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. Cyrsis is single-threaded.

Crysis v1.2.1 No AA 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 X6 1090T 86.53 AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 83.53 AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition 92.29 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 93.4 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 81.23 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 85.29 AMD Athlon II X4 645 74.23 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 X6 1090T 85.6 AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 83.32 AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition 91.69 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 93.37 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 81.61 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 88.88 AMD Athlon II X4 645 74.05 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 X6 1090T 86.2 AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 83.56 AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition 91.92 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 93.5 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 82.06 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 89.35 AMD Athlon II X4 645 74.47 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 X6 1090T 85.87 AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 83.34 AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition 91.61 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 93.2 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 81.68 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 89.77 AMD Athlon II X4 645 73.88 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

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. FEAR is single-threaded.

Sierra FEAR 1.08 No AA (single-threaded) 640x480 LQ Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 648 Intel Core i5 750 606 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 658 AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 626 AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 586 AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition 665 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 733 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 494 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 571 AMD Athlon II X4 645 400 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 X6 1090T 624 AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 591 AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition 654 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 723 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 491 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 565 AMD Athlon II X4 645 389 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 X6 1090T 622 AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 585 AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition 639 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 695 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 489 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 566 AMD Athlon II X4 645 392 AMD Athlon II X4 635 362 AMD Athlon II X4 620 391 AMD Athlon II X3 435 414 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 410

Everything that was true about Crysis is doubly true for FEAR. The quad-core L3-less Athlon II X4 645 comes in near-last place, despite its 3.1GHz clock speed. It's just not a chip designed for gaming. Now that PCSTATS has wrapped up the last benchmark set, let's put everything into perspective for you and consider whether the $122 AMD Athlon II X4 645 processor is a good buy or not.