Introducing the New Phenom II 980 BE vs. Core i7-920 – value meets performance again

FarCry 2

Far Cry 2 uses the name of the original Far Cry but it is not connected to the first game as it brings you a new setting and a new story. Ubisoft created it based on their Dunia Engine. The game setting takes place in an unnamed African country, during an uprising between two rival warring factions. Your mission is to kill “The Jackal”; the Nietzsche-quoting mercenary that arms both sides of the conflict that you are dropped into.

The Far Cry 2 game world is loaded in the background and on the fly to create a completely seamless open world. The Dunia game engine provides good visuals that scale well. The Far Cry 2 design team actually went to Africa to give added realism to this game. One thing to especially note is Far Cry 2’s very realistic fire propagation by their engine that is a far cry from the scripted fire and explosions that we are used to seeing.

We test Far Cry 2 benchmark at 1920×1200, 2560×1600 and 5760×1080 with AI enabled and we use the Ranch Long benchmark with ultra settings plus 8xAA.

There is no practical difference playing this game at 1920×1200 or 2500×1600 with either CPU platform; at super wide-screen gaming resolutions, you might consider overclocking the Phenom II X4 980 BE to narrow the gap somewhat with the Intel CPU and raise the minimums to acceptable.