DX10: Far Cry 2
DX10: Far Cry 2
Developer Crytek managed to fashion one of the most convincing and striking locales in all of gaming, and satisfied gamers with the freedom to pass through the landscape and tackle enemies in almost any way they saw fit. You surely remember Jack Carver and that things were about to get seriously messed up for you? Well, tough luck. You are no longer at that deserted tropical island, but hop into a jeep and arrive at the sandy savannah surroundings of Africa. And that's a change... as much as you'll no longer run into any mutants, aliens, or any superpowers or psychic powers. Also - you are no longer Jack Carver, you assume the role of one of nine different mercenaries who are embedded in the midst of a brutal civil war which rages in an imaginary African nation.
Everything that goes down is involved in a dirty little bush war in central Africa and you'll have to use a rusty AK-47 and whatever bits of scavenged land mines you can duct-tape together. Two factions struggle for supremacy: the United Front for Liberation and Labour and the Alliance for Popular Resistance, and both are known for blood and control.
Far Cry 2:
- Level: Ranch Small
- High-quality DX10 mode
- 8x AA (Anti-aliasing)
- 16x AF (Anisotropic Filtering)
In the results above we'll also thrown in the Crossfire results on the 7950 and 7970 series that we have available. By mistake I forget to add these to the 2-way SLI review from last week, hence we include all we have available at the moment.
Unfortunately I am still waiting on a third Radeon HD 7970 card, so triple 7970 Crossfire cannot be included just yet. We will likely post a Triple CFX 7970 article in due time and combine it with the results for 3-way SLI from today.
Please do focus on 2560x1600 scaling if you are after high resolution monitor setups and optimal scaling.
Now since 99% of you game at 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 this is our reference baseline as shown above. Yep, 3-way SLI is going to be a tough nut to crack at this resolution.
Above, DX10 very high image quality and eight AA samples. But Far Cry 2 is getting old and CPU limited. As you can see, triple SLI at 1920x1200 is hardly worth the effort.
So what happens when we move from a 3.8 GHz clocked Core i7 960X processor to the X79 platform with a Core i7 3960X processor clocked at 4600 MHz? Well, above is your differential, it is a substantial difference, but remember... this is a CPU limited aged title. We always try to balance old and modern titles in our benchmark session to get you a wider overview.
