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Crysis on MBP?
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When I had my 2.2 mbp I could play the demo at 800x600 with everything of medium pretty decently. Turning it on high was very funny 
slideshow!! and then it crashed... Personally I thought the game lost a lot looking so meh because really, it's all about the eye candy and the distant rendering and such.
However, the new 1.1 patch apparently helps things a bit so maybe full-game would be pretty stable at 800x600 with med/low settings?
Or be like me and sell the mbp, buy an Eee and a PC with the money (and cry being stuck with fugly annoying XP mind you) but all-high settings at 1440x900 with a steady 45fps looks might purdy
slideshow!! and then it crashed... Personally I thought the game lost a lot looking so meh because really, it's all about the eye candy and the distant rendering and such.However, the new 1.1 patch apparently helps things a bit so maybe full-game would be pretty stable at 800x600 with med/low settings?
Or be like me and sell the mbp, buy an Eee and a PC with the money (and cry being stuck with fugly annoying XP mind you) but all-high settings at 1440x900 with a steady 45fps looks might purdy
this thread makes my brain hurt, and not because I'm confused about graphics card options and settingsI'm not.
I am guessing there is a non-native English speaker in the room, am I right?
Otherwise, I'm just speechless.
Crysis=high-end game. probably the most demanding game currently available
MBP≠high-end gaming machine
it will boot up and play at low settings. It's intended to be a visual feast, but it is not in any way a visual feast at low settings and stretched 800x600 on a high-res laptop monitor.
that is all.
I am guessing there is a non-native English speaker in the room, am I right?
Otherwise, I'm just speechless.
Crysis=high-end game. probably the most demanding game currently available
MBP≠high-end gaming machine
it will boot up and play at low settings. It's intended to be a visual feast, but it is not in any way a visual feast at low settings and stretched 800x600 on a high-res laptop monitor.
that is all.
concise summary = me brain hurt from simplicity ;p
Another way to say it, as quoted from a reviewer:
"Crytek’s hulking first-person behemoth Crysis might still be sending shivers of fear through PCs across the globe, thanks to its hardware-busting specifications list that has even seen review outlets struggling to upgrade sufficiently". LOL
Uhmmmmmmm Hello !!!???
I just got a 15" MBP 2.4 and bought Crysis and it plays pretty good!
i have it on bootcamp, XP, with...
Native Rez
Medium Graphics!
and i have 2 gigs of ram...
im about half way thru the game and ive only had a slight
noticeable frame rate drop when the screen gets littered with baddies.
This game is VERY playable on a MBP!
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Also...
I bought Call of Duty 4 which was AWESOME!
i Finished it with Med-High graphics and native rez
and it looks so much better then crysis... i just loved CoD4
Played like a dream on the MBP
I bought World in Conflict which is my new Fav Strategy game
i have it running on High graphics and runs AWESOME in game and
online... a MUST buy for strategy fans
I bought Command and Conquer 3 a great game which i
have all graphics Maxed out on High and runs great!
I bought BioShock which ran awesome on MAX HIGH for about the
first 4 hours of gaming then i had to tweak a couple things to run smooth..
Med-High and still looks awesome!
I bought Civilization 4 Max on High looks great runs with no proble
addicting as hell...
And last but not least, i bought Star Wars Battlefront 2 for $9.00
a fun and addicting game which is maxed out on high and runs great...
now... i must say something... i only intended on buying
ONLY ONE GAME!!! i only wanted to buy Crysis but after seeing how
awesome it ran on my MBP i just HAD to buy more just to see how well
my MBP could run them...
it snowballed on me!
my poor Wii is just sitting there
so, let that be a warning to any of you thinking about getting a MBP
I just got a 15" MBP 2.4 and bought Crysis and it plays pretty good!
i have it on bootcamp, XP, with...
Native Rez
Medium Graphics!
and i have 2 gigs of ram...
im about half way thru the game and ive only had a slight
noticeable frame rate drop when the screen gets littered with baddies.
This game is VERY playable on a MBP!
-------------------------------------------
Also...
I bought Call of Duty 4 which was AWESOME!
i Finished it with Med-High graphics and native rez
and it looks so much better then crysis... i just loved CoD4
Played like a dream on the MBP
I bought World in Conflict which is my new Fav Strategy game
i have it running on High graphics and runs AWESOME in game and
online... a MUST buy for strategy fans
I bought Command and Conquer 3 a great game which i
have all graphics Maxed out on High and runs great!
I bought BioShock which ran awesome on MAX HIGH for about the
first 4 hours of gaming then i had to tweak a couple things to run smooth..
Med-High and still looks awesome!
I bought Civilization 4 Max on High looks great runs with no proble
addicting as hell...
And last but not least, i bought Star Wars Battlefront 2 for $9.00
a fun and addicting game which is maxed out on high and runs great...
now... i must say something... i only intended on buying
ONLY ONE GAME!!! i only wanted to buy Crysis but after seeing how
awesome it ran on my MBP i just HAD to buy more just to see how well
my MBP could run them...
it snowballed on me!
my poor Wii is just sitting there
so, let that be a warning to any of you thinking about getting a MBP
Oops, you got me. I meant 8600M GT.
Has been changed.
Thumper, I doubt your claim that you are running Crysis on Medium settings at 1440x900.
And CNC3? Anything plays that. I have to turn the FSAA off, but other than that, lovely smooth with everything else on highest, and on native res.
PS. Wait 'til you get to the last level in Crysis. That one really drops the frames.
just upgrade the video card drivers!
Hey, just go to www.laptopvideo2go.com download the right drivers and modded inf file, install the drivers, and enjoy crysis at full detail on a MBP santa rosa..
bye
Ale
Hey, just go to www.laptopvideo2go.com download the right drivers and modded inf file, install the drivers, and enjoy crysis at full detail on a MBP santa rosa..
bye
Ale
well, im sorry but i have better things to do then make up stupid myths about
games on a Mac forum...
i have a MBP 2.4 2gigs ram, XP and im playing Crysis on Medium at 1440x900
its more then playable.
you can download the free demo and see for yourself or you can check out
youtube.
heres one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dcXCdrnbbI
crysis on mbp core2duo 2.4 4GB Ram Geforce 8600M GT
I am running crysis on my MBP 2.4 4GB Ram Geforce 8600M GT on the same settings as this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dcXCdrnbbI
its sort of annoying. i wouldn't suggest it for a fluid good gaming experience. FPS is low, couldn't say exactly, but around 20-30. definately not good. this is on some highs some lows and some mediums. have to tinker with it to get it to go. by the time you're playing fluidly, it looks like a ps2. but maybe that's still fun. i am snobby.
i thought i could run crysis, and i can!
but then again, i bought my MBP for me, not an alien warrior.
still can play tribes 1 just fine!
plus whatever OTHER non crysis game.
I am running crysis on my MBP 2.4 4GB Ram Geforce 8600M GT on the same settings as this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dcXCdrnbbI
its sort of annoying. i wouldn't suggest it for a fluid good gaming experience. FPS is low, couldn't say exactly, but around 20-30. definately not good. this is on some highs some lows and some mediums. have to tinker with it to get it to go. by the time you're playing fluidly, it looks like a ps2. but maybe that's still fun. i am snobby.
i thought i could run crysis, and i can!
but then again, i bought my MBP for me, not an alien warrior.
still can play tribes 1 just fine!
plus whatever OTHER non crysis game.
According to the in-game report:
On the final level, which is has a lot going on so I figure it would be a good place to test FPS.
-Inside the ship, close quarters, no action 60-120FPS, cut scenes were more in the order of 40FPS with some stutter (all the cutscenes are like this). When the fighting gets going inside the ship the FPS were about 50-60, dropping to ~35 when the action really picked up with a lot of things going on.
The final two enemies, the spider thing and the water monster thing, FPS dropped to 20-30 but I didn't notice video lag.
The above FPS were taken on 1024x768 with all settings Low and AA off. Bring the settings all up to medium and the FPS on the final two bosses drops to more like 8-15 with noticeable lag. Drop the resolution down to 800x600 and the lag goes away and FPS come up to 20-30.
Frankly, the MBP can play Crysis but if the only reason you want a MBP is to play this game than you're wasting your money. The MBP's have video cards for video editing and casual gaming. Expect to play Crysis on Low or Medium. Folks might be getting better results with the higher end MBP's but I am not (2.2, 128VRam, 2GB Ram).
If you want a Mac for gaming , get a Mac Pro, end of story. If you want a laptop that has better gaming ability than the MB, get a MBP. If you want the best performance, get the best MBP you can afford.
On the final level, which is has a lot going on so I figure it would be a good place to test FPS.
-Inside the ship, close quarters, no action 60-120FPS, cut scenes were more in the order of 40FPS with some stutter (all the cutscenes are like this). When the fighting gets going inside the ship the FPS were about 50-60, dropping to ~35 when the action really picked up with a lot of things going on.
The final two enemies, the spider thing and the water monster thing, FPS dropped to 20-30 but I didn't notice video lag.
The above FPS were taken on 1024x768 with all settings Low and AA off. Bring the settings all up to medium and the FPS on the final two bosses drops to more like 8-15 with noticeable lag. Drop the resolution down to 800x600 and the lag goes away and FPS come up to 20-30.
Frankly, the MBP can play Crysis but if the only reason you want a MBP is to play this game than you're wasting your money. The MBP's have video cards for video editing and casual gaming. Expect to play Crysis on Low or Medium. Folks might be getting better results with the higher end MBP's but I am not (2.2, 128VRam, 2GB Ram).
If you want a Mac for gaming , get a Mac Pro, end of story. If you want a laptop that has better gaming ability than the MB, get a MBP. If you want the best performance, get the best MBP you can afford.
This is not high settings. It is not even medium settings. it is low settings.
I don't care how many times you see "high" in that video, shaders is set to low, and that's the one that matters.
1024x768 in this movie clip only has 60% of the pixels as the 1440x900 that you are claiming.
But more importantly, I'm going to prove to you, with something you can test yourself, that probably half of the graphics settings are completely redundant if the Shaders setting is set to low.
Step 1) Try Medium Shaders, and Medium Volumetrics. The torches at the very beginning of the game look like penlights, as they should.
Step 2) Try Low Shaders, and Low Volumetrics. The torches look like fugly floodlamps. Not as they should.
Step 3) Turn Volumetrics to Medium, or even High, leaving Shaders on low. The torches remain exactly the same.
This is the same for motion and distance blur, ie. if Shaders is set to low, all of the eye candy is turned off. This however is not the case for other things, like physics and water.
So, if you are playing at 1440x900 with everything set to medium except shadows and shaders, and getting good frame rates, I believe you, sure. I do not believe you are able to turn these to medium at native res and get a framerate higher than 5-10. That would require the 8800M. Even the 8700M would probably only give you 10-15.