Far Cry 2 (commonly abbreviated as “FC2 or “fc2″) is an open-ended first-person shooter developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It was released on October 21, 2008 in North America and on October 23, 2008 in Europe and Australia. It was made available on Steam on October 22, 2008. Crytek, the developers of the original game, were not involved in the development of Far Cry 2.
Ubisoft has marketed Far Cry 2 as the true sequel to Far Cry, though the sequel has very few noticeable similarities to the original game. Instead, it features completely new characters and setting, as well as a new style of gameplay that allows the player greater freedom to explore different African landscapes such as deserts, jungles, and savannas. The game takes place in a modern-day East African nation in a state of anarchy and civil war. The player takes control of a mercenary on a lengthy journey to locate and assassinate “The Jackal,” a notorious arms dealer.
For our testing we are using Direct X 10 rendering mode, with all in game details set to “Ultra High”. HDR is enabled and 4AA is turned on.
Far Cry 2 is a game which clearly benefits from a Crossfire solution as minimum frame rates are boosted above 30fps into the 40-50 zone. This enhances the overall gaming experience significantly.
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August 21, 2010
#1
These are so sexy lookin’. XFX and Sapphire rocks !
August 21, 2010
#2
Very capable and the noise levels and power consumption is excellent.
August 21, 2010
#3
Very impressed with these little boards. the cooler looks quite crap on the pictures due to the t iny little blades but it seems to handle the cooling fine.
I want to see Sapphire passively cooling these though with an Ultimate Edition
August 21, 2010
#4
Temperatures look a bit higher than normal, but its expected with such a cooler. Regardless im impressed with how good they are and the work XFX put into designing a custom cooler for the cards.
August 21, 2010
#5
Well these rock, I wasnt expecting them to run so well, thought the fans might be spinning at 10k to keep the temps down. if it wasnt for XFX, powercolor and Sapphire ATI would be losing a lot of sales due to their average coolers.
August 21, 2010
#6
Nice one XFX and usual quality review Zardon, very thorough.
August 21, 2010
#7
Wait a minute did you say no Crossfire connector was bundled? what a miss. I hope thats not the case on the retail bundle. Otherwise a lot of people will be pissed off.
August 21, 2010
#8
I mentioned it to XFX already and they are going to look into it. might just have been this review sample we received. I have no more information on that, at this time.
August 21, 2010
#9
These are really sexy little boards. I know powercolor have some out, any differences you know?
August 21, 2010
#10
Great review KG, very efficient boards all round. good in CFx, even if scaling isnt always quite as good as it might be.
August 21, 2010
#11
Shame they never seem to ship anything in those awesome X packages now. they used to do that, and I loved to use to see them in stores.
August 21, 2010
#12
ohhh, wasnt expecting a review of this today. Read it and they seem really good. pricing is spot on, but its a shame they didnt hit the 250 inc vat price point.
August 21, 2010
#13
XFX aer such a quality company, imagine the GTX460 boards they would be producing NOW if nvidia werent such tools.
August 21, 2010
#14
HONEY I SHRUNK THE VIDEO CARDS !
August 21, 2010
#15
Nothing much to fault with these, its the way all the lower end boards should be shipping anyway. ATI take note
August 21, 2010
#16
XFX have overcharged a little with these, they should be £5 less than the reference boards, and aim for a £240 price point, not 265. I think its going to be hard for them to sell these as people wont understand what Crossfire is. not the mass punters anyway.
August 21, 2010
#17
The news here yesterday pissed me off big time. Nvidia kicking XFX into touch.
Well I hope someone high up is reading this review, cause this is the quality product they release. Idiots.
August 21, 2010
#18
Well these really appeal to me, i love small things, and things that dont make a racket when you game. Ideal configuration for a powerful gaming focused media center in a shuttle chassis.
August 21, 2010
#19
XFX have been quiet quite lately. so this is welcomed.
August 21, 2010
#20
HD5770 is ATis best card right now. thats my opinion. its open to such a huge market at this price. quality gaming without spending a fortune. CFx is lovely.
August 21, 2010
#21
One of these is enough. I dont think XFX have created enough incentives to buy two in a bundle deal. same price and you still dont get a crossfire connector !
August 21, 2010
#22
I would not buy this until I found out if XFX are bundling a crossfire connector. Neither single card box has one included, so why bundle two in a CFX bundle if people can’t use it. Very few motherboards that actually support Crossfire bundle them anymore either. so its useless until I know.
August 23, 2010
#23
Hi all, my name is Dunc from dabs.com – just wanted to assure you that in the DABS exclusive XFX 5770 Single Slot Crossfire bundle that a CrossfireX Bridge is included in the box.
http://www.dabs.com/articles/promotions/products/s-9076.html
PS: First 10 to buy and leave a review on the item will also get a bonus free game download – either Stormrise or Stalker: COP.
August 23, 2010
#24
Duncan thanks for letting us know, thats great. ill be on after work tonight ordering for myself. cheers.
August 24, 2010
#25
No worries at all! Happy to help! Thanks for all the feedback to the offer so far, keep it coming!
August 25, 2010
#26
No worries! Enjoy the card – anyone ordering this week gets a FREE copy of Bad Company 2 worth £35 too!
August 25, 2010
#27
Thanks Dunc, im ordered it tomorrow evening when im paid.
August 27, 2010
#28
Saw the link from XFX to this today in email, putting in my order this weekend when im paid.
Great review kitguru, bookmarked this site, all my friends are talking about it.
August 27, 2010
#29
Is the battlefield offer still ok ?