CryTek FarCry 1.33	Source: Ubisoft

Real-time editing, bump mapping, static lights, network system, integrated physics system, shaders, shadows, and a dynamic music system are just some of the state of-the-art features that the CryENGINE offers. The game was set to Ultra quality and the Ubisoft's Regulator demo was run.

CryTek FarCry 1.33
Regulator LQ 640x480	FPS	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	185.2
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	170.27
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	171.25
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	175.26
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX Single)	262.14
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	248.63
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX Single)	258.65
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	245.21
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	243.21
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	242.41
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	241.05
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	242.58
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	242.31
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	238.41
Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	242.47
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	245.81

FarCry does not show much of a performance boost with the new P35 platform. The Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 trails the nVIDIA platforms here slightly in overall framerates.

ID Software Doom 3 1.3	Source: id Software

Doom 3 takes advantage of the latest videocard technology and pushes the processing power of the CPU to its absolute limit. At its highest setting, Ultra quality, texture sizes pass the 500MB mark which means even tomorrow's videocards will have a hard time running everything. The frame rates in the game itself are locked at 60 fps so anything above that point is wasted. Each test is run three times with the third run being recorded.

ID Software Doom 3 1.3
LQ 640x480:	FPS	Ranking
ASRock AM2V890-VSTA (K8T890 200/800 A64 5000+)	148.4
Albatron KM51PV-AM2 (GF6150 200/800 A64 5000+)	144.5
MSI K9N SLI Platinum (NF 570 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	144.3
Asus M2-CROSSHAIR (NF 590 SLI 200/800 A64 5000+)	141.1
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX Single)	206.8
ECS PN2 SLI2+ (NF 680i SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	204.3
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX Single)	206.7
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium (NF 590 SLI 266/800 Core 2 Duo GeForce 7800GTX SLI)	203.5
Foxconn 975X7AB-8EKRS2H (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	206.3
MSI 975X Platinum (975X 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	205.9
Biostar TForce P965 Deluxe (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	205.7
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	206.7
Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	205.8
MSI P965 Platinum (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	205.3
Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 (P965 266/800 Core 2 Duo)	203.5
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 (P35 266/1066 Core 2 Duo)	210.6

The Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 is the fastest motherboard in Doom 3 by about 5 fps. That's a healthy boost considering everything else between the platforms is running at the same speed.