Thought some of you might be interested in these screens of Crysis with an ASUS Radeon 4850, paired with a Gigabyte P35 DS3L, 2Gb of generic DDR2800 RAM and an E7200 @ 3.6Ghz (9 x 400) on a Freezer 7 Pro.
The frames with these screens were fairly fluid at about 33-35, in firefights it drops to about 25. It's very playable for the most part basically, except of course at the end, where it stutters just like most other people's systems. But these screens are from what I call the nicest part, the jungle, the bit that contains the most eye candy in my opinion.
It also gave me a chance to see what the 4850 could do, because Crysis as a game is pretty lame, but when you're going through some of the jungle scenes, the realism is quite unbelievable.
However, the key to this was the Crysis Triple C Pack Mod. I installed the 2nd highest option (the 1st says for next generation hardware, the 4850 does not come into this category) and used the Windows XP SP2 and Directx 9c option. Without it, the game looked a little bit too twee. The mod also contained Ultima's time of day mod, which was also quite stunning.
Anyway, the point of all this is that the hardware used is pretty bargain basement. The board was a proven overclocker, yet cheap. The chip was far cheaper than the 8000 range. The RAM is generic. The PSU is a Corsair VX550, a well known good but also cheap power supply.
And of course, the 4850, which at 130 quid, is dirt cheap for the UK.
So even cheaper for you guys in the US.
The 2 screenshots:
1
2
Not bad for a cheapo card. Screen res was 1680 x 1050, no AA was used. AA kills performance with the mod, but the mod makes the game look beautiful.
As a game, Crysis is a bit lacking in my opinion. As a benchmark, it's a very pretty one. I took these 2 screenshots because they seem to show the lighting quite well.
The 4850 seems to be a sound buy for the midrange gamer. I'm certainly liking it.
Moved to PC Gaming.
Video Mod BFG10K.
The frames with these screens were fairly fluid at about 33-35, in firefights it drops to about 25. It's very playable for the most part basically, except of course at the end, where it stutters just like most other people's systems. But these screens are from what I call the nicest part, the jungle, the bit that contains the most eye candy in my opinion.
It also gave me a chance to see what the 4850 could do, because Crysis as a game is pretty lame, but when you're going through some of the jungle scenes, the realism is quite unbelievable.
However, the key to this was the Crysis Triple C Pack Mod. I installed the 2nd highest option (the 1st says for next generation hardware, the 4850 does not come into this category) and used the Windows XP SP2 and Directx 9c option. Without it, the game looked a little bit too twee. The mod also contained Ultima's time of day mod, which was also quite stunning.
Anyway, the point of all this is that the hardware used is pretty bargain basement. The board was a proven overclocker, yet cheap. The chip was far cheaper than the 8000 range. The RAM is generic. The PSU is a Corsair VX550, a well known good but also cheap power supply.
And of course, the 4850, which at 130 quid, is dirt cheap for the UK.
So even cheaper for you guys in the US.
The 2 screenshots:
1
2
Not bad for a cheapo card. Screen res was 1680 x 1050, no AA was used. AA kills performance with the mod, but the mod makes the game look beautiful.
As a game, Crysis is a bit lacking in my opinion. As a benchmark, it's a very pretty one. I took these 2 screenshots because they seem to show the lighting quite well.
The 4850 seems to be a sound buy for the midrange gamer. I'm certainly liking it.
Moved to PC Gaming.
Video Mod BFG10K.
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