Legit Processor Reviews

$300 Gaming CPU's: AMD 5000+ Versus Intel E6600

Manufacturer: Intel
Product: AMD A64 5000+ AM2 Versus Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Date: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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F.E.A.R

F.E.A.R. Benchmark

Sierra; F.E.A.R w/ v1.0.5 patch:

F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault and Recon) is a first-person close-quarters combat game for the PC. The story begins when a paramilitary force infiltrates a multi-billion dollar aerospace compound, and the government responds by sending in Special Forces. The group loses contact with the government when an eerie signal interrupts radio communications--and when that interference subsides moments later, the team has been destroyed. That's where you come in. As part of a classified strike team created to deal with threats no one else can handle, your mission is simple: eliminate the intruders at any cost, determine the origin of the signal, and contain the potential crisis before it gets out of control.

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F.E.A.R. is a pretty recent game title that many people are still playing today.  The game runs at a native resolution of 1280x960 and that is why we ran this benchmark at this setting and not 1280x1024. At 1280x960 with 4xAA/16xAF we found a two frame per second difference with the AMD Athlon 64 5000+ processor taking it's first win out of our gaming benchmarks.

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At the higher resolution of 1600x1200 we were again GPU limited with both processors averaging 53 frames per second on the benchmark.

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Review Index
Page 1 - I have $300 to spend. E6600 Conroe or 5000+ AM2?
Page 2 - Test Systems
Page 3 - Comanche 4
Page 4 - DOOM 3
Page 5 - Quake 4
Page 6 - Far Cry
Page 7 - F.E.A.R
Page 8 - X³ Reunion
Page 9 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions