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) |
Ranking |
| Intel Core i7 920 |
117.47 |
   |
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 |
114.905 |
|
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 |
104.09 |
|
 AMD Phenom II X4 965
Black Edition |
95.89 |
   |
| 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 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition |
97.89 |
|
| AMD Athlon II X2 250 |
87.76 |
|
| 1024x768 LQ Physics Very High |
(FPS) |
Ranking |
| Intel Core i7 920 |
117.01 |
|
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 |
114.72 |
|
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 |
103.75 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X4 965
Black Edition |
96.14 |
|
| 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 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition |
96.83 |
|
| AMD Athlon II X2 250 |
88.59 |
|
| 800x600 LQ |
(FPS) |
Ranking |
| Intel Core i7 920 |
115.95 |
|
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 |
115.355 |
|
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 |
104.09 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X4 965
Black Edition |
96.05 |
|
| 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 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition |
96.33 |
|
| AMD Athlon II X2 250 |
88.4 |
|
| 1024x768 LQ |
(FPS) |
Ranking |
| Intel Core i7 920 |
117.06 |
|
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 |
115.52 |
|
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 |
104.59 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X4 965
Black Edition |
95.86 |
|
| 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 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition |
95.95 |
|
| AMD Athlon II X2 250 |
88.74 |
| |
Quad-core
processors don't make for much of an advantage in Crysis. Dual-core processors
offer the best bang-for-buck here. The AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition is
most likely slower here because of outside factors (video card drivers, hard
drive performance) than a lack of performance on the CPU's part.
 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.
Higher
results are better.
| Sierra FEAR 1.08 No AA
|
| 640x480 LQ |
(FPS) |
Ranking |
| Intel Core i7 920 |
701 |
|
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 |
757 |
|
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 |
713 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X4 965
Black Edition |
734 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition |
711 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) |
632 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) |
642 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition |
667 |
|
| AMD Athlon II X2 250 |
536 |
|
| 800x600 LQ |
(FPS) |
Ranking |
| Intel Core i7 920 |
692 |
|
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 |
752 |
|
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 |
689 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X4 965
Black Edition |
719 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition |
703 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) |
590 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) |
597 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition |
654 |
|
| AMD Athlon II X2 250 |
526 |
|
| 1024x768 LQ |
(FPS) |
Ranking |
| Intel Core i7 920 |
673 |
|
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 |
722 |
|
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 |
572 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X4 965
Black Edition |
694 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition |
667 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) |
483 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) |
491 |
|
| AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition |
636 |
|
| AMD Athlon II X2 250 |
496 |
| |
The Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition is very fast in FEAR,
although the Core 2 Duo E8500 still manages to be a touch faster thanks to its
optimized L2 cache. Once you break the 500 frames per second mark it's not going
to make a huge game play difference though.
Now that PCSTATS has wrapped up the benchmark set, let's
put the new AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition into perspective for you... at
$245 for AMD's flagship chip, is it, and indeed the entire socket AM3 platform a
worthwhile option?
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