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iZero April 18th, 2009 02:24 PM
My new computer, maybe not the best- but I love it.
 
It's a prebuilt HP computer- it's a laptop so don't expect much.

16inch Screen
Core 2 Duo T6400 2.0GHZ
320GB HDD
4GB Memory (but something sdtrange happened
ATI Movility Radeon HD 4530 with 512 MB dedicated memory (Although somehow it also stole system memory, so now its 1.5gb video ram.

Vista home premium.

Just thought I'd post that here- :D

kow_ciller April 18th, 2009 02:38 PM
Re: My new computer, maybe not the best- but I love it.
 
Doing any gaming on it? That 4350 should be able to handle most games decently.

DarkKrucifix7 April 18th, 2009 03:50 PM
Re: My new computer, maybe not the best- but I love it.
 
Which model laptop is this?

iZero April 19th, 2009 12:35 AM
Re: My new computer, maybe not the best- but I love it.
 
It's a HP D16 somethign somethign something

Uh I tried Systemrequirement labs for gaming stuff it's .2 ghz away from running Crysis perfectly

Uh can run farcry 2 recommended.

kow_ciller April 19th, 2009 01:07 AM
Re: My new computer, maybe not the best- but I love it.
 
lol. no way thats going to run crysis perfectly.

Mr. Pedantic April 19th, 2009 01:07 AM
Re: My new computer, maybe not the best- but I love it.
 
Quote:
Uh I tried Systemrequirement labs for gaming stuff it's .2 ghz away from running Crysis perfectly
At what settings? Absolute, bare minimum? Or middle of the road?

iZero April 19th, 2009 02:07 PM
Re: My new computer, maybe not the best- but I love it.
 
It's middle of the road at the moment, the .2 ghz would have made it arecommneded one.

>Omen< April 19th, 2009 02:42 PM
Re: My new computer, maybe not the best- but I love it.
 
I have some settings/tweaks suggestions for running Crysis on med to low rigs if you're interested. Some of the tweaks are good for any level of gear.
Spoiler:
I recommend and use the following settings:

Textures...........High (with 1 command added*)
Objects.............Low (with 2 commands added**)
Shadows...........Medium
Physics.............Medium
Shaders............Medium
Volumetrics........High
Game Effects......Medium
Post Processing...Low
Particles............Low
Water Quality.....High
Sound...............High
Motion Blur.........Off

*If you've an adequate amount of RAM, you can use r_TexturesStreaming = 0 to turn off texture streaming, which makes distant rocky peaks look noticeably sharper.

**After setting Objects Quality to Low, you can use e_view_dist_ratio_vegetation = 31 (31 = the High value), to keep the beach rocks from popping in and out of view in front of you.

You can also use e_detail_materials_view_dist_xy = 2048 (2048 = the High value) to keep the nearby rock cliffs from looking blurry before they become detailed as you approach them. It also keeps the distant mountains from looking blurry.

Note that Textures and Objects Quality will appear as "Custom" in the game menu after applying the above tweaks. One of the best things about Crysis is all the commands you can use, though they really shouldn't cap VRAM to 256MB IMO.

If you have a GPU with more than 256MB VRAM, you can use sys_budget_videomem = (amount of your VRAM) to raise the game's use of VRAM above it's default 256MB cap. This is a very good command to use, especially in Warhead on the ice and train levels.

All you need do to make applying these tweaks a simple one time setup is make a text file named System.cfg, (without txt at the end) place the commands in it, and put it in your Crysis directory. Then every time you launch the game the tweaks will automatically be applied. You can remove or change them by editing the cfg file or remove the entire file.

Now given all these tweaks, you may even be able to go higher with the settings, like putting those at Low to Medium, but the smoke feathering of Particles isn't that noticeable on Medium, Post Processing on Medium will primarily just add blur effects, and unless you use the above commands for Objects Quality, it will actually look worse on Medium.

Babeman April 19th, 2009 04:06 PM
Re: My new computer, maybe not the best- but I love it.
 
I think crysis is just a waste of time trying to get to play. People spend a couple hundred dollars just to upgrade their machine for a sub par game. Although it is a great benchmark game :)

>Omen< April 19th, 2009 04:59 PM
Re: My new computer, maybe not the best- but I love it.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Babeman (Post 4868158)
I think crysis is just a waste of time trying to get to play. People spend a couple hundred dollars just to upgrade their machine for a sub par game. Although it is a great benchmark game :)
Those comments are naive to the fact that Crysis is in fact optimized better than many games, and runs quite well in fact on mediocre rigs given sensible settings vs lazily putting everything at one level.

Now granted CryTek didn't exactly help matters by calling a one click setting that puts everything at one level "Optimal", capping video memory to 256MB, and not having motion blur removable until it was patched in, but still, most players have just lost their common sense over this issue.

It's not like the game is impossible to get to run well on moderate spec, there's tons of info out there about it, including a very good TweakGuide. It actually takes a little time to read sound advice though, vs wildly speculating and exaggerating based on the common rants thrown about.

That kind of flamish gossip is what console players just eat up. It has many if not most of them assuming, not knowing mind you, that PCs and PC games are just too much trouble. Thus they use it to feel content they are on the right platform.

Everyone should break out of their shell and grow up and learn the truth at some point.

Babeman April 19th, 2009 05:30 PM
Re: My new computer, maybe not the best- but I love it.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by >Omen< (Post 4868205)
Those comments are naive to the fact that Crysis is in fact optimized better than many games, and runs quite well in fact on mediocre rigs given sensible settings vs lazily putting everything at one level.

Now granted CryTek didn't exactly help matters by calling a one click setting that puts everything at one level "Optimal", capping video memory to 256MB, and not having motion blur removable until it was patched in, but still, most players have just lost their common sense over this issue.

It's not like the game is impossible to get to run well on moderate spec, there's tons of info out there about it, including a very good TweakGuide. It actually takes a little time to read sound advice though, vs wildly speculating and exaggerating based on the common rants thrown about.

That kind of flamish gossip is what console players just eat up. It has many if not most of them assuming, not knowing mind you, that PCs and PC games are just too much trouble. Thus they use it to feel content they are on the right platform.

Everyone should break out of their shell and grow up and learn the truth at some point.
You shouldn't have to get a tweak guide if you have a very top end machine, that would just piss me off and make me think I wasted my money. I am a PC gamer though, I do like consoles but not as much. You have to agree, Crysis is a shit game, the only thing it has for it is the graphics. Story line is poor, gameplay has been done before, story is short, and has almost no replayability whatsoever even with multiplayer.

Mr. Pedantic April 19th, 2009 11:35 PM
Re: My new computer, maybe not the best- but I love it.
 
Quote:
You shouldn't have to get a tweak guide if you have a very top end machine, that would just piss me off and make me think I wasted my money.
Well, you could look at it the other way and say that if you spent that much money, then surely you would welcome any extra performance for no cost.

>Omen< April 20th, 2009 12:16 AM
Re: My new computer, maybe not the best- but I love it.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Babeman (Post 4868229)
You shouldn't have to get a tweak guide if you have a very top end machine, that would just piss me off and make me think I wasted my money. I am a PC gamer though, I do like consoles but not as much. You have to agree, Crysis is a shit game, the only thing it has for it is the graphics. Story line is poor, gameplay has been done before, story is short, and has almost no replayability whatsoever even with multiplayer.
Then again there's plenty of games that simply don't have such a guide and wouldn't benefit much if any if they did, due to lack of optimization and/or usable commands. As much of a technical marvel Crysis is with graphics, physics and effects, it's not surprising such a guide exists. What is surprising though is that one simple suggestion to use so called "Optimal" settings, which really only simplifies the process to that which a two yr old can perform, has so many people too lazy to do a little careful settings choices of their own. That's all it really takes to make the game run much better even on mediocre spec, and it still looks fine. In fact that's how I did it until I read the guide, which just helped me further fine tune the game.

I don't agree at all that Crysis is a shit game. It's length was shorter than I'd hoped for and some of the map sections reused, but other than that it was pretty darn good. I can't comment on mp because I've not played it, I pretty much only play sp anymore. To me what's a waste is to get into the PC platform to the extent of high end gear, then piss and moan when games like Crysis come along because a "one size fits all" setting doesn't suit your performance expectations. If you're gonna play with big boy toys, at least learn how to tweak the high tech games you play on it. Most that buy high end gear learn a fair amount about it, yet you still have many of them whining about games like Crysis because one click doesn't result in ideal performance with the settings. JEEZ, I could go on and on about this, but I think you get my point.

Not all have your reaction to my settings advice. In fact most are glad to learn about such options because they know it's a game worth sticking with despite a slight performance tweak learning curve. Koroush only does TweakGuides for the more popular games that CAN be tweaked, pretty much THE most popular games. Just look at this list and tell me you can say these are all shit games because they shouldn't have to have a TweakGuide written for them. Often times the games on his list can also be modded easily, and Crysis is one of them. Sandbox 2 is very easy to use, one of the best game editors. You'll actually have to learn a bit about it to use it though, something way too many people seem deathly afraid of.


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Adrian Ţepeş April 20th, 2009 11:14 AM
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Hey thanks the tweakguide links Babeman :)

>Omen< April 20th, 2009 11:23 AM
Re: My new computer, maybe not the best- but I love it.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by computernerd (Post 4868630)
Hey thanks the tweakguide links Babeman :)
Uh, that was me, Babeman was the one complaining about having to read one to get better performance. ;)

Adrian Ţepeş April 20th, 2009 11:33 AM
Re: My new computer, maybe not the best- but I love it.
 
Oh sorry, well thank you Omen ;)

Babeman April 20th, 2009 12:07 PM
Re: My new computer, maybe not the best- but I love it.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by >Omen< (Post 4868637)
Uh, that was me, Babeman was the one complaining about having to read one to get better performance. ;)
I didn't at all complain about reading a tweak guide. I said you 'shouldn't' have to read one if you have top end parts. Read comments before you post shit that I haven't said.


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