Crysis Benchmark - DX10 Vista x64

Here are some benchmark results for a medium-high spec PC running Crysis on Microsoft Windows Vista x64.

The PC in question is the following specification:

• Intel Core2Duo E6750 overclocked to 3.2GHz
• 4GB DDR2 PC6400 RAM
• 250GB SATA 7200RPM HDD
• Nvidia 8800GTS 320MB overclocked to 560MHz core, 850MHz memory

This including case and PSU etc, excluding monitor and speakers can be bought for around £700-£750, which isn't really a lot, bringing it around £1000-£1200 with speakers and 22" widescreen monitor.

The benchmark was carried out on Windows Vista 64-bit edition in DirectX 10 mode.

The benchmark tool used was the Crysis Benchmark Tool made by the team at Crymod and can be downloaded from Crymod or Guru3D.

I ran the benchmark using the 4 different quality settings; low, medium, high and very high.

And at 5 different resolutions; 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x960, 1680x1050 and 1900x1200.

All tests were run in 64-bit mode and Vsync was disabled. No AA was set and the time of day was set to 15:00 (3:00PM).

Screenshots:

Low

800x600

1024x768

1280x960

1680x1050

1900x1200

Medium

800x600

1024x768

1280x960

1680x1050

1900x1200

High

800x600

1024x768

1280x960

1680x1050

1900x1200

Very High

800x600

1024x768

1280x960

1680x1050

1900x1200

I don't know what happened to this one. For some reason the tool didn't make a screenshot. I imagine it was because it was so slow.

Benchmarks:

Conclusion:

You are going to have to spend more than £1000 for your whole computer to be able to play this game on High at anything above 800x600. If you are going to spending that much on a computer you won't be playing at 800x600 anyway. If you were playing on a computer only capable of low settings you are likely to be playing at a low resolution so it doesn't really matter than it drops in performance a lot when the settings are changed to 1900x1200 on very high.

If you have a similar system or are looking for a similar system then you will be fine for playing on Medium settings and that is all you should look at playing. High will need an SLi or Crossfire setup and even then you have to hope it scales properly.

At the moment Nvidia and ATi (AMD) have brought out new graphics cards on to the market which offer better value then the 8800GTS 320MB. If you are looking for a new graphics card, I would point you in the direction of 3 cards:

• ATi HD 3870 512MB or 1024MB
• Nvidia 8800GT 512MB
• Nvidia 8800GTS 512MB

Note: The second Nvidia 8800GTS I have put down is the new 512MB version not the old 320MB or 640MB versions.