RTX 5090 takes on Crysis at 4K and 8K

Crysis turns 20 next year, and the question that defined PC gaming for a generation still hasn’t fully gone away: can it run Crysis?

YouTube channel Testing Games decided to find out by testing the game on a top-tier 2026 gaming PC, built around NVIDIA’s flagship GeForce RTX 5090.

Test System

1. CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
2. Motherboard: MSI MPG X670E CARBON
3. Memory: 32 GB DDR5-6000
4. Cooling: be quiet! Dark Rock 5
5. GPU: GeForce RTX 5090 (32 GB VRAM)

Original Crysis: 4K and 8K Results

Running the original Crysis at maximum settings produced the following results:

• 4K, Very High: ~190 FPS
• 8K, Very High: ~39 FPS

At 4K, the RTX 5090 handles the game effortlessly. At 8K, however, performance drops below smooth-play territory – a reminder that even modern flagship hardware has limits.

Crysis remastered performance

The remastered version of Crysis, which features updated visuals and heavier rendering techniques, proved even more demanding:

• 4K, Max Settings: ~120 FPS
• 8K, Max Settings: ~50 FPS

While 8K performance improves slightly compared to the original, it still falls short of consistently smooth gameplay.

Two decades later, Crysis remains a stress test – even for NVIDIA’s most powerful consumer GPU. The RTX 5090 crushes the game at 4K, but 8K gaming continues to push beyond what even flagship hardware can comfortably deliver.

Source: Testing Games (YouTube)