A DirectX 11 update for Crytek´s Ego-Shooter Crysis 2 will come tomorrow. The pc patch includes an enhanced graphics menu. PC Games writes:"Whether this information directly from Crytek or EA come, is not yet known. We will continue to hold on this subject to date."
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but of course, everything has to be about consoles, even if the ps3 doesnt even use directx at all.
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Also for people that want advanced graphics options just go through this link.
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What is it with crytek and only ever doing ONE environment per game? For two games it was jungle and now it's urban. Can they just not be arsed to make more than one set of assets?
Stalker 2 & BF3 can't come soon enough!
Stalker 2 and BF3 are DX11 from the ground up and they will not be dumbed down console ports as both developers have stated over and over again that the PC is the lead platform.
Crysis > Crysis 2
But DX11 also reduces cpu usage in the API (which can also help sli/xfire systems with weaker cpus) and memory usage in the vram and main memory, which helps speed things up. So it's not just about effects.
notice only 3 settings,
high which is actuaully = low
very high=medium
extreme=high
this will all change, there will dx11 and a myriad of graphical sliders, they just don't want their sales fu@ked because some moron thinks he should be able to max out every game with a gtx450
crytek did this 100% on purpose
think about all the retards who cried and flamed when crysis 1 launched , plus, the pc version already DECIMATES and DISEMBOWELS the console version so terribly, it makes the console version look like pre-pre alpha code running in sub-hd(which it is) and running at a miserable 20-29 frames per second(which it is). Imagine if the had launched dx11 day one, the have a bunch of "pc gamers" with trash pc's pissed off cause the cannot run the game, and all the console noobs pissed off because their game looks so terrible compared to the pc version (it does anyway, but it would be so much worse, you think console gamers would get used to the pc always, always being the best version)
"my 7600 won't run this game maxed out"-lol
btw, crysis 2 maxed dx9 in extreme(high) in 1080p, easily shits on every game ever made, except, maybe, maybe metro2033 in dx11
uber low = maby someone with a beast rig has to do without their £600 gpu for a few days? stick in an old spare one and cant play crysis 2 because the settings are too limited?
low = so er, what if I want permenantly >60fps and don't care about graphics but I don't have a crazy gpu? (don't want to render all that extra detail geometry and un-turn-offable effects/shaders everywhere)
medium = looks like console ver
high = looks ok-ish
very high = looks a tiny bit better
extreme = looks quite nice
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? = tessellation kicks in
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? = there we go, insane benchmark material again
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But yeah nevermind. They need proper options, not just for maxed settings but for lower ones and for balance too. With crysis 1 my pair of 9800GT cards could run warhead at 50 fps minimum with near-enthusiast settings with specific sliders moved down that didn't really effect the quality (1680x1050, obviously AA off, cant remember exactly what settings I used) - however, on every preset mode I was getting dire fps. Everybody's system has different quirks and they should be allowed to tweak IQ to get the best they can out of their system in a way they care about at a frame rate that they like (maby texture quality isn't important to you but fancy lighting is? - Could easily be the other way around, like 360 games :P - Adjusting them will have varied effects on the performance depending on what gpu you have).
It's not like Crysis 2 can't be made to look horrible and run on a worse card? They just don't give the option.
Sticking a new gpu in my system later this year and I want to be able to run crysis 2 looking better than it does maxed out now, which currently lacks some polygonal (need tessellation to improve that) & texture quality.
Heh.. I wish it'd have DX11 even for performance's sake. Not everyone has top end DX11 cards.
The graphics on the PC version, although very nice and clear just lack so much detail in so many things. Just look at the bloody ivy on the brick walls etc, just lacking. And where the hell has the physics engine gone!? Can't move those stand up lights? Can't shoot trees or take chunks out of the environment, fuck, its a city, you would think Crytek would make all the cement surrounding you at least slightly destructible, I'm not talking Red Faction, but just a bit more urban carnage atmosphere would be nice.
Anyway, great game, graphically and physically its a step down from its predecessor for me. Make my PC grind you fuckers! You're bloody Crytek!