Yes, the people at Anandtech.com have finally got Crysis, the most technologically advanced game to date, to be playable with the ultimate texture quality settings at a 1920x1200 resolution (0 AA/AF). Odd thing is... IT DIDN'T REQUIRE OVERCLOCKING. Here's some dirt on their monster rig:
- Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 at 3.2GHz (1500 USD)
- nVidia nForce 790i SLI motherboard (500 USD)
- 2x nVidia GeForce 9800 GX2s in Quad SLI (1200 USD)
- nVidia Forceware v174.74 drivers
- Crysis with Patch v1.2
- Seagate 7200.9 120GB 8MB buffer 7200rpm drive (<100 USD)
- Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit Edition, Vista required for Tri and Quad SLI (400 USD)
- DDR3-10666 (1333MHz) memory with 9-9-9-24 latencies (<500 USD)
Anyhow, they achieved 58.6 fps on the highest settings, a miracle if I've ever seen one! If you can't afford quad SLI, they also got playable framerates with Tri-SLI GeForce 9800 GTX's (900 USD), cranking out a respectable 49.1 fps.
Their secret? They opted not to force V-sync off in the nVidia Control Panel, they've discovered there is a driver issue which results in a 25% performance hit. nVidia themselves confirmed their discovery.
Regardless, the most technological game to date is now fully playable on uber high end rigs. Sure, almost no one can afford a QX9770 + nForce 790i + Quad/Triple SLI GeForce 9800, but in six months to a year, we should be seeing mid range products with performance like this!
Last edited by ultima_trev; 04-03-2008 at 04:03 AM.
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