First Look: Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB

Written by Tim Smalley

December 18, 2008 | 14:34

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Crysis

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Crysis is seen by many as the poster boy for DirectX 10 and it will make your system cry, quite literally – it’s a monster! It doesn’t come as much of a surprise then, that the graphics are something special – they’re above and beyond anything we’ve ever seen in a PC game.

We tested the game using the 64-bit executable under both DirectX 9.0 and DirectX 10 with the 1.21 patch applied. We used a custom timedemo recorded from the Laws of Nature level which is more representative of gameplay than the built-in benchmark that renders things much faster than you're going to experience in game. We found that around 27-33 fps in our custom timedemo was sufficient enough to obtain a playable frame rate through the game. It's a little different to other games in that the low frame rates still appear to be quite smooth.

We set all of the in-game details to High and forced 8x anisotropic filtering in the driver menu as there is currently no support for it in game. We tested at 1,280 x 1,024, using 0x, 2x and 4x anti-aliasing, 1,680 x 1,050 using 0x and 4xAA, 1,920 x 1,200 using 0x and 2xAA and 2,560 x 1,600 with 0xAA and 2xAA. By extensively testing using anti-aliasing in very high resolutions in conjunction to Very High quality, we'll be pushing even the bleeding edge hardware on test to the limit.

First Look: Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB Crysis - DirectX 9.0 First Look: Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB Crysis - DirectX 9.0

Crysis

1,280 x 1,024 0xAA 16xAF, DirectX 9, High Quality

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB SLI
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB SLI
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB CrossFire
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
    • 99.8
    • 59.0
    • 91.8
    • 49.0
    • 88.6
    • 54.0
    • 78.7
    • 44.0
    • 76.5
    • 40.0
    • 54.1
    • 32.0
    • 47.4
    • 27.0
    • 42.8
    • 24.0
    • 42.7
    • 24.0
0
25
50
75
100
Frames Per Second
  • Average
  • Minimum

Crysis

1,280 x 1,024 4xAA 16xAF, DirectX 9, High Quality

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB SLI
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB SLI
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB CrossFire
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
    • 86.7
    • 53.0
    • 77.7
    • 45.0
    • 75.0
    • 41.0
    • 66.0
    • 35.0
    • 63.9
    • 35.0
    • 46.5
    • 28.0
    • 40.2
    • 23.0
    • 35.2
    • 20.0
    • 34.9
    • 20.0
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Frames Per Second
  • Average
  • Minimum

Crysis

1,680 x 1,050 0xAA 16xAF, DirectX 9, High Quality

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB SLI
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB SLI
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB CrossFire
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
    • 76.2
    • 41.0
    • 69.6
    • 37.0
    • 67.2
    • 36.0
    • 58.8
    • 32.0
    • 57.2
    • 31.0
    • 43.0
    • 28.0
    • 37.8
    • 23.0
    • 34.8
    • 20.0
    • 34.4
    • 19.0
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Frames Per Second
  • Average
  • Minimum

Crysis

1,680 x 1,050 4xAA 16xAF, DirectX 9, High Quality

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB SLI
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB SLI
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB CrossFire
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
    • 66.1
    • 36.0
    • 59.3
    • 33.0
    • 57.6
    • 33.0
    • 49.5
    • 28.0
    • 48.1
    • 28.0
    • 37.2
    • 24.0
    • 32.1
    • 20.0
    • 28.2
    • 17.0
    • 26.2
    • 13.0
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Frames Per Second
  • Average
  • Minimum

Crysis

1,920 x 1,200 0xAA 16xAF, DirectX 9, High Quality

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB SLI
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB SLI
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB CrossFire
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
    • 62.1
    • 36.0
    • 57.0
    • 32.0
    • 54.3
    • 32.0
    • 48.3
    • 26.0
    • 47.3
    • 25.0
    • 35.3
    • 22.0
    • 30.8
    • 19.0
    • 28.2
    • 17.0
    • 28.1
    • 15.0
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Frames Per Second
  • Average
  • Minimum

Crysis

1,920 x 1,200 2xAA 16xAF, DirectX 9, High Quality

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB SLI
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB SLI
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB CrossFire
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
    • 56.9
    • 34.0
    • 51.0
    • 30.0
    • 49.2
    • 30.0
    • 41.6
    • 23.0
    • 40.5
    • 22.0
    • 32.1
    • 20.0
    • 27.6
    • 17.0
    • 23.6
    • 14.0
    • 22.1
    • 12.0
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Frames Per Second
  • Average
  • Minimum

Crysis

2,560 x 1,600 0xAA 16xAF, DirectX 9, High Quality

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB SLI
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB SLI
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB CrossFire
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
    • 39.6
    • 21.0
    • 36.2
    • 19.0
    • 34.3
    • 18.0
    • 28.5
    • 11.0
    • 28.1
    • 10.0
    • 21.7
    • 11.0
    • 18.7
    • 10.0
    • 17.1
    • 9.0
    • 16.8
    • 9.0
0
10
20
30
40
Frames Per Second
  • Average
  • Minimum

Crysis

2,560 x 1,600 2xAA 16xAF, DirectX 9, High Quality

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB SLI
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB SLI
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB CrossFire
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260+ 896MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
    • 35.6
    • 19.0
    • 31.6
    • 17.0
    • 30.4
    • 16.0
    • 24.4
    • 9.0
    • 23.9
    • 9.0
    • 19.4
    • 10.0
    • 16.4
    • 9.0
    • 14.0
    • 8.0
    • 4.2
    • 0.0
0
10
20
30
40
Frames Per Second
  • Average
  • Minimum

Those of you who have wanted to play Crysis on a single graphics card with anti-aliasing enabled at 2,560 x 1,600 might want to drop the game down to DirectX 9.0 mode, as you'll find it just about playable with 2xAA.
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