Crysis

Publisher: Electronic Arts

We tested the game using the 64-bit executable under and DirectX 10 with the 1.21 patch applied. We used a custom time demo recorded on the Harbour map which is more representative of gameplay than the built-in benchmark that renders things much faster than you're going to experience in game.

For our testing, we set all the settings to High. Because of how intense the game is, we tested with both anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering disabled at resolutions above 1,680 x 1,050 for the time being. There is currently no support for anisotropic filtering in the game, but you can still force it from the driver control panel.



Crysis performance at stock speeds is very impressive, with a clear edge squeezed out by the DFI board at minimum and average frame rates. Overclocked and the average FPS is also higher than anything else we have tested, and the minimum FPS is relatively consistent, but only very fractionally slower than the other boards tested. Overall, it's a great result.

Far Cry 2

Publisher: Ubisoft

Far Cry 2 is the latest first person shooter from Ubisoft, and while it continues the Far Cry franchise that Crytek started in 2004, this game is built on its own in-house engine and has no association - other than its name - to anything Crytek has worked on or is working on now. We used a retail version of the game patched to version 1.02, and used the in-built "Action" gameplay demo set to Ultra-Very High settings under DirectX 10.



Unlike above, Far Cry 2 performance is good but average. The difference in minimum FPS is slight, but the average is a few whole FPS from the fastest cards. Overclocked and again the DFI board commands an average FPS advantage, but its minimums are just fractionally below what the other cards are outputting.