Horrible performance with overkill PC

[Unforgiven_II]

Cryostasis does not benefit from multiple cpu-cores.
Cryostasis scales not good with crossfire or sli.
Cryostasis does not perform well with ati-cards.

[FreonTrip]

Originally Posted by Unforgiven_II

Cryostasis does not benefit from multiple cpu-cores.
Cryostasis scales not good with crossfire or sli.
Cryostasis does not perform well with ati-cards.

Cryostasis doesn't benefit from multiple CPU cores, but it does benefit from PhysX acceleration, be it from discrete PhysX cards or GeForce cards running PhysX code. It may also be possible to use some hacked-up drivers or wrappers to get it up and running on DirectX 10 ATI cards. A patch is forthcoming for ATI cards, but in the mean time: if you're running an SLI system, it may be in your best interests to disable SLI and use PhysX acceleration. That should make it possible to let one graphics board render the graphics while the other handles in-game physics, and it could make up to a 33-50% improvement in overall speed.

[Unforgiven_II]

Originally Posted by FreonTrip

Cryostasis doesn't benefit from multiple CPU cores, but it does benefit from PhysX acceleration, be it from discrete PhysX cards or GeForce cards running PhysX code. It may also be possible to use some hacked-up drivers or wrappers to get it up and running on DirectX 10 ATI cards. A patch is forthcoming for ATI cards, but in the mean time: if you're running an SLI system, it may be in your best interests to disable SLI and use PhysX acceleration. That should make it possible to let one graphics board render the graphics while the other handles in-game physics, and it could make up to a 33-50% improvement in overall speed.

Look at this:



There is one GTX260 and there are two GTX260 with one of them doing Physx dedicated. It is about 2 fps higher, so a card dedicated to physx brings nearly nothing.

[rrohde]

I play Cryostasis at 800x600 and it looks and performs OK..