With synthetic benchmarks completed, we dove into some of the best-known and graphics-intensive games in the market. We started with Far Cry 2, which won’t strain a modern system, but will give us a look at the rig’s DX10 capabilities. Then we took a look at Lost Planet 2, which boasts DX11, tessellation, and some stunning water effects.
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Far Cry 2
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DX10 Gaming Performance
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Far Cry 2
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When it comes to lush vegetation in a steaming, sinister jungle, no one pulls it off quite like Ubisoft does in its Far Cry series. Far Cry 2 uses high quality textures, complex shaders, and dynamic lighting to create a realistic environment. |
Although the Falcon Northwest Tiki and AVADirect Mini Gaming PC provided identical frame rates in Far Cry 2 at 1280 x 1024, the Mini Gaming PC eked out a lead of a couple fps in our other two test resolutions. The remaining systems weren’t able to keep up.
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Lost Planet 2 |
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DX11 Gaming Performance |
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Lost Planet 2
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We used Lost Planet 2 to test the system’s DX11 performance. This game’s benchmark features soldiers attempting to take down a massive beast that seems to shrug off their firepower. There is a ton of action in the five or so minutes that the benchmark runs, and we’ve seen the test stutter when being run by lesser systems. We used Test B and set all graphics settings to High Quality. We also boosted the Anti-Aliasing setting to 4x before we ran the benchmark.
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Here, the Falcon Northwest Tiki left the other SFFs behind and even offered better frame rates that CyberPower’s Gamer Xtreme 5200. The action was fluid and the explosions looked impressive.
