Tech ARP - Performance Improvements In Crysis 1.2

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Performance Improvements In Crysis 1.2

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Testing Crysis

Testbed

Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - Overclocked to 3.2 GHz (355 MHz x 9) - 8 MB L2 cache
Motherboard	ASUS P5B-E Plus Rev. 1G - Intel i965P
Memory	Two Kingston 1GB PC2-6400 DDR2 memory modules - Overclocked to 533 MHz, 5-5-5-18
Graphics Card	MSI NX8800GT OC (T2D512E) - Overclocked to 712 MHz core, 1728 MHz shader and 999 MHz memory - NVIDIA ForceWare 171.17 WHQL
Hard Drives	160 GB Hitachi 7200 RPM SATA hard drive
Operating System	Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 (32-bit)
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 1.1 1.2	1680 x 1050 1280 x 1024 1024 x 768	Texture Quality : High Objects Quality : High Shadows Quality : High Physics Quality : High Shaders Quality : High Volumetric Effects Quality : High Game Effects Quality : High PostProcessing Quality : High Particles Quality : High Water Quality : High Sound Quality : High Motion Blur : High (Crysis 1.1/1.2) VSync : Off (Crysis 1.1/1.2)

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