Crysis MP Beta open

[Zerohero]

Even when people have overclocked the Q66600 to 3.4Ghz and 1400fsb it still just barely performs better than a stock 6850 when it comes to games. The quad is great if you're rendering huge files or doing a shit ton of multitasking, but the 6850 is much more powerful for gaming.

I agree, but with Crysis, since it will be taking advantage of multi core processors, I would assume it would hold its on concerning that.

[Opaque]

It will hold it's own, but the 6850 will still be better and the same price.

Though, maybe not online.

[Shin Johnpv]

Anyone else get a "security something can't be started" when they go to play the game and there for can't play the game

[Frogacuda]

It will hold it's own, but the 6850 will still be better and the same price.

Though, maybe not online.

Crysis supports quad core threading, so I suspect that will make a bigger difference than other games that are only built for two cores.

[Frogacuda]

Ok, my computer was out of comission for half a week (blown PSU) but I finally got to try it out.

It's worth firing up Vista for. It actually does run a lot faster. The DX10 effects aren't mind blowing, but they look nice, but the performance boost alone seems worth it.

[epmode]

Wait, so there are games that run BETTER in Vista? Has the world gone mad?

[George]

Frog, how can you tell/how do you turn on DX10 effects? I see nothing in the options. Furthermore, if I filter DX10 games only in the server list it comes up blank. Is there a seperate exe file to launch if you want DX10?

[Frogacuda]

Frog, how can you tell/how do you turn on DX10 effects? I see nothing in the options. Furthermore, if I filter DX10 games only in the server list it comes up blank. Is there a seperate exe file to launch if you want DX10?

Yeah, if you right click on the icon in the Vista Games Manager thing, there's an option for "Run DX10" . It's also a command line option (-DX10, I think)

Wait, so there are games that run BETTER in Vista? Has the world gone mad?

Yeah, I know. Leave it to Crytek to make us look silly.

[sleeve]

System Shock 2 runs better in Vista (as opposed to XP, at least).

[George]

I seriously, seriously suck at Crysis. I don't even understand how. I find a guy, shoot the shit out of him, but it always seems like I die right away and it takes forever to kill them.

Also I get sniped...a lot. And tanks are a little overpowered.

The game looks amazing though, and maybe with time I won't suck so massively.