Crysis Max settings rig for $400

[LAN_deRf_HA]

There are two keys to why it works. One is the incredible diminishing returns you see with the more money you spend, especially in the CPU area. Second is resolution, that makes a huge dif. My 8800 1024 GTS at 800/2000/2200plays Crysis very high settings @ 1600x1200 with 16AF on slower than that 9600 GSO is at 1024x768 with no filters. Another reason why this is bearable is because new games like Crysis and ut3 don't show as much visual benefit from filters and higher resolutions as older games did.

 

[MilkyWay]

lol at least its not me who thinks it BS

no doubt the system you posted is a nice budget system but it seems way to underpowerd for crysis

who cares its one game anyway

 

[v-zero]

Just to jump back in here, I have two things to say:

1. May I ask/suggest that you try this configuration with the level 4 and realistic shadows options instead of very high? : http://www.incrysis.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23117 .

2. What about a similar PC but with an AMD processor? At these kinds of speeds and cache levels the A64 is faster than the Core architecture per clock in games.

Just sticking my oar in again.

 

[a_ump]

kieran your a little stubborn, did u even check his videos? if not then, no disrespect, but u have no place to post negative comments until u have seen everything he's had to offer to prove it, which includes the videos. as for my opinion i haven't even seen the videos myself, but yes its quite possible. 1024x768 is a very low resolution, which would stress that gpu less than it could actually handle, as said before the celeron dual-core is based off c2d architexture just less cache, lower clock speed.

 

[newtekie1]

Ok, since many of you can't read. This rig is more than capable of playing Crysis on Very High(but not Maxxed like the title says). Here is why:

1.) The resolution he is talking about is only 1024x768. He was very clear about this from the very beginning. It is entirely possible to play Crysis at 1024x768 with no AA or AF with all other settings Maxed out. Crysis is extremely resolution driven, the higher resolutions really kill the framerates. If you doubt the ability of the card, you need only look as far as W1zzard's review of it here. Look at the average framerates the card gets at 1024x768 on High, he gets almost 50FPS. It is entirely reasonable to believe that ~25 is possible at Very High.

2.) Many of you doubt the CPU. You have to realize he is overclocking the CPU. At 2.66GHz, the Celeron E1200 is a very powerful CPU. In games it can easily match an E2180, and even surpass it in some games. The first upgrade I would make is definitely the CPU, however the E1200 overclocked is enough to manage Very High settings at 1024x768.

 

[babaquazi]

Why are you guys shooting him down? I can see these parts playing Crysis on High, and he stated they got 24FPS average at 1024x768...Completely possible.

The Celeron he used is a dual-core C2D based one, perform's better than a AthlonX2. He used them at 2.66GHz, so:

2.66GHz Core-Based Celeron
2GB DDR2
Geforce 9600GSO

I really don't see why this rig wouldn't play Crysis on high, or very high at 1024x768, like he stated.

when i go optimize it goes to "high" on 1280*1024 so i can't see how that can play crysis on high

 

[ShadowFold]

when i go optimize it goes to "high" on 1280*1024 so i can't see how that can play crysis on high

It will for every card.. My friends tri-sli 280 setup even auto optimizes for high

 

[Deleted member 57642]

11024 x 760 - it's true you don't need a High PC from current time to run Crysis at that resolution. About those videos, there incomplete since the biggest FPS drawback comes from characters rendering (you know characters with A.I.). On those videos all I can see is the environment rendering (sky,sea, earth, some trees and other objects). When people play Crysis they want to shoot some in game characters, Tanks ...I doubt they install Crysis to shoot down trees , maybe only nature haters did that.

PS.I don't agree with people that show demos of environment rendering on very high settings and say those games are playable.

 

[cdawall]

i made a thread a while back about a budget playing crysis @1024x768 med/high its not hard

s754 3000+ @2.4ghz
machspeed K8M8MSr2
2x1GB DDR480 3-3-3-8
60GB maxtor IDE
7800GS@650/1400
Tt purepower 500w

and it played cryis just fine this i need to build a rig just for cryssi shit is stupid just know what your doing and tweak and old rig and you cna play it just fine

 

[ChromeDome]

its like i said before in this thread, you can play Crysis on a budget gamer. just don't expect MUCH more if you spend much more or have better hardware

its the game that is somewhat crap, not the systems its running on