Will Crysis play perfectly with high graphics settings on my PC?

ScrewU223 · Post by **ScrewU223** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:07 am

I have a Dell Inspiron 530 PC here are its specifications
Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600@ 2.4Ghz 8MB L2 Cache 1033mhz FSB
6GB DDR2 RAM
256MB ATI Radeon HD3650
500GB Hard Disk 7200rpm
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
Soon to be Windows XP Home Edition. I hate Vista

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:26 am

My guess would be no but I'm sure the resolution would make a difference.

joecool169 · Post by **joecool169** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:53 am

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:43 am

You'll lost about 1/2 your RAM downgrading to XP Homeless.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:23 pm

ScrewU223 wrote:I have a Dell Inspiron 530 PC here are its specifications
Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600@ 2.4Ghz 8MB L2 Cache 1033mhz FSB
6GB DDR2 RAM
256MB ATI Radeon HD3650
500GB Hard Disk 7200rpm
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
Soon to be Windows XP Home Edition. I hate Vista

I'd keep vista on it, just make sure your patched up to SP1 and all updates!

The 6gigs will run on Vista vs your XP home so again,stay with Vista.

The Video card is a pc of junk.. you should sell it and go for a Nvidia card such as a 9800GTX or higher but be aware that I believe 350watt LiteOn power supplies are stock on the 530's and that will require a upgrade too.

You can prob run Crysis on Low to mid settings with the current build.

illestdynasty · Post by **illestdynasty** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 1:39 pm

Sava700 wrote:I'd keep vista on it, just make sure your patched up to SP1 and all updates!

The 6gigs will run on Vista vs your XP home so again,stay with Vista.

The Video card is a pc of junk.. you should sell it and go for a Nvidia card such as a 9800GTX or higher but be aware that I believe 350watt LiteOn power supplies are stock on the 530's and that will require a upgrade too.

You can prob run Crysis on Low to mid settings with the current build.

As others have said, keep vista, upgrade your graphics card and you should be fine. I ran Crysis at 1280x1024 all settings set to med. with 2GB of ram and a opteron 170 @ 2.8ghz on XP64bit with a Geforce 6600GT before i built my new PC. It was choppy at some points but it was still playable.

ScrewU223 · Post by **ScrewU223** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:48 pm

Yes but my webcam and my printer don't like Vista the printer only functions part of the time and won't anymore and the webcam isn't compatible and neither is my favorite game Age of Empires III if anyone knows of a way to force compatibility or how to tweak Vista to work better please let me know. How come XP won't recognize my RAM I haven't installed it yet but I understand that is what will happen.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:32 am

For AoE 3:

http://www.softwarepatch.com/games/ageo ... patch.html

ScrewU223 · Post by **ScrewU223** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:23 pm

Hey YardOfStuff I can't even install the game to patch it. Any ideas? Hopefully Microsoft will fix all these damn problem's in future updates.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:30 pm

What error do you get when installing it?

ScrewU223 · Post by **ScrewU223** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:38 pm

Well I don't seem to get the error message this time. I guess I should just update the game and it will work. I have one more question where would I get drivers for my now defunct Veo webcam?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:45 pm

Maybe this?

http://tech.nztechie.com/2008/01/instal ... ndows.html

ScrewU223 · Post by **ScrewU223** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 7:03 pm

Looks good it shows my exact cam. However I am not sure how to burn an ISO that works. I tried to burn one recently with Roxio Dell edition but it didn't work. I haven't had a good computer in a very long time and all of this is a little confusing not really confusing just a little. I need a boost in the right direction. I have a demo version of Nero 9 should I just download the Nero Image or what.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 7:31 pm

Well lets avoid trial stuff, CDBurnerXP, http://cdburnerxp.se/

Don't be fooled, it works for vista

After installing it run it and choose a data/iso profile(first of the 3 choices), then go to File and choose "Write disc from ISO" and select the iso file, then burn it.

ScrewU223 · Post by **ScrewU223** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:13 pm

Thank you that sounds good. Vista is starting not to seem so bad.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 5:27 pm

ScrewU223 wrote:Thank you that sounds good. Vista is starting not to seem so bad.

If your having issues even after loading SP1 for Vista and updates..it may be time to start over a fresh install then spend a little bit of time tweaking settings and such before loading games or whatever. Runs very well for me after you do alot of tweaking such as turning of that annoying UAC prompt.