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Hi All,

I'm off to get a new rig to play Crysis, well the Mechwarrior mod for Crysis to be exact.

My plan is to get a i5 750 and a HD 5770 with 4 Gig of RAM which I am hoping to run three 22" monitors. Will this rig be ok for Crysis or will I need the 5850 or 5870 card?

I would think that for Crysis, the better the card you can afford, the better it will be. Well, actually, that goes for everything... but a 5770 might struggle with Crysis on triplewide.

it looks like I will go with two 5770s in XFire. There is a huge shortage of 5850s and 5870s here and they are very hard to find

Yep, itll run really bad on a 5770.

Hi All,

I'm off to get a new rig to play Crysis, well the Mechwarrior mod for Crysis to be exact.

My plan is to get a i5 750 and a HD 5770 with 4 Gig of RAM which I am hoping to run three 22" monitors. Will this rig be ok for Crysis or will I need the 5850 or 5870 card?

It depends on your definition of ok. What settings. I have a c2d 6850 at 3.5, 6 gigs ram and win 7 64bit. Maxed very high dx10 with 2xaa I get 25-30 frames. Put shaders to high and no aa I get 35-37 avg> This is with a 5970! And 3x1680x1050

Hi All,

I'm off to get a new rig to play Crysis, well the Mechwarrior mod for Crysis to be exact.

My plan is to get a i5 750 and a HD 5770 with 4 Gig of RAM which I am hoping to run three 22" monitors. Will this rig be ok for Crysis or will I need the 5850 or 5870 card?

5770 + Three 22" LCDs = Crysis?.........It sure does !

I have a very similar system to the one you are thinking of buying........

i5 750
HD 5770
3 X 22" monitors

And have just played Crysis all the way through.........

Played it at 1680 x 1050 on medium settings,it looked superb & it ran really smooth.

If i played it on high settings,then i would have had to drop the resolution down.

I'm waiting on a DP>VGA adapter to arrive so I can test out my new rig. I ended up going with two 5770s in Crossfire.

I did do a test of Crysis on two monitor Eyefinity and it works no problems. :D

I'm waiting on a DP>VGA adapter to arrive so I can test out my new rig. I ended up going with two 5770s in Crossfire.

I did do a test of Crysis on two monitor Eyefinity and it works no problems. :D

Just out of curiosity,which motherboard did you buy ?

It's a Gigabyte P55A-UD5

It's a Gigabyte P55A-UD5

Could you let me me know what results you get from the 2 X 5770 ?

I am thinking of doing the same thing.....

Will do, once I get my adapter.

I gave it a test using two monitors on the MWLL Mod for Crysis. Posted some screen shots here: http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/forumtml#msg85985

What performance increase did you get,going from 1 x 5770 to 2 x 5770 ?

I have no idea as I went straight to 2 x 5770s.

My old rig had a 7800 GTX that cost me about $800AUD three years ago. The two 5770s cost me $400AUD and tripled the performance.

Could you give me an idea of what FPS you are getting and with what resolution & settings ?

Is Crysis completely maxed out ?

Here are the results of three benchmarks using Medium, High and Very High. I normally run on the high setting.

9/12/2009 9:17:28 AM - Vista 64
Beginning Run #1 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu
DX10 1920x1080, AA=No AA, Vsync=Disabled, 64 bit test, FullScreen
Demo Loops=3, Time Of Day= 9
Global Game Quality: Medium
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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 50.75s, Average FPS: 39.41
Min FPS: 21.43 at frame 142, Max FPS: 50.72 at frame 1842
Average Tri/Sec: 38973912, Tri/Frame: 988896
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.93
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 43.04s, Average FPS: 46.47
Min FPS: 21.43 at frame 142, Max FPS: 54.14 at frame 76
Average Tri/Sec: 46370616, Tri/Frame: 997792
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.92
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 43.01s, Average FPS: 46.50
Min FPS: 21.43 at frame 142, Max FPS: 54.17 at frame 89
Average Tri/Sec: 46421396, Tri/Frame: 998329
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.92
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
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Beginning Run #2 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu
DX10 1920x1080, AA=No AA, Vsync=Disabled, 64 bit test, FullScreen
Demo Loops=3, Time Of Day= 9
Global Game Quality: High
==============================================================
TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 53.82s, Average FPS: 37.16
Min FPS: 12.40 at frame 142, Max FPS: 59.72 at frame 977
Average Tri/Sec: -22816664, Tri/Frame: -613940
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.49
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 41.72s, Average FPS: 47.93
Min FPS: 12.40 at frame 142, Max FPS: 63.70 at frame 123
Average Tri/Sec: -29277370, Tri/Frame: -610775
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.50
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 41.69s, Average FPS: 47.98
Min FPS: 12.40 at frame 142, Max FPS: 68.53 at frame 95
Average Tri/Sec: -29292306, Tri/Frame: -610543
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.50
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
==============================================================

Beginning Run #3 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu
DX10 1920x1080, AA=No AA, Vsync=Disabled, 64 bit test, FullScreen
Demo Loops=3, Time Of Day= 9
Global Game Quality: VeryHigh
==============================================================
TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 74.59s, Average FPS: 26.81
Min FPS: 8.37 at frame 143, Max FPS: 38.84 at frame 977
Average Tri/Sec: -6847741, Tri/Frame: -255383
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -3.59
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 59.27s, Average FPS: 33.74
Min FPS: 8.37 at frame 143, Max FPS: 41.67 at frame 871
Average Tri/Sec: -8145448, Tri/Frame: -241384
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -3.80
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 59.11s, Average FPS: 33.83
Min FPS: 8.37 at frame 143, Max FPS: 41.67 at frame 871
Average Tri/Sec: -8202994, Tri/Frame: -242457
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -3.78
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
==============================================================

Completed All Tests

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29/12/2009 9:17:28 AM - Vista 64

Run #1- DX10 1920x1080 AA=No AA, 64 bit test, Quality: Medium ~~ Overall Average FPS: 46.485
Run #2- DX10 1920x1080 AA=No AA, 64 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Overall Average FPS: 47.955
Run #3- DX10 1920x1080 AA=No AA, 64 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh ~~ Overall Average FPS: 33.785

Just an update. I OC my CPU from 2.67GHz to 2.80GHz and got a 10FPS increase. I see an average between 55-60 while playing the MWLL mod in Crysis too.

30/12/2009 10:08:49 AM - Vista 64
Beginning Run #1 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu
DX10 1920x1080, AA=No AA, Vsync=Disabled, 64 bit test, FullScreen
Demo Loops=3, Time Of Day= 9
Global Game Quality: High
==============================================================
TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 40.69s, Average FPS: 49.15
Min FPS: 30.64 at frame 137, Max FPS: 68.53 at frame 858
Average Tri/Sec: -30133278, Tri/Frame: -613031
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.50
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 33.98s, Average FPS: 58.85
Min FPS: 30.64 at frame 137, Max FPS: 74.58 at frame 78
Average Tri/Sec: -35934728, Tri/Frame: -610585
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.50
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 33.98s, Average FPS: 58.85
Min FPS: 30.64 at frame 137, Max FPS: 74.58 at frame 78
Average Tri/Sec: -35872668, Tri/Frame: -609511
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.50
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
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Completed All Tests

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30/12/2009 10:08:49 AM - Vista 64

Run #1- DX10 1920x1080 AA=No AA, 64 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Overall Average FPS: 58.85

Thanks for the information,Very useful......Thanks

Run #1- DX10 5040 x 1050 AA=No AA, 64 bit test, Quality: Medium ~~ Overall Average FPS: 27.65

Was you running in a triple screen resolution,when you did these tests ?

Nah, just single screen. My DP>VGA adapter still hasn't arrived.

Crysis + Crysis Warhead today on Steam for $13. :doh

I get the same results in Crysis as I do in NFS: Shift if I enable Crossfire. Framerate drops to sub 10. Disable CF and I get about 25-30 FPS with no-AA and everything on High.

Looking forward to the next driver update.

i5/2.66, 8gb, 2x 5870, Win7x64, 5760x1080