I'm going to post this here as well as Belloni's tweaking thread because you guys need to try this.
The below is in XP so Vista maybe slightly different.
My config i am using atm is as follows...
con_restricted=0
r_displayinfo=1
r_VSync=0
d3d9_TripleBuffering=0
r_ssao_quality=1
r_ssao_amount=0.2
r_SSAO_darkening=3.6
r_TerrainAO_FadeDist=1
r_HDRlevel=0.5
r_TexturesStreaming=0
r_sunshafts=1
r_ColorGradingDOF=0
r_ShadowJittering=1
r_ShadowBlur=0
r_GetScreenshot=1
r_GeomInstancing=1
r_UsePOM=1
r_MotionBlur=0
e_hw_occlusion_culling_object=1
e_gsm_lods_num=4
e_shadows_from_terrain_in_all_lods=0
r_UseEdgeAA=2
e_shadows_max_texture_size=512
e_view_dist_ratio=45
e_water_ocean_fft=1
e_particles_lod=0.7
e_vegetation_min_size=1.5
e_view_dist_ratio_vegetation=50
q_ShaderShadow=1
r_EyeAdaptationBase=0.2
That gives me around 30-35 and upto 45 in places. All at 1680x1050
This is what i did.....
1. create a new text file on desktop.
2. copied the above text to the file, and rename the file to system.cfg
3. Start Crysis and set all to high and save settings.
4. go to 'C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis'
5. drag or cut and paste the file above to that location.
6. play the game and admire the graphics!!
7. If for some reason you dont like it, then just delete the system.cfg file and all is back to normal.
A full list of the configs and what they do can be found at
Tweakguides.
Here are some screen shots.
And here is a before and after.
BEFORE
AFTER