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
Asus EN7800GT TOP Silent/2DHTV/256M	87
Asus EN7800GT TOP Silent/2DHTV/256M (503/1360)	90
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
Asus EN7800GT TOP Silent/2DHTV/256M	45
Asus EN7800GT TOP Silent/2DHTV/256M (503/1360)	53
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
Asus EN7800GT TOP Silent/2DHTV/256M	48
Asus EN7800GT TOP Silent/2DHTV/256M (503/1360)	48
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
Asus EN7800GT TOP Silent/2DHTV/256M	22
Asus EN7800GT TOP Silent/2DHTV/256M (503/1360)	24

Memory size is very important in FEAR, and that is something the Asus EN7800GT TOP Silent/2DHTV/256M lacks relatively speaking. It still manages pretty well for its scant 256MB of memory, but the 512MB videocards certainly offer much better results in this game. As the resolution is turned up, the gap between the Asus EN7800GT TOP Silent and generic GeForce 7800GT's grows larger. It will be up to 'X3: Reunion' to set things straight, that gaming benchmark comes next.