PC powerful enough for Re5 and Crysis?

[Guest]

hi,
can anyone tell me if my pc is powerful enough to run crysis and resident evil 5 on max settings?

core i 7 950
2 4870x2 in quadfire
6 gig fram
vista 64.

For some reason the games run well except for when theres a lot to render on the screen and I take a massive fps hit.
I may go from 50 to under 20!

I also noticed that when I run re5 in dx9 it seems to run better than it does in dx10? why is that??

should I be able to run these two games well, with good fps 40+ on high settings??

I have the latest drivers from ATI too??

ideas?
thank you

 

[ridic23]

u have any other DX10 games to try then use them to see if they are also workin properly......use win 7 for os.....

 

[Guest]

other games i have, like Fear 2, wolfesntein ran great, bioshock, call of duty all run amazing..
re5 runs well with dx10 and 2xaa, crank it up to 4 or 8xaa it is unplayable..
should it be that way with my graphics cards and processor?

 

[Guest]

am I expecting too much with the hardware I have to be able to run games like re5 and crysis with full aa with two 4870x2's?
also is killing floor a standalone game??

I would think with my hardware, it should actually be an overkill.

 

[ridic23]

U should be able to run those with top quality without a hitch.....have tied using only a single card....did u update these games with latest available patches....I used to have crysis crashing in the beginning until i updated the game......Do u have anyother OS installed in ur sys....If u have then try these game on them.....With other games running great the only suspect is the card not being optimized....

 

[Guest]

I couldnt find a patch anywhere for resident evil? is there one?

 

[capt_taco]

core i 7 950
2 4870x2 in quadfire
6 gig fram
vista 64.

Just a hunch, but what kind of motherboard do you have?

One thing I noticed while shopping for a new motherboard lately was that a LOT of the ones with dual PCIe 2.0 x16 slots aren't really what they say they are. More like two PCIe 2.0 slots with a TOTAL of x16 to split between them.

In other words, if you use a single card, it'll operate at 16x, but if both slots are filled, then both slots only operate at 8x. For obvious reasons, manufacturers don't go around openly proclaiming that, so you probably won't find it out unless you read all the fine print in the specs and/or manual. But it's pretty common among boards that aren't expressly marketed as "gaming motherboards" or "overclocking motherboards", and even among some that are.

If you do suspect that's what the problem is, see what happens if you remove one of the video cards. Even a single HD4870 x2 ought to be enough to KILL at Crysis. But if the data is only transferring across at half the rate it's supposed to, there's a chance of a bottleneck no matter how powerful your card is.

 

[Guest]

Asus P6T DELUXE V2 Core i7 / Intel X58/ DDR3/ CrossFireX & SLI/ A&2GbE/ ATX Motherboard

thas what I got.

 

[capt_taco]

Asus P6T DELUXE V2 Core i7 / Intel X58/ DDR3/ CrossFireX & SLI/ A&2GbE/ ATX Motherboard

thas what I got.

A nice board, and definitely capable of handling two cards at x16. However, it looks like it has three slots that can be configured to run either x16/x16/x1 (if you're using two cards) or x16/x8/x8 (if you're using three).

I can't tell for sure, but there's some evidence on the Internet that it defaults to x16/x8/x8 unless you manually change it. Most people probably only use one card, so it wouldn't really matter what the last two slots were set at. So I'd check there first -- that MAY be your problem.

Although I should point out, if one of your cards is slowed to x8, that should give you SOME drop in performance, but probably not a crippling drop. But who knows, it may account for the difference you're seeing at the very high end of performance.

 

[Guest]

im guessing there is a bios setting in there that lets me adjust the speed of the pcie slots?
or do they run like that by default?

I got this as a gift, its an alienware system back in july and I would think since it was prebuilt they would set the slots at 16x per slot..how do i confirm that?

it would make sense. I cant imagine why I have ANY kind of fps issues, unless its a driver problem with the game..

i honestly cant find a reason that i cant run ANY game at all its glory , whether it be crysis, resident evil 5..

 

[Guest]

is there a site for resident evil 5 patches if there are any?
I cant find anything

 

[capt_taco]

im guessing there is a bios setting in there that lets me adjust the speed of the pcie slots?
or do they run like that by default?

I got this as a gift, its an alienware system back in july and I would think since it was prebuilt they would set the slots at 16x per slot..how do i confirm that?

it would make sense. I cant imagine why I have ANY kind of fps issues, unless its a driver problem with the game..

i honestly cant find a reason that i cant run ANY game at all its glory , whether it be crysis, resident evil 5..

If I had to guess where you'd find that setting, I'd guess somewhere in the BIOS. But I've never had a board where you can choose the PCIe configuration before, so I can't be certain.

I don't know which way it comes from the factory ... but my guess is actually that they WOULD set it at x16/x8/x8 to make it idiot-proof. That way, if you're an amateur, you can put the card(s) in any slot and it probably won't f*** things up badly enough that you'll notice. But with one slot defaulted to x1, if you put a card in that one, you might start tearing your hair out and try to return it as a defective board/card/system. They probably figure that's the lesser of two evils, and if you're crossfiring two cards, you're more likely to be a gearhead who can figure out the best settings anyway.

And you're right -- that is a SWEET system that should be having NO problems with anything. My most recent system is a Q9550 with a single regular HD4870 ... and even that is plenty to run Crysis to the point where if you're complaining about anything, you REALLY have to be nitpicking.