Sierra FEAR 1.08 |
Source: Sierra |
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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
- Windows Vista |
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 |
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And the trend continues in FEAR - the Phenom II X4 910e
is simply not a good processor 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 |
   | |
Windows 7 benchmarks show FEAR getting a little bit
faster for the Phenom II X4 910e processor, although it still lags behind most
of the other performance CPUs.
That's a lot of benchmarks to take in, but the question
remains... is the AMD Phenom II X4 910e processor fast enough? Let's bring
everything together, conclusions are up next.