Crysis is a science fiction first-person shooter developed by Crytek. Crysis uses Microsoft's new API, DirectX 10 for graphics rendering, and includes the new engine—the CryEngine 2—that is the successor to Far Cry's CryEngine. CryEngine 2 is among the first engines to use the DirectX 10 framework of Windows Vista, but can also run using DirectX 9, both on Vista and Windows XP.

Crysis 1.2 1600x1200 HQ - AA/AF 1600x1200 4xAA Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 36.8 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 21.8 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 25.2 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC (Crossfire) 27.95 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 24.7 1600x1200 8xAA Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 37.2 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 28.2 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 28.8 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC (Crossfire) 34.52 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 26.9 1900x1200 4xAA Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 33.8 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 20.3 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 14.5 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC (Crossfire) 24.69 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 18 1900x1200 8xAA Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 34.2 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 24 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 24.3 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC (Crossfire) 30.88 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 23.4

The MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC powers its way to a respectable showing in this benchmark, its higher clock speed giving it a slight advantage over the Palit HD 3870 X2 videocard in the test.

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 video cards 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 UQ 1600x1200 - AA/AF Tests 8x AA: Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 140.2 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 101.3 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 97.5 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC (Crossfire) 134.1 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 103.1 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 126.7 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 151.6 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 130.7 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 131.3 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 128 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 123.4 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 152.5 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 130.7 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 124.3 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 134.4 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 71.8 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 74.9 Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 58.8 16x AA: Points Ranking Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 71.3 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 64.6 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC (Crossfire) 110.5 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 151.5 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 127.6 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 131.3 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 131.1 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 122.6 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 150.6 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 127.3 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 122.8 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 125.5 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 71.1 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 74.2 4x AA / 4x AF Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 140.7 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 115 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 105.1 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 132 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 156.5 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 138 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 137.5 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 137 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 130.9 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 153.9 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 131.4 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 125.3 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 108.7 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 82.3 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 86.3 Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 88.8 8xQ AA / 8x AF Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 142.2 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 105 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 97.8 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC (Crossfire) 133.6 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 123.9 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 126.7 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 137.3 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 106.2 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 105.2 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 105.2 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 98.2 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 121.5 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 99.8 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 91.8 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 87.6 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 51.7 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 53.2 Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 58.7 16xQ AA / 16x AF Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 132.4 Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 72.5 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 67.9 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC (Crossfire) 92.9 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 102.2 Asus EAH4850 HTDI/512M 122.9 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 127.4 Asus EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 93.8 Foxconn 9600GT-512NOC 93.9 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 91.6 Biostar V903GT52-NV1AN 86.5 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 100.3 Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 69.9 MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 68.5 Palit 8800GT Super+ 1GB 83.1 Foxconn 8600GTS-256 31.6 MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 32.2 Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 73.75

Quake 4 is not the benchmark you would choose to display the Radeon HD 3870 X2’s capabilities. The MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC manages respectable numbers, but it clearly does not speak Quake.