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    Best settings for Crysis on T61p?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by emagination, Mar 25, 2008.

  1. emagination

    emagination Notebook Geek

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    What have you T61p owners, and gamers obviously, find are the best settings for Crysis on your machine? I guess I should say specifically the 15.4 inch T61p with the FX570. I am using the modded 174.16 drivers. I'm trying to find a happy medium between performance and visuals. Obviously things right great with everything low, but what's the point in that? I would rather run at a low resolution, no AA, with other aspects at higher quality.

    This game is pretty tough for me to find a happy medium simply because at each increment for most of the options the difference is pretty significant and clear. So, in the back of my mind I know I'm missing something at really low settings.

    Anyways I'm just running the demo so no loss if I can't get it running reasonably enough for my taste.
     
    emagination, Mar 25, 2008
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  2. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    what setteings are you running at now?also are you playing in DX9?
     
    Xirurg, Mar 25, 2008
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  3. emagination

    emagination Notebook Geek

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    That's something I forgot to ask. I was wondering how you switch between DX9 and DX10 in Crysis?

    I'm not really running it on any particular settings. I've just tried a few different combinations. If I want higher quality effects, going above 1024 (or I was using whatever the widescreen resolution is in that range) definitely slows it down. With everything on low I can run at a pretty high res, but that's pointless IMO. I would rather play at lower res with better effects overall.

    With so many options I guess what I'm looking to see is what some of you have found to be a good combination of options that provide an enjoyable experience. There may be options I'm turning up too high, eat up a lot of resources, and don't effect the game like I think they do. So just looking to see what others are getting the best performance with. Like I said before, each level of quality for most of the options provides a pretty dramatic difference between them so it makes it hard to decide what to keep and what to sacrifice.
     
    emagination, Mar 25, 2008
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    elfroggo Notebook Evangelist

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    DX10 is only available in Vista. Which version you use can be set in the video options.
     
    elfroggo, Mar 25, 2008
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  5. emagination

    emagination Notebook Geek

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    I have Vista. Looks to me like the game automatically loads in DX10 mode and you have to use the dev console to switch, from what I've read anyways.
     
    emagination, Mar 25, 2008
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  6. SonDa5

    SonDa5 Notebook Deity

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    With 174.31 drivers in FX 570m mode.

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    More specs in sig.
     
    SonDa5, Mar 26, 2008
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  7. schnieds

    schnieds Notebook Guru

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    Where did you get the 174.31 drivers for the T61p? Are they stable?

    thanks!
     
    schnieds, Mar 27, 2008
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    schnieds Notebook Guru

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    schnieds, Mar 27, 2008
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