]

Ok i still cant fix the draw distance.. Why is everything poping up as i walk.

 

[ShadowFold]

Ok i still cant fix the draw distance.. Why is everything poping up as i walk.

Welcome to Crysis..

 

[maudio3]

is it because AF i set to 0 ?

 

[ShadowFold]

is it because AF i set to 0 ?

No there really isn't a reason. If you have everything on the highest you still get popup bullcrap. Its kinda annoying..

 

[Jeno]

Ok i still cant fix the draw distance.. Why is everything poping up as i walk.

try messing round with the cmd's but the only real way to fix that is to play it on some super quad SLI GTX680x2 ultra rig from the future

 

[TheMailMan78]

Ok I think I'm going to get this game but I have a question for anyone who might know. The MINIMUM specs required are all over the web. However what are the RECOMMENDED specs? I'm guessing someone with a retail box could tell me.

 

[ShogoXT]

I prefer a performance review personally. For some reason though crossfire performs worse than with it off... wierd.

 

[erocker]

Yeah, there are deffinitely crossfire issues with this game currently. It does work, just not very well, and sometimes it's very sparradic. I'm hoping for a patch/hotfix soon!

 

[dng29]

yea i can concur that crossfire performance is pretty bad. the game would crash on me during heavy fight scenes. i had 2x AA enabled and performance took a pretty hard hit. i wonder if it's an AMD driver issue or crytek needs to patch the game. lets hope we'll see crossfire performance increase soon. the game is awesome.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Ok I think I'm going to get this game but I have a question for anyone who might know. The MINIMUM specs required are all over the web. However what are the RECOMMENDED specs? I'm guessing someone with a retail box could tell me.

Anyone? Also can you fly in multiplayer?

 

[MikeJeng]

Does anyone have a GIANT framerate drop when the first "Snow/ice" level starts?

 

[ShadowFold]

Anyone? Also can you fly in multiplayer?

My 4850 destroys this game using Gaming settings but I have some troubles with Enthusiast DX10, not DX9 tho. The online I can run all vhigh 4x AA and still get 40-50fps average. And there are VTOL's and choppers in the online mode

 

[TheMailMan78]

My 4850 destroys this game using Gaming settings but I have some troubles with Enthusiast DX10, not DX9 tho. The online I can run all vhigh 4x AA and still get 40-50fps average. And there are VTOL's and choppers in the online mode

Thank man. I got it last night and ran it some this morning but she ran REALLY bad for me. Of course I haven't defraged the HD or anything since the install and I was running it at 1300 (something) resolution. I also had 2xAA on. What is your resolution and such? Are you using AA?

I ask because I think my CPU has finally reached its limit.

 

[dng29]

i didn't mess around with the settings much, but is there a way to change between dx9 and dx10? i'm running the game in windows server 2008 64bit. does that mean the game will automatically run in dx10 mode instead of dx9? i'd also like to enable 2x AA or something for some smoothness. my res is 1680x1050 and preset is gamer. i wish i can run in enthusiast with AA on, but my crossfire 4850 can't handle it.

 

[TheMailMan78]

[constructive criticism, not flame]

The OP and this thread seem to be a Performance Review/Test instead of a game review.
Solaris17, your typing style could use a lot of help. I can barely comprehend some of what you type.


edit: I already did, I stopped reading his posts

[constructive criticism, not flame]
Ever heard the term "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."
Basically if someone is providing a free service or a gift don't be critical of it. At least have the decency to PM it to them.

By the way I say this to you publicly because TBH I'm not known to be a very decent person.

 

[CargoX]

Finished last night, Delta is the only way to play. Spectacular game. I could nitpick a few odds and ends, but overall easily a 9-9.5 game.

I found the Cloaked Frog. Did you?

Firefox has a built-in spell checker. TRIPTEX_MTL is a noob and my 7 year old can spell better then Solaris17. But I guess I stumbled upon some inner-TPU groupies trying to gain stars and thanks to boost their forum egos, so I'll try to refrain from interfering with your e-peen efforts from now on.