Unoffical Far Cry Poll: Does it run on your system properly?

[DAPUNISHER]

LOL Medium detail for everything, and you right, 2.4ghz 240mhz+ the higher card clocks are a factor.

EDIT: You know@those settings it was smooth even with 4xAA/AF on the first level.

 

[nRollo]

I just tried it on High detail for everything, no AA/AF and it played well and was actually fun. Maybe I'll buy it when I can snag it cheaper. I have a real problem in that I buy games, end up not playing them, and only playing UT and UT2003/4.

 

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: Rollo
I just tried it on High detail for everything, no AA/AF and it played well and was actually fun. Maybe I'll buy it when I can snag it cheaper. I have a real problem in that I buy games, end up not playing them, and only playing UT and UT2003/4.

Fry's (outpost.com) has it on sale for $29 this week

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: CaiNaM
Fry's (outpost.com) has it on sale for $29 this week

I played around with the demo and a (cough, cough) full version for a little bit but haven't picked up the full version yet - that is until now. I should have mine on Monday. I think this game is a bargain at $36 including 2 day shipping. Thanks for the heads up CaiNam!

 

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: Robor

Originally posted by: CaiNaM
Fry's (outpost.com) has it on sale for $29 this week

I played around with the demo and a (cough, cough) full version for a little bit but haven't picked up the full version yet - that is until now. I should have mine on Monday. I think this game is a bargain at $36 including 2 day shipping. Thanks for the heads up CaiNam!

you're welcome

 

[shock311]

I bought the game and all I can say is that its one of the best games I've played in a long time, it has all the elements of a great game, the subtle effects make the game outstanding, only gripe is the cheesy lines. I am currently running it on a BFG 5900/2.6C/512mb dual channel pc3200 ram. And its at 1024x768 with 2xAA and 4xAF, other settings, Vsysnc off, and image settings set to performance. The game runs good, only grip is that on Nvidia cards, PS 2.0 doesn't run, but only runs on the version before. HardOCP has the same problems, and I guess they might fix it later with a patch but it still looks good.

 

[dguy6789]

Farcry runs perfect on my temporary system. 1024X768 no aa/af All very highest settings.

Athlon XP 2400+
1GB PC3200
Radeon 9600 Pro
Nforce 2 based mainboard


I get a good 40-60 fps the majority of the time, and sometimes for no reason at all it will drop to around 30fps even when there is no action is will drop for some reason.

 

[BenSkywalker]

It runs pretty well @800x600 no AA/AF for me, any higher and the framerate gets too slow(I like to be @60FPS on the low end- below 30FPS at all and I'm likely to lower things down a bit more). Using a res this low is less then optimal, but particularly in the later indoor levels the added improvement of having everything cranked leaves me willing to sacrifice and deal with aliasing. If it were a more 'relaxed' type of game I'd likely up the res a notch or two and deal with an average of 40-60FPS, but no thanks.

Barton @1.83GHZ
512MB PC2700
NF2
R9800Pro

I see a lot of comments about dropping the shadow level down to improve performance- you may not notice it much in the earlier levels but IMO the shadows are the last setting I would cut back on for later in the game. This one really has me kicking myself in the @ss for picking up the R9800Pro instead of waiting for the next gen parts. I'd love to see this game playable @2048x1536 w/16x AF- gawd would this look sweeeet

One disappointing thing about this engine is the audio is merely 'eh'. Unreal2 blows this away for positional audio at least with headphones. Would be nice if they used EAX HD as being able to precisely locate enemies by sound would be very handy in this game. It's not horrible, but the audio is certainly last gen if not the gen before that, feels disjointed compared to the rest of the game.

 

[McArra]

Originally posted by: BenSkywalker
It runs pretty well @800x600 no AA/AF for me, any higher and the framerate gets too slow(I like to be @60FPS on the low end- below 30FPS at all and I'm likely to lower things down a bit more). Using a res this low is less then optimal, but particularly in the later indoor levels the added improvement of having everything cranked leaves me willing to sacrifice and deal with aliasing. If it were a more 'relaxed' type of game I'd likely up the res a notch or two and deal with an average of 40-60FPS, but no thanks.

Barton @1.83GHZ
512MB PC2700
NF2
R9800Pro

I see a lot of comments about dropping the shadow level down to improve performance- you may not notice it much in the earlier levels but IMO the shadows are the last setting I would cut back on for later in the game. This one really has me kicking myself in the @ss for picking up the R9800Pro instead of waiting for the next gen parts. I'd love to see this game playable @2048x1536 w/16x AF- gawd would this look sweeeet

One disappointing thing about this engine is the audio is merely 'eh'. Unreal2 blows this away for positional audio at least with headphones. Would be nice if they used EAX HD as being able to precisely locate enemies by sound would be very handy in this game. It's not horrible, but the audio is certainly last gen if not the gen before that, feels disjointed compared to the rest of the game.

Your Ram and CPU are holding you no doubt.

 

[PCHPlayer]

Nope. Though it does say on the box ATi 8500 or greater. Many of the textures get rendered wrong, especially the water. Completely unplayable. Guess I'll just have to wait till I upgrade my video card. Why on why did I not jump on the AIW 9800 Pro for $215 @ CompUSA.

 

[BenSkywalker]

Your Ram and CPU are holding you no doubt.

It swaps once in a while but my 2500+ is enough to push the game deep into tripple digit average framerates by cutting out the higher quality shaders, lighting and shadows(which are all vid card limited). I can run the game @1024x768 and deal with ~45FPS average, but that is too slow as my min drops to under 30FPS. Bumping up the RAM(which I keep meaning to do but never get around to it) would help me out mainly in load times, a more powerful vid card is what I need to play the game the way I really want to. The R9800Pro is just too slow for this game(as is anything currently out) with everything cranked that this card can handle(can't run PS 3.0 obviously, although I don't know how it is used in this game and if it is a performance enhancing feature or if they added new effects to go along with it).

 

[Wurm]

This game does not run good on my system... but then again my system pales in comparison with most of you guys. I don't play as many games as I use to but I still like to check out a good FPS when they come along. However, the game seems to run okay at times (even action intense parts) but other times it just totally bogs down... I mean freezes for 5 secs comes back for a second , etc...etc... Maybe you guys can tell me straight up if it's justs my system or if there is something else going on. I turned off just about everything in the backgound and I stil get the problem.

Here are my specs:

AMD 1.0 GHZ
ATI All in Wonder 8500 64MB
512MB RAM

Thanks....

 

[CubicZirconia]

I'm running it at 1024x768 with everything all the way up (no AA, some AF) and I get 60-80+ fps, depending on the area. As I should be.

a64 3000+
9800pro
1 gig of ram

 

[biostud]

1280x1024
Max Detail on everything
4xAF + Medium AA

Runs fine

9800pro
2100+ Athlon
1024Mb memory

 

[UnTech]

Does Far Cry run on my system properly?

YES!

 

[CubicZirconia]

Originally posted by: biostud666
1280x1024
Max Detail on everything
4xAF + Medium AA

Runs fine

9800pro
2100+ Athlon
1024Mb memory

What exactly does "runs fine" mean? 30 fps?

 

[NYHoustonman]

Originally posted by: CubicZirconia

Originally posted by: biostud666
1280x1024
Max Detail on everything
4xAF + Medium AA

Runs fine

9800pro
2100+ Athlon
1024Mb memory

What exactly does "runs fine" mean? 30 fps?

That'd be fine for me. BUT, I can't run max everything on my PC (higher CPU speed, less memory) with anything more than 2x/4x AF, no AA. I run with shadows at medium and pretty much everything else very high, and I'm happy with 25fps as a minimum.

 

[newb54]

Runs like a wet dream on my system (without the messy clean up).

 

[Andrew1969]

Runs OK on my system, P4 3.4C, 1GB, 9700 Pro, Audigy 2. Res @ 1280x1040, everything set to High. Slowdowns when more than 4 bad guys are trying to kill me, or the game is showcasing some dramatic lighting effect.

A great game though! Don't think the demo does this game justice. Lots of fun! When the frame rates do get choppy, I just hit the "T" key and turn on the "Cryvision" (night vision) and it is easier to draw a bead on the headshot I need.

I only wish I had not started out playing the game on "Realistic", as it will take a long time to finish, but it will be fun while it lasts.

Maybe the R420 or NV40 will cure my framerate woes...

 

[PeteyCPU]

With the system in my sig I run it at 1280x1024 with all settings at high, no AA or AF though

 

[Jeff7181]

I think the shadows that games use are ahead of the capabilities of hardware. Use the highest shadow settings in any game and it'll cut your average FPS by at least 50% when compared to low quality or "blob" shadows.

I couldn't tell you exactly what settings I'm using right now, but I know shadows are at low, and the rest is at medium or high. I'm running 2XAA and 4XAF and I get very nice frame rates... I'll play it a little bit and use FRAPS to find my average frame rate in the demo.

*EDIT* I played through the whole demo and the average FPS says 62.

 

[BlvdKing]

I just bought this game and have been running 2xQ AA and 2x AF at medium settings on a 5900XT. I also downloaded the 1.1 patch and plan on turning on PS 2.0 just for the hell of it. It doesn't seem to be a problem now, but will the AA and AF become a problem later? I will find out soon enough I guess...

 

[blurredvision]

I'm running a KT333 chipset with a 2400+ Athlon, GeForce4 Ti4400, Forceware 53.03's, and 1gig PC2100.

I run at 1024x768 with Quincunx 2x AA and everything at medium settings. Looks and runs fantastic.