Vista vs XP?

[sytaylor]

Which OS is better for Crysis? I know I need Vista for DX10 but I dont really see much point since it doesn't seem to use much of DX10. If anything its a second gen DX9 game. With all the latest drivers etc though, is there any real difference between the two?

[DiscipleDOC]

Round 10!

Ding!:p

[ChaoticNick]

People have reported less stuttering and slightly higher FPS under XP, even compared to DX9 mode in Vista.

[Revs]

Since the 169.xx drivers i've not had to use XP for Crysis. No more dual boot for me! :D The 169.25's are very good.

[sytaylor]

Since the 169.xx drivers i've not had to use XP for Crysis. No more dual boot for me! :D The 169.25's are very good.

Funky, I'll upgrade quite soon then methinks. I only had an xp disk, so XP it is for now.

[Mr Bigman]

Oh god, how many times is this been?

Lets see 100. ah oh well. im nutral but looks better under Vista.

[LORD-eX-Bu]

wtf? :headexplode:

sytaylor I played the game in Vista DX10. I played about half the game with all but shaders(had it on high) on very high. Then someone else told me that I was missing out on some effects like motion blur and depth of field by doing that so I went to high on everything and performance was still great.

Your rig is better than mines so I'm sure that you'll have an even better experience.

[JasonPC]

Performance is still better in XP for me but the latest drivers did help a little bit in Vista. Also I'd really only recommend the game in DX10 mode if you have SLI.

[conroejoe]

XP = teh fasterz

[Crow_Nest]

If you've read some benchies or threads, you would know that the game runs better on DX9 on Windows XP.

[Dreamingawake]

Been playing this game obsessively since it was released. In both Xp and Vista..

Updated to the RC1 Service Pack for Vista, and using the 169.25's, with SLI
frame rates are playable, but I still think it needs the patch before I will
consider it fully 'working'. (Works for some people, doesn't work for others)

In Xp it's just ridiculously smooth, I'm sure the average FPS rarely goes under
30.. this is running 1280x1024 with 4xAA and everything maxed using the Dx10
tweaks.

So for now, Xp is the way to go. :)

EDIT: Yup, just downloaded Fraps and tested in XP. Average 35, never dipped below even with lots of action
on the screen. FPS went between 35 and 50+. Not to shabby.

[brady]

Need some advice. I know there is a large performance gain in XP with DX9 tweaks with near DX10 "very high" quality. Nevertheless, there still seems to be a consesus that DX10 "very high" still looks superior.

Tomorrow I'll be getting the parts for my new setup (Q6600, GTX, 4GB Ram) and I'm trying to decide if I should even bother installing Vista x64 as opposed to just installing XP.

This system will be hooked up to an HDTV and I'll run everything at 1366x768. Does anyone have any experience with a similar system under DX10 very high at that resolution and if so is the game playable meaning something like an average of 20 or so fps?

[ASUSEN7900GTX]

you lucky i want a HD tv and 1-3 8800GTX/ULTRA :D

try vista or make a dual boot if you have the space and time?

[agentkay]

This system will be hooked up to an HDTV and I'll run everything at 1366x768. Does anyone have any experience with a similar system under DX10 very high at that resolution and if so is the game playable meaning something like an average of 20 or so fps?

There are basically only two (maybe three settings if you consider the "very high" shadows) settings that hurt DX10 performance and that is the high quality motion blur, and object blur. If they are not important to you, you can disable them and should have quite similar performance with DX10 and DX9+custom cfg. Last month I have played the final level at 1280x720 with 4AA and all DX10 settings and while I didn't fraps it was enjoyable and I'm certain the average was higher than 20fps.

[Nanosuitguy]

This system will be hooked up to an HDTV and I'll run everything at 1366x768. Does anyone have any experience with a similar system under DX10 very high at that resolution and if so is the game playable meaning something like an average of 20 or so fps?

On veryhigh in that resolution you would probably have around 20fps with drops down to 15... I dont like this, i want to be able to play on veryhigh at resolutions around 1280x and still have a decent FPS. So i took some time looking into tweaking and was reading alot here and there and finally i picked together a very nice cfg that raise fps by 10+ fps witch gives me the extra fps boost i need to enjoy crysis at VH in 1280x. I tried Gaco's "balanced" cfg as he wanted to call it, but in fact it only gave me 1 or 2 fps gains. I.e almost no difference and that's unacceptable, therefor i made my own. If youre interested in trying my miracle CFG out and see for yourself. Throw me a PM ;)

[ralinn]

Any chance of someone making a sticky thread purely for people to post their config in? There seems to be so many at the moment, it's pretty confusing.

[Nanosuitguy]

Any chance of someone making a sticky thread purely for people to post their config in? There seems to be so many at the moment, it's pretty confusing.

A thread like that exists already;
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=102372

Post it there, or request or just discuss.. Its not a sticky however. Now, be so kind and try my cfg.. then u dont have to worrie anymore.

[ralinn]

Daaaa! Needs to be a sticky IMO!

[Nanosuitguy]

"Find it, and close shut your mouth of Cryslivion"

[ralinn]

Crikey, some people...