You're still having trouble playing Crysis 1.
You're still having trouble playing Crysis 1.
Crysis runs poorly due to optimization issues, though it should work smoothly at 1080p on a GTX 970. Expect occasional stutters in the 30s, but overall performance varies. The game operates in windowed or fullscreen mode depending on settings.
I use fullscreen mode, and the average comes out to about 47 frames per second. It mostly stays around 60fps when not in intense action or gameplay, except on empty desert paths where it drops to 27. It doesn’t spike during explosions—just seems like the system can’t keep up.
Crysis 1 runs poorly on my Xeon E3-1231v3. It forces one core to full capacity, another to half, while the remaining threads struggle. I often experience dips in the high 40s during the second mission. The GPU isn’t the main issue—it’s the CPU that’s causing the problem.
So to clarify things here, Crysis 1 isn’t extremely optimized. The game is ten years old and was really fine with just one core, then improved for dual cores. You shouldn’t assume they’d keep improving it when more cores become available. That’s just not realistic, but it reflects EA’s approach. The game even advertises great performance on the Intel Extreme edition for single cores. In fact, it performs better on an AMD FX single core CPU than on the older Intel Extreme edition. That’s just how outdated this title is! Now I’ve actually played it on both an FX 8350 and my current I7 5960x. It didn’t run smoothly on the 8350, though I don’t remember it stalling for long. However, it did run well on the 2,7970s in Xfire—maybe that helped. I’m sure my 5960x boosted my FPS by about double. So the 8350 isn’t the ideal CPU for Crysis 1. But it was still playable, especially since I recorded the whole game with Frap. The video looks smooth and doesn’t show any stuttering. I also find it odd you mention playing in fullscreen while the screenshot is windowed. Are you taking a fullscreen capture, or are you referring to playing in windowed mode? For old games like Crysis 1, playing windowed usually makes them run worse, at least according to my experience. I just wanted to share some extra details in case they’re useful.
Apologies, we were mistaken—actually it's the Core 2 Extreme. This is the dual-core Extreme version, not the quad-core. The quad-core model was released later (Q1 2008). This game wasn't designed for more than a dual-core processor. The graphics card I recall thinking performed better with the AMD FX chip at that time.
You're still mistaken. There were Core 2 Quad Extreme editions since 2006 for the Q6XXX series.