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The video discusses the historical impact and technological evolution of the game "Crysis," particularly focusing on the remastered version tested on modern hardware like the RTX Titan and RTX 3080 graphics cards. The speaker highlights "Crysis"'s reputation for demanding high-performance PCs since its launch in 2007 and continues to serve as a benchmark for new graphics technology. Using a high-end setup, including a 77-inch LG G10 OLED TV, the video showcases the game in 4K at 120 hertz. Advances in gaming technology are detailed, emphasizing improvements in foliage, textures, lighting, and the addition of ray tracing. Despite enhancements like 8K textures, global illumination, and HDR, some performance issues and visual imperfections persist. The speakers humorously critique exaggerated god rays and performance hitches, noting improvements and challenges with the game's high settings and "Can It Run 'Crysis'" mode. The segment also touches on the hopeful anticipation for future updates, including a DLSS patch and a new benchmark mode, while briefly mentioning a VPN endorsement for online security assistance.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the impact of “Crysis” upon its launch in 2007, noting its reputation for being extremely demanding on gaming PCs. Even a decade later, new graphics cards are often compared to “Crysis” to gauge their performance. The video then transitions to testing “Crysis Remastered” on both the RTX Titan and NVIDIA’s newest flagship card. Sponsored by ORIGIN PC, the segment highlights the need for powerful PCs to run these games. The speaker emphasizes using a high-end 77-inch LG G10 OLED TV to experience the game in 4K at 120 hertz, enabled by HDMI 2.1 on the RTX 3080. Initial gameplay reveals that although dated in some areas like tessellation, “Crysis” still maintains decent visuals and effects. The historical context of “Crysis,” its use of CryEngine 2, DirectX 10 compatibility, and technological advancements including a million lines of code and a gigabyte of texture data are also mentioned.
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In this part of the video, the focus is on the advancements and changes in gaming technology and graphics, particularly in the context of the game “Crysis Remastered.” The speaker highlights the ability to make real-time changes to the game levels and the substantial memory and graphics requirements. They reflect on how much hardware has evolved, from early graphics cards with 256-512 MB of RAM to modern systems needing several GBs of video memory. The significant improvements in visual elements such as foliage, textures, and lighting are discussed, showcasing how far game graphics have progressed. The enjoyment of playing “Crysis Remastered,” especially the Nanosuit mechanics, and the fun aspect of the game are also emphasized, giving the speaker a desire to replay the game. The discussion concludes with observations on graphical fidelity, such as rock textures and lighting, and the incorporation of hardware and software-based ray tracing, despite some imperfections.
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In this part of the video, the speakers discuss the performance of a remastered game built into the engine without needing RT cores. They humorously critique exaggerated god rays and some hitchy performance while managing around 55-60 FPS. They note reused elements from the original game versus updated textures and improved draw distance. Testing the game on high settings, they express concerns about performance drops, particularly when switching to the “Can It Run ‘Crysis'” mode, experiencing low FPS and graphical glitches. The game struggles at 22 FPS on an RTX Titan, prompting consideration of upgrading to an RTX 3080, which they believe can run the game better, though still imperfectly, comparing it to the original “Crysis” console release performance.
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In this segment of the video, the discussion revolves around the technical improvements and challenges of a new game build. The video highlights that the game includes enhancements such as 8K textures, screen space reflections and shadows, global illumination, temporal anti-aliasing, and HDR support. Despite these upgrades, the early version of the game displays some visual issues, particularly with lighting and distant visuals. The narrator hopes these will be improved in the final release, especially with upcoming updates like the DLSS patch and a new benchmark mode. Additionally, there’s a brief mention of using a VPN for online security, specifically endorsing Private Internet Access for its features and risk-free trial.