Can't run Crysis over 1360x768

krjacobs03 · Post by **krjacobs03** » 26 Mar 2008, 04:54

I just got a 1080p monitor and went to try out Crysis. The resolution was set to 1360x768, but when I went to set it to 1920x1080 it said invalid resolution. It says the same for any resolution over 1360x768. I have my desktop res at 1080p and have played Gears of War, Unreal Tournament 3, ES IV: Oblivion, and GRAW2 all at 1080p, so I know it is not my monitor.
Geforce 8800GTX OC, C2D E6850, 4GB DDR2 @ 800MHz.
Any ideas or suggestion? Thank you!
Edit. I am running v1.2. Also, I am able to get 1080p in a window, but not in fullscreen.

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 26 Mar 2008, 11:29

Interesting.

I'm sure this is at least the second occurrence of this, but I can't remember more than that. I don't think it was fixed, either, actually.

Well, hopefully in a few days I'll be able to test out a 1080p HDTV + HTPC, so I can stick Crysis on and give it a test.

krjacobs03 · Post by **krjacobs03** » 26 Mar 2008, 20:19

I just got off tech support and they were about as useful as a poopy flavored lollypop.

Frag Maniac · Post by **Frag Maniac** » 27 Mar 2008, 04:01

CryPoop, now that's a concept. LOL

Have you tried just forcing the res in the config file? Go to My DocumentsMy gamesCrysisgame.cfg. Open it with Notepad after relocating a backup copy. Go to where the lines r_Width = #### and r_Height = #### are and change them to r_Width = 1920 and r_Height = 1200. Save changes when you exit.

krjacobs03 · Post by **krjacobs03** » 27 Mar 2008, 04:26

CryPoop, now that's a concept. LOL

Have you tried just forcing the res in the config file? Go to My DocumentsMy gamesCrysisgame.cfg. Open it with Notepad after relocating a backup copy. Go to where the lines r_Width = #### and r_Height = #### are and change them to r_Width = 1920 and r_Height = 1200. Save changes when you exit.

Yes, I have. All that shows up is a black screen. Even when I open the task manager. The only way to get it back is to reset the computer. It does the same thing if I set the game to 1080p in a window, then make it fullscreen.
Maybe it is trying to run at a refresh rate my TV does not support? But I don't know why it would do that.

Frag Maniac · Post by **Frag Maniac** » 27 Mar 2008, 04:51

Ah ha, you said monitor so I assumed it was not a TV. You still should be able to game at 60Hz on it even though 1080i HD broadcasts are in 2x 30Hz. I looked via Google searching, in the entire cvar list for the game and on every page of the Tweakguide and refresh isn't mentioned anywhere. You may need to force a 60Hz refresh via your video card control panel, NTune, or some such program by making a launch profile for Crysis. Some TVs refresh at 120Hz though, so be sure to check the specs on yours first.

krjacobs03 · Post by **krjacobs03** » 27 Mar 2008, 07:21

Ah ha, you said monitor so I assumed it was not a TV. You still should be able to game at 60Hz on it even though 1080i HD broadcasts are in 2x 30Hz. I looked via Google searching, in the entire cvar list for the game and on every page of the Tweakguide and refresh isn't mentioned anywhere. You may need to force a 60Hz refresh via your video card control panel, NTune, or some such program by making a launch profile for Crysis. Some TVs refresh at 120Hz though, so be sure to check the specs on yours first.

My desktop res is 1920x1080 @ 60Hz (1080p). My TV also supports 23, 24, 29, 30, and 59Hz so I didn't think that was really a concern. Thanks for looking though :D .
FYI. I refer to my computer TV as my monitor because I have another TV about 3ft away for actual TV watching. I just got in a habit of refering to my computer TV as a monitor to distinguish them. Sorry for the confusion.

Tanuki · Post by **Tanuki** » 27 Mar 2008, 08:46

All that shows up is a black screen.

I did not see this already mentioned. Do you still get sound in the game? If you do it can help you focus on the display signal. If not, well that would be bad.

krjacobs03 · Post by **krjacobs03** » 27 Mar 2008, 16:26

Do you still get sound in the game? If you do it can help you focus on the display signal. If not, well that would be bad.

Yes, I do get sound. I can hear game music and even my mouse scrolling across buttons in the video options.

A Hail Mary here, but is it possible that Crysis at 1080p is too much bandwidth for my DVI-HDMI cable (8ft Monster 800 series). I doubt it becaause it still didn't work with everything on low and/or turned off.

Hopefully Paradigm Shifter will have some luck.

Tanuki · Post by **Tanuki** » 27 Mar 2008, 18:30

Yes, I do get sound. I can hear game music and even my mouse scrolling across buttons in the video options.

A Hail Mary here, but is it possible that Crysis at 1080p is too much bandwidth for my DVI-HDMI cable (8ft Monster 800 series). I doubt it becaause it still didn't work with everything on low and/or turned off.

Hopefully Paradigm Shifter will have some luck

Not my area by any means but I would think that if it was a bandwidth problem you would have problems with FMVs in other games. But I cannot really see why a cable cannot handle anything that it was designed for.

Does Crysis let you Alt-Tab back to the desktop? That might be a way to prevent those hard resets. This may be mumbo jumbo but I have found that some programs that will not let me Alt-Tab at first will let me do so if I have some other application running. Like Notepad.

Perhaps Crysis has a default refresh rate it goes to when you switch to fullscreen? You may want to try Refresh Lock or Refresh Force and see if you get any different results. The app can use a different refresh than your desktop res.

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 27 Mar 2008, 19:27

I'm looking at Sunday absolute earliest I can get you any sort of result from my experimenting. I was hoping that it was gonna be tomorrow, but I've just been informed by family that I'm expected to attend a get together on Saturday. *sigh*

krjacobs03 · Post by **krjacobs03** » 27 Mar 2008, 19:45

Does Crysis let you Alt-Tab back to the desktop? That might be a way to prevent those hard resets. This may be mumbo jumbo but I have found that some programs that will not let me Alt-Tab at first will let me do so if I have some other application running. Like Notepad.

If I force the res to 1080p or set it to 1080p in a window then set fullscreen I completly lose video. I have tried ctrl+alt+del to exit the game but the video does not come back. That is why it needs a hard reset.
Maybe it is my piece of shit PNY 8800GTX. I have had nothing but problems with it since day one and I am on my 3rd card since August. One of the DVI outputs on the card is even broken on this card.

krjacobs03 · Post by **krjacobs03** » 27 Mar 2008, 20:56

OK. I just went and hooked my PC to a 65" Mitsu DLP 1080p. Success! The game had no problem running at 1080p. I hooked it up via both DVI-HDMI and a Duel Linked DVI cable. Both worked so the cable is fine. Also, The DVI cable lookes MUCH better than the DVI-HDMI. It had much smoother lines and curves. In my book, the theory that DVI-HDMI = DVI-DVI quality is busted!
So the problem has to rest with my monitor-TV. It is 1080p and I have played over 20 different games and Blu-ray movies at 1080p with no problems.
Finally, if I alt+tab out of the game it goes to a window so I don't have to hard reset.

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 27 Mar 2008, 23:50

Careful making such a broad conclusion about HDMI-DVI vs DVI-DVI, the cable is not the only variable.

The receiving chipset is another, and for that matter, the dvi one could be in 1080p and the hdmi one in 1080i ! Especially on a DLP tv...

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 28 Mar 2008, 00:22

Interesting to hear, anyway.

Thanks... I'll try to check that out as well by getting my hands on a DVI->HDMI cable. My options currently stand at the little DVI/HDMI converter that came with my 3870, or VGA. No DVI, just VGA as a "PC Connection".

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 28 Mar 2008, 01:00

Unfortunately 'they' are doing everything they can to rid all products of DVI for their HDCP-required HDMI replacement.

Careful on that adapter, might be specific to that card, arent they for integrating audio with the hdmi or such?

krjacobs03 · Post by **krjacobs03** » 28 Mar 2008, 03:21

Careful making such a broad conclusion about HDMI-DVI vs DVI-DVI, the cable is not the only variable.

The receiving chipset is another, and for that matter, the dvi one could be in 1080p and the hdmi one in 1080i ! Especially on a DLP tv...

On MY DLP, both the HDMI and DVI inputs are 1080p. The DVI looked much better than the HDMI-DVI. And I am using a Monster 800 series HDMI-DVI cable which is the second best HDMI-DVI cable Monster makes.

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 28 Mar 2008, 12:10

Wonder if that second best is better then the coat hangers they couldnt be distinguished from.

Seriously, cables dont need to cost that much. I was just saying the cable isnt the only possible cause why dvi would look better.

Like on my westy the hdmi input is quite a bit worse then my dvi input, regardless of cables. The chipset is different and more borderline/error prone at 1080p.

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 28 Mar 2008, 13:44

Unfortunately 'they' are doing everything they can to rid all products of DVI for their HDCP-required HDMI replacement.

Careful on that adapter, might be specific to that card, arent they for integrating audio with the hdmi or such?

Yes. I wouldn't be surprised if the adaptor is specific to the 3870, but since it'll be being used with that card... ;)

Killing off DVI I think is really stupid. Killing it off for DisplayPort (when that finally takes off properly) isn't necessarily a bad idea, despite the fact that I'd prefer my connections to be screwed in, so they don't run the risk of the cable falling out at an inopportune moment.

Well, we'll see what happens. If I want to play Protected Content on my HDTV, I'll use my PS3. The PC is aimed at being lower-power than my gaming rig, while still providing enough juice to be able to play games on a 40" screen if I want to. 8) I'll try out the HDMI adaptor jobbie, but I can always go VGA, provided that it doesn't give me any headaches setting it up. DVI's great because, so far for me, I've never had a problem with it with respect to setting up positioning etc. I'm hoping that HDMI will be similarly painless...

krjacobs03 · Post by **krjacobs03** » 28 Mar 2008, 16:34

Like on my westy the hdmi input is quite a bit worse then my dvi input, regardless of cables. The chipset is different and more borderline/error prone at 1080p.

Agreed! I had a Westy before my Sharp and the HDMI inmput looked terrible. I had to use the VGA imput for my computer and I always had constants rolling static lines. That was better than what I would have had to deal with with the HDMI input. My first Westy had a DVI, but it broke and they gave me one with HDMI instead :cry: .

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