Nvidia drivers and Crysis

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I have Vista 32-bit and an 8800gtx with 163.69 drivers. I also have 2 gigs of ram and an E6600. It Crysis I'm getting around 15-30 FPS on medium settings with no AA. I got hotfixes linked from Nvidia's site, but they didn't seem to help. Are there any better drivers I could get, maybe beta drivers? Or would reinstalling my current drivers help?
 
Yes it's the beta. Yes it's not meant for Vista. But maybe someone else with Vista is getting better performance. I'm just wondering if this is below expected with my system, because it seems like it.
 
Yes, it seems very low. I'm not commenting due to possible NDA issues, but I'm getting *much* higher framerates... both Xp and Vista.
 
1600x1200. It seems to run about the same at all High and 2x AA. Just a constant low of poop fps.
 
Well ya, crysis doesn't run great with AA and high resolutions, esp in Vista. Read the others posts here for more info... sadly I missed out on the open beta :(
 
Thats funny because I have a similar build except I'm using a 7900GS. My settings are at medium with a 1680x1050 res and my fps is around ~30. The newest drivers did help slightly but I have no idea how you're getting the same frame rates as a mediocre last gen card. It may have to do with your operating system because I'm using XP. I've heard people getting around a 15 fps increase when using XP compared to Vista.

Also, AA isn't implemented yet at this stage so I don't see how you're getting a performance inc/dec from it..
 
Well AA not being implemented makes sense because I dont get performance changes when I change it.
 
I got much better results with 320 gts with 1680x1050 and no AA I was usually 40 and up on the newest beta. I had some dips below though.
 
Manbearpig said:
Thats funny because I have a similar build except I'm using a 7900GS. My settings are at medium with a 1680x1050 res and my fps is around ~30. The newest drivers did help slightly but I have no idea how you're getting the same frame rates as a mediocre last gen card. It may have to do with your operating system because I'm using XP. I've heard people getting around a 15 fps increase when using XP compared to Vista.

Also, AA isn't implemented yet at this stage so I don't see how you're getting a performance inc/dec from it..
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Yep, at that res I'm getting frame rates somewhere above 40 in XP...
 
Set textures to medium and turn shadows off. Everything else on high. Unfortunately, that is the only way I can get an acceptable frame rate. See my sig for system specs. Yes, I have a GTX. 1680 x 1050 w/ Vista.

The upshot of the beta in my opinion is that the shadows are probably going to be the icing on the cake feature that we all lust for but can't have until the next generation of cards. Even having them on medium is a fps killer it shaves a good 10 fps off. But I get 40fps minimum outside sometimes 50fps outside with them off.

AA is still borked in the beta don't use it. It causes problems.

If you assume you are entitled to play this game all maxed out you will be disappointed, but if you take the time to tweak the in game quality settings it does run well and look good. This game's medium looks better than most games high settings. It also plays great.

Fingers crossed for the "it is just a beta" people to be right!
 
Runs like crap since the makers said that they are working closely with nvidia and ati for drivers and said that the code is not optimized at all. Was said in the beta forums. Pretty sure its going to run crystal clean on a 8800 when it comes out retail or a demo hopefully :)
 
I think people will be able to max it out (8xAA/16AF), but only at "medium" resolutions. I'm talking 1024x768 to 1600x1200. Again though, they'll release a patch that enables some of the more intensive shadows etc. as the hardware for it becomes available. So what may be max today, won't be later. That's what beta's are for, Q3 beta was HORRID. To the OP, yeah you are getting low fps for that set up. Most people with that setup and resolution are seeing 28-50fps (lows to highs) and AA is broken and for what it's worth, it's DX9-only. The purpose of this beta is for sever load issues, ping, bugs, glitches, etc.

Basically internet performance, they don't need one of us to get a general feel for what kind of performance they can get. They'll make optimizations that'll be in the demo/final build (not to mention whatever patch(es) afterwards). You also get updates throughout the beta program, which will last close to the final release, of which are both client and server-based (from latest interviews). So there's still work to be done of course, especially when you factor in new beta-drivers every so often. I wouldn't lose sleep over it *shrugs.
 
The 163.71 beta drivers make a world of difference :). I'm on Vista x64 and it runs nicely at 1680x1050, max details, 16x AF HQ, on my oc'd GTX/Q6600 quad-core/4GB RAM/P5W DH Deluxe/etc. rig.
 
Windows XP SP2

E6400 stock
EVGA Geforce 8800GTS 320 SC
2GB DDR2
320GB

around 30-40 FPS
everything high except shadows at medium and something else

163.71
1440x900
will try everything max now
 
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