Vista 32 vs. Vista 64 shootout – PC Gaming

FarCry 2

FarCry 2 uses the name of the original FarCry 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 FarCry 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 FarCry 2 design team actually went to Africa to give added realism to this game. One thing to especially note is FarCry 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.

FarCry 2 benchmark at 1920×1200 with AI enabled:

FarCry 2 benchmark at 1680×1050 with AI enabled:

Very interesting. Finally our Vista 64-bit pathway shows a distinct and solid advantage over playing on 32-bit!  However, in no place do we see where the 32-bit pathway is “slow” compared to running on Vista 64. However, this is the future of gaming in our opinion.