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 - Windows Vista 800x600 LQ Physics Very High FPS Ranking Intel Core i7 920 117.47 Intel Core i5 750 107.2 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 114.905 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 104.09 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 92.04 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 101.98 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 81.64 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 87.41 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 90.53 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 97.89 AMD Athlon II X4 635 77.21 AMD Athlon II X4 620 69.36 AMD Athlon II X3 435 75.73 AMD Athlon II X2 250 87.76 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 78.4 1024x768 LQ Physics Very High FPS Ranking Intel Core i7 920 117.01 Intel Core i5 750 106.87 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 114.72 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 103.75 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 91.91 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 101.72 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 80.67 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 87.71 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 89.78 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 96.83 AMD Athlon II X4 635 76.91 AMD Athlon II X4 620 69.17 AMD Athlon II X3 435 75.41 AMD Athlon II X2 250 88.59 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 78.31 800x600 LQ FPS Ranking Intel Core i7 920 115.95 Intel Core i5 750 107.12 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 115.355 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 104.09 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 92.21 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 101.14 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 81.85 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 87.01 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 90.06 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 96.33 AMD Athlon II X4 635 77.24 AMD Athlon II X4 620 69.54 AMD Athlon II X3 435 75.21 AMD Athlon II X2 250 88.4 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 78.19 1024x768 LQ FPS Ranking Intel Core i7 920 117.06 Intel Core i5 750 106.91 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 115.52 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 104.59 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 91.76 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 101.19 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 81.55 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 87.47 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 89.94 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 95.95 AMD Athlon II X4 635 76.78 AMD Athlon II X4 620 69.35 AMD Athlon II X3 435 75.44 AMD Athlon II X2 250 88.74 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 78.27

Crysis really only scales to two cores, and after that things like clockspeed, cache efficency and processor-to-system bandwidth become more important. The result is that the Athlon II X4 635 CPU simply doesn't do all that well in gaming tests like this, you'll be better served with a faster videocard than anything else!

Crysis v1.2.1 No AA - Windows 7 800x600 LQ Physics Very High (FPS) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 107.32 Intel Core i5 750 104.21 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 98.59 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 93.4 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 81.23 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 85.29 AMD Athlon II X4 635 76.67 AMD Athlon II X4 620 70.81 AMD Athlon II X3 435 74.89 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 76.85 1024x768 LQ Physics Very High (FPS) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 109.32 Intel Core i5 750 106.22 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 97.25 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 93.37 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 81.61 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 88.88 AMD Athlon II X4 635 75.69 AMD Athlon II X4 620 70.51 AMD Athlon II X3 435 74.28 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 76.86 800x600 LQ (FPS) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 106.71 Intel Core i5 750 105.41 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 99.38 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 93.5 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 82.06 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 89.35 AMD Athlon II X4 635 75.89 AMD Athlon II X4 620 70.77 AMD Athlon II X3 435 74.79 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 77.26 1024x768 LQ (FPS) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 106.9 Intel Core i5 750 104.73 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 98.16 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 93.2 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 81.68 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 89.77 AMD Athlon II X4 635 76.23 AMD Athlon II X4 620 70.88 AMD Athlon II X3 435 74.33 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 77.18

Windows 7 doesn't change how Crysis behaves on a test system configured to be CPU-limited. By dialing down the graphical elements to the point where they are no longer videocard-limited, we can see what impact the processor, number of cores/threads, and elements like clock speed have. Core for core, the Intel Core i5 750 manages 104FPS while the AII X4 635 pushes out just 76FPS.