FarCry 1.3

When it comes to a straight forward games shootout between the two processors, the 3.7GHz Extreme Edition is, as you might expect the outright winner due to pure grunt. However when it comes to playing a game with other applications running in the background a different picture emerges.

Despite its HT technology, the 3.7GHz EE takes a real hit in frame rate when running FarCry with a application running in the background (in this case an encryption test), but the 3.2GHz EE 880 shows the benefit of its dual core architecture by taking less of a hit in frame rate, and out performing its bigger sibling.

For example if you get bored whilst encoding your latest home movie - you can play a game to keep you entertained without sacrificing to much performance in either application.