Crysis

Crysis (DirectX 10)

Without a doubt the most breath taking game I have seen yet, Crysis is from the developers of Far Cry, yet another title that was ahead of its time.  This game will bring any system to its knees, but look good doing it.

GPUs Under $70 - HD 4550, HD 4350, Galaxy 9500 GT, S3 Chrome 440 GTX - Graphics Cards 57

GPUs Under $70 - HD 4550, HD 4350, Galaxy 9500 GT, S3 Chrome 440 GTX - Graphics Cards 58

GPUs Under $70 - HD 4550, HD 4350, Galaxy 9500 GT, S3 Chrome 440 GTX - Graphics Cards 59

GPUs Under $70 - HD 4550, HD 4350, Galaxy 9500 GT, S3 Chrome 440 GTX - Graphics Cards 60
 
GPUs Under $70 - HD 4550, HD 4350, Galaxy 9500 GT, S3 Chrome 440 GTX - Graphics Cards 61
Crysis Test Settings

GPUs Under $70 - HD 4550, HD 4350, Galaxy 9500 GT, S3 Chrome 440 GTX - Graphics Cards 62

GPUs Under $70 - HD 4550, HD 4350, Galaxy 9500 GT, S3 Chrome 440 GTX - Graphics Cards 63

GPUs Under $70 - HD 4550, HD 4350, Galaxy 9500 GT, S3 Chrome 440 GTX - Graphics Cards 64

GPUs Under $70 - HD 4550, HD 4350, Galaxy 9500 GT, S3 Chrome 440 GTX - Graphics Cards 65

The Galaxy 9500 GT is clearly the best card for Crysis in our testing here and walks away with a clear performance lead over the Radeon HD 4550.  To be fair, even at 1024×768 at these IQ settings the game is not exactly pristine playable – obviously lowering the settings even more would be necessary to get to that magical 30 FPS mark but the performance gaps should remain constant.  The HD 4350 has a decent showing when compared to the S3 Chrome 440 GTX which can’t muster up much more than that 10 FPS at 10×7 and couldn’t play 12×10 reliably enough for us to play.

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