Crysis Remastered Laptop and Desktop Benchmarks
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The original version of Crysis was released more than a decade ago. Not long ago, Crytek released a remastered version of the classic first-person shooter. The original version won praise not only because of its tropical setting and interesting gameplay, thanks to the nanosuit (maximum stealth, maximum armor, maximum speed, …), but also because of the very impressive visuals, which blew the rest of the competition out of the water. At that time, even the most powerful and most expensive PCs struggled to hit playable frame rates on the highest settings, which led to the birth of the but, can it run Crysis?
meme.
Many fans were waiting for the release of the remastered version with bated breath. However, both the reviewers and the players were disappointed when the remastered version actually launched.
The game released in a half-broken state. The launch version of Crysis Remastered suffered from CPU bottlenecks, stutters, freezes and unexplainable frame rate drops. In general, the performance on high-end devices was poor. So poor, in fact, that we decided to hold off on our testing to give Crytek some time to sort these issues out.
The remastered version does not look that much better in most respects. Sure, the lighting improved, but some objects, textures and effects leave a weaker impression than before.
Thankfully, Crytek decided not to rest on its laurels and got straight to releasing patches and bug fixes right after the launch. We are benchmarking version 1.3.0. This version works very well. However, there are a few settings that cause some problems. Even in 2020, the game world still impresses with its draw distance, lush vegetation and dynamic day&night cycle. The physics-based destruction system can also be described as quite impressive (players can destroy palm trees, houses, etc.).
The remastered version features support for software-based ray tracing, which is why it can be enabled on any GPU. The performance penalty for enabling ray tracing is noticeable, but not very high.
In the graphics tab of the options menu, users can adjust the colour reproduction, resolution, screen mode and the refresh rate. Here, gamers can also enable anti-aliasing and vertical synchronisation. There are more than 10 settings in the Advanced tab, all of which can be changed in one fell swoop thanks to included presets. Most changes can be applied without a restart, with the only exception being the changes to texture quality. The small game size is quite praiseworthy. 20 GB is not a lot when compared to most modern titles.
Benchmark
Crysis Remastered comes with an integrated benchmark, which allows users to measure performance in a reliable fashion. In the built-in benchmark, players can change the resolution, graphics settings and enable/disable ray tracing. There are also two scenarios (Island and Village), which are mainly differentiated by length. However, because the benchmark does not work very well (strange minimum FPS, crashes on low and high settings, scaling problems) we decided to create our own benchmark sequence instead.
You can see our benchmark sequence in the video below. Synopsis: We drive a “borrowed” vehicle through the jungle down to the beach while local soldiers are firing at us. The entire sequence lasts about 20 seconds. We use CapFrameX to record the frame rates.
Results
FHD (1920x1080)
On minimum and medium settings, Crysis Remastered is surprisingly non-demanding, despite its good visuals. The entry-level GPUs on the level of the GeForce MX330 can run the title on low settings at 720p. Mid-range graphics cards such as the GeForce GTX 1650 can handle the game at 1080p on the medium preset.
More powerful GPUs are required only when gaming on high settings and with ray tracing on. Users will need a Radeon RX 5500M at the very least to achieve playable frame rates at 1080p on the high preset. Those who want to max out the graphics settings at 1080p will need a true gaming GPU such as the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti or RTX 2060.
Crysis Remastered | |
1920x1080 Medium Preset 1920x1080 High Preset AA:SM 1920x1080 Very High Preset AA:SM | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Desktop) | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop) | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop) | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop) | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile | |
AMD Radeon RX 5500M | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile | |
NVIDIA GeForce MX350 | |
NVIDIA GeForce MX330 |
QHD (2560x1440)
At resolutions above 1080p, the game becomes very demanding. Here, even the GeForce RTX 2080 (mobile) is struggling to achieve playable frames half the time on the very high preset.
Crysis Remastered | |
2560x1440 Very High Preset AA:SM | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Desktop), i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop), i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop), i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile, i7-9750H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, i7-7820HK | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop), i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, 6820HK | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile, i7-9750H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile, i7-10750H | |
AMD Radeon RX 5500M, R7 3750H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile, i7-10750H |
UHD (3840x2160)
No current mobile GPU can run Crysis Remastered smoothly at 2160p—at least on the very high preset. The desktop version of the RTX 2080 cannot achieve playable frames in this title on these settings.
Crysis Remastered | |
3840x2160 Very High Preset AA:SM | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Desktop), i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop), i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile, i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop), i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile, i7-9750H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, i7-7820HK | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop), i9-9900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile, i7-9750H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, 6820HK | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile, i7-10750H | |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile, i7-10750H | |
AMD Radeon RX 5500M, R7 3750H |
Note
Because benchmarking video games is very time consuming and is often constrained by installation/activation limits, at the time of publishing, we were able only to provide a part of our performance analysis of Crysis Remastered. Other graphics cards will be added in the coming days and weeks.
Overview
Test Systems
Device | GPU | CPU | RAM | OS |
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Desktop-PC I | MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (11 GB GDDR6) MSI GeForce RTX 2080 (8 GB GDDR6) MSI GeForce RTX 2070 (8 GB GDDR6) MSI GeForce RTX 2060 (6 GB GDDR6) |
Intel Core i9-9900K | 4 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
Desktop-PC II | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (11 GB GDDR5X) Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti (6 GB GDDR5) XFX Radeon R9 Fury (4 GB HBM) Sapphire Radeon R9 290X (4 GB GDDR5) Sapphire Radeon R9 280X (3 GB GDDR5) MSI Radeon R7 370 (2 GB GDDR5) |
Intel Core i7-8086K, Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
Desktop-PC III | Nvidia Titan RTX (24 GB GDDR6) Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super (8 GB GDDR6) Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (8 GB GDDR6)Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (8 GB GDDR6)Nvidia Titan X (Pascal) (12 GB GDDR5X) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 Super (6 GB GDDR6) PNY GeForce GTX 1660 (6 GB GDDR5) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR5) Zotac GeForce GT 1030 (2 GB GDDR5) Asus GeForce GT 710 AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5700 (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (8 GB GDDR6)) AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (8 GB HBM2) |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GT76 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 (8 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i9-9900K | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GP65 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 (8 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-9750H | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GE65 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (6 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-9750H | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GP65 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (6 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i7-9750H | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GP75 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-9750H | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
Alienware 17 R4 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 (8 GB GDDR5X) | Intel Core i7-7820HK | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
Asus G752VS | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-6820HK | 2 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GT62VR | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-6820HK | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GE72 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (2 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-7700HQ | 2 x 4 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI GL62 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 (2 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-7700HQ | 2 x 4 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI Prestige 14 | Nvidia GeForce MX350 (2 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-10710U | 1 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI Prestige 14 | Nvidia GeForce MX330 (2 GB GDDR5) | Intel Core i7-10510U | 1 x 16 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
MSI Alpha 15 | AMD Radeon RX5500M (4 GB GDDR6) | AMD Ryzen 7 3750H | 2 x 8 GB DDR4 | Windows 10 64 Bit |
4K Monitors | Nvidia drivers | AMD drivers |
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Asus PB287Q, Philips Brilliance 329P9H | ForceWare 457.30 | Adrenalin 20.11.1 |