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
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	120
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	97
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	81
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	78
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	73
ATi Radeon X800 XL	66
PowerColor X700 Pro	38
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	126
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 NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	41
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	62
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	127
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E (702/1772)	133
1600x1200:	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	72
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	54
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	44
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	41
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	36
ATi Radeon X800 XL	32
PowerColor X700 Pro	16
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	93
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 NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	20
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	31
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	71
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E (702/1772)	76
1024x768 w/Soft Shadows Enabled:	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	83
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	57
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	45
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	39
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	35
ATi Radeon X800 XL	30
PowerColor X700 Pro	16
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	84
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 NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	22
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	20
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	79
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E (702/1772)	84
1600x1200 w/Soft Shadows Enabled:	FPS	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	41
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	26
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	20
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	17
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	15
ATi Radeon X800 XL	13
PowerColor X700 Pro	6
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	41
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)	27
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	15
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	9
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	9
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E	37
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E (702/1772)	41

FEAR is a very intensive game and seems to benefit from memory bandwidth which explains why the GeForce 7800GTX 512MB videocard does so well. The MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E battles it out for top spot against the Radeon X1900 XTX. Overclocking boosts overall performance quite nicely, which is refreshing to see. Be sure to use the Forceware driver 84.17 if you play FEAR.