Crysis 2 DX11 Patch Live

[FastRedPonyCar]

even the tech demos for CE3 though don't seem quite as good.

It should be interesting though to see if the modding community can come up with more fixes.

[Burnt_Ram]

Originally Posted by ATOJAR

You need objects on Ultra for POM.

thanks

[newparad1gm]

The way Crysis 2 uses video memory is weird though. I had all my settings on Ultra in DX11 with high-res textures and saw it was using ~1500MB VRAM at 5760x1080.

So I turned off the high-res textures, and it was still using ~1500MB VRAM. I then turned all the settings on lowest and still saw the same VRAM usage. I then switched to DX9 and still saw the same VRAM usage. So I finally dialed down the resolution to 1920x1080, and only then did my VRAM usage go down, to ~1150MB! This was still with the same lowest settings and no high-res textures at DX9. This can't be right or people with 1GB cards would have seen terrible performance before, which wasn't the case.

So I'm thinking Crysis 2 just hogs as much VRAM as possible, and doesn't actually use all of the VRAM its occupying for at any given moment in the game, instead using the additional VRAM as a cache for other textures that aren't being used to reduce future loading times and such. OF course, with my original settings, I'm even amazed I get the performance that I do, barring the rampant popup and flickering of objects. However, its something I noticed even on my 6970 in my other machine at 1920x1080, and it also doesn't happen in DX9, so I'm thinking its something with the renderer.

[JasonPC]

I've noticed crazy flickering distant textures in dx11 as well.

[FastRedPonyCar]

Originally Posted by JasonPC

I've noticed crazy flickering distant textures in dx11 as well.

me too. some near the player as well like concrete/asphalt (Which is still blurry low res texture)

I agree that the high res texture is nice but it only draws attention to the still low res textures. Also not all the reflections are true to the surroundings. The puddles on the ground for instance some are the pre rendered generic reflections but stuff like the cars are legit.

I think this is all a nice step in the right direction but it just comes across as a band-aid solution to a bigger problem. It helped stop the bleeding but the wound is still there.

Oh well... I tried it... back to the witcher. maybe the community will fix the rest of the low res textures and I can actually enjoy the game.

[jcrox]

Originally Posted by newparad1gm

The way Crysis 2 uses video memory is weird though.

+1

My single 570 runs smooth as silk @ 1920x1200 with shadows and water set to Extreme, Post Processing set to High and everything else on Ultra registering 1254MB of VRAM being used.

When running DX9 without the high res textures it still uses 1254MB of VRAM.

I'm not getting any of the flickering though. Maybe a driver issue? I'm using 275.33

[Ninja Prime]

Honestly this wasn't a good enough game for me to want to re-install and play through it, even with slightly improved graphics.

[crainger]

Srs? I thought the game play, while not quite the scope of the originals, was still very good. I love planning my attack, getting down on the ground and wrecking havoc switching suit mods. The story is :: but the gameplay and presentation, I loved it.

I do miss the more military 'sim' feel of the first. I think they spoiled it when they started to introduce conspiracy theories and Gould. Man I hate that guy, from the moment he shot the dual finger guns and drummed on the desk.

[wysiwyg]

Originally Posted by crainger

Srs? I thought the game play, while not quite the scope of the originals, was still very good. I love planning my attack, getting down on the ground and wrecking havoc switching suit mods. The story is :: but the gameplay and presentation, I loved it.

I do miss the more military 'sim' feel of the first. I think they spoiled it when they started to introduce conspiracy theories and Gould. Man I hate that guy, from the moment he shot the dual finger guns and drummed on the desk.

agreed with everything you said

playing the game again with the graphic packs i cannot really notice much difference

[DiscipleDOC]

I found out that my machine was using only one card--it must've happened when I did a graphics driver update. Anyway, I'm getting solid 50-60 FPS with everything maxed:

[JohnDio]

Sandbox 3 Editor has just been released. Go get it

http://www.mycrysis.com/support

[mailman2]

Originally Posted by Ninja Prime

Honestly this wasn't a good enough game for me to want to re-install and play through it, even with slightly improved graphics.

I never finished, lost interest. I love how they gave us this "GIFT"... wonder if I could get it in a monetary denomination instead.