System requirements, please read?

I just installed Crysis 1 on my Alienware M15X Laptop. I searched online for the system requirements since if I set the graphics higher than LOW it lags so much.



Here are my specs:



Alienware M15X

64-bit operating system

Intel Core i3 CPU M330 @ 2.13GHz 2.13GHz

4.00GB RAM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M







Min for Crysis

Minimum system requirements

from Crytek and EA



OS - Windows XP or Windows Vista

Processor - 2.8 GHz or faster (XP) or 3.2 GHz or faster* (Vista)

Memory - 1.0 GB RAM (XP) or 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)

Video Card -256 MB**

Hard Drive - 12GB

Sound Card - DirectX 9.0c compatible



Rec. Req.

Recommended System Requirements

from Crytek and EA



OS - Windows XP / Vista

Processor - Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.2GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+

Memory - 2.0 GB RAM

GPU - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS/640 or similar





MY QUESTION: So by looking at these should I not even be able to run Crysis any higher than LOW quality? Explain?System requirements, please read?
i have the Alienware m11x R2 with the i5 520um at 1.3ghz, 335m nvidia, 8gb ram and i can play Crysis 2 fluently on low. the thing about an alienware is that its made to play games efficiently so with your spec to play a old crysis game it would have no problem what so ever on low settings.

the REAL problem could be the switchable graphics did not switch to use your 1gb of nvidia graphic card and instead it might have been using your onboard i3 intel HD graphics the whole time to play it on low. this actually happened to me when i first got the laptop and i play graphic intense game and it lagged like no tomorrow when i actually played the game on a Dell Vostro with a 250mb nvidia graphic card. so i went to update my nvidia drivers and then went to the nvidia Global settings and change the switchable graphics from "auto select" to "Nvidia Geforce 335m" and now whenever i play games i can see it runs with the graphic card and the graphics blow the dell laptop away by a 100 times and it runs super fluently. and ofcause you have the m15x with a much faster processor than i do and you trying to run crysis 1, while im playing cysis 2 with mine. so the problem shouldn't be the specs, it is in the options. btw lower resolutions would help make it smooth too i run it on 1300x 900
If you want to boost up your computer speed you can download Throttlestop to boost up your turboboost consistency. that will help frame rate on your game.System requirements, please read?
hey um it also depends on the resolution i have a decent computer and i ca play dirt 2 on like medium to high settions on 720p resolution but when i got to 1080p it lags sooooooooooooooooooooo much on ultra low no joke, so try playing on a lower resolution and also make sure that your computer is using the nvidea and not a power saving integrated,it usually switches when u unplug ur laptop from a power sourceSystem requirements, please read?
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Cyrsis is an extremely intense game. It's a 4yr old game that I don't think can be maxed out by any of today's hardware.

However, your problem is the resolution. You're probably trying to run it at the max resolution you can, when you're computer isn't all that great. I would use something along the lines of 1280x800 or so, that way you system won't chug so much.

You may also have other things higher. Make sure shaders are on low, make sure anti-aliasing is low, etc.

My desktop still chugs on Crysis, granted it's 2yrs old, but my system is still quite a bit better than what you have there.

i7 920 @ 3.8ghz
6gb DDR3 running at 1700mhz
GTX 280 OC'd as far as I could push it. (can't remember the specs)

I can only run Cyrsis on Med at 1600x1050