Crysis 1.2

Source: Electronic Arts

Crysis is a science fiction first-person shooter developed by Crytek. Crysis uses Microsoft's new API, DirectX 10 for graphics rendering, and includes the new engine—the CryEngine 2—that is the successor to Far Cry's CryEngine. CryEngine 2 is among the first engines to use the DirectX 10 framework of Windows Vista, but can also run using DirectX 9, both on Vista and Windows XP.

Higher results are better.

Crysis v1.2.1 No AA 800x600 LQ Physics Very High (FPS) FPS Ranking Intel Core i7 920 117.47 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 104.09 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 101.98 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 83.65 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 87.41 1024x768 LQ Physics Very High (FPS) FPS Ranking Intel Core i7 920 117.01 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 103.75 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 101.72 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 83.77 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 87.71 800x600 LQ (FPS) FPS Ranking Intel Core i7 920 115.95 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 104.09 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 101.14 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 84.09 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 87.01 1024x768 LQ (FPS) FPS Ranking Intel Core i7 920 117.06 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 104.59 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 101.19 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 84.13 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 87.47

Crysis, like most games, is designed for dual-core threading, and here the Phenom II X4 955 BE processor just isn't efficient in clock-for-clock performance to win against the Core i7 920 processor. That being said, it's scores are nothing to sneeze at, being no more than about 10-17FPS behind the Core i7.

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