Hi,
I've been playing crysis 2 since release and I always had some kind of problem with crossfire&flickering etc.

First of all, my rig:
-Processor: i7 730@3.3ghz with turboboost on
-Video card: ati 5970
-Vcard drivers: catalyst 11.5 hotfix b + profiles 11.5 cap 3
-RAM: 6gb@1333mhz
-OS: Windows 7 64bit

Now I've always found a way around all the problems by myself or reading on forums, but rarely got an optimized performance: for instance, I usually don't have 60fps in multiplayer, but a few months ago I managed to get there (i think it was patch 1.2).
The real problem is that every time new graphic drivers, profiles and a new patch of the game comes out new problems appear.

Patch 1.8 introduced advanced graphic options, which gave us a few more choices (but still not as many as everybody wanted). It also brought to many of us new, horrible graphic effects. Cryadam announced it was due to disabling motion blur, but I didn't find this to be the case: infact, I can disable motion blur without any problem. My problem appears to be post-processing or, better, the console command: sys_spec_postprocessing. Here's a short video showing the problem:


As you can see, using default graphic options from the "normal" settings menu, I get normal graphics with decent fps (55 in extreme spec, 60 on lower settings with vsync on), but once I change the sys_spec_postprocessing parameter from the console I get these shadows when I move around.
I'd like to add an autoexec.cfg file with my custom graphic options (like I used to do with this program but without screwing the game completely.
I already tried deleting the post-processing line from the document but that doesn't resolve the issue.

Is there any way around this problem? Are you guys experiencing the same problem? If so, please post here your rig and describe the problem.

Also, is there anyone who knows the "default" postprocessing used in the actual version of crysis 2? Levels 1 2 3 4 all give the same result: crappy graphics and an unplayable game!