Crysis Warhead review - good performance!!!

crowhorse · 03:45 PM

Heh... just came accross this review & it seems quite promising!

http://www.driverheaven.net/gamingre...p?reviewid=634

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Originally Posted by Driverheaven

My system for the review was a Q6600 with a 260 GTX and I was able to set the graphics to 1920x1200 with details at Enthusiast level (basically the same as very high from before). The game not only looked amazing but it ran around the 35-50fps mark. Anyone with a 8800GTS or higher will be able to enjoy Crysis at high resolution with the eye candy on full. For those with slightly less impressive hardware, you can comfortably use Gamer setting, which increases frame rates by a good 20%. You do lose a little of the image quality obviously but it’s still very impressive.

So... 1920x1200 on Very High at 35-50FPS with only a GTX260... nice!

Plus it's only £14.99 HERE - bargain!

Murderklok · 09-14-2008, 04:05 PM

This gamer setting intrigues me.

guezz · 04:24 PM

It sounds too good to be true, because I can then use 1920x1080 very high 16xAF at 40+ fps which is unreal!

Edit
It seems like Crytek has finally made a good multiplayer.

crowhorse · 09-14-2008, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Murderklok

This gamer setting intrigues me.

It's just a new name for 'High' settings

Lucius86 · 09-14-2008, 04:24 PM

Sounds very good to me, wonder if they could 'port' the optimizations over to Crysis or not. I'm guessing a no (too much work) but I would like to know where in their pipeline the improvements have come from!

Glock · 09-14-2008, 04:32 PM

IGN:
9.4: Outstanding.

"I played Warhead on a high-end machine with a quad core CPU and the latest Nvidia graphics card at high resolution (1680x1050) with all the details set to Enthusiast, which is essentially very high. It looked cutting edge and the frame rate was solid. Next, I checked the game on a slightly older PC with a two-year old 8800GTS and I was still able to crank it to Enthusiast settings and the same resolution and get solid results. Finally, I checked it out on the "$700 PC" that Crytek and EA have been touting. It really is a $700 machine built on the latest mainstream parts (the video card is a 9800GT), and I was able to play the final boss battle at the same resolution and at Enthusiast settings and get solid frame rates. I also tried it the Gamer setting, which is essentially high, and the frame rate was buttery smooth. You do lose some visual quality stepping down from Enthusiast, but even at Gamer Warhead still looks better than almost every game out there."

Lucius86 · 09-14-2008, 04:35 PM

Damn, this game has really got some surprisingly good review scores! I was expecting it in the 80% region!

Always nice to be surprised

Glock · 09-14-2008, 04:46 PM

I hope AA doesn´t kill performance. I would like to play it at 1600*1200, max and 2*AA with my rig. Looks like fun gameplay.

I wonder if they will patch Crysis so it runs as good as Warhead.

Noizic · 09-14-2008, 06:22 PM

Nice, I guess the new very high setting will be great for the visual but then follow story Im gonna jump down to gamer

Dolfan269 · 09-14-2008, 06:28 PM

Yep, gonna be buying this one the day it comes out! Roll on Wednesday!

EDIT: This game is stand-alone, right? I won't have to reinstall Crysis to play?