Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2 (DirectX 10)



Far Cry 2 is the spiritual sequel to one of the best selling and longest living games on the PC though this title was developed not by Crytek, but by Ubisoft directly using a completely new engine as well.  The game is set in Africa and you have malaria – what else do you need to know?

AMD Radeon HD 5670 Review - DX11 breaches the $100 mark - Graphics Cards 63

AMD Radeon HD 5670 Review - DX11 breaches the $100 mark - Graphics Cards 64

AMD Radeon HD 5670 Review - DX11 breaches the $100 mark - Graphics Cards 65
 Far Cry 2 settings

Far Cry 2 includes a great benchmarking utility that allows us to setup for in-game testing of all varieties and includes both the ability to benchmark based on time (variable frame count) or based on speed (fixed frame count) – we went with the time-based option to simulate real-world gaming and allowing for apples-to-apples comparisons. 

AMD Radeon HD 5670 Review - DX11 breaches the $100 mark - Graphics Cards 66

AMD Radeon HD 5670 Review - DX11 breaches the $100 mark - Graphics Cards 67

AMD Radeon HD 5670 Review - DX11 breaches the $100 mark - Graphics Cards 68

AMD Radeon HD 5670 Review - DX11 breaches the $100 mark - Graphics Cards 69

In Far Cry 2 the HD 5670 does take a lead over the Palit GT 240 graphics card, however small it might be, but falls behind the legacy cards again.

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