One of the most hyped games of 2008, Far Cry 2 had some big shoes to fill. It was built to be the next best thing since well... Far Cry I suppose. Combining an open-world game play with highly detailed graphics, physics and AI, what more could we possibly want? The game puts us in the body of a malaria inflicted mercenary hunting down the "Jackal" in the heart of Africa, in a bid to stop an ongoing conflict between two rival factions. The storyline can be hard to follow sometimes but I'm no game reviewer, so let's concentrate on the graphics and performance. After all, we all need to know if our hardware will be able to handle the scorching savannah burning at the hands of our flamethrowers.


Again the updated drivers claimed an increase of up to 6% on Far Cry 2 using the HD5000 series of cards. Our results show that the increase was only by about 3% on all the settings tested. Nonetheless, a free increase in performance is always welcomed. The increase depicted in the minimum FPS results also reflect that observed for the average FPS, providing a slightly smoother gameplay experience.