FEAR - 100% CPU Load Test	Source: Sierra

FEAR is Sierra's latest first person shooter which relies heavily on DirectX 9 features. With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled, even the fastest videocards run at a crawl, FEAR is definitely the new benchmark for future FPS games to follow.

Prime95 + FEAR
Minimum 640x480:	FPS	Ranking
Intel Pentium D 840	176
Intel Pentium D 940	211
AMD Athlon64 4000+	274
AMD Athlon64 FX-60	254
AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+	219
AMD Athlon64 FX-62	256
AMD Sempron 3600+	210
AMD Sempron 3600+ (2.5 GHz)	214
Maximum 1024x768:	FPS	Ranking
Intel Pentium D 840	83
Intel Pentium D 940	97
AMD Athlon64 4000+	105
AMD Athlon64 FX-60	103
AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+	75
AMD Athlon64 FX-62	99
AMD Sempron 3600+	63
AMD Sempron 3600+ (2.5 GHz)	67

We're definitely very pleasantly surprised at how quick the AMD Sempron 3600+ is in the Prime95+FEAR tests. In fact the budget processor is nipping on the heals of the Athlon64 X2 5000+ which is dual core and much more expensive. Not too bad at all for a budget processor!