Testing Crysis
Testbed
Processor |
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 |
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Motherboard |
ASUS P5B-E Plus Rev. 1G |
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Memory |
Two Kingston 1GB PC2-6400 DDR2 memory modules |
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Graphics Card |
MSI NX8800GT OC (T2D512E) |
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Hard Drives |
160 GB Hitachi 7200 RPM SATA hard drive |
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Operating System |
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 (32-bit) |
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Power Supply |
CoolerMaster iGreen 500W |
Testing Methodology
We tested in Windows XP Professional SP2, with the latest updates. The NVIDIA ForceWare 171.17 WHQL driver was used in all tests. In the driver comparison tests, we also tested the older NVIDIA ForceWare 169.21 WHQL and the newer NVIDIA ForceWare 174.74 Beta drivers.
These three drivers were chosen for the following reasons. ForceWare 169.21 is the latest official WHQL driver available at NVIDIA.com, while ForceWare 171.17 is the latest WHQL driver available online. Finally, 174.74 Beta is the latest beta driver available at the point of testing.
Crysis was tested at three difference resolutions - 1680 x 1080, 1280 x 1024 and 1024 x 768. It was also tested without anti-aliasing and with 2x AA enabled. A minimum of 3 test runs were performed at each setting using the Crysis Benchmark Tool and averaged. The time demo used was benchmark_gpu, with all settings set to High.
Crysis was then upgraded with the 1.1 patch and retested as above. After this, Crysis was upgraded with the 1.2 patch and retested. In both Crysis 1.1 and 1.2, Motion Blur was set to High, and VSync was disabled.
Game Settings
Game |
Version |
Resolutions |
Settings |
Crysis |
1.0 |
1680
x 1050
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Texture Quality : High |
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