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

World in Conflict Soviet Assault

World In Conflict is set in an alternate history Earth where the Cold War did not end and Russia invaded the USA in 1989 and the remaining Americans decided to strike back. World in Conflict (WiC) is a real-time tactical/strategy video game developed by Massive Entertainment and released in 2007. The expansion, Soviet Assault, was released in 2009.

Although it is generally considered a real-time strategy (RTS) game, World in Conflict includes gameplay typical of real-time tactical (RTT) games. WiC is filled with real vehicles from both the Russian and the American military. There are also tactical aids, including calling in massive bombing raids, access to chemical warfare, nuclear weapons, and far more.

Here is yet another amazing and very customizable and detailed DX10 benchmark that is available in-game or as a stand-alone. We use the full retail game’s in-game benchmark as it offers more settings than the demo and is updated by patches. The particle effects and explosions in World in Conflict Soviet Assault are truly spectacular! Every setting is fully maxed out.

We bench at 2560×1600 and 190×1200; super widescreen does not work well.

You can finally call the results in World in Conflict a blow-out between the Core i7-920 and the Phenom II X4 980 BE. The Phenom II is eating radioactive dust in the minumums while the Core i7-920 can achieve playable results in this game at 2560×1600.  A clear and undisputed “win” for the Core i7-920 in this benchmark – the first so far in our benchmark suite.