Date:
Monday , December 01, 2008
Author:
Brent Justice
Editor:
Kyle Bennett
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FarCry 2 DX9 vs. DX10 Performance

FarCry 2 is the first game we have evaluated that shows DX10 in Windows Vista to provide greater performance than DX9. Finally, DX10 makes a performance difference, and finally it is for the positive. We examine that A2A along with AA performance and multi-core CPU testing.

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System Test Setup

We will be using an EVGA 790i Ultra SLI motherboard an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (Overclocked to 3.66GHz), and 4GB of Corsair CM3X1024-1800CD Dominator DDR3.

While it might be a bit “overkill,” we use the 3.6GHz overclocked quad-core processor in an attempt to keep from putting our evaluation into a position of being CPU limited. Obviously, we make every effort to not use CPU limited games for video card evaluations, but the 3.6GHz processor seems to put many peoples’ minds at ease when it comes to that subject.

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Comparison Setup

As always, we are using the latest drivers. For the NVIDIA GPU based video cards we are using 180.48 WHQL. For the AMD GPU based video cards we are using Catalyst 8.11 WHQL.

We also have Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit installed.

This evaluation deviates from the norm in that it is completely apples-to-apples driven using the exact same settings to compare DX9 to DX10.