FEAR	Source: Sierra

FEAR is Sierra's latest first person shooter which relies heavily on DirectX 9 features. With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled, even the fastest videocards run at a crawl, FEAR is definitely the new benchmark for future FPS games to follow.

FEAR
1024x768:	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	78
MSI RX850XT-TD256E	76
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	73
ATi Radeon X800 XL	66
PowerColor X700 Pro	38
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	125
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	125
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	84
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	117
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	62
MSI NX6800-TD128E (Single)	42
MSI NX6800-TD128E (6800 SLI)	62
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	41
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	62
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	78
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B (521/540)	81
1600x1200:	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	41
MSI RX850XT-TD256E	38
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	36
ATi Radeon X800 XL	32
PowerColor X700 Pro	16
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	76
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	51
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	42
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	66
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	32
MSI NX6800-TD128E (Single)	21
MSI NX6800-TD128E (6800 SLI)	31
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	20
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	31
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	40
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B (521/540)	43
1024x768 w/Soft Shadows Enabled:	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	39
MSI RX850XT-TD256E	37
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	35
ATi Radeon X800 XL	30
PowerColor X700 Pro	16
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	55
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	55
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	46
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	32
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	33
MSI NX6800-TD128E (Single)	22
MSI NX6800-TD128E (6800 SLI)	20
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	22
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	20
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	44
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B (521/540)	45
1600x1200 w/Soft Shadows Enabled:	FPS	Ranking
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	17
MSI RX850XT-TD256E	16
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	15
ATi Radeon X800 XL	13
PowerColor X700 Pro	6
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	26
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	31
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	21
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	15
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	15
MSI NX6800-TD128E (Single)	10
MSI NX6800-TD128E (6800 SLI)	9
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	9
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	9
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	19
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B (521/540)	20

Without the Soft Shadows feature enabled, the Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B blends into the background quite easily and does not really standout. With SS enabled the increased bandwidth allows it to perform faster than the ATi Radeon X850 XT PE, and allows it to nip at the heals of the GeForce 7800GT too.