New GPU, New Benchmarks!

[FastRedPonyCar]

The MSI GTX470 arrived today. First thing was to see how far I could overclock it...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/fastredponycar/Computer/GTX470.jpg


Yeah dig that max temp :headexplode:



That was before I raised the max fan RPM speed to 90 (it was 70)... now the peak temp is only 85*C

Anyways, I loaded up Re4Xz0oRs ultra kick your butt config, high res nano suit, vegetation and advanced water shaders, force 16X AF in the Nvidia control panel and ran the benchmarks.

I also ran it with AA set to 16xQ and it loses about 11 fps


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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 66.82s, Average FPS: 29.93
Min FPS: 19.88 at frame 1908, Max FPS: 39.64 at frame 1773
Average Tri/Sec: -17463056, Tri/Frame: -583441
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.57
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 58.62s, Average FPS: 34.12
Min FPS: 19.88 at frame 1908, Max FPS: 39.74 at frame 1767
Average Tri/Sec: -19151296, Tri/Frame: -561332
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.63
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 58.20s, Average FPS: 34.36
Min FPS: 19.88 at frame 1908, Max FPS: 39.74 at frame 1767
Average Tri/Sec: -19394102, Tri/Frame: -564400
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.62
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
================================================== ============

Completed All Tests

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7/19/2010 9:13:19 PM - Vista 64

Run #1- DX9 1900x1200 AA=No AA, 32 bit test, Quality: Custom ~~ Overall Average FPS: 34.24



Here's the config

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\\General Configuration\\
con_restricted=0
sys_flash_curve_tess_error=2
sys_budget_numdrawcalls=3000
sys_flash_edgeaa=1
e_screenshot_width = 4320
e_screenshot_height = 2430
e_screenshot_quality = 30
e_screenshot_file_format = tga
e_screenshot_min_slices = 16
g_useHitSoundFeedback=0
d3d9_TripleBuffering=0
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_max_dist = 2000
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_max_steps = 2000
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_precision = 0.29
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_precision_dist_ratio = 5
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_version = 0
e_occlusion_culling_view_dist_ratio = 2
e_occlusion_volumes_view_dist_ratio = 2
e_decals_neighbor_max_life_time = 35
sys_physics_CPU = 1
x----

\\GameEffects\\
i_lighteffects = 1
i_lighteffectShadows=3
g_ragdollMinTime = 18.0
g_ragdollUnseenTime = 1
g_ragdollDistance = 35.0
g_battleDust_enable = 1
g_battlerange = 30
v_deformable=1
x----

\\MotionBlur\\
r_motionblurshutterspeed=0.03
r_MotionBlurDynamicQuality=0
r_MotionBlurFrameTimeScale=0
r_MotionBlurDynQualityRotationAccStiffness=1
r_MotionBlurDynQualityRotationThreshold=1
r_MotionBlurDynQualityTranslationThreshold=1
x----

\\Object Detail\\
e_obj_quality=2
e_proc_vegetation=1
ca_useDecals=1
e_decals_allow_game_decals=1
e_decals_life_time_scale=5
e_lod_ratio=4
e_lod_min=0
e_lods=0
e_view_dist_ratio_detail=24
e_view_dist_ratio_vegetation=80
e_vegetation_min_size=0.01
i_rejecteffects=1
e_vegetation_bending=1
sys_flash_curve_tess_error=2
e_view_dist_ratio=90
e_max_view_dst_spec_lerp=1
e_vegetation_sprites_distance_custom_ratio_min=1
e_vegetation_sprites_distance_ratio=1.7
e_detail_materials_view_dist_xy=3840
e_detail_materials_view_dist_z=320
es_DebrisLifetimeScale=1
e_cbuffer_resolution=128
e_dissolve=1
ca_DrawFaceAttachments=1
ca_AttachmentCullingRation=160
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_max_dist=1000
e_recursion_occlusion_culling=1
e_hw_occlusion_culling_water=1
e_terrain_lod_ratio=0.7
e_terrain_texture_lod_ratio = 1
x----

\\Particles\\
e_particles_quality=3
e_particles_lod=1
e_particles_max_emitter_draw_screen=12
r_UseSoftParticles=1
r_UseParticlesGlow=1
r_UseParticlesRefraction=1
r_UseGSParticles=0
e_water_ocean_soft_particles=1
e_particles_object_collisions=1
e_particles_thread=1
e_particles_lights=1
gpu_particle_physics=1
x----

\\Physics\\
e_cull_veg_activation=45
g_joint_breaking=1
g_tree_cut_reuse_dist=0.1
p_max_MC_iters=5500
e_phys_foliage=2
es_MaxPhysDist=100
es_MaxPhysDistInvisible=20
e_on_demand_maxsize=17
e_phys_ocean_cell=0.7
e_foliage_wind_activation_dist=23
g_breakage_particles_limit=115
p_max_object_splashes=3
p_splash_dist0=7
p_splash_dist1=30
p_splash_force0=10
p_splash_force1=100
p_splash_vel0=4.5
p_splash_vel1=10
v_vehicle_quality=4
p_max_substeps_large_group=5
p_num_bodies_large_group=100
x----

\\Post Processing\\
r_MotionBlur=3
r_DepthOfField=2
r_sunshafts=1
r_UseEdgeAA=0
r_Flares=1
r_glow=1
r_Coronas=1
r_colorgrading=1
r_GlowScreenMultiplier = 0.2
x----

\\Quality\\
q_ShaderGeneral=3
q_ShaderMetal=2
q_ShaderGlass=2
q_ShaderVegetation=2
q_ShaderIce=2
q_ShaderTerrain=2
q_ShaderFX=2
q_ShaderPostProcess=2
q_ShaderHDR=2
q_ShaderSky=2
q_Renderer=3
r_LightsSinglePass=1
x----

\\Shading\\
e_sky_type=1
e_sky_update_rate=1
r_DetailTextures=1
r_DetailNumLayers=3
r_DetailDistance=5
r_HDRRendering=1
r_HDRBrightThreshold=4
r_HDRlevel=0.4
r_EyeAdaptationBase=0.25
r_EyeAdaptationFactor=0.5
r_EyeAdaptionBase=0.0
r_EyeAdaptionClamp=2.75
r_EyeAdaptionSpeed=0.1
r_SSAO=1
r_SSAO_amount=0.2
r_SSAO_darkening=2.6
r_SSAO_depth_range=0.999976
r_SSAO_quality=2
r_SSAO_radius=0.8
r_SSAO_downscale_ztarget=1
r_refraction=1
e_ram_maps=1
sys_flash_edgeaa=1
e_vegetation_use_terrain_color=1
e_terrain_ao=1
r_TerrainAO=7
r_TerrainAO_FadeDist=5
e_terrain_normal_map=0
e_max_entity_lights=24
r_UsePom=1
r_EnvTexUpdateInterval=-1
r_TexturesFilteringQuality=0
r_HairSortingQuality = 1
r_FillLights = 14
r_distant_rain=1
r_refraction=1
r_Reflections=1
r_ReflectionsQuality=3
e_recursion_view_dist_ratio=0.25
x----

\\Shadows\\
e_shadows = 1
r_ShadowBlur=0
e_shadows_max_texture_size=512
r_ShadowJittering=1.4
e_gsm_lods_num=6
e_gsm_range=3.6
e_gsm_range_step=2.45
e_gsm_range_step_terrain=9
e_shadows_cast_view_dist_ratio=0.85
r_ShadowsMaskResolution=0
e_shadows_on_alpha_blended=1
e_shadows_from_terrain_in_all_lods=1
e_shadows_clouds=0
e_Shadows_slope_bias = 2
q_ShaderShadow=3
e_gsm_cache = 1
e_gsm_cache_lod_offset = 4
e_voxel_make_shadows=1
x----

\\Sound\\
s_FormatSampleRate=48000
s_CacheSize=70
s_MPEGDecoders=32
s_Obstruction=1
s_ObstructionAccuracy=1
s_ObstructionUpdate=0.1
s_SoundMoodsDSP=1
s_VariationLimiter=1.0
s_ReverbType=2
x----

\\Texturen\\
sys_LowSpecPak=0
r_TexSkyResolution=0
r_ImposterRatio=1
r_EnvCMResolution=2
r_EnvTexResolution=3
r_DynTexMaxSize=100
r_TexAtlasSize=2048
r_DynTexAtlasCloudsMaxSize=24
r_DynTexAtlasSpritesMaxSize=32
r_VegetationSpritesTexRes=128
r_TexturesStreaming = 0
x----

\\VolumetricEffects\\
r_Beams=3
r_BeamsDistFactor=0.1
r_BeamsMaxSlices=300
e_Clouds=1
r_CloudsUpdateAlways=0
r_impostersupdateperframe=30000
x----

\\Water\\
r_WaterRefractions=1
r_WaterReflections=1
r_WaterUpdateFactor=0.01
e_water_tesselation_amount=8
e_water_tesselation_swath_width=65
r_WaterUpdateDistance=0.5
r_WaterCaustics=1
r_WaterReflectionsQuality=3
e_water_ocean_fft=1
q_ShaderWater=2
r_WaterReflectionsMinVisiblePixelsUpdate = 0.01
r_WaterGodRays=1
x----

r_TexturesStreaming = 0

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[trivium nate]

pretty cool

[Soetdjuret]

Awesome stuff, over 30 fps average on those settings, thats pretty good indeed. Am glad the mods worked out for ya :o

[Section-9]

(w/opics)

[FastRedPonyCar]

pics of crysis? LAWL there's tons in the game screenshots thread

[Soetdjuret]

Maybe the man asked for crysis screens of your modded crysis and config :o and not some random shots in the crysis screen thread of vanilla crysis setups...

I wouldnt mind either. And i would suggest you using HP's Ultra config instead of that one, because it's less demanding and you'd earn about 10 more fps if you change. Just search for HP ultra config on crymod.

[FastRedPonyCar]

see I tried HP's ultra config and I thought my own was better. I'm running mine now with a few tweaks and am averaging 40~ish FPS with no AA

[Soetdjuret]

Okay, i just thought that Re4Xz0oRs's config was a little too heavy to run. A tweaked up version with better performance would to be for the better.

Screens plz :wonder:

[FastRedPonyCar]

Taken using my own config (though I was still making a couple of tweaks last night so it's not 100% ready) Hopefully I'll have it for you guys in a day or two.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/fastredponycar/Crysis/New%20Screens/Crysis2010-07-2601-00-41-92.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/fastredponycar/Crysis/New%20Screens/Crysis2010-07-2601-14-24-14.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/fastredponycar/Crysis/New%20Screens/Crysis2010-07-2601-43-28-81.png


And what I think I'm most proud of, night visuals. After hanging out a friends houses who live away from city life, on fully lit full moon nights, it's actually quite bright once your eyes have adjusted to the light. I messed around with the HDR and light settings to try to reproduce as accurately as I could the volume of light filling the world. All of the configs Iv'e tried look good during the day but fall flat on their face at night or have strange SSAO settings giving objects a hazy glow and overall are far too dark to see anything. Real life isn't like this so why should crysis be any different?

It's a tricky balance though. You don't want it to be too bright because shadows and stuff will be washed out during daylight but not so dark you can't see anything. In my opinion, my config has struck a near perfect balance. to Re4Xz0oRs's credit though, his is the best of any custom config from anyone else that I've seen in regards to this.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/fastredponycar/Crysis/New%20Screens/Crysis2010-07-2601-58-08-20.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/fastredponycar/Crysis/New%20Screens/Crysis2010-07-2602-01-52-06.png

[Soetdjuret]

Dude, you have the wrong nanosuit texture. That one is ugly, use the one i linked you, looks millions of times better.


This is how i play crysis, and how it looks like at precent settings:

http://www.abload.de/img/crysis1h0xs.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/crysis3z17e.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/crysis2h03w.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/crysis5723s.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/crysis474op.jpg

Those are with 4xMSAA + TSAA or SSAA with nvidia inspector tool, not sure if its real SSAA or just TSAA. Kinda hard to tell.

[FastRedPonyCar]

that suit texture WAS from the link you sent me. :(

[Soetdjuret]

It's supposed to look like this: http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9643/supa1.jpg

Not like yours with white in the hexagons.


Edit: Uploading the correct nanosuit for you. U can use it in Warhead as well.

Edit 2: Here's the link: http://www.mediafire.com/?5ku9f1tt3ir2xk3 put in Game folder, remove the old .pak file from previous nanosuit.

[FastRedPonyCar]

Thanks I'll give it a shot in a sec.


Here's the new config. It's averaging around 40fps avg on the GPU benchmark @ 1920X1200 with no AA.

Drop the shadow texture size down to 1024 if you need an extra 7 or so FPS. Turn off POM if you want another 8 or 9 fps.


There is still some object pop up here and there but nothing worse than the rest of the high quality configs out there (as far as I can tell)


Give feedback if you can on what can/needs to be changed.

+------------------------------+
|FastRedPonyCar's Crysis Config|
+------------------------------+



con_restricted=0

+=======================+
| Primary Game settings |
+=======================+

sys_spec_GameEffects = 4
sys_spec_ObjectDetail = 4
sys_spec_Particles = 4
sys_spec_Physics = 4
sys_spec_PostProcessing = 4
sys_spec_Quality = 4
sys_spec_Shading = 4
sys_spec_Shadows = 4
sys_spec_Sound = 4
sys_spec_Texture = 4
sys_spec_VolumetricEffects = 4
sys_spec_Water = 4


+==================+
| Objects settings |
+==================+

ca_AttachmentCullingRation = 200
ca_DrawFaceAttachments = 1
ca_UseDecals = 1
e_cbuffer_resolution = 256
e_decals_allow_game_decals = 1
e_decals_life_time_scale = 2
e_decals = 1
e_dissolve = 1
e_lod_min = 0
e_lod_ratio = 8
e_obj_quality = 3
e_view_dist_ratio = 60
e_view_dist_ratio_detail = 33
es_DebrisLifetimeScale = 1
i_rejecteffects = 1
sys_flash_curve_tess_error = 2
e_terrain_occlusion_culling = 1
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_max_dist = 200
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_version = 0
e_terrain_lod_ratio = 0.8
e_lods = 1




+==================+
| Texture Settings |
+==================+

r_usepom = 1
r_DynTexMaxSize = 80
r_EnvTexResolution = 3
r_EnvCMResolution = 2
r_ImposterRatio = 1
r_TexAtlasSize = 1024
r_TexSkyResolution = 0
r_TexBumpResolution = 0
r_TexResolution = 0
r_TexturesFilteringQuality = 0
r_DynTexAtlasSpritesMaxSize = 24
sys_LowSpecPak = 0
r_VegetationSpritesTexRes = 128
r_DynTexAtlasCloudsMaxSize = 32



+=================+
| Shader settings |
+=================+

r_DetailDistance = 8
r_DetailNumLayers = 2
r_DetailTextures = 1
r_EnvTexUpdateInterval = 0.75
r_FillLights = 7
r_HairSortingQuality = 0
r_LightsSinglePass = 0
e_max_entity_lights = 11
e_particles_lights = 1
e_ram_maps = 1
e_sky_type = 1
e_sky_update_rate = 1
e_terrain_ao = 1
e_terrain_normal_map = 0
e_vegetation_use_terrain_color = 1
q_Renderer = 2
q_ShaderFX = 3
q_ShaderGeneral = 3
q_ShaderGlass = 3
q_ShaderHDR = 3
q_ShaderMetal = 3
q_ShaderPostProcess = 3
q_ShaderIce = 3
q_ShaderShadow = 3
q_ShaderSky = 3
q_ShaderTerrain = 3
q_ShaderVegetation = 3
sys_flash_edgeaa = 2



+====================+
| Particles settings |
+====================+

e_particles_lod = 1
e_particles_max_emitter_draw_screen = 20
e_particles_quality = 3
e_particles_object_collisions = 0
r_UseSoftParticles = 1
e_particles_thread=1
e_particles_receive_shadows = 1



+==========================================+
| HDR, SSAO and Vision Adaptation settings |
+==========================================+

r_SSAO = 1
r_SSAO_darkening = 2.4
r_ssao_quality = 2
r_ssao_radius = 1
r_ssao_amount 0.2
r_HDRRendering = 2
r_HDRlevel = .6
r_SSAO_blur = 1
r_SSAO_blurrines .8
r_GlowScreenMultiplier = 0.2
r_TerrainAO = 7
r_TerrainAO_FadeDist=12
r_eyeadaptationbase = .55
r_hdrbrightoffset = 25
r_eyeadaptationspeed = .1
r_eyeadaptationfactor = .75


+=================+
| Shadow settings |
+=================+

e_shadows = 1
e_shadows_cast_view_dist_ratio = 0.8
e_shadows_max_texture_size = 1500
e_shadows_from_terrain_in_all_lods = 1
e_shadows_on_alpha_blended = 1
e_gsm_lods_num = 6
e_gsm_range = 4
r_ShadowJittering = 1.5
r_ShadowBlur = 1
r_ShadowsMaskResolution = 0



+================+
| Water settings |
+================+

r_WaterCaustics = 1
r_WaterReflections = 1
r_WaterReflectionsQuality = 2
r_WaterRefractions = 1
r_WaterUpdateDistance = 0.2
r_WaterUpdateFactor = 0.05
r_WaterGodRays = 1
r_WaterReflectionsMinVisiblePixelsUpdate = 0.001
q_ShaderWater = 2
e_water_ocean_fft = 1
e_water_ocean_soft_particles = 1
e_water_tesselation_amount = 8
e_water_tesselation_swath_width = 10


+=====================+
| Vegetation settings |
+=====================+

e_vegetation_static_instancing=0
e_vegetation_sprites_distance_ratio = 1
e_cull_veg_activation = 50
e_view_dist_ratio_vegetation = 65
e_proc_vegetation = 1
e_vegetation_bending = 2
e_vegetation_min_size = 0
e_vegetation_sprites_distance_custom_ratio_min = 1
e_vegetation_wind = 1


+=======================+
| Viewdistance settings |
+=======================+

e_detail_materials_view_dist_xy = 4096
e_detail_materials_view_dist_z = 256
e_max_view_dst_spec_lerp = 1


+=========+
| Physics |
+=========+

e_foliage_wind_activation_dist = 25
e_phys_foliage = 2
e_phys_ocean_cell = 0.5
es_MaxPhysDist = 190
es_MaxPhysDistInvisible = 25
g_breakage_particles_limit = 220
g_joint_breaking = 1
g_tree_cut_reuse_dist = 0
p_max_MC_iters = 6000
p_max_substeps_large_group = 5
p_num_bodies_large_group = 6w0



+================+
| Sound settings |
+================+

s_CacheSize = 80
s_FormatSampleRate = 48000
s_MPEGDecoders = 32
s_Obstruction = 1
s_ObstructionAccuracy = 1
s_ObstructionUpdate = 0.1
s_ReverbType = 1
s_SoundMoodsDSP = 1
s_VariationLimiter = 1


+================================+
| Lighting & Volumetric settings |
+================================+

-- Sunshafts --
r_sunshafts = 1
r_Beams = 3
r_BeamsDistFactor = 0.03
r_BeamsMaxSlices = 250
e_clouds = 1
r_CloudsUpdateAlways = 1
r_Coronas = 1
r_Flares = 1



+==========================+
| Post Processing settings |
+==========================+

r_ColorGrading = 1
r_DepthOfField = 2
r_MotionBlur = 1
cl_hitblur = 1
cl_hitShake = 1
g_Dof_Ironsight = 1





+===================+
| Other Misc tweaks |
+===================+

r_GeomInstancing=1
e_cbuffer = 1
r_CullGeometryForLights = 1
g_battleDust_enable = 1
e_recursion_occlusion_culling = 1
e_particles_preload = 1
g_ragdollDistance = 30
g_ragdollMinTime = 15
v_vehicle_quality = 4
i_lighteffects = 1
i_lighteffectShadows = 3
r_TexturesStreaming = 0
r_useEdgeAA = 1

[kaptkarl]

Crysis is still by far the best looking game out there....period....IMHO. Warhead plays great on my 5870 @ 1920x1200 8AA and looks simply awesome. No other game I've played comes close, although BFBC2 looks great also.

Kapt

[H3avyM3tal]

Thanks I'll give it a shot in a sec.


Here's the new config. It's averaging around 40fps avg on the GPU benchmark @ 1920X1200 with no AA.



Where do I need to put this file?

[FastRedPonyCar]

Where do I need to put this file?

in the crysis\game\config folder

[H3avyM3tal]

Thanks.
Btw, what the POM setting do?

[FastRedPonyCar]

Parralax occlusion mapping. It's what makes the stones on the ground texures and snow, tire tracks in the dirt, etc go from a flat texture to a 3D raised texture.

IMO a 216gtx or higher can pull it off depending on the resolution you use but it eat up a good 10~12 fps on my GTX275.