Far Cry 4 - The AMD Radeon R9 Nano Review: The Power of Size

Publish date: 2024-05-24

Far Cry 4

The next game in our 2015 GPU benchmark suite is Far Cry 4, Ubisoft’s Himalayan action game. A lot like Crysis 3, Far Cry 4 can be quite tough on GPUs, especially with Ultra settings thanks to the game’s expansive environments.

Far Cry 4 - 3840x2160 - Ultra Quality

Far Cry 4 - 3840x2160 - Medium Quality

Far Cry 4 - 2560x1440 - Ultra Quality

Far Cry 4 - 1920x1080 - Ultra Quality

Far Cry 4 continues to favor AMD cards, which puts the R9 Nano in a comfortable position. Compared to the R9 Fury we’re looking at 90-95% the performance of AMD’s cheaper Fiji card, and compared to NVIDIA’s lineup there’s a comfortable lead over the GTX 980 and GTX 970 Mini, giving the R9 Nano the edge in both the power and size based comparisons.

The one risk for AMD here is at 1920x1080. We appear to be CPU limited on AMD cards again, and that’s letting NVIDIA quickly take the lead. Given the R9 Nano’s tendency towards overkill at 1920x1080 I don’t expect too many users to pair such monitors with this card, but it’s a reminder that DirectX 12 can’t come soon enough for AMD.

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