The Crysis 2 Thread

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Why are people buying cheap 16:9 HDTV garbage for their PC monitors ?

wind your neck in dude i bought a hdtv because at 3-5 foot they piss on a 21'' pc monitor, simples and also because it was cheep at the time, its not half as bad as your going on about, not all people use their pc the same as you and hence we dont all require the same things,
and i know all i need to know thats why i didnt ask for your opinion on my sony 32'' bravia just how i could sort my game.

if any of that rant had been relevant it would have been nice

any ideas how to force res's in crysis 2 ?????????????????

 

[bbmarley]

i think set res in the config file then right click>properties and tick read only so it cant be changed

 

[RoutedScripter]

Appears they have deleted the thread , might be too serious , but i really don't like the feel of Sandbox Editor 3 if you compare it to the older editor ... will repost.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Sounds like it's some kind of restriction with that screen. I would get a screen that can do true 1080p. You can buy an acer 21.5" LED LCD that does 1920x1080 for $129 and it has amazing reviews. Oh it also has VESA mounting holes:

Acer S211HLbd 21.5'' 5ms LED-Backlight LC...

Eyefinity for under $400 also....

thats my eventual plan as i now use a 32'' sony tv for gamein on this pc, 21'' pc mon for browsin and projecter 1440x1050 for films but unfortunately a 5870 wont do eyefinity any justice as im a high Q kinda guy, everything has to be ultra thats in part why id recommend a 32'' 1080i for gamein on, as its high res yet low frequency(eye cant see style) and you get high fps in almost all games(crysis2 dx11 first on this rig todo less then 60fps+) @ 1080p fps starts to dip on this card despite high clocks 1050 gpu 1300 mem so 3x1920x1080 wouldnt be any good on this rig.

essentially im awaiting 7xxx maybe 8 given a possible mobo cpu swap soon before i bother with eyefinity as moneys tight

coincidentally you should try playin dirt3 on a progector< sic despite res bein a bit poo,its as much about the game experience , and crouching over a desk dosnt suit all games or times

 

[PopcornMachine]

HardOCP don't think very much of the DX11 features of Crysis 2.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/06/29/crysis_2_dx11_tessellation_highres_texture_pack

It looks better to me, but not a whole lot. I certainly question if the benefit outweighs the extra strain on my hardware.

 

[Chosen Juan]

HardOCP don't think very much of the DX11 features of Crysis 2.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/06/29/crysis_2_dx11_tessellation_highres_texture_pack

It looks better to me, but not a whole lot. I certainly question if the benefit outweighs the extra strain on my hardware.

Ehh...it looks nice if you stop and stare. But when it comes to actually just playing the game I find that it makes little difference and I'd rather get higher frames. I'm still stuck on either playing on Extreme with DX11/Hi-Res Enabled or Ultra with DX11/Hi-Res Disabled...

 

[LordJummy]

thats my eventual plan as i now use a 32'' sony tv for gamein on this pc, 21'' pc mon for browsin and projecter 1440x1050 for films but unfortunately a 5870 wont do eyefinity any justice as im a high Q kinda guy, everything has to be ultra thats in part why id recommend a 32'' 1080i for gamein on, as its high res yet low frequency(eye cant see style) and you get high fps in almost all games(crysis2 dx11 first on this rig todo less then 60fps+) @ 1080p fps starts to dip on this card despite high clocks 1050 gpu 1300 mem so 3x1920x1080 wouldnt be any good on this rig.

essentially im awaiting 7xxx maybe 8 given a possible mobo cpu swap soon before i bother with eyefinity as moneys tight

coincidentally you should try playin dirt3 on a progector< sic despite res bein a bit poo,its as much about the game experience , and crouching over a desk dosnt suit all games or times

I have been playing Dirt 3 on my triple 24" eyefinity with my Logitech G27

Racing Games / Flight Sims are my favorite. That's mainly why I setup eyefinity in the first place. I absolutely love it. I also play racing games on my 42" LED LCD TV. I still prefer eyefinity though.

 

[Lionheart]

Does this illuminati infested game play well in DX11 anyone?

 

[LordJummy]

Does this illuminati infested game play well in DX11 anyone?

What is illuminati?

The game plays well in DX11, but there's not a ton of difference. I played it for a couple hours and wasn't really "wowed" by the updates. The textures look nice, but nothing amazing.

 

[Krony]

Just downloaded it and it looks nice and plays smooth, i get 70-80fps with sli 580's @ 1920x1200.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

I have been playing Dirt 3 on my triple 24" eyefinity with my Logitech G27

Racing Games / Flight Sims are my favorite. That's mainly why I setup eyefinity in the first place. I absolutely love it. I also play racing games on my 42" LED LCD TV. I still prefer eyefinity though.

whys your gfx card not listed in your specs dude makes me doubt ya ,you just sticking ya tongue out at me or you got a point?.

 

[erixx]

everything installed fine (patch by autoupdate, then the 2 other). Everything set to the max, and now it is lagging a bit (1900x1000 rez) and makes me sick. Must find a combination of settings to make it nice but smooth....

And the difference is tiny tiny...

 

[YautjaLord]

People. Can anyone tell me how the game will run with everything to Ultra on my rig? You can freely look @ my system specs. Soon as i have the game i'll update it with this patch v1.9. Wanna set it to Ultra/DX11 @ 1920x1200. Got 24" LCD, Samsung's SyncMaster T240 (for 3 years now), works ace.

P.S. Upgrading the mobo, RAM, PSU & HDD will do? Wanna buy soon the following: 1) Mobo: ASUSTek's Crosshair V Formula; 2) RAM: ‏2x4GB G.Skill SNIPER CL7; 3) PSU: Corsair AX1200W; 4) HDD: WD VelociRaptor 600GB SATA 6GB/s 10k RPM.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

People. Can anyone tell me how the game will run with everything to Ultra on my rig? You can freely look @ my system specs. Soon as i have the game i'll update it with this patch v1.9. Wanna set it to Ultra/DX11 @ 1920x1200. Got 24" LCD, Samsung's SyncMaster T240 (for 3 years now), works ace.

should run smooth 60fps+

 

[YautjaLord]

On current or future (upgraded) rig? Thanx.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

upgraded deff but orig rig should be fine you may want to oc the cpu though(oh, you have sorry)

 

[PopcornMachine]

I have turned off DX11 and textures. Much snappier and not that much difference visually.

 

[erixx]

thinking of all the 'no dx11 no buy' crysis haters.... makes me lol.

 

[digibucc]

why is that? I wasn't one, but i am still disappointed it took so damn long to get dx11.

 

[PopcornMachine]

thinking of all the 'no dx11 no buy' crysis haters.... makes me lol.

Well, they should have issued the game with it and used it to actually make the game better instead of just slower.

This really was handled very badly by EA/Crytek, and I am not surprised people are upset with them.

 

[Krony]

I think it looks pretty good and runs well with my setup, i was one of the ones that would not buy it till it got a DX11 patch.

 

[YautjaLord]

People tend to forget that these issues are not Crysis 2's only, same was with Crysis 1 - DX10 implementation was awful to say the least (though visually it still superior to any game out today except maybe AvP3 & Metro 2033), optimizations were awful as well - but whatd'ya know Crysis 1 got CryEditor 2, 64-bit support (which comes from FarCry times) & now that everyone got 64-bit (atleast partially) & SandBox 3 editor/CryEdit3 stuff in Crysis 2 people still moan? I don't understand you i guess. Also saw some vid of Crysis 2 DX11 & guy ran it on dual GPUs in either SLI/CFX & only issue that upseted me was flickering: that one was bad but not as bad as some people @ MyCrysis might imply. Guess the only way to find out is to see it for yourself. Might as well use Photoshop in conjunction with SandBox 3 editor to make maps & stuff, so wish me luck. Seeing that the game is optimized for 64-bit & lots more RAM makes me happy that @ least i got myself prepared with Vista Ultimate 64-bit & 8 gigs of DDR3 RAM. By end of this month i'll tell you how it goes for me.

 

[Krony]

I get flickering (mainly shadows) with sli 580's if i use the 275.33 WHQL drivers but with the 275.27 beta's it runs fine.

 

[erixx]

digibucc: 1) it's all just trends and freakness. a dx11 label is not enough to make a game awesome. lack of it, is not a reason to dump it 2) developers don't think forumjunkies are GODs that dictate games, 3) but 'DukeNuke is fabulous' (according to some informants)?

Be it politics, sports, or computers, too much talk everywhere, you gotta do the walk.

Regarding C2, it already was visually very nice (but personally, it would have been better without monsters).

 

[YautjaLord]

2Krony:

I'll tell you how it goes for me by end of this month in multi-GPU flickering & stuff; also, isn't ForceWare 275.33 old already? There's this 275.50 beta drivers & i hope the new or upcoming 279.xx or something driver should fix these issues.

2erixx:

True. But there are also forum visitors like us regular forum members that love how the games look, just need to get one thing straight: don't expect waaaaaaayyy too much & you might not be dissappointed. Just my 2 cents.