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.

CryTek FarCry 1.33
Regulator LQ 640x480	FPS	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	185.2
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	170.27
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	171.25
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	175.26
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667 PD 840)	81.43
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 PD 840)	171.25
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 PD 840)	84.69
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX Single)	262.14
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	248.63
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX Single)	258.65
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	245.21
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	243.21
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	242.41
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	241.05
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	242.58
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	242.31
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	238.41
Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	242.47
ABIT AB9 Pro (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	244.31

3DMark scores are one thing, but it's nice to see that the ABIT AB9 Pro does pretty well in Far cry too. It's not the fastest board but it's definitely not slow either.

ID Software Doom 3 1.3	Source: id Software

Doom 3 takes advantage of the latest videocard technology and pushes the processing power of the CPU to its absolute limit. At its highest setting, Ultra quality, texture sizes pass the 500MB mark which means even tomorrow's videocards will have a hard time running everything. The frame rates in the game itself are locked at 60 fps so anything above that point is wasted. Each test is run three times with the third run being recorded.

ID Software Doom 3 1.3
LQ 640x480:	FPS	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	148.4
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	144.5
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	144.3
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	141.1
Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2H (975X 200/667 PD 840)	104.3
MSI P4N Diamond (NF4 SLI 200/800 PD 840)	144.3
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 PD 840)	96.6
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX Single)	206.8
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	204.3
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX Single)	206.7
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 200/800 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	203.5
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	206.3
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	205.9
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	205.7
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	206.7
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	205.8
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	205.3
Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	203.5
ABIT AB9 Pro (P965 200/800 Core 2 Duo)	205.8

Doom 3 results between the various Intel Core 2 Duo motherboards are too close to declare a winner. It's nice that the ABIT AB9 Pro doesn't lag behind in any category.