FarCry	Source: Ubisoft

Real-time editing, bump mapping, static lights, network system, integrated physics system, shaders, shadows, and a dynamic music system are just some of the state of-the-art features that the CryENGINE offers. The game was set to Ultra quality and the Ubisoft's Regulator and Training demos were run.

Crytek FarCry 1.33:
UQ Regulator 1600x1200:	FPS	Ranking
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (2x AA)	47.49
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (2xQ AA)	46.84
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (4x AA)	34.06
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (8x AA)	15.6
UQ Training 1600x1200:	FPS	Ranking
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (2x AF)	52.37
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (4x AF)	49.94
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (8x AF)	49.09
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (16x AF)	49.04
UQ Training 1600x1200:	FPS	Ranking
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (4x AA, 4x AF)	31.91
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (8x AA, 8x AF)	14.63

FarCry results for the Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS videocard are not too bad, although you probably wouldn't want to play at such high a resolution. A lower resolution with AA would provide acceptable framerates, that or you could overclock the videocard. This test is conducted at stock speeds.

ID Software Quake 4 1.3	Source: id Software

Quake 4 is the latest shooter from ID and is based on the Doom 3 engine. Tweaked to for more eye candy, Quake 4 promises to be tougher on videocards and systems than its predecessor was. Quake 4 also does not have a 60 fps limiter like Doom 3, with the Ultra setting, graphic textures can surpass the 500MB mark! Each test is run three times and with the third run being recorded.

ID Software Quake 4 1.3 Custom Demo:
HQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (2x AA)	122.7
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (2xQ AA)	122.4
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (4x AA)	88.6
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (8x AA)	58.8
HQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (2x AF)	149.6
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (4x AF)	148.8
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (8x AF)	148
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (16x AF)	147.9
HQ 1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (4x AA, 4x AF)	88.8
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (8x AA, 8x AF)	58.7

Quake 4 results in 1024x768 are very good, and even with AA/AF enabled you'll get very good performance from the Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS videocard.

Sierra FEAR 1.08	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.

Sierra FEAR 1.08
1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (2x AA)	51
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (2xQ AA)	51
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (4x AA)	38
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (8x AA)	21
1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (2x AF)	59
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (4x AF)	59
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (8x AF)	59
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (16x AF)	59
1024x768	FPS	Ranking
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (4x AA, 4x AF)	38
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS (8x AA, 8x AF)	20

FEAR is probably the one game you don't want to enable AA in, performance simply falls too sharply. Anisotropic filtering isn't as big a problem, but certainly AA is out of the question even at 1024x768 for the Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS videocard.