Far Cry 2
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Blood,Drug Reference,Intense Violence,Sexual Violence,Strong Language
Publisher: UbiSoft Genre(s): Action, Shooting Home Page: http://www.farcrygame.com/
Performance = GoodFar Cry 2 supports both DX9 and DX10, with the DX10 obviously requiring Windows Vista and an appropriate video card. In this case DX10 is mostly a tickbox feature - you really can't tell the two apart.
In the DX10 mode, there are only three settings - "High", "Very High" and "Ultra High". In practice, the visual quality differences between these settings are very minor and mostly related to lighting shadow quality. Performance differences are also not that huge. As an example, using GeForce 9800GTX the performance difference between Very High and High at 1920x1200 is just a few fps at around 45-50fps, while Ultra High chops off about 15fps from that for the extra-detailed shadows. Effectively, any card fast enough to run the game in DX10 mode at all can handle High or Very High, while Ultra High is there for those with "too much" GPU power.
DX9 mode offers additional visual quality settings - "Very Low", "Low" and "Medium". Performance is pretty much identical to what you get with the DX10 mode at High and above, but it's nice that you can cut down the visuals for any weaker hardware. The Very Low setting can be realistically played on the publishers minimum system, even if you do have to drop down the resolution and suffer with compromised visuals.
Those who want to play the game without going that far, The YouGamers minimum configuration (low end dual core CPU and Radeon HD 2600 or GeForce 8600 GT) is enough to play the game in DX9 mode at reasonable settings (Medium) while the YouGamers recommended configuration (midrange dual core CPU and Radeon HD3850 or GeForce 9600 GT) is enough to turn on the DX10 support at High or Very High settings. For the DX10 Ultra High setting you do need a serious video card (Radeon HD 4850, GeForce GTX 260 or faster), but in the end, the visual gains of Ultra High setting are hard to notice. You can spot some differences in still images, but while playing they look mostly the same. It's nice to know that if you have the latest hardware, you can put it to good use for some extra bling, but even a midrange DX10 gaming card can run Far Cry 2 just fine at an acceptable visual quality level. Far Cry 2's engine supports multithreading just fine, so a dual core CPU is very much recommended. In fact, this time four cores would actually be better than two, except that the game is squarely limited by your GPU on any modern dual or quad core CPU. On our Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 (2.83ghz) all four cores were hovering at around 35-40% utilization, so even a slower dual core would not be a limiting factor.
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