How to benchmark Crysis Warhead!!

As some of you may know, I buy new pc hardware and games because I love to run benchmarks on them. When I bought Crysis Warhead and found out that it did not have the benchmark batch files that the 1st game did I was quite upset.

But after looking though alot of pak files I found what I was looking for, a easy method for benchmarking Crysis Warhead. I am going to write out alot of steps but most poeple here really wont need to follow them step by step.

Here's how to do it:

1. Go to the Bin32 subfolder of crysis warhead.
2. Create a file called Benchmark_GPU_cargo.bat
3. Inside the file type :

@echo Running GPU benchmark 1
@echo Results will depend on current system settings
@pause
@echo Running...
@crysis.exe -DEVMODE +map cargo +exec timedemo
@type "..\\Game\\Levels\\cargo\imedemo.log"
@pause

4. Save the file.
5. Go to the Game folder and then to the Level subfolder.
6. Go to the Cargo folder.
7. Look for a file named flythrough.tmd
8. Make a backup of that file and save it some where other than this folder.
8. Rename the original flythrough.tmd file to timedemo.tmd
9. Create a file in this folder named timedemo.log
10. Go to the Game folder and then to the Config subfolder.
11. Create a file named timedemo.cfg
12. Inside the file type :

demo_file = timedemo
demo_num_runs = 3

13. Save the file.
14. Create a file named benchmark_gpu.cfg
15. Inside the file type :

demo_restart_level = 1
g_godMode = 1
demo_file = timedemo
demo_ai = 0
demo_num_runs = 3
demo_quit = 1
hud_startPaused = "0"
sys_flash = 0
r_vsync = 0
r_nodrawnear = 1
demo
demo_time_of_day = 8
s_DialogVolume = 0

16. Save the file.
17. Go back to the Bin32 folder, and run your Benchmark_GPU_cargo.bat file.
18. Crysis Warhead will load up the level.
19. When it starts it hold down the SHIFT AND PRINTSCREEN keys on your keyboard. This will start up your benchmark run.
20. After the benchmark has finshed, close down warhead to see your score on the desktop.

Once you have this set up you can adjust settings to your liking and make batch files for other levels as well.

Frost level benchmark on 1360 X 768


Avalanche Level Benchmark on 1680 X 1050


Score and folder setup


Cargo Benchmark Score on 1680 X 1050


If anyone has some tips for benchmarking Crysis Warhead, let me know and I will update this post with that info. Also feel free to post your scores in this thead.
Edited by CDMAN - 9/20/08 at 11:14pm

Here is a list of all the benchmarks for crysis warhead:

Benchmark Name= Airfield
Map="Airfield" Timedemo="autotest"
Map="Airfield" Timedemo="flythrough"

Benchmark Name=Ambush
Map="Ambush" Timedemo="autotest"
Map="Ambush" Timedemo="flythrough"

Benchmark Name=Avalanche
Map="Avalanche" Timedemo="autotest"
Map="Avalanche" Timedemo="flythrough"

Benchmark Name=Cargo
Map="Cargo" Timedemo="autotest"
Map="Cargo" Timedemo="flythrough"

Benchmark Name=Cave
Benchmark Name="Cave_Autotest2"
Map="Cave" Timedemo="autotest2"

Benchmark Name=Forst
Map="Forst" Timedemo="autotest"
Map="Forst" Timedemo="flythrough"

Benchmark Name=Train_
Map="Train" Timedemo="autotest"

You can run any of the above benchmarks using the method I listed in the 1st post.
Edited by CDMAN - 9/20/08 at 7:59pm

Humm, Did you get the benchmark to run though completely? Did it loop though the number of times that you entered in on step 12 for demo runs? If it did, when the benchmark was over was warhead still running? At the end of my runs, warhead is still running and I dont get a score until I end the game from the main menu.
Edited by CDMAN - 9/20/08 at 9:05am

Updated 2nd post.

If you want to run or benchmark any of the original crysis levels in warhead, just copy the level that you want to play into the \\Game\\Level folder and make a batch file for it like I listed in the 1st post and it will run.

I am trying to get the old crysis tool to work with warhead.