Game:

Crysis (2007)

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This is the first Crysis game AKA arguably the best Crysis game in the series thus far. Seven years ago, it challenged a lot of PC configs and even enthusiast setups were having difficulty running it super smooth. It was THE benchmark game for PC -- and for good reason. It's big, it's beautiful, it's ambition, it's a game ahead of its time. Even today, Crysis looks gorgeous. Sure, it lacks the better shaders that we have today, but it still holds up well. And have you seen the insane amount of foliage in this game? My jaw dropped. Not to mention, it's also open world-ish. No, it isn't really open world but it feels like it. It has sections, but the sections are huge, wide-open playgrounds filled with numerous objects and AI that puts its sequels to shame. I can understand how people were completely blown away by this game 7 years ago.

Seven years later, Crysis still brings some PCs down on their knees. I think a GTX 770 can't even run this game on max settings, with low AA, in 1080p and maintain a constant 60 fps. As for the Y410p, a single 750M theoretically amounts to two 8800 GTXs in SLI with perfect scaling (actual scenario puts scaling up to 80%, mostly, for the second card in SLI-optimized games). Awesome CPUs back in 2007 also clock at 2.2 GHz and with the i7-4700MQ being clocked at 2.4 GHz max (3.4 GHz with Turbo Boost active -- maybe for single core operations), this means the Y410p is essentially a magnificent 2007 PC build. That. Is. Just. Sad. But also not surprising for a 2013 multimedia laptop. Anyway, it barely maintains 30 fps in 1366 x 768 most of the time on DX10 max settings with 4x AA, and it even goes below 20 fps in extremely dense environments (which doesn't happen a lot in the game, thank goodness). Sigh...

So, yeah, the original Crysis is still a b**** to run. Sure, we can blame a PC-centric graphics engine like CryEngine 2 for being very demanding, or that the game has poor multi-core CPU utilization (some report that only one core is maxed, while another core is used at about 50%), or that it cannot take advantage of more recent CPU technologies -- it doesn't matter. It's an ancient game and devs have abandoned it years ago. The modding community still appears to be quite active, though. I just thought it would be interesting to check how far laptop tech has come with an old benchmark game like Crysis. The only thing I didn't really like in the game was the clunky controller support. Had to grab someone else's controller config (yeah, and you can't customize it in-game) before it became playable to me, but even then the ADS was still stuck on toggle. It just feels unnatural. Oh well...

Maximum Operating Temperatures (1 hour of gaming):
CPU - 85 to 87 °C
GPU - 87 °C

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## Model Configuration ##
Lenovo IdeaPad Y410p-20216
Windows 8, 64-bit
1366 x 768 Native Resolution
Intel Core i7-4700MQ "Haswell" @ 2.4 GHz (3.4 GHz turbo)
GeForce GT 750M GDDR5 2 GB VRAM, SLI ready
8 GB DDR3 Samsung RAM @ 1600 MHz (single channel)
1 TB Seagate HDD @ 5400 RPM
JBL Dolby-certified Home Theater v4

Notes:
OS Version - Windows 8.1 Single Language
Nvidia Driver - 344.75 WHQL
GPU - Dedicated, Single
CPU Tweaks - 95% Performance Level
GPU Tweaks - 85 °C temperature limit; -210 MHz memory clock speed
Recording Utility - Nvidia Shadowplay
Input Device - DualShock 3 gamepad

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