Far Cry is a game based on the new Shader 3.0 (DirectX 9.0c) programming model available on series 6 and 7 from nVidia and series X1000 from ATI graphics chips. We’ve updated the game to version 1.1.
As we’ve done on other programs, we ran this game at three resolutions, 1024x768x32, 1280x1024x32 and 1600x1200x32. This game allows several image quality levels and we’ve done our benchmarking on two levels, low and very high. To measure the performance we used the demo created by German magazine PC Games Hardware (PCGH), available at http://www.3dcenter.org/downloads/farcry-pcgh-vga.php. We run this demo four times and made an arithmetical average with the results. This average is the result presented in our graphs.
This game has a very important detail in its image quality configuration. Antialiasing, instead of being configured by numbers (1x, 2x, 4x or 6x) is configured as low, medium or high. The problem is that on nVidia chips both medium and high mean 4x, while on ATI chips medium means 2x and high means 6x, making the comparison between ATI and nVidia chips completely unfair. Because of that we configured antialising at 4x and anisotropic filtering at 8x manually at the video driver control panel.
For further details on how to measure 3D performance with Far Cry, read our tutorial on this subject.
| Far Cry – 1024x768 - Low |
Score |
Difference |
| Radeon 9800 XT (ATI) |
144.92 |
51.19% |
| Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition (ATI) |
142.35 |
48.51% |
| Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition (ATI) |
142.32 |
48.48% |
| Radeon X800 Pro (Sapphire) |
140.99 |
47.09% |
| GeForce 6800 Ultra (XFX) |
135.36 |
41.22% |
| Radeon X700 (HIS) |
128.43 |
33.99% |
| GeForce 6600 GT AGP (Leadtek) |
125.87 |
31.32% |
| Radeon X1600 Pro (HIS) |
95.85 |
|
| GeForce FX 5950 Ultra (Gigabyte) |
70.24 |
36.46% |
At a resolution of 1024x768 without any image quality enhancement, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro was 36.46% faster than Gigabyte GeForce FX 5950 Ultra and it was beaten by ATI Radeon 9800 XT, which was 51.19% faster, ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition, which was 48.51% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition, which was 48.48% faster, Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro, which was 47.09% faster, XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra, which was 41.22% faster, HIS Radeon X700, which was 33.99% faster and Leadtek GeForce 6600 GT AGP, which was 31.32% faster.
| Far Cry – 1280x1024 - Low |
Score |
Difference |
| Radeon X800 Pro (Sapphire) |
141.03 |
50.10% |
| Radeon 9800 XT (ATI) |
140.54 |
49.57% |
| Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition (ATI) |
140.23 |
49.24% |
| Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition (ATI) |
138.10 |
46.98% |
| GeForce 6800 Ultra (XFX) |
132.42 |
40.93% |
| GeForce 6600 GT AGP (Leadtek) |
122.54 |
30.42% |
| Radeon X700 (HIS) |
118.99 |
26.64% |
| Radeon X1600 Pro (HIS) |
93.96 |
|
| GeForce FX 5950 Ultra (Gigabyte) |
48.18 |
95.02% |
At a resolution of 1280x1024 without any image quality enhancement, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro was 95.02% faster than Gigabyte GeForce FX 5950 Ultra and it was beaten by Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro, which was 50.10% faster, ATI Radeon 9800 XT, which was 49.57% faster, ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition, which was 49.24% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition, which was 46.98% faster, XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra, which was 40.93% faster, Leadtek GeForce 6600 GT AGP, which was 30.42% faster and HIS Radeon X700, which was 26.64% faster.
| Far Cry – 1600x1200 - Low |
Score |
Difference |
| Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition (ATI) |
141.40 |
54.23% |
| Radeon X800 Pro (Sapphire) |
141.27 |
54.09% |
| Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition (ATI) |
138.96 |
51.57% |
| GeForce 6800 Ultra (XFX) |
138.79 |
51.39% |
| Radeon 9800 XT (ATI) |
113.93 |
24.27% |
| GeForce 6600 GT AGP (Leadtek) |
105.27 |
14.82% |
| Radeon X1600 Pro (HIS) |
91.68 |
|
| Radeon X700 (HIS) |
85.32 |
7.45% |
| GeForce FX 5950 Ultra (Gigabyte) |
34.26 |
167.60% |
At a resolution of 1600x1200 without any image quality enhancement, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro was 7.45% faster than HIS Radeon X700 and 167.60% faster than Gigabyte GeForce FX 5950 Ultra.
HIS Radeon X1600 Pro was beaten by ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition, which was 54.23% faster, Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro, which was 54.09% faster, ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition, which was 51.57% faster, XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra, which was 51.39% faster, ATI Radeon 9800 XT, which was 24.27% faster and Leadtek GeForce 6600 GT AGP, which was 14.82% faster.
| Far Cry – 1024x768 – Very High |
Score |
Difference |
| Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition (ATI) |
81.90 |
119.22% |
| Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition (ATI) |
81.48 |
118.09% |
| GeForce 6800 Ultra (XFX) |
78.92 |
111.24% |
| Radeon X800 Pro (Sapphire) |
66.18 |
77.14% |
| Radeon 9800 XT (ATI) |
40.13 |
7.41% |
| Radeon X1600 Pro (HIS) |
37.36 |
|
| GeForce 6600 GT AGP (Leadtek) |
36.89 |
1.27% |
| Radeon X700 (HIS) |
33.25 |
12.36% |
| GeForce FX 5950 Ultra (Gigabyte) |
32.90 |
13.56% |
At a resolution of 1024x768 enabling image quality enhancements, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro achieved a similar performance to Leadtek GeForce 6600 GT AGP and it was 12.36% faster than HIS Radeon X700 and 13.56% faster than Gigabyte GeForce FX 5950 Ultra.
HIS Radeon X1600 Pro was beaten by ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition, which was 119.22% faster, ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition, which was 118.09% faster, XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra, which was 111.24% faster, Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro, which was 77.14% faster and ATI Radeon 9800 XT, which was 7.41% faster.
| Far Cry – 1280x1024 – Very High |
Score |
Difference |
| Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition (ATI) |
71.05 |
174.01% |
| GeForce 6800 Ultra (XFX) |
62.00 |
139.11% |
| Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition (ATI) |
61.87 |
138.60% |
| Radeon X800 Pro (Sapphire) |
45.31 |
74.74% |
| Radeon 9800 XT (ATI) |
27.15 |
4.70% |
| Radeon X1600 Pro (HIS) |
25.93 |
|
| GeForce FX 5950 Ultra (Gigabyte) |
24.12 |
7.50% |
| GeForce 6600 GT AGP (Leadtek) |
23.42 |
10.72% |
| Radeon X700 (HIS) |
22.90 |
13.23% |
At a resolution of 1280x1024 enabling image quality enhancements, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro was 7.50% faster than Gigabyte GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, 10.72% faster than Leadtek GeForce 6600 GT AGP and 13.23% faster than HIS Radeon X700.
HIS Radeon X1600 Pro was beaten by ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition, which was 174.01% faster, XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra, which was 139.11% faster, ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition, which was 138.60% faster, Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro, which was 74.74% faster and ATI Radeon 9800 XT, which was 4.70% faster.
| Far Cry – 1600x1200 – Very High |
Score |
Difference |
| Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition (ATI) |
54.53 |
227.31% |
| GeForce 6800 Ultra (XFX) |
47.94 |
187.76% |
| Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition (ATI) |
42.78 |
156.78% |
| Radeon X800 Pro (Sapphire) |
31.75 |
90.58% |
| Radeon 9800 XT (ATI) |
20.07 |
20.47% |
| GeForce FX 5950 Ultra (Gigabyte) |
17.78 |
6.72% |
| GeForce 6600 GT AGP (Leadtek) |
17.77 |
6.66% |
| Radeon X1600 Pro (HIS) |
16.66 |
|
| Radeon X700 (HIS) |
13.72 |
21.43% |
At a resolution of 1600x1200 enabling image quality enhancements, HIS Radeon X1600 Pro was 21.43% faster than HIS Radeon X700 and it was beaten by ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition, which was 227.31% faster, XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra, which was 187.76% faster, ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition, which was 156.78% faster, Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro, which was 90.58% faster, ATI Radeon 9800 XT, which was 20.47% faster, Gigabyte GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, which was 6.72% faster and Leadtek GeForce 6600 GT AGP, which was 6.66% faster.
