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Crysis Remastered is out now, and while it’s also about PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, there’s only one platform we really want to play on: PC.
Why? Because the original Crysis was an impressive game that set the benchmark for gaming graphics, and only the most powerful PCs at the time could play it at full settings.
With remastering, Crytek has once again pushed the limits when it comes to graphics, and with ray tracing support, and soon Nvidia DLSS support, this is a game that will truly shine on the best PCs and laptops for games.
But we want to see how much we can push the game that far and our powerful 8K-ready PC, so we’ll see how well Crysis Remastered plays at 8K (7680 × 4320) resolution.
Crysis Remastered 8K performance
Our 8K test system
PC built by Chillbast
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMES
CPU cooler: Noctua NH-U14S
Box fans: Noctua NF-A14 140mm PWM Chromax
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K, 8 cores / 16 threads
GPU: Nvidia GeForce Titan RTX
Storage: Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2 PCIe 500GB
Secondary storage: 2TB HP 860 I
Power: Corsair RM850x 80 PLUS Gold 850W Power Supply
Case: Fractal Design Vector RS Tempered glass
RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB DDR4 3200 MHz
Monitor: Dell UltraSharp UP3218K
After a series of games that achieved pretty impressive performance in 8K, such as Doom Eternal and Death Stranding, we were eager to see how Crysis Remastered coped with this resolution, especially considering its reputation.
Still, we didn’t want to push things too far right away, so we played the game on the ‘High’ setting in 8K, and the results were … bad.
How bad? We had an average frame rate of 17.5 FPS, well below what you would consider playable. The game was choppy and slow, and while it looked great, it wasn’t fun to play. At one point, looking at the water in the moonlight, it even dropped to 8.8FPS.
But what happens if we lower the graphic settings? We tested it on ‘Medium’ and played in the same section, and this time we saw average frame rates of 30.4FPS.
That’s more like it, and it meant we could play reasonably well. Many console gamers are happy to play at 30FPS, which we would say is the minimum acceptable FPS. But, it’s a far cry from 60FPS, which is what we would normally want to see at the very least, especially when using the Nvidia RTX Titan graphics card, which costs $ 2,499 (about £ 2,000, AU $ 3,600).
But could we hit 60FPS at 8K with the RTX Titan? We tried putting the graphics on the lowest setting, and it still only managed 37.4FPS. Disabling Anti Aliasing and V-Sync also allowed us to max out at 48FPS for a few moments, but it didn’t come close to those magical 60FPS. Also, playing on the lowest setting means that the game starts to look your age.
So can a $ 2,500 GPU play Crysis Remastered at 8K? Considering the impact on graphical effects to even reach a playable state of sorts, which is still well below 60FPS, we will have to say no.
How low can you go?
The fact that Crysis Remastered brought the $ 2,500 RTX Titan to its knees shows just how demanding this game is.
In fact, Crytek, the developer, accepted the challenge by including a ‘Can it run Crysis‘, which adjusts all settings to the highest, including ray tracing.
So of course we had to try it in 8K. The results were like a very nice slideshow of someone’s ultra violent vacation. We saw the average frame rate plummet to just 12.4FPS, with the highest it got was 15.8FPS. Brutal.
Lowering the resolution to 4K gave our test rig a much better change, this time averaging 27.2 fps, and even going up to 33.8 fps at times.
Finally, we set the resolution to 1080p. This is still the most popular resolution for PC gamers, according to Steam’s latest hardware and software survey, at least, but it’s a far cry from the 8K resolution we were looking for.
But, this time we achieved 58.7fps on average, and we even broke that magical 60fps barrier!
So when it comes to ‘Can you run Crysis’, the answer for our brave team is yes. May. It only took a $ 2,500 GPU and running at 1080p to pull it off.
We will soon get our hands on the Nvidia RTX 3090, which Nvidia presents as an 8K gaming graphics card that is roughly $ 1,000 cheaper than the RTX Titan. We’ll put it to the test in a full review soon, and we’ll definitely test Crysis Remastered as well. Look at this space.
