Sierra FEAR 1.08	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.

FEAR
Minimum 640x480:	FPS	Ranking
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600	362
Intel Pentium D 940	212
Intel Pentium D 840	244
AMD Athlon64 FX-60 (Socket 939)	286
AMD Athlon64 4000+ (Socket 939)	268
AMD Athlon64 FX-62 (Socket AM2)	277
AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+ (Socket AM2)	243
AMD Sempron 3600+ (Socket AM2)	209
AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ (Socket AM2)	231
AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ (Socket AM2 Overclocked to 3.03 GHz)	287
Maximum 1024x768:	FPS	Ranking
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600	105
Intel Pentium D 940	98
Intel Pentium D 840	115
AMD Athlon64 FX-60 (Socket 939)	131
AMD Athlon64 4000+ (Socket 939)	105
AMD Athlon64 FX-62 (Socket AM2)	103
AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+ (Socket AM2)	99
AMD Sempron 3600+ (Socket AM2)	84
AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ (Socket AM2)	95
AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ (Socket AM2 Overclocked to 3.03 GHz)	105

FEAR numbers again show that the AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ is a decent gaming processor. It might not be the fastest CPU on the market but can you really tell the difference between say 95 and 105 fps?