Far Cry 32-bit vs. 64-bit Training

Far Cry – Direct3D

Notes

Interestingly enough, the NVIDIA cards see a slight performance decline when running Windows 64 with Far Cry 64-bit. The GeForce 6800 Ultra under 32-bit Windows XP runs up to 4% faster than in Windows x64 with Far Cry 64-bit at 1024x768. At the same time however, we’re clearly CPU-bound at that resolution. Perhaps under 4xAA/8xAF the NVIDIA GPUs will be able to stretch their legs a bit more…

Meanwhile, we see mixed results for the ATI cards.

While the X800 and X700 PRO cards see slight declines, the higher end X800 XL and X850 cards see an indistinguishable performance difference.

What happens under the increasing demands of AA/AF however?