Crysis 2 Performance Preview

Crysis 2 is one of the year's most anticipated PC games. Considering that the original game to this very day can put a mid-range machine to crawl we were keen to preview how the game runs on current generation graphics cards.

[xtremegamerage]

Textures are nothing special.
Shaders are nice
Lighting is nice.
Particle system is nice in places.

It will look good and bad on Console.

Will look like a different game on PC.

[AKS]

I'm gettting it for PC as well, but I didn't think it looked bad in the 360 beta for a console game. It was pretty fun and ran reasonably well, actually.

[Kalipekona]

"textures are nothing special"

I don't know where you are pulling that from. The article certainly doesn't say that. I have seen the game running and the textures are very good.

"Although we have only tested an early "beta" version of Crysis 2, we aim to purchase and re-test the full version next March 22nd as the results and the game itself look stunning.

We cannot say with certainty that the performance we've seen today will align with what we find in roughly a month’s time, but we can tell the graphics we saw were amazingly detailed and performance output from current generation GPUs was quite satisfactory."

[Theo1130]

On topic, The game runs 60+fps on medium Dx9, but high drops down to around 30fps. But this is just a beta, and not even Dx11. One of the last things devs work on optimization, so I would say to not look at the leaked beta as any indication of what it run like.

[evrfighter]

Surely you aren't talking about the pc....how it runs on your pc is your own hardware to blame.

If your only getting 60 and 30 fps. Disable vsync.

[SuicideShaun]

Directx should point out that he is talking about pc. And yes the beta does only have dx9. With dx11 enabled the game will be like a whole new world.

[Theo1130]

I would, but I don't know the command, no option in the menu. And my pc is fine, it should be able to run this game without a problem, the problem is optimization. Especially when I'm have an i7 920 @3.8, and a 470 gtx

[AKS]

@Theo1130

That obviously isn't the final version, so I'm not surprised it isn't well optimized.

[Sarcasm]

Supposedly some are saying that the "leaked" build is limited to only medium settings despite it saying "Hardcore" which is presumably the highest settings.

I say let's just wait for the full release to make any real judgements.

[despair]

Hardcore is not even the highest setting, at least not by the previous warhead standards, there is a level called Enthusiast which is higher than Hardcore.

Plus it doesn't seem like the "leaked" version is running on the highest settings either as you said even on Hardcore, its still all DX9 not DX11 which should result in some insane graphics. Funny thing is even with the limited settings the game looks incredible. I really am getting excited for this game now.

[Kakkoii]

edit: bugged comment system -_-

[Kakkoii]

That doesn't seem right. I have an i7 920/930 also, and only at 3.3ghz. And 2x GTX 460's. But I'm only playing the game in single GPU mode since there's no SLI profile for it yet.

At very high settings (you have to set it to sys_spec=4 in the system.cfg to get that high). I keep a steady 60FPS.

the optimization is great, it must be something wrong with your computer. Are you using the absolute newest drivers? Do a clean install of them.

[MARKUS_MAX1MUS]

Clearly neomatrix got rocked on the crysis beta on xbox, takes you to use your brain, COD running sprinting around like a dumbass doesnt work sir.

Of course you can only compare it to the only game you know. Comparisons limit your ability to think freely, just remember that.

the game will look good on xbox which im getting because my community is on there and im getting it on PC for the MOD tools cause they are awesome fun.

[Tyre]

well said Markus.... people that compare Crysis 2 to CoD obviously have never played Crysis...Crysis is a whole new playground and i love that console games have this addition thanks to Crytek!

[Kakkoii]

You have to use your brain well in COD too if you actually want to keep a good KD ratio while also placing within the top 3. If all you want to do is get kills, then yeah you can just run around like a fool.

FPS games really need to start making the KD ratio the determining factor, not the amount of kills. Especially in team deathmatch.. If you died more times than you killed people, you weren't a help to the team at all, yet you could still somehow get placed as number 1 merely for having the most kills lol.

No FPS games is easy. People saying it's so easy to kill in COD tend to forget that goes both ways. If it's easy to kill people, then it's easy to get killed. So stop hating on one FPS or another just because you don't enjoy it. (And by "you" I'm talking in general.)

[MARKUS_MAX1MUS]

my point being this gave involves using your brain on a far higher level than COD and even to do well in COD you dont need to be particulary smart, you just need a decent aim and aim assist works its magic.

[Ninjamonkey82]

Well looks like ill be upgrading this 460gtx 1gb :/

[Kakkoii]

Why? I'm playing the game with a 1GB GTX 460 and I get a steady 60FPS on very high settings in the game.