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 i5 750 639 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 757 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 713 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 597 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 711 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 484 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 642 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 562 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 667 AMD Athlon II X4 635 398 AMD Athlon II X4 620 368 AMD Athlon II X3 435 426 AMD Athlon II X2 250 536 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 419 800x600 LQ FPS Ranking Intel Core i7 920 692 Intel Core i5 750 636 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 752 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 689 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 591 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 703 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 478 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 597 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 559 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 654 AMD Athlon II X4 635 371 AMD Athlon II X4 620 365 AMD Athlon II X3 435 421 AMD Athlon II X2 250 526 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 412 1024x768 LQ FPS Ranking Intel Core i7 920 673 Intel Core i5 750 626 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 722 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 572 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 590 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 667 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 477 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 491 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 555 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 636 AMD Athlon II X4 635 370 AMD Athlon II X4 620 362 AMD Athlon II X3 435 420 AMD Athlon II X2 250 496 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 411

Everything that was true about Crysis is doubly true for FEAR. The quad-core L3-less Athlon II X4 635 comes in near-last place. It's just not a chip designed for gaming.

Sierra FEAR 1.08 No AA - Windows 7 640x480 LQ Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 648 Intel Core i5 750 606 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 658 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 733 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 494 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 571 AMD Athlon II X4 635 368 AMD Athlon II X4 620 400 AMD Athlon II X3 435 424 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 417 800x600 LQ Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 643 Intel Core i5 750 597 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 650 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 723 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 491 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 565 AMD Athlon II X4 635 363 AMD Athlon II X4 620 391 AMD Athlon II X3 435 415 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 411 1024x768 LQ Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 644 Intel Core i5 750 593 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 645 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 695 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 489 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 566 AMD Athlon II X4 635 362 AMD Athlon II X4 620 391 AMD Athlon II X3 435 414 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 410

Scores go down a little bit in Windows 7 as well for the Athlon II X4 635.

With all of these graphs and charts put together, for both Microsoft Windows 7 and the Windows Vista operating system PCSTATS is finally getting a look at the real strength of the AMD Athlon II X4 620 processor. Don't worry, plain language conclusions are up next to help put all this into perspective for you.