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1. 

   Nerevar
   September 11th, 2009 - 01:43

   Thanks I was going crazy. I was running the 32bit version under Win 7 64bit and it would constantly crash after ~20 minutes. I have a q6700 oc’d to 3.3GHz and I thought that the OC was unstable and I’ve been tweaking settings thinking that was it. Turns out the 32bit version doesn’t run properly under Windows 7 64bit. Since you told me that fix the game loads and runs perfectly…no crashes! Thanks for the good post.
2. 

   Andrew Block
   September 18th, 2009 - 18:59

   @Nerevar,

   Thanks for the comment. I’m glad it worked for you. I was actually surprised it didn’t work without that fix, since it ran perfectly under Vista, but oh well!
3. 

   pandamax2
   November 20th, 2009 - 03:42

   not working for me tho

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   Win 7 64bit
   intel Core2Duo E7300 2.66Ghz
   Asus Striker ii Formula
   9600GT SLI
   OCZ 4GB DDR2
4. 

   Adrian
   November 26th, 2009 - 11:43

   Ye, not working for me neither… I’ve got the worst possible combination for Crysis… Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and an ATi Radeon HD4850… It’s not working well on x64 version of Win7, but that’s fixable. All tho if u’ve got an ATi graphic card, u can kiss ur copy of Crysis goodbye. Neither one patch doesn’t fix the problem.
5. 

   Andrew Block
   November 29th, 2009 - 19:20

   Adrian, that sucks. I’ve got an NVIDIA card so I can’t really figure out the ATI thing. Any luck in any forums or anything?
6. 

   LJ
   November 29th, 2009 - 23:34

   thx it’s work you are amazing
7. 

   Andy
   December 14th, 2009 - 09:32

   Adrian: Try running the game in DirectX 9 mode, it worked for me fine (I have Q6600 ATI 4870 and Windows7 ULT. 64). It is less spectacular though…
   to run it in dx9 mode, start the game like this: Crysis.exe -dx9
8. 

   Andrew Block
   December 14th, 2009 - 16:33

   @ Andy,

   Thanks for the tip! I have run the game in DX9 mode and honestly, there are only a few times I can actually tell the difference.
9. 

   Novi Sad
   January 21st, 2010 - 17:49

   I’ve got Windows 7 Ultimate x64, ATi Radeon HD5850 and I had the same problem, but Your tip solved him.. Thanx a lot…
10. 

    Rick
    January 21st, 2010 - 18:04

    Why would Windows 7 64 and a Radeon 4850 be the “worst possible combination”? That’s a load of horseshit.

    I’ve run Win7 64 with 4830, 4850, 4870 and 4890. They all ran it perfectly in 64 bit dx10 mode and none of them ever crashed. I played the game extensively with all.
11. 

    rio
    February 3rd, 2010 - 05:41

    you are great
12. 

    Andira Muttakim
    March 4th, 2010 - 06:58

    thx it’s work fine to me…
13. 

    Andrew Block
    March 4th, 2010 - 21:50

    @rio, Andira Muttakim:

    Glad it worked!
14. 

    BeeRi
    March 5th, 2010 - 15:03

    My copy of crysis works but it crashes after like an hour of playing it. I have win7 x64 with 4 gigs of ram, a geforce 8800 gts 640mb and a amd athlon II x64. An error message comes up saying that crysis stopped working and goes through the motions of trying to solve it but doesn’t and then the game closes. I have all the updates installed including 1.2.1 (although I did hear that this could cause the 64bit exe to be unstable and it only fixes the 32bit version)
15. 

    Andrew Block
    March 7th, 2010 - 11:31

    @BeeRi,

    Two things:

    #1 – Have you tried running the both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions? Do they both crash?

    #2 – Sort of sounds like an overheating issue, too. Do you have a utility that can monitor the temps of your CPU, GPU, etc.? Since it works for an hour and then crashes, that sounds more like a hardware issue than software. I could be wrong, of course.
16. 

    BeeRi
    March 9th, 2010 - 10:58

    Unfortunately I don’t have a utility to monitor the card. I haven’t tried the 32 bit exe yet. I’m waiting on a couple of Geforce 250 cards. I’ll report back when I get them in
17. 

    Mauzer
    March 9th, 2010 - 15:59

    dont work anyway
18. 

    Andrew Block
    March 11th, 2010 - 00:36

    @Mauzer,

    Could you be more specific?
19. 

    led
    March 13th, 2010 - 14:17

    It works. Only you have to activate Windows Vista Service Pack 2 compatibility mode in crysis.exe archive at Bin64 folder.
    It resolve Reckoning crash level too.
    Great.
20. 

    scottish mark
    April 21st, 2010 - 08:20

    I’ve got windows 7 64bit. If you run the win32 crack and launch from the bin 32 folder, it will still run 64 recognised hardware (above 3 gig ram etc), and the game will run in 32 bit emulating mode.
21. 

    scottish mark
    April 21st, 2010 - 08:23

    PS. core 2 dou runs all on high. If you want mega rez, get a quad core, core 2 quad or i3. god bless us every one. lol
22. 

    Andrew Block
    April 30th, 2010 - 14:10

    @ scottish mark,

    LOL – I gotta pick up an i3 or i7 one of these days.
23. 

    James
    May 13th, 2010 - 15:11

    Also having a prob with Crysis on Win 7 64-Bit.

    Have installed it onto a SSD. Have a 32 bit & 64 bit shortcut on the desktop.

    The 64 bit won’t launch at all (even from the program folder). The 32 bit one came up with 2 errors regarding missing DLL files. So downloaded them & placed them in. However now the 32 bit one launches. I’ve started a new game. On the cut scene when they were talking on the plane, it crashed. So reloaded it & it then moved on a bit. It goes to a cut scene when a female starts talking about North Koreans taking control & not realizing what they have. I get an error message & it closes. Here is a screenshot:

    http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/4293/screenhunter.jpg

    Have tried it half a dozen times since & it won’t go past that bit.

    I’m running it on a Q6600 cpu, 4gb ram, 1gb HD 5870. Currently installed to a spare 32GB SSD.

    Has anyone else seen this problem before?

    Cheers, James..
24. 

    Andrew Block
    May 17th, 2010 - 10:01

    @James,

    I would uninstall and reinstall the game. I don’t think this will affect your saved games in any way. Sounds like a corrupt install to me.
25. 

    Smurf
    June 18th, 2010 - 22:28

    Yay! This worked. I felt like I’d tried everything. To think it had to be set to vista service pack 2 compatibility. Thanks a bunch.
26. 

    Andrew Block
    June 20th, 2010 - 00:22

    @Smurf,

    Cool. Sometimes the most elusive fixes are the simplest ones, right?
27. 

    MrMuffty
    July 21st, 2010 - 14:23

    Hi – Just purchased Crysis off Steam – I have a Win7 64bit PC. I was able to play the game for about 2hrs until it crashed my whole PC – then wouldnt load at all. Re-installed it about three times and able to get through to key-mapping section at which point it would crash again. It now wont load at all and Win7 gives the same feedback as above -programe not working! I have looked through my Bin folder for this game and looks like Steam has only sold me the bloody 32bit version only – no Bin64 folders! What a scam! Anyhow – how the hell do I get it to load? What do I need to do? Apart from never buy anthing from Steam again…..
28. 

    Andrew Block
    July 21st, 2010 - 19:17

    Hey MrMuffty,

    Not exactly sure, but here are a few thoughts.

    Regarding the 64-bit version:

    #1 – Do you have automatic updating of the game enabled? In Steam, right-click on Crysis, select ‘Properties’, then click the ‘Updates’ tab. Make sure ‘Always keep this game up to date’ is selected. I do not have Crysis in Steam, although I do have Crysis Warhead in Steam, and there is a Bin64 folder.

    #2 – I have heard on various forums that there is no 64 bit version. You might be out of luck if that’s the case. Do you have more than 4GB of RAM? If not, I wouldn’t sweat it.
    
    Regarding getting it to stop crashing:

    #1 – Did you try XP compatibility mode as I mentioned in my post?

    #2 – Maybe try deleting the whole game and re-downloading through Steam? (this should preserve your save games)

    #3 – gotta ask: do you have the latest drivers for your video card, latest Windows Updates? Anything weird running in the background that could be causing a conflict?

    Those are just some thoughts. Hopefully something there sparks something. Let me know how it goes.
29. 

    MrMuffty
    July 25th, 2010 - 10:09

    Hi Thanks

    Just tried all of the above – nothing. I have aleady re-installed all my drivers – which should not be an issue anyhow as my PC is only a few months old but I did it anyhow – I have tried even starting under administrator permissions and every compatability mode there is – and I must have re installed the darn thing about 5 times – it just wont work on Win7? Strange as it did when I first bought it for about 2hours?

    I have logged the issue with Steam however the feedback already given by them was pretty straight forward – they wont accept the fact the game doesnt work on this format – I noticed they have posted a stipulation hidden away at the bottom of their pages that the game is only 32bit – but that surely would affect play? I have various other games all very high end that are on 32bit Vista????

    Looking through other forums looks like the only thing that could fix this would be the 64bit files? Steam wont sell them – and I;m sure as h**LL not going to download cracked files etc…..would EA games provide the files?
30. 

    Andrew Block
    July 26th, 2010 - 09:43

    Hey again MrMuffty,

    What video card do you have? Any overclocking going on? I know Crysis is super sensitive to OC’ing.

    Oddly enough, the 64-bit version of Crysis Warhead crashed on me the other day. LOL.
31. 

    MrMuffty
    July 27th, 2010 - 15:29

    I have 2 ATI HD 4870 installed (I know its a lot but I got them cheap!) so theres about 8gig Ram all in all with a pretty modern motherboard and coolling system – should be compatable – I checked the EA system checker and it states my PC was more than capable – just had the drivers and chip drivers updated (PC is pretty new anyhow).

    Just completed Warhead – no issues?
32. 

    Andrew Block
    July 30th, 2010 - 11:50

    So Warhead worked fine but original Crysis doesn’t?

    Bizarre.
33. 

    MrMuffty
    July 30th, 2010 - 11:51

    Just had feedback from Steam who seem to have found a fix:

    renaming \Documents\My Games\Crysis\ to \Crysis_old\

    Seems to have fixed it? How odd…..
34. 

    Tyndall
    August 3rd, 2010 - 14:12

    When I load up Crysis it starts messing with my resolution in a black screen then becomes unresponsive. I have the latest updates for my graphics, that I know of anyway. Win 7, I3-350, 4 GB RAM, Intel HD graphics card.

    I’ve tried running in DX9 and the compatibility fix. I also uninstalled and reinstalled. Anymore ideas?
35. 

    Andrew Block
    August 11th, 2010 - 07:59

    MrMuffty,

    But doesn’t that blow away your save game data?
36. 

    Andrew Block
    August 11th, 2010 - 08:01

    Tyndall,

    Will Crysis run on an Intel HD graphics card? I don’t know anything about that card, so I don’t know if it’s decent or not.
37. 

    Jakub Vitek
    August 11th, 2010 - 08:54

    heloo guys my graphic card is nvidia but i try change compatibility to windows vista sp2 but it not working have we another reason??
38. 

    ZIAD
    August 12th, 2010 - 19:48

    Thank you very very much ..now the game run perfectly …damn i like this game … but i have another problem maybe u can help me to solve it…i am a lazy man I bought Crysis game …i like to install games and play it directly without putting and removing games DVD s every time i want to play …. on windows XP 32bit i used no CD crack and the game was working fine … but when i switched to Win7 64Bit i didn’t find a no cd crack … if u know a working nocdCrack pleeeeease reply thank you in advance…
39. 

    Andrew Block
    August 12th, 2010 - 21:19

    Hey ZIAD,

    Hmm, not sure on the 64-bit no cd patch. Sorry.
40. 

    Andrew Block
    August 12th, 2010 - 21:24

    @ Jakub Vitek,

    What specific video card do you have?
41. 

    ZIAD
    August 16th, 2010 - 13:36

    aaah , thx for replying Andrew
42. 

    Steven
    August 21st, 2010 - 16:05

    This is drivin me crazy!!

    Windows 7 x64, i5 750 @ 2.67, Nvidia geforce gts 250 latest drivers, crysis 1.0 both the 32 and 64 bit exes lead to a black screen (both at compatibility with Vista SP 2) that stays there forever and when i ctrl + alt + del it shows Crysis has stopped working…

    HELP!
43. 

    Andrew Block
    August 22nd, 2010 - 11:47

    Steven,

    You say you have Crysis 1.0? I’d definitely recommend installing the Crysis 1.2 patch. Just Google it. Also, there’s a 1.21 hotfix, but I think it’s for a very specific issue.

    I’d do that before doing any other troubleshooting.
44. 

    Steven
    August 24th, 2010 - 20:49

    k its patched and not working
45. 

    Steven
    August 26th, 2010 - 18:28

    nvm got it… stupid program (GamerOSD)
46. 

    BaDSeCToR
    September 6th, 2010 - 08:30

    Running i3 540 and Radeon 5750 Win7 64bit. Works for me. Thx
47. 

    Andrew Block
    September 6th, 2010 - 09:37

    @BaDSeCToR,

    Cool. Another happy Crysis player!
48. 

    Andrew Block
    September 6th, 2010 - 09:42

    @Steven,

    Glad you finally got it working. Sounds like you figured it out – so GamerOSD was the culprit?
49. 

    god bless u!!
    September 8th, 2010 - 05:31

    thanks a lot man! it works! thaaank uuuuu!

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