F.E.A.R. is a heavy game and we used its internal benchmarking module. We upgraded it to version 1.08 and measured performance in two scenarios, both at 1600x1200 with “computer settings” at “maximum”. The first one, we called “low”, was with “graphics card” set at “low”, and the second one, we called “high”, was with “graphics card” set at “maximum”. Let’s take a look on the results, given in frames per second.

Here Core 2 Extreme QX6700 achieved the same performance level as Core 2 Extreme X6800 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+, being 3.02% faster than Core 2 Duo E6700, 59.90% faster than Pentium 4 3.4 GHz and 63.30% faster than Pentium 4 3.2 GHz.

Here Core 2 Extreme QX6700 achieved the same performance level as Core 2 Extreme X6800 and Core 2 Duo E6700, being 3.66% faster than Athlon 64 X2 5000+ and 8.97% faster than Pentium 4 3.4 GHz and Pentium 4 3.2 GHz. At this configuration the CPU doesn’t play a dramatic role.