ID Software Quake 4 1.3	Source: id Software

Quake 4 is the latest shooter from ID and is based on the Doom 3 engine. Tweaked to for more eye candy, Quake 4 promises to be tougher on videocards and systems than its predecessor was. Quake 4 also does not have a 60 fps limiter like Doom 3, with the Ultra setting, graphic textures can surpass the 500MB mark! Each test is run three times and with the third run being recorded.

Quake 4
LQ 640x480:	FPS	Ranking
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600	191.4
Intel Pentium D 940	142.8
Intel Pentium D 840	127.3
AMD Athlon64 FX-60 (Socket 939)	153.1
AMD Athlon64 4000+ (Socket 939)	142.8
AMD Athlon64 FX-62 (Socket AM2)	161.4
AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+ (Socket AM2)	150
AMD Sempron 3600+ (Socket AM2)	107.2
AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ (Socket AM2)	148.6
AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ (Socket AM2 Overclocked to 3.03 GHz)	169.2
HQ 1024x768:	FPS	Ranking
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600	177.6
Intel Pentium D 940	141.3
Intel Pentium D 840	124.8
AMD Athlon64 FX-60 (Socket 939)	143.6
AMD Athlon64 4000+ (Socket 939)	140.6
AMD Athlon64 FX-62 (Socket AM2)	151.3
AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+ (Socket AM2)	133.2
AMD Sempron 3600+ (Socket AM2)	106.9
AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ (Socket AM2)	145.5
AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ (Socket AM2 Overclocked to 3.03 GHz)	153.7

Quake 4 framerates mirror that of Doom 3, at 1024x768 overclocking gets a 20+ FPS boost, at higher resolutions the videocard comes into play.

CryTek FarCry 1.33	Source: Ubisoft

Real-time editing, bump mapping, static lights, network system, integrated physics system, shaders, shadows, and a dynamic music system are just some of the state of-the-art features that the CryENGINE offers. The game was set to Ultra quality and the Ubisoft's Regulator demo was run.

FarCry
Regulator LQ 640x480	FPS	Ranking
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600	232.49
Intel Pentium D 940	149.91
Intel Pentium D 840	156.34
AMD Athlon64 FX-60 (Socket 939)	191.4
AMD Athlon64 4000+ (Socket 939)	167.18
AMD Athlon64 FX-62 (Socket AM2)	183.86
AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+ (Socket AM2)	164.56
AMD Sempron 3600+ (Socket AM2)	118.66
AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ (Socket AM2)	168.48
AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ (Socket AM2 Overclocked to 3.03 GHz)	194.53
Regulator UQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600	136.28
Intel Pentium D 940	89.54
Intel Pentium D 840	87.64
AMD Athlon64 FX-60 (Socket 939)	112.92
AMD Athlon64 4000+ (Socket 939)	96.4
AMD Athlon64 FX-62 (Socket AM2)	109.57
AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+ (Socket AM2)	96.65
AMD Sempron 3600+ (Socket AM2)	66.02
AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ (Socket AM2)	97.9
AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ (Socket AM2 Overclocked to 3.03 GHz)	108.47

Here in FarCry, it's interesting to see that the stock AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ is able to outperform the X2 5000+. Once overclocked the Ahtlon64 X2 4800+ does very well in this game too.