Far Cry

Far Cry (Direct X)


The new Far Cry 1.3 patch finally brings the features that the 1.2 patch was supposed to give us.  This includes support for SM3.0 for the NVIDIA 6800 and 6600 line of cards as well as the SM2.0b that ATI has enabled in their latest drivers.  The result is increased performance across both lines of graphics cards.  Also included in this patch is support for HDR lighting (High Dynamic Range), though it wasn’t enabled by default, so our tests don’t include it yet. 

On Far Cry 1.33 we are using manual run throughs of Far Cry as well on the Regulator level using God Mode enabled with the DEVMODE cheat to get repeatable results.   

We set the in game quality settings as high as they would go, as you can see in the shot below. 

BFG GeForce 7950 GX2 Review: Dual GPU Video Card - Graphics Cards 78

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BFG GeForce 7950 GX2 Review: Dual GPU Video Card - Graphics Cards 81

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BFG GeForce 7950 GX2 Review: Dual GPU Video Card - Graphics Cards 83

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At 16×12, our Far Cry tests show the GX2 performing nearly identically to the 7900 GT SLI setup and it is easily the best performing single graphics card in the test.  At 20×15 the GX2 scores are even more impressive, easily passing the 7900 GTX and beating out the X1900 XTX as well. 

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