COD4 Graphics Better than Crysis?

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I looked at all the tweak guides. I think the settings I ended up with was 1280 x 800, no AA, shader quality on high and everything else on medium and water on low. I believe I'm up around 40 fps but it simply does not look impressive AT ALL.
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Why would you put Shader on high instead of pushing some AA? Put shader on medium or low, crank some other settings up and put 4xAA... the game looks 1000x times better with just some AA. No more jaggies on clouds, particles, etc. The reason it doesn't look impressive is because you set it up wrong.

Call of Duty 4 on the other hand I can run on ALL of the highest settings, looks amazing and multiplayer runs as smooth as can be.

The only good thing I can say about Crysis is that you can definitely see there is a lot of technology and potential and interactive qualities to the graphics and terrain... but, its just NOT worth it at this point.
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Yeah, CoD4 is definitely game of the year quality in terms of game play and graphics. Like you said, crank everything up and have run in multiplay... you shouldn't see a single stutter. Very, very good optimization imo. (Most games will give you huge dips in FPS when transitioning to certain areas within a map, this game avoids that. :) )
 
Well, I did research on other forums (as well as this one I think)... the consensus from what I read was that the improvements in AA 2-4x is negligable compared to the performance hit you take. Some even said that it is completely unnoticeable from off to 2x or 4x and posted screenshots. That being said, the shader setting was noted to be the most noticeable improvement from medium to high.

I did try MANY settings, AA included, and I noticed not much graphical improvement... especially none that warrented a 5-8 fps hit. If someone with a similar setup wants to post their best settings while getting 30 fps I'm all ears.
 
Tonight I'll try to have everything on medium with only Physics on High and AA 4x and see if that helps. If it I'm not getting 25+ fps consistently I'll try direct x 9.
 



I agree a 110%. I have an 8800GT and played COD4 fully maxed on 1980 x1200 and Crysis pn 1980 x 1200 all high (with a few Very High settings) and trust me when I say COD4 has nothing on Crysis
 


That is very bad performance, you should be using settings on high with good fps (no AA), with no problems, something is definitely wrong, unless you got the 256MB version of the GT.
 
You guys should look up some of the autoexec.cfg files that people have been posting on the Crysis websites. I have one from Crysis-Online by Belloni, that is basically all high setting with the Xp DX10 hack , and it looks 10x better than normal XP high. I get about 30FPS @ 1440x900. His tweak makes my game look very close to original E3 trailers. Shiny leaves and all.
 


Pretty much hit the nail on the head with this one. Although on my PC, the graphics of CoD 4 are on par if not better than Crysis. Crysis taxes my system to much to warrant the "better" graphics though.
 
Yes, I agree, sorry but cod4 graphics are WAY overrated, I'm running Crysis on ultra high, with 4 HD4870 X2 Graphics cards and a Q6600, with 4GB of DDR3 RAM, runs very nicely, ultra high settings pummels cod4 into the ground, eats HAZE for breakfast and any PS3 game doesn't even come into the picture.

It is truly got the best graphics yet to be seen, can you shoot a barrel with a fully automatic gun and watch each bullet cause individually rendered dents, then watch each bullet shell roll down a slope to collect in a dent in the ground? no? didn't think so.

Just search up "Crysis Ultra high" on youtube.
 
I’ve only played the demo of Crysis but I have played the full version of COD4, as far as graphics go Crysis is a lot better even at high settings. For me the graphics in COD4 are solid buildings look good but he models lack detail and in a lot of scenes they sue the same textures over and over again which aren’t particularly high res.

Personally the best game I’ve played as far as graphics goes in Half Life 2 Episode 2. It’s just as good as Crysis (DX9 mode) if not better and doesn’t require a high end video cards just to get a smooth frame rate.
 

While the art direction of COD4 may make it look better to you, Crysis is vastly superior on a technical level.
 
Half-Life 2: Episode 2 is extremely dated, and there are many better looking titles that have come out in recent years. Unlike Crysis, it does not use texture streaming, per pixel dynamic lighting with dynamic soft shadows, volumetric clouds, and subsurface scattering. The grass density and foliage density is MUCH lower in Half-Life 2, it's textures are considerably lower resolution, static lighting is used, and the shader effects are overall considerably more dated. The physics engine in the Half-Life 2 games is also not as advanced, but that isn't really in the realm of graphics. On a technical level, Crysis is superior to Half-Life 2: Episode 2 in every way. Art direction is another thing and is completely subjective, so I couldn't argue with you on that. Truthfully, art direction is just as important as graphical features, if not more so. An example would be the upcoming title, Mirror's Edge; I played the demo last night on the PS3 and while on a technical level it was not impressive thanks to the static lighting, sky, and average character models, the game still looks amazing in it's own way due to the art direction alone.
 
did i hear somone say that crysis is "technically" superior to cod4? well, "technically" the cryengine is the most poorly optimized piece of steaming crap i have ever seen in my life, my friend with slied 8800 ultras can't max it out to a steady framerate

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no one will ever be able to max crysis out and play it at over 60 fps, unless they patch the game alot more. its just simply impossible because of their horrid engine.
 

Being technically more advanced doesn't mean it is going to run as well. I never said anything about Crysis running as well as Call of Duty 4. Fact is, Crysis has per pixel dynamic soft shadows, subsurface scattering, and other graphical features that aren't used in Call of Duty 4. Until we have another game sporting the same sort of graphical features Crysis supports, we can't really say how poorly optimized it is.
 


um far cry 2? i think thats probably it as far as those features are concerned. you can run far cry 2 on half the system with twice the framerate lol
 
Nice try, but Far Cry 2's lighting is not nearly as advanced, nor are the character models or shader effects. The first game that will probably really compete with Crysis on a technical level will be Alan Wake, and Rage will pass it whenever it is released. GTA IV has a pretty fancy lighting engine similar to the one in Crysis, and it might end up even close depending on how good the PC port is.
 
If anyone has a system that can run Crysis, then there's no question IMHO, it is THE most beautiful and graphically advanced title out there... haven't seen anything come close.
Both COD4 and FC2 are beautiful games, and I think COD4 is prob best FPS out in recent memory...

But looking at the first sunrise in Crysis on ultra... wow, talk about take one's breath away......
 
stand on a cliff, view the horizon from left to right on a Crysis sunset. tell me if it aint beautiful. because when i did that i wish i was holding a beautiful lady's hand and we're drinking wine together..

but cod4's atmosphere is entirely different. especially the one in the chernobyl mission, it made you feel what it wants to make you feel. that that city was once populated and had living people inside it

about gta4, i dont think a theres a console port that can put a q6/8800gt combo to its knees. but i saw a game (forgot the title) that has the same style like GTA4 (city sandbox style) but more applauding graphics.

speaking about rage, this feels like being college student all over. doom3 (bachelors degree) > crysis (masters) > rage (doctors). ive been missing the carmack magic for quite sometime now.
 
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You're out of you're mind buddy. there's no way a system like that would max out Crysis at any resolution, at least not with playable framerates! you'd be getting what, maybe 12-18 FPS at 1280x1024? MAYBE!?
 
I have similar spec with e8400 3.0 GHz P45TS MoBo Radeon 4870 1gb and 4 gigs of ddr2 1066 and play at 1680x1050 with everything maxed including aa and i get min 26 fps in intense fights and average at 33-35. Hmm maybe i just got lucky 😀 Forgot to mention i run it on vista 32 dx10 even tough vista kinda sucks
 
there is only one game that comes close to crysis that gears of war for pc which does have far sharper texture (U3 engine is amazing but cod 4 textures are appalling for all but character models and those are only average) and is very optimized but then you think that crysis renders riduclously huge maps in the most glorious graphics so what if the textures are not as good the post processing (which is what making it look so good) is the best in any game by miles and even half life has to admit that crysis has better facial animation. love it although the lighting can be a bit funny but mods can fix this. BTW the way, check out the group of pictures entitled crysis vs real life you will be astonished.
 
I'm running Crysis 1680x1050, 22 in. monitor, 2 aa, and everything on high and it looks amazing and very playable. I think I'll crank it up just to see what it looks like. BRB
 
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