"Can it run Crysis?" was a joke that many PC gamers asked one another about their PCs owing to the level of hardware that was needed to run the original game. When Crysis Remastered launched, the game was similarly graphically taxing. However, Crysis Remastered recently received an update that may have rectified this issue.

Crysis Remastered specifically had issues in CPU-intensive scenes. DSOgaming tested the game back in 2020 and was only able to achieve 48 FPS at 1080p running the game on Very High. The system the game was tested on was no slouch either as it was running an Intel i9 9900K with 16GB of DDR4 at 3800Mhz, a Samsung 970 Pro SSD 1TB M.2 NVMe, and a NVIDIA GeForce RTX3080.

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Crysis Remastered has recently received an update that is said to improve the game's performance at launch by an astounding 81%. This will allow PC gamers with weaker hardware to run the game with better frame rates at higher graphical settings.

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Crytek also released an update late last year, that implemented DLSS in the Crysis Remastered Trilogy. DLSS works by redrawing pixels on-screen and upscales the resolution to make the game seem as though it was doing so natively. DLSS mainly only benefits RTX cards, but can hugely improve their performance, allowing gamers to make use of higher resolutions and better graphical settings.

The developer was also able to improve Crysis Remastered's performance by removing its controversial Denuvo DRM software. Denuvo DRM has been said to drastically impact the performance of games by causing stuttering issues and hampering frame rates. This was to the delight of many fans of the game, as many gamers have gained a strong dislike for Denuvo DRM.

The difference in graphically quality when comparing the original Crysis on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 to Crysis Remastered on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are night and day. The game now runs at 60 FPS on the latest generation of consoles and looks leaps and bounds better than its 2007 counterpart.

In more recent Crysis news, Crytek has removed Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 Remastered photo mode mods. This is owing to the fact that Crytek does not allow mods of its games or engines. Frans Bouma, the creator of the mods, was issued with a cease and desist letter. The only issue Crytek seemed to have with Bouma's mods when he contacted them, was the fact that he had monetized them via his Patreon account.

Crysis Remastered is available now on PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.

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Source: DSOgaming