Far Cry, Painkiller
Far Cry
Vendor: UBI Soft - (Website)API: DirectX 9.0
Pixel Shader Version Supported: Mix PS1.1, PS1.4, PS2.0 with PS2.0 forced
Far Cry, on the other hand, plays better on ATI hardware. That's especially true with image enhancement is added to the mix. According to the results obtained in our GPU-bashing Research benchmark, ATI's XT PE is over 20% faster at the highest quality setting. Of course, that doesn't take into account speed increases fron running Shader Model 3.0 or SM2.0b path for NVIDIA and ATI cards, respectively.
Painkiller
Vendor: People Can Fly - (Website)API: DX9.0
Pixel Shader Version Supported: Mix, unknown versions
Painkiller is fast on every card. The flyby doesn't tax AMD Athlon Model 3800+ and NV40/R420 combinations.
