OK, spent the last 2 hours using the in game benchmarking tools for Crysis on my new, "state of the art" system...


My system:
XPS 720, Intel Core2 processorQ6600 (2.40Ghz,1066FSB) w/QuadCore Technology and 8MB cache
4GB DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz (of course Windows vista 32bit, only use 3GB's of it)
768MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
SATA RAID 0 With Dual 160GB 10000 RPM Hard Drives and 16MB DataBurst Cache
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, English


I run the desktop and all my games at 1600x1200x32@60MHz, (when able)...
I have been averaging around 80 fps with all other games (except Combat Mission Shock Force) with all settings on high or higher.


I have a Direct X10 32 bit Vista system. I ran Crysis on each settings 3 times and took the average. Below is my results and comments:


1600x1200x32 All Very High with 4x AA
CPU Average: 9 fps (like playing in constant FEAR slow mo effect)
GPU Average: 9 fps (like playing in constant FEAR slow mo effect)

1600x1200x32 All Very High without 4x AA
CPU Average: 12 fps (like playing in constant FEAR slow mo effect)
GPU Average: 13 fps (like playing in constant FEAR slow mo effect)

1600x1200x32 All High with 4x AA
CPU Average: 17 fps
GPU Average: 18 fps

1600x1200x32 All Medium with 4x AA
CPU Average: 43 fps
GPU Average: 40 fps

Didn't even try low, refuse to play any game at low settings.

1024x768x32 All Very High with 4x AA
CPU Average: 18 fps
GPU Average: 19 fps

1024x768x32 All High with 4x AA
CPU Average: 30 fps
GPU Average: 32 fps

OK... so it looks like I can play Crysis either at 1600x1200x32 at medium settings, it still looks good, is fast, and due to the bigger resolution seems more crisp.

or, I could play at 1024x768x32 at high settings, it looks and plays good, a little slower then the above option, and though the settings are high instead of medium, the higher resolution still looks a little better.

So, which should it be, thats the million dollar question, lol...

Whats your system, findings, readings, options... be interesting to know what others come up with, and with what system.