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作者: Sirlion 时间: 2008-9-26 09:12
标题: 强大的弹头，强大的The Way，强大的0AA 0AF
[转贴]Crysis Warhead 详尽评测，不过都是0*AA,0*AF测试
http://www.techspot.com/article/118-crysis-warhead-performance/

Roughly this time last year Crytek released the highly anticipated first-person shooter Crysis exclusively for the PC. Since then the game has been used as the prime benchmark for high-end graphics cards, with only a handful of them being able to conquer the title, delivering great frame rates using high quality settings.

Amazingly, even the latest generation AMD and Nvidia graphics cards still struggle in Crysis, and require a great deal of tweaking to get the perfect balance of quality and performance. Result of these insane hardware requirements to play Crysis in all its glory, many gamers have stayed away from this amazing title, which truly is a shame.

That said, we understand just how disheartening it can be to spend big dollars on a new gaming system and have it struggle with a game.

In the meantime, Crytek has been working hard on a successor of the title called “Crysis Warhead”. This new version of the game updates and refines the gameplay through a parallel story that follows Sergeant Michael "Psycho" Sykes. Psycho is presented with his own challenges on the other side of the island during the same time period of the first game. Crysis Warhead features new fully customizable weapons, vehicles, and enemies, along with new multiplayer content.

Our take on this article will be all about hardware performance considering it is based on an enhanced version of the CryEngine 2. While many gamers were outraged by the lack of optimizations in the original Crysis, we simply felt it was too far ahead of its time.

Crytek claims this optimized version allows for enhanced performance. A headline that caught our attention earlier this year read “Crysis Warhead to run smoothly on a $600 PC?”. Crytek's CEO stated at the time that a PC valued at just over $600 could run the title with high settings enabled at 30 to 35 frames per second.

This got us wondering just how well Crysis Warhead had been optimized and why these “optimizations” had not been applied to the original. Then again, the developer cleverly missed from mentioning at what resolution gamers could expect this kind of performance (when making the 30 fps claim).

And so today we plan to find out exactly how Crysis Warhead performs using a range of previous and current generation graphics cards. Crysis has renamed their quality presets from Very High, High, and Medium, to Enthusiast, Gamer, and Mainstream, while there is also a Minimum setting.

Our testing covers the Enthusiast, Gamer, and Mainstream quality settings at 1440x900, 1680x1050, and 1920x1200 resolutions.

Image Quality Comparison
Before we get stuck into the performance testing, let’s just take a moment to look at and compare the three main quality presets.

The above images were taken from the level that we benchmarked with. Called “Call me Ishmael”, this is primarily a jungle level. As you can see, there is excellent lighting and a great deal of detail in the enthusiast screen shot. The mountains and trees way off in the distance look impressive, while the water and beaches look extremely real.

Dropping the quality settings down to the gamer setting removes a lot of the realistic looking lighting and shader effects. A lot of detail goes missing as well, such as the trees on the far mountain, and the textures on the mountains themselves are not nearly as nice. The water also loses a lot of its realism, and shadows are a lot less noticeable.

The mainstream quality settings basically turn Crysis Warhead into Far Cry, as the graphics now look very old and outdated. Although the water still looks okay, a huge amount of detail has been lost. Almost all the trees in the distance are missing, there is no haze over the mountains, and the sky has lost its natural color. The mainstream quality settings are very ugly and do this game no justice!

When looking above in Crysis Warhead there are still some pretty amazing sights to be seen, and this is one of them. Using the enthusiast settings made for some pretty amazing effects. The clouds, lightning, and the alien ship all looked very real, making the game more exciting to play.

Reducing the quality settings to the gamer preset killed the atmosphere for me. While the clouds and lightning still looked quite good, it was nothing compared to what I had seen before. The mainstream graphics were again shocking in a bad sense.

The ice levels were extremely demanding, but they also looked really good as you can see from the above enthusiast screen shot.

The level of detail is amazing here and in-game it just looks unbelievable. Reducing the quality settings to gamer killed the lighting and softened the shadows. Some of the shadows in the distance are gone, along with a lot of detail. The mainstream quality setting is again very ordinary, removing even more detail and almost all light sources.

Benchmarks: Enthusiast

Test System Specs: Hardware
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.00GHz (LGA775)

- x2 Kingston HyperX 2GB PC2-8500 Module(s)

- ASUS P5E3 Premium (Intel X48)

- OCZ GameXStream (700 watt)

- Seagate 500GB 7200-RPM (Serial ATA300)

- ASUS GeForce 9600 GT (512MB)
- Inno3D GeForce 8800 GT (512MB)
- ASUS GeForce 8800 GTS (512MB)
- Inno3D GeForce 9800 GT (512MB)
- Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX (512MB)
- Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+ (512MB)
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 260 (896MB)
- ASUS GeForce GTX 280 (1GB)
- ASUS Radeon HD 3850 (512MB)
- ASUS Radeon HD 3870 (512MB)
- ASUS Radeon HD 3870 X2 (1GB)
- ASUS Radeon HD 4850 (512MB)
- VisionTek Radeon HD 4870 (512MB)
- Diamond Radeon HD 4870 X2 (2GB)

Software
- Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 (64-bit)
- Intel System Driver 8.4.0.1016
- Nvidia Forceware 175.19 WHQL
- Nvidia Forceware 177.79 WHQL
- Nvidia Forceware 177.41 WHQL
- ATI Catalyst 8.9 WHQL

The enthusiast settings interested us the most, as Crysis Warhead looks phenomenal when using these quality settings. However, just like the “very high” presets in the original Crysis game, the enthusiast quality settings are not a realistic option for most gaming systems. The GeForce GTX 280 (1GB), which was paired with a quad-core processor running at 3.0GHz, managed just 32fps on average at 1440x900.

Unfortunately, this is not a perfectly playable frame rate and gamers will occasionally experience choppy sequences during intense scenes.

Ideally we like to have an average of 45+ fps when playing single-player first person shooters, and you simply are not going to get this kind of performance in Crysis Warhead using the enthusiast settings. At least this is not going to be possible without using a number of GeForce GTX 280 graphics cards.

The dual-GPU Radeon HD 4870 X2 managed an average of just 31fps, followed by the GeForce GTX 260 and Radeon HD 4870 cards, which rendered 29fps. Therefore, at 1440x900 the Radeon HD 4870 X2 was just 2fps faster than the Radeon HD 4870. Clearly Crossfire is not working in this title very well and it may take higher resolutions before we will see any real advantages.

Bumping up the resolution to 1680x1050 did nothing for the playability of Crysis Warhead when using the enthusiast settings. The GeForce GTX 280 dropped 4fps and remained the fastest graphics card tested. The Radeon HD 4870 X2 was still 1fps slower, rendering an average of just 27fps, making for extremely choppy game play. The Radeon HD 4870 managed just 22fps, making it 5fps slower than its dual-GPU version.

作者: Sirlion 时间: 2008-9-26 09:13
Now finally at 1920x1200 where current owners of Radeon HD 4870 and GeForce GTX 280 graphics cards would generally find themselves, Crysis Warhead is completely unplayable. Even the menus were slow to access at this resolution using the enthusiast settings. The GeForce GTX 280 averaged 22fps, while the Radeon HD 4870 X2 hit the lead rendering 25fps. The GeForce GTX 260 dropped below 20fps, and the rest of the other 11 graphics cards tested scored even lower.

Benchmarks: Gamer

Reducing the visual quality to the “gamer” preset helped improving performance a lot. At 1440x900 the GeForce GTX 280 is now 44% faster, rendering an average of 46fps.

Interestingly, the Radeon HD 4870 X2 was just 10% faster and fell back to the fourth place. The GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce 9800 GTX+ were both quicker than the dual-GPU monster. Still, the GeForce 9800 GTX+, which was the third fastest graphics card tested, rendered just 36fps on average.

Increasing the resolution to 1680x1050 allowed the Radeon HD 4870 X2 to claw its way back towards the top, overtaking the GeForce 9800 GTX+ by just 1fps.

The GeForce GTX 280 remained the fastest graphics card tested, averaging 40fps. The GeForce GTX 260 came second with 36fps, followed by the Radeon HD 4870 X2 which managed to average 31fps.

The lower-end graphics cards, such as the Radeon HD 3850 and GeForce 9600 GT, averaged about 18fps. Even the new GeForce 9800 GT, aka 8800 GT, managed 26fps using these modest quality settings.

Now at 1920x1200 using the “gamer” or high quality settings, the GeForce GTX 280 is able to render 36fps followed by the Radeon HD 4870 X2 which produced 32fps.

Again these average frame rates are really too low, making Crysis Warhead somewhat unplayable in many areas. At the very least you are going to require a GeForce GTX 280 or Radeon HD 4870 to run at this resolution using these quality settings.

Benchmarks: Mainstream

Now the “mainstream” or medium quality settings, which as you can see allow for significantly better frame rates.

The GeForce GTX 280 is now able to render an average of 58fps. This is a 26% increase in performance at 1440x900 compared to the “gamer” quality settings.

The Radeon HD 4870 X2 saw a massive 38% performance boost, in spite of this it was found to be slower than seven other graphics cards. Crossfire wasn't working here, as the Radeon HD 4870 X2 was a mere 1fps faster than the single-GPU Radeon HD 4870. Furthermore, this made the Radeon HD 4870 X2 just 2fps faster than the Radeon HD 3870, and 3fps slower than the GeForce 9800 GT.

It is no secret that the CryEngine 2 favors Nvidia based graphics cards. But these playable medium quality settings show the Radeon based graphics cards at a significant disadvantage, at least at 1440x900.

When increasing the resolution to 1680x1050, the GeForce GTX 280 drops just 4fps and remains the fastest tested graphics card. The Radeon HD 4870 X2 on the other hand dropped just 1fps, allowing it to overtake the GeForce 9800 GT, positioning it right behind the GeForce 8800 GTS (512MB). Still, the Radeon HD 4870 X2 is only 2 fps faster than the single-GPU Radeon HD 4870.

Using these mid-range settings at 1680x1050 allowed the GeForce GTX 280 and the GTX 260 to deliver perfectly playable performance. The Radeon HD 4870 X2, GeForce 8800 GTS, 9800 GTX, and 9800 GTX+ also delivered excellent performance. The Radeon HD 4870 and GeForce 9800 GT/8800 GT graphics cards all produced 44fps, which was reasonably playable. Then the Radeon HD 4850 managed 42fps which was borderline playable, as was the Radeon HD 3870 with an average of 40fps.

At 1920x1200 the GeForce GTX 280 drops another frame per second, hitting an average of 53 fps, while the GTX 260 dropped to 50fps.

The Radeon HD 4870 X2 follows in third place with an average of 45fps, dropping just a single frame from 1680x1050, but still showing little advantage compared to its single GPU counterpart. The Radeon HD 4850 managed to average 40fps, while the GeForce 9800 GT/8800 GT cards averaged 39fps.

Final Thoughts
Accurately bench-testing Crysis Warhead is no easy task. We quickly found out that each level is significantly different from the next in terms of performance. Our results were recorded in the first level, called “Call me Ishmael”. This is primarily a jungle level and one of the more demanding levels in the game. The next level is called “Shore Leave”, and here we experienced a similar level of performance.

The third level “Adapt our Perish” saw the average frame rates drop by 3-4 fps. While this may not sound like much, in a game where the frame rates are already very low this made for a noticeable difference. A similar dip in frame rates was also seen in the other ice level, called “Frozen Paradise”.

The fifth level “Below the Thunder” is an underground level in an enclosed environment and here the frame rates were considerably higher. The average went from 22fps at 1920x1200 in the first level, to around 30fps. There are a few more levels in the game, but we won’t spoil them for you.

Realistically we do not believe the performance of Crysis Warhead is any better than the original, and we failed to see any substantial optimizations. Ideally gamers are going to require a current generation high-end graphics card to play this game in all its glory. More to the point, something like a GeForce GTX 280 is required, and at over $400, good luck building a $600 system that can play Crysis Warhead.

Despite of this, we loved Crysis Warhead. It's truly an amazing looking game and with the right hardware it can be appreciated to its fullest. In terms of gameplay Crysis Warhead is very enjoyable in my opinion, though as usual the single player campaign was a bit too short.

For those running Vista it is worth mentioning that Crysis Warhead will automatically run in the DirectX 10 rendering mode if possible. This is interesting, as DX10 offers very little in the way of visual enhancements, at least from what we saw and noticed. Running Crysis Warhead in DX9 mode will allow for a few more frames per second, in some cases up to 5 fps more on average with the GeForce GTX 280. This may not sound like much, but when you are averaging 22 fps the extra 5 fps is a life saver.

Based on our findings the only graphics cards that are going to be able to utilize the impressive “enthusiast” quality settings include the GeForce GTX 280/260 and Radeon HD 4870/4870 X2. The “gamer” quality settings also worked well with the Radeon HD 4850, GeForce 9800 GTX/GTX+, and GeForce 8800 GTS.

Everyone has their own idea of what kind of frame rates provide perfectly playable performance, and I know that my standards are quite high. The developers at Crytek say that gamers need only 30 - 35 fps on average, and for the most part this is fine for single player gaming.

However, with an average of 30fps gamers cannot afford to be dropping 3 - 4 fps during intense scenes. Personally I much prefer to have an average frame rate of around 50fps, and for multiplayer no less than 60fps. This kind of performance is going to be very difficult to achieve in Crysis Warhead without sacrificing a great deal of visual quality.

Overall Crysis Warhead looks to be another fun game based on the impressive CryEngine 2. At this stage it still looks like gamers are going to require next generation hardware to truly enjoy this game visuals, while those currently using cutting edge technology are getting a fair taste of what is to come.

It will be interesting to see how the upcoming Far Cry 2 also based on the CryEngine 2 performs considering similar claims on playable performance have been made over the past few months.

Update: We had wrongfully stated that Far Cry 2 uses the CryEngine 2, when in reality it uses its own custom engine called "Dunia" developed from the ground up for this title. Terrible mistake for a Far Cry fan like myself, but that's the kind of thing that happens when you edit until it's 8am in the morning. Thanks everyone for your emails.

作者: xywarii 时间: 2008-9-26 10:30
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作者: goplayer361 时间: 2008-9-26 10:53
某些人又要欢乐一下了路过{lol:] {lol:]

作者: grAmme 时间: 2008-9-26 10:57
这代卡都废了,连个CRYSIS都跑不顺~

作者: godlike 时间: 2008-9-26 11:48
游戏引擎在High设置以上,包括high内置8af

16 HQ af最多掉3个fps ,8800gts 320

g80的af早就无损了

人家测试懒得开而已

作者: zq318 时间: 2008-9-26 12:03
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作者: boris_lee 时间: 2008-9-26 12:44
这个测试可以看出双芯卡的最大弊端：由于兼容性不够好导致易用性不够好而最总损害用户体验
本来4870x2性能要是超过GTX280的，但是因为暂时和新游戏不兼容，用户只能苦苦等待下n版驱动......

作者: 55555555 时间: 2008-9-26 13:55

原帖由 zq318 于 2008-9-26 12:03 发表
N卡这代是搞不过A卡了，所以N饭为了不让A卡好卖，想办法造成这样一个舆论：这代A卡N卡都玩不了游戏，等下一代吧。他们期望下代N卡能灭掉A卡，而在下代N卡没出来前，想办法不让大家买A卡，拼命诋毁这代高端A卡

原来一个人的心理可以阴暗到这个样子的。见识了。{lol:]

作者: zq318 时间: 2008-9-26 14:23
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作者: 55555555 时间: 2008-9-26 14:47

原帖由 zq318 于 2008-9-26 12:03 发表
N卡这代是搞不过A卡了，所以N饭为了不让A卡好卖，想办法造成这样一个舆论：

你已经很自然地把个体的问题套到整体上了，你的心理无比的健康。当然，也很强大。
希望你继续保持你健康的心理，面向未来。{lol:]

作者: 55555555 时间: 2008-9-26 14:49

原帖由 zq318 于 2008-9-26 14:23 发表
我这也算阴暗？你问问你自己还有18，心理有我阴暗？

这个问题也很经典。我就不方便答复了。{lol:]

作者: 86027456 时间: 2008-9-26 15:41

原帖由 55555555 于 2008-9-26 14:49 发表

这个问题也很经典。我就不方便答复了。{lol:]

笑死我了。没文化真可怕。话都说不好。。
还心里有我阴暗
哈哈哈哈
真要笑死我了

作者: avin550 时间: 2008-9-26 16:39
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作者: avin550 时间: 2008-9-26 16:40
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作者: boris_lee 时间: 2008-9-26 21:39

原帖由 jeandja 于 2008-9-26 13:24 发表

你不如问问76，4870x2跑得怎么样
还双芯卡的弊端……

本来有性能发挥不出来，不是弊端是啥？ {titter:]

作者: 电解质 时间: 2008-9-26 23:08
{mellow:]

作者: zq318 时间: 2008-9-26 23:49
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作者: Toshifumi 时间: 2008-9-27 00:29
我的4870X2单卡跑VH,1920X1200,30FPS，这种评测抢到极点了

看这个http://we.pcinlife.com/thread-1012229-1-1.html

[ 本帖最后由 Toshifumi 于 2008-9-27 00:32 编辑 ]

作者: koppie 时间: 2008-9-27 00:35
看看4AA的测试就知道了。。。

原帖由 boris_lee 于 2008-9-26 21:39 发表

本来有性能发挥不出来，不是弊端是啥？ {titter:]

作者: 55555555 时间: 2008-9-27 08:03

原帖由 misasky 于 2008-9-26 22:52 发表

从未见过某人心理健康过
上来就PEN的XING光四射

原来你每天对着镜子的时候是这样对自己评价的，不错。做G-U-N做到这个种德性，非常令人钦佩。{lol:]

作者: 55555555 时间: 2008-9-27 08:15

原帖由 zq318 于 2008-9-26 23:49 发表
咱 PRO A心理真阴暗啊，又没文化。但咱也知道在A强势的这时候，都不主动去攻击 N。
你们PRO N心理多健康啊，又有文化，喷 A无所不用其极。
说到你要笑死，如果真死了，我觉得这论坛里会清净不少。
可能我心 ...

自抽嘴巴的神功果然非常厉害。希望你再接再励，为PCI的娱乐事业多做贡献。:shifty:

原帖由 zq318 于 2008-9-26 14:23 发表
我这也算阴暗？你问问你自己还有18，心理有我阴暗？

作者: zq318 时间: 2008-9-27 16:18
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作者: zhangyi1984911 时间: 2008-9-27 16:27
枪文啊设置成Gamer,我的4870都将近100FPS{lol:]

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作者: 55555555 时间: 2008-9-27 17:43

原帖由 misasky 于 2008-9-27 10:19 发表
贫嘴高手…说了这么多可有丝毫改良了N的窘态
油腔滑调,语态猥琐！

只有G-U-N才会在乎厂商的窘态，例如你。 :shifty:

我不像你，喜欢一天到晚为别人做广告。B)

作者: 55555555 时间: 2008-9-27 17:50

原帖由 zq318 于 2008-9-27 16:18 发表
回一堆5，什么叫自抽嘴巴，我承认我心理阴暗啊，没说我不阴暗, 我是不喜欢某卡，但我不主动去 pen 某卡。
您没事老去 pen A，在A 强大的时候都 pen 的不亦乐乎，A不强的时候，您 pen 的高度 ...

请这位心理阴暗的“抢”帮我找一下，我什么时候做了你一直在做的东西。:shifty:
你的神·狙·团副团长已经在你说的这问题上栽了一回了，你还要来栽？:shifty:
不要因为自己是“抢”，就很心理阴暗地把别人也看作“抢”。:whistling:

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