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

Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.

Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. is an air combat video game developed published by Ubisoft. It was released in United States on March 6, 2009. You have the opportunity to fly 54 aircraft over real world locations and cities in somewhat realistic environments that are created with satellite data. This game is a more of a take on flying than a real simulation and it has received mixed reviews.

The game story takes place during the time of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter. H.A.W.X. is set in the year 2014 where private military companies have replaced government-run military in many countries. The player is placed into the cockpit as an elite ex-military pilot who is recruited by one of these corporations to work for them as a mercenary. You later return to the US Air Force with a team as you try to prevent a full scale terrorist attack on the United States which was started by your former employer.

Let’s check out H.A.W.X. at 1920×1200 and 2560×1600 plus with fully maxed out in-game settings and 8xAA:

There is no practical difference playing with either CPU platform at any resolution although technically the Core i7-920 is a bit faster at 1920×1200 and much less so at 2560×1600.